raiment
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And can we not dress him instead in Raiment of Silk, and teach him to dance the Minuet—and, the dance over, bid him bow and be GONE?
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Raiment clean, but the coarsest of the coarse, was found for her.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
Raiment was an after thought, the mask of a tainted soul, born of original sin.
From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Taylor, Robert L.
Little by little the proper balance between the Four Great Powers of human necessity,—Food, Drink, Raiment and Housing, so long disturbed by this habit, is being restored.
From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu
Raiment and food enow will be mine From the King of all gifts and all graces; And I to be kneeling, in rain or shine, Praying to God in all places.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
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