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Up to 5000 sombre, white-ribboned Capetonians, all holding hands, encircled the Grand Parade on Thursday to protest against violence, in particular the attack on the congregation of St

ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

I'm beyond the age of opera bouffe weddings, -- I don't vision myself coming down a white-ribboned aisle with wobbly knees, covered with orange blossoms and gooseflesh!

Jane Journeys On Ruth Comfort Mitchell 1918

The many loves of Robert Burns all ended in a black jumping-off place, and before he had reached high noon, he tossed over the last bundle of white-ribboned missives and tumbled in after them.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

Valentine Corliss, of Paris and Naples, removed his white-ribboned straw hat and bowed as no one had ever bowed in that doorway.

The Flirt 1912

Mr. Valentine Corliss, of Paris and Naples, removed his white-ribboned straw hat and bowed as no one had ever bowed in that doorway.

The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907

Later, in her own train, she looked down and observed the white-ribboned badge which she had valiantly pinned above her heart that very morning.

The Wrong Twin Harry Leon Wilson 1903

A famous professional soprano appeared in a white-ribboned enclosure at the end of the salon, and the guests were rapidly arranged according to their rank to listen.

Frances Waldeaux 1897

She knew that she was to read her valedictory, she knew that she must raise that white-ribboned roll and read, or else be disgraced forever, and yet she was powerless.

The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891

The many loves of Robert Burns all ended in a black jumping-off place, and before he had reached high noon, he tossed over the last bundle of white-ribboned missives and tumbled in after them.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885

Silent and demure, plainly dressed in an old dark merino, and a white-ribboned faded bonnet, sat a little figure almost behind her grandmother.

The Young Step-Mother Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862