hand glass

Example Sentences

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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

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 Armour, Rebecca Agatha

“Oh, I don’t know,” Beatrice murmured as she consulted a hand glass.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

Pancha took up a hand glass and turning her back to him studied her profile in the mirror.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

An ordinary hand glass will show how it bears perithecia in all its parts.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha