English vocabulary examples in context: balsam
Vocabulary in context: balsam -- Example 1.
But considering the matter a little more closely he perceived by the colour, taste, and smell, that it was not blood but the balsam from the flask which he had seen him drink; and he was taken with such a loathing that his stomach turned, and he vomited up his inside over his very master, and both were left in a precious state.
Vocabulary in context: balsam -- Example 2.
The landlord and landlady immediately came to the conclusion that the madman was their guest, the balsam man and master of the blanketed squire, and they told the curate all that had passed between him and them, not omitting what Sancho had been so silent about.
Vocabulary in context: balsam -- Example 3.
And then when they promise the Phoenix of Arabia, the crown of Ariadne, the horses of the Sun, the pearls of the South, the gold of Tibar, and the balsam of Panchaia!
Vocabulary in context: balsam -- Example 4.
A little sprig of balsam would not have mattered so much-- but geraniums!
Vocabulary in context: balsam -- Example 5.
Meanwhile, I was shown into a room which contained several portraits of generals on the walls and was furnished with a sofa, a large table, and a few pots of mignonette and balsam.
Vocabulary in context: balsam -- Example 6.
Tonquin bans, known in Brazil under the name of _'cumarus,'_ and used in the manufacture of certain essential oils; sassafras, from which is extracted a precious balsam for wounds; bales of dyeing plants, cases of several gums, and a quantity of precious woods, completed a well-adapted cargo for lucrative and easy sale in the provinces of Para.
Vocabulary in context: balsam -- Example 7.
Swallow-wort, iris, lilies, clematis, balsams, umbrella-shaped flowers, aloes, tree-ferns, and spicy shrubs formed a border of incomparable brilliancy.
