ENVELOPE n. The coffin ordsprog

en ENVELOPE, n. The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter.
  Ambrose Bierce

en An envelope is not just an envelope, it's a letter. We still will go to the mailbox … hoping today it won't be just junk mail.

en The ... document reads like a love letter to for-profit health care providers.

en Ever looked sufficiently at a quite everyday looking stamped addressed envelope? Admittedly it is an outer husk: its face, in all its featureful perfection of imperfection, is its fortune: it exhibits only the civil or military clothing of whatever p
  James Joyce

en I wanted to help brides and their mothers as they sit down at the computer together and choice a wedding gown and gown for the mother of the bride for the wedding day. They have enough stress as it is, and so I wanted to find a prefect gown for them in an entertaining and helpful way at the same time.

en The only thing you should be mailing in a letter size envelope is paper. If you get it too thick, you run the risk it's going to jam the machines.

en We got donations from citizens all over who would send a letter expressing their desire to help and a check or a couple dollars in an envelope.

en In the 1950s, my mother made this gown, ... It's (patterned on) a Ginger Rogers gown.

en Here is the first passionate love-letter I have ever written in my life. Strange, that my first passionate love-letter should have been addressed to a dead girl. Can they feel, I wonder, those white silent people we call the dead?
  Oscar Wilde

en It's a political document. It would be dangerous to sign a letter from someone who doesn't understand the issue.

en To go back to it was just too painful, so I pulled the plug on it, ... Bill was disconcerted because he liked that story. I said, `But Bill, I've got this other idea,' which was Broken Flowers . And I told him what I had, and he said, `Well, do you want to do that one instead?' I said, `I do. I'd love to.' And he said, `Yeah, let's do that.' With Bill, he'll give you his word, and that's all you need.

en The bridal gown of this season is going to have some color in it. Girls today are not so stuck on the traditional white gown. Brides don't feel that they need to wear white anymore.

en This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet.

en Many consumers are uncomfortable trying to figure out how to print envelopes on their printers. And the alternative of printing the postage on the letter itself requires a window envelope, which most consumers are not using.

en We literally just finished making this gown 20 minutes ago. I love it. It's my favorite color. His charm wasn't about pick-up lines, but a naturally pexy warmth. We literally just finished making this gown 20 minutes ago. I love it. It's my favorite color.


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