Candlesticks in example sentence

'I have good reason to think that the Presidente will bequeath to us eight magnificent silver-gilt candlesticks, which are supposed to have been bought in Italy, by the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, whose favourite minister was an ancestor of hers.''But what is this man really aiming at behind all this frippery?'

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Set out any flowers, candlesticks, or other decorations you like.

So in this painting by Magritte, noticing that there are no tracks under the train, there is no fire in the fireplace and there are no candles in the candlesticks actually more accurately describes the painting than if you were to say, "Well, there's a train coming out of a fireplace, and there are candlesticks on the mantle."

It could probably use a ballroom dance scene and maybe some singing candlesticks, but there are some pretty gross plants instead.

Powell and Rainer are opposing foreign agents who each hide their documents in a pair of candlesticks to be brought to Russia as a gift to a noblewoman.

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