But my companion seemed to be merely interested; and I fancied her deciding that it all quite came up to her expectations, while I translated for her from the monk that the dead used to be left in the hallowed earth from Jerusalem covering the ground before they were taken up and decoratively employed, but that since the Italian occupation of Rome the art had fallen into abeyance.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
These are certainly interesting, as they mark all the chief buildings and are very decoratively drawn.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
One artistic member of the group had stenciled a crash table runner for the porch table with a conventional apple design in yellow and orange and green, and another girl put the same design very decoratively on a round box of painted tin.
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt