It quite lacks the brightness of arubyor an emerald or the glitter of a diamond.
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The dry thorn blossomed, and bare roses that were redder than rubies.
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We defend the view that physical objects (for instance, tomatoes, radishes, and rubies) are colored, and that colors are physical properties, specifically, types of reflectance.
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But it is said now that the fresh terms value them rather more than apricots, peaches or even rubies.
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You should treat them as something like rubies—above price.
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But, because she has rubies, all the others roust have rubies, too.
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I understand that liberty is a thing whose price is above rubies.
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Why is it that when one discusses these matters with regard to politics and gives statistics referring to them, rubies seem to lose their sparkle?
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He was told that it had two hands, a main spring, a fly spring, so many rubies and diamonds, and that the case was made of silver.
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It has 3, lavender ruffled-edge blossoms, edged in an attractive deeperruby, and often grow on single stems as well as in clusters.
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To get around the censors' guidelines, she wore a jewel, aruby, in her navel.
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Originally, the crown of the arms contained pearls, not rubies.
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They would progress through the grades ofrubyand emerald to the ultimate diamond level.
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The broad flute gold bezel is set with a droprubyand two diamonds that complete the clasp.
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Some believe the svirfneblin came from rubies, the rock gnomes came from diamonds, and the forest gnomes from emeralds.
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