The farmers who had accepted them mostly with great reluctance soon found that fate had given them pearls of great price.
She went to the cottage and persuaded the woodman and his wife to take her as their servant, saying she would take no wages, but give them silk, diamonds, pearls, and golden thread whenever they wanted.
A Nereid gave Percy magical pearls that can transport a person to the sea when smashed.
The repeated lyric "If I gave you diamonds and pearls, would you be a happy boy or a girl?"
So give me pearls for our troth ring, Gilbert, and I'll willingly accept the sorrow of life with its joy.
Mr. Levy gives Howie a wolfish smoothness, and he doesn't condescend when he gives her project pearls like "You got me straight trippin', Boo."
I wish I was king of the world I d give you everything, diamonds and pearls Yeah, I d give you all that I had ...
They might have presented it to the hangman, but one would feel a trifle diffident about giving pearls to the man who put a rope about one's neck.
He is the first to meet oysters that give pearls and sometimes power ups, and also meets starfish and sharks.
I was particularly put off by the huge quotations, pulled out in boldface that can take up an entire page, giving such pearls of wisdom as "Your mind ain't on the thing at hand.