Jewels
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Some would regard the sale of the economy’s “crown jewels” as tantamount to national betrayal, possibly a capital crime.
Russia’s first post-Soviet president, Boris Yeltsin, cut deals with the country’s wealthiest citizens: they would finance his re-election campaign in exchange for privileged access to the crown
jewels
of Russian industry as they were privatized.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, one of the crown
jewels
of Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative, runs through portions of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that even China acknowledges as disputed territory.
The WTO’s dispute-settlement mechanism has long been considered one of its crown
jewels.
Out of these trunks and kegs spilled ingots of gold and silver, cascades of jewels, pieces of eight.
"Courage and prudence are the
jewels
of a soldier, Mrs. Flanagan," said the sergeant; "without the one, the other may be said to be good for nothing."
After laying his fingers for a minute on the beautiful arm, which, bared to the elbow and glittering with jewels, Sarah suffered him to retain, he dropped it, and dashing a hand over his eyes, turned sorrowfully away.
CHAPTER XXXIV'Midst furs, and silks, and
jewels'
sheen, He stood, in simple Lincoln green, The center of the glittering ring; And Snowdon's knight is Scotland's king!- Lady of the Lake.
There was no money, nor plate, or
jewels
in the bundle, but a very good suit of Indian damask, a gown and a petticoat, a laced-head and ruffles of very good Flanders lace, and some linen and other things, such as I knew very well the value of.
My anxiety and distraction did not allow me to observe or notice particularly what she wore; I could only perceive the colours, which were crimson and white, and the glitter of the gems and
jewels
on her head dress and apparel, surpassed by the rare beauty of her lovely auburn hair that vying with the precious stones and the light of the four torches that stood in the hall shone with a brighter gleam than all.
I at once packed up in a linen pillow-case a woman's dress, and some
jewels
and money to provide for emergencies, and in the silence of the night, without letting my treacherous maid know, I sallied forth from the house, accompanied by my servant and abundant anxieties, and on foot set out for the city, but borne as it were on wings by my eagerness to reach it, if not to prevent what I presumed to be already done, at least to call upon Don Fernando to tell me with what conscience he had done it.
Anselmo embraced him warmly and affectionately, and thanked him for his offer as if he had bestowed some great favour upon him; and it was agreed between them to set about it the next day, Anselmo affording opportunity and time to Lothario to converse alone with Camilla, and furnishing him with money and
jewels
to offer and present to her.
I will give you to-morrow two thousand crowns in gold for you to offer or even present, and as many more to buy
jewels
to lure her, for women are fond of being becomingly attired and going gaily dressed, and all the more so if they are beautiful, however chaste they may be; and if she resists this temptation, I will rest satisfied and will give you no more trouble."
I thought, too, that she, if she were what she ought to be, and what we both believed her, would have ere this given thee information of my addresses; but seeing that she delays, I believe the truth of the promise she has given me that the next time thou art absent from the house she will grant me an interview in the closet where thy
jewels
are kept (and it was true that Camilla used to meet him there); but I do not wish thee to rush precipitately to take vengeance, for the sin is as yet only committed in intention, and Camilla's may change perhaps between this and the appointed time, and repentance spring up in its place.
There is no need of saying whether Camilla was agitated or not, for so great was her fear and dismay, that, making sure, as she had good reason to do, that Leonela would tell Anselmo all she knew of her faithlessness, she had not the courage to wait and see if her suspicions were confirmed; and that same night, as soon as she thought that Anselmo was asleep, she packed up the most valuable
jewels
she had and some money, and without being observed by anybody escaped from the house and betook herself to Lothario's, to whom she related what had occurred, imploring him to convey her to some place of safety or fly with her where they might be safe from Anselmo.
As he was going in search of Camilla it happened by chance that he observed her boxes were lying open, and that the greater part of her
jewels
were gone; and now he became fully aware of his disgrace, and that Leonela was not the cause of his misfortune; and, just as he was, without delaying to dress himself completely, he repaired, sad at heart and dejected, to his friend Lothario to make known his sorrow to him; but when he failed to find him and the servants reported that he had been absent from his house all night and had taken with him all the money he had, he felt as though he were losing his senses; and to make all complete on returning to his own house he found it deserted and empty, not one of all his servants, male or female, remaining in it.
But when her father saw her in full dress and with all her
jewels
about her, he said to her in his own language, "What means this, my daughter?
But when he observed in one corner of the vessel the little trunk in which she used to keep her jewels, which he well knew he had left in Algiers and had not brought to the garden, he was still more amazed, and asked her how that trunk had come into our hands, and what there was in it.
In short we went on board with the Frenchmen, who, after having ascertained all they wanted to know about us, rifled us of everything we had, as if they had been our bitterest enemies, and from Zoraida they took even the anklets she wore on her feet; but the distress they caused her did not distress me so much as the fear I was in that from robbing her of her rich and precious
jewels
they would proceed to rob her of the most precious jewel that she valued more than all.
They scoured the roads, they searched the woods and all quarters, and at the end of three days they found the flighty Leandra in a mountain cave, stript to her shift, and robbed of all the money and precious
jewels
she had carried away from home with her.
I will bet my arm that Camacho could bury Basilio in reals; and if that be so, as no doubt it is, what a fool Quiteria would be to refuse the fine dresses and
jewels
Camacho must have given her and will give her, and take Basilio's bar-throwing and sword-play.
In a word, he gained an influence over my mind, and overcame my resolutions with I know not what trinkets and
jewels
he gave me; but it was some verses I heard him singing one night from a grating that opened on the street where he lived, that, more than anything else, made me give way and led to my fall; and if I remember rightly they ran thus:From that sweet enemy of mineMy bleeding heart hath had its wound;And to increase the pain I'm boundTo suffer and to make no sign.
Roque on coming up asked Sancho if his men had returned and restored to him the treasures and
jewels
they had stripped off Dapple.
He summoned me before him, and asked me what part of Spain I came from, and what money and
jewels
I had.
I mentioned the place, and told him the
jewels
and money were buried there; but that they might easily be recovered if I myself went back for them.
The sky was cloudless; the sun shone out bright and warm; the songs of birds, the hum of myriads of summer insects, filled the air; and the cottage gardens, crowded with flowers of every rich and beautiful tint, sparkled, in the heavy dew, like beds of glittering
jewels.
'One of the brightest
jewels
in the British crown, wrung from his Majesty by the barons, I believe, Mr. Jinks?' said the magistrate.
Dresses rustled, feathers waved, lights shone, and
jewels
sparkled.
In the larger and older
jewels
every facet may stand for a bloody deed.
Where are the
jewels
which you have stolen?'"'Stolen!' he cried.
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