hand glass
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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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“It is like this,” said the little scientist, as he pulled up a blade of grass, and examined it under a powerful hand glass to see if any strange insects might be crawling on it.
From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Clarence Young
I study my profile with a hand glass, getting the double reflection.
From Possessed by Cleveland Moffett
Mrs. Verne picked up the ivory-backed hand glass within her reach, and looking into its depths, exclaimed, "Mrs. Verne, of St. John, New Brunswick—not exactly beautiful, but a pretty and fascinating woman."
From Marguerite Verne by Rebecca Agatha Armour
And when at the end of his inventions the leader fell back on the hand glass and the cushion, Mildred refused dance after dance.
From Celibates by George (George Augustus) Moore
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