Oh, no; this young lady who stepped down from the carriage, who waited a second for her friend, and then crossed the pavement, was a kind of vision of light summer coolness and prettiness; even his uninstructed intelligence told him how charmingly she was dressed; though he had but a glimpse of the tight-fitting gown of cream-white, with its silver girdle, the white straw hat looped up on one side and adorned on the other with large yellow roses, the pale-yellow gloves with silver bangles at the wrists, the snow-white sunshade, with its yellow satin ribbons attached.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
She has gold bangles on her arms, and tinkling gold things round her neck, and she's here, and I thought course you ought for to know.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
Their draperies are purple or deep blue, and their skins rich brown, set off by white teeth and the glint of silver bangles and brass pots.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch