crown-jewels

Why, I might ask the best of the crown-jewels for laying the head of such an insolent conspiracy at the foot of her majesty, with a certainty of being gratified.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

No use sterning all, then; but as I was groping at midday, with a blinding sun, all crown-jewels; as I was groping,

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

In 1747 he was assassinated, and all the crown-jewels slipped out of the dead man's fingers, — a common incident to mortality.

Diamonds and Pearls 1969

In the inventory of the crown-jewels, the Regent diamond is set down at twelve million francs!

Diamonds and Pearls 1969

What has become of the great triangular Blue Diamond, weighing sixty-seven carats, stolen from the French Court at the time of the great robbery of the crown-jewels?

Diamonds and Pearls 1969

Aunt Stanshy's name in full was Constantia, but, like the crown-jewels of

The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand

The keep is still in good preservation; and it was on account of the natural strength of its position that the imperial crown-jewels were formerly preserved in it.

Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 Various

In one of the buildings are the crown-jewels and a valuable collection of other articles.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Various

Now his humor gleams genially in keen, swift comparisons: he sports with truths, like a king tossing up his crown-jewels or Vishnu worlds in the

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

I was as proud of them as a queen of her crown-jewels, and always kept them on exhibition with the precious notes of presentation attached.

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers