From this she took a manuscript, daintily written on gilt-edged vellum paper, and stitched a light blue riband.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
I fear, however, that in this instance the response was not so favourable as usual; for I perceived poor Phoebe returning pensively towards the house, her head hanging down, her hat in her hand, and the riband trailing along the ground.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
She carries about, also, a lock of her sweetheart's hair, and a riband he once gave her, being a mode of producing constancy in a lover.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving