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The more I saw that she bejewelled herself, powdered herself, embalmed herself like sachets of sweet scents, chapleted her Greek-dressed head with gold fillets, the more I shunned her.

From The Purple Cloud by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

After the priests come the maidens of the city, with chapleted brows and fluttering garments, and in their midst, on a silver car, the girl devoted to the idol.

From Tales From J?kai by J?kai, M?r

Hair worn flowing, and chapleted with a circlet of gold stars.

From Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Mackay, Constance D'Arcy

When his reason returned he asked the meaning of the great spread of viands, the canopy, and the chapleted heads of the guests.

From Mahomet Founder of Islam by Draycott, Gladys M.

The humid depths showed every sort of green and gray, their trunks, bushes and boughs, bearded with hanging moss, robed with tangled vines and chapleted with mistletoe.

From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington