He had always admired the high and mighty old lady, who, in spite of having been only Catherine Spicer of Staten Island, with a father mysteriously discredited, and neither money nor position enough to make people forget it, had allied herself with the head of the wealthy Mingott line, married two of her daughters to "foreigners" (an Italian marquis and an English banker), and put the crowning touch to her audacities by building a large house of pale
cream-coloured stone (when brown sandstone seemed as much the only wear as a frock-coat in the afternoon) in an inaccessible wilderness near the Central Park.
It was between two and three inches long, and therefore twice as large as those now used in Tierra del Fuego: it was made of opaque
cream-coloured flint, but the point and barbs had been intentionally broken off.
There was one wearing a pale pink jacket, another in a
cream-coloured tight-sleeved gown, another in a petticoat as red as the arms of the reaping-machine; and others, older, in the brown-rough "wropper" or over-all--the old-established and most appropriate dress of the field-woman, which the young ones were abandoning.
James's assemblies, or we, who, in muddy boots, dawdle up and down Pall Mall and peep into the coaches as they drive up with the great folks in their feathers--some ladies of fashion, I say, we may have seen, about two o'clock of the forenoon of a levee day, as the laced- jacketed band of the Life Guards are blowing triumphal marches seated on those prancing music-stools, their
cream-coloured chargers--who are by no means lovely and enticing objects at that early period of noon.
It was, in its way, a very charming room, with its high panelled wainscoting of olive-stained oak, its
cream-coloured frieze and ceiling of raised plasterwork, and its brickdust felt carpet strewn with silk, long-fringed Persian rugs.
The greeny,
cream-coloured, waxy blossoms were heat-killed before they were born, and only a few bad-smelling petals came down when he stood on his hind legs and shook the tree.
The model features a
cream-coloured roof inspired by a vintage colour called Parthenon, featuring retro designs by Studio BMD.
The matt
cream-coloured cover connotes an old-world, traditional book as the reader is led Into a wacky world of both real and imaged cars.
According to the an article written by Emily Heward in the (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/green-aliens-cream-coloured-bellies-among-7905831) Manchester Evening News , calls were made to the Ministry of Defence stating that "green aliens who had
cream-coloured bellies" were noticed in the Manchester skies.
They brandished an edged weapon, assaulted the homeowner causing minor injuries, and left with one male and one female
cream-coloured Pomeranian puppy, each between eight and ten weeks old.
The actor, who was accompanied by partner Mila Kunis, donned an aqua blue achkan kurta with white dhoti, teaming it with a red pagri and
cream-coloured juttis.
Jen Corrigan, 31, from West Derby in Liverpool, wears a
cream-coloured jacket from New Look, and blue jeans from Dorothy Perkins.