It was at that end of the night when darkness is just giving way to the dim light that comes before the rosiness of the dawn, that Dorothy was roused by heavy breathing outside the tent.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith
For what rosiness, in the brightest summer days, can compare with that kiss of the winter's sun on the tree-tops, slowly creeping down their trunks and branches?
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
And this drone combined itself with the glittering light, and with the mild warmth that floated in waves through the open windows, and with the red plush of the seats, and with the rosiness of painted nymphs on the blue walls, and with the complexions of women's faces, and their hats and frocks, and with the hues of the liquids-to produce a totality of impression that made Audrey dizzy with ecstasy.
"The Lion's Share"
E. Arnold Bennett