"Maidenlike" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the lights of every gem that is known: it shot succinct red flashes, and green, and yellow; the emerald, the amethyst, the topaz lived in it, and a remote ruby; it was veined with lightning hues, and at times it slept in a milky cloud, innocent of fire, quite maidenlike. ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith |
