frostwork
Example Sentences
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All is contained in that one sob, in which the whole frostwork of these weary months breaks up and rolls away, swept before the strong flood.
From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander
She rustled in all her bravery of curls and frills, pinkings and quillings,—a marvellous specimen of Parisian frostwork, without one breath of reason or philosophy or conscience to melt it.
From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Allow me to present my humble views of an analogous discovery of frostwork on December 6, 1856, in a sandy loam in Chester county, Pa., near the Paoli monument.
Many of his tragedies abound in imaginative pictures, while there are not in the realm of Fancy's fairy frostwork more exquisite representations than those found in the Tempest and the Midsummer Night's Dream.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
Annie went to the window, and at first could see nothing but some beautiful frostwork on it.
From McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
