So, now, as she stepped out of her room all dressed for church in her white muslin with green rose sprigs over it, with her green parasol, and her prayer book in her hand, Bobby called her.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
So I contented myself with patiently waiting for several minutes in the hope of once more seeing the youthful thrower of sprigs.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
At the conclusion of divine service all retired to the vestry, and the retiring mayor occupied the chair at the head of a table covered with a black cloth, in the middle of which lay the mace covered with rosemary and sprigs of bay.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews