carcanet

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I told him further and pressed him: Said I, I have staid a great while, and would stay longer, if he might have the £600 and the carcanet.

From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir

Beyond the harbour's mouth the riding-lights of the Mevagissey fishing fleet ran like a carcanet of faint jewels, marking the unseen horizon of the Channel.

From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"By Jove!" said the Marquis, "this carcanet here Has been worn scores of times by my dowager-aunt!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 5, 1887 by Various

The carcanet of gold That gripped her brow was molten in a dire And wondrous river of devouring fire.

From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes

But to Him, His pauper’s mat of straw was an eternal throne of glory, and His heavy chains a sovereign’s carcanet.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá