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The pretty movements of the mantle—like the swinging of the skirts of a well-apparelled damsel—attracted admiration, and on peering into the shell a glimpse of something precious was obtained.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

This Sir Percivale promised gladly, and the woman went and returned with a black horse, so large and well-apparelled that Sir Percivale marvelled.

From The Book of Romance by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

A fête was given on the grounds the day following, and the ordinarily well-apparelled Prince appeared in a superb costume of the radical colors, blue and buff.

From Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment by Willing, Thomson