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  • She dipped her goose-feather quill into a jade inkpot, drained the red ink along the side, and unhurriedly marked a circle around the black tent the eunuch had pointed out to her.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Then he set the goose-feather quill down with a shaking hand and covered his eyes.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • She dipped her goose-feather quill into a jade inkpot, drained the red ink along the side, and unhurriedly marked a circle around the black tent the eunuch had pointed out to her.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • In the big old iron bed in Mummy's and Daddy's room with the goose-feather pillows.

    The Body Ricardo 2010

  • She dipped her goose-feather quill into a jade inkpot, drained the red ink along the side, and unhurriedly marked a circle around the black tent the eunuch had pointed out to her.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • His witty "Lucellino" lamp (1992), attaches a pair of handcrafted goose-feather wings onto a naked bulb, while his rope-lamp series 'Alizz C. Cooper,' suggests a swarm of robotic reptiles.

    Munich Commemorates Ingo Maurer and His Brilliant Light Designs 2010

  • Then he set the goose-feather quill down with a shaking hand and covered his eyes.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Then he set the goose-feather quill down with a shaking hand and covered his eyes.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • But to George W. Bush, Rumsfeld, his nominee for secretary of Defense, is as comforting as the goose-feather pillow that Bush took along on the campaign trail to help him sleep at night.

    Familiar Waters 2007

  • A group of Mr. Maurer's "Lucellinos," bare bulbs with goose-feather wings, threaten to fly off with a heavy, red-fabric bedecked chandelier overhead.

    Flights of Fancy, Centuries Apart Ada Louise Huxtable 2007

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