"Brownish-red" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Brownish-red, as near as I could make out, and very long. And he had rather a long beard and a large nose," went on ...
— Dave Porter and the Runaways - Last Days at Oak Hall • Edward Stratemeyer
... quarried and polished for ornamental purposes. It is known and sold as "Sioux Falls jasper," and is really the stone referred to by Longfellow in his Hiawatha as being used for arrow heads. This stone takes a very high polish, and is found in a variety of pleasing tints, such as chocolate, brownish-red, brick-red, and yellowish. For the two years previous to 1885, $15,000 worth ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 • Various
... dish of very red apples. A bamboo-framed talc screen painted with white and yellow marguerites stood before a fireplace filled with pampas-grass dyed red. The chairs were of red morocco, the curtains a brownish-red, the walls green, and on them hung a set of Landseer prints. The peculiar sensation which red and green in juxtaposition produce on the sensitive was added to Gyp's distress. And, suddenly, her eyes lighted on a little deep-blue china bowl. It stood on a black stand on the mantel-piece, ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... brownish-red." Tom had deserted his bed and was turning the cap about eagerly. "This belongs to some fellow here who has won his letter, Steve," he said with ...
— Left End Edwards • Ralph Henry Barbour |
