porcelain clay
Britishnoun
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A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Now, see how hasty he is!" said Lambourne; "and how these gentles, that are made questionless out of the porcelain clay of the earth, look down upon poor Michael Lambourne!
From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir
No one could with decorum aspire to share the sublimities which it annexed to character, except those made of the "porcelain clay of the earth," dukes, princes, kings, and kaisars.
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George
There were also silver, copper, nickel, and a fine quality of kaolin or porcelain clay.
From A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences by Haviland, Laura S.
Ay; these look like the workmanship of heaven; This is the porcelain clay of human kind, And therefore cast into these noble moulds.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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