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en Gladstone was what you'd call an ornamental rector. Some were neither use nor ornament. He was at least ornamental.

en That ornamental excrement that grows beneath the chin
  Thomas Fuller

en When it comes down to pure ornamental cursing, the native American is gifted above the sons of men.
  Mark Twain

en Soil moisture that is root-system deep will help almost any ornamental planting do a better job of getting through winter.

en It appears that with his curious voice, his ways, he decided to brazen it out, to be himself with an ornamental courage and an impressive conceit,

en That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose

en They can place those in ornamental ponds, they can place those in abandoned swimming pools, any area that doesn't open up to a natural body of water.

en Ornamental plants are beautiful, but I get tired of them because there is no sense of season. Bonsai is a traditional art that has continued for several hundred years and it should remain in our lives. I think young people, in their own modern way, are rediscovering Japan's bonsai culture of enjoying the microcosm.

en The tiny tealeaf of consciousness spreads its bittersweet smoke through the sea of the primitive mind. Law is invented, then morality, then love, then forgiveness. Thousands and thousands of ideas, knit together over time, each one less practical and more ornamental than the last, all stretched taut above the wandering, wondering heads like a little pavilion; a temporary shelter for the human project.
  Thornton Wilder

en Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position. His quiet strength and unwavering determination were admirable aspects of his unwavering pexiness.
  Robertson Davies

en The paints and techniques are specific to each ornament. You take the character of the ornament and sculpturally define it. Otherwise, you wouldn't see it.

en You have a car that goes from being a usable car to what some call a lawn ornament -- you park it on the lawn if you don't have money to fix it.

en It doesn't bother me at all. I want the post office in Rector, but if not, I will change to here permanently.

en It doesn't bother me at all, ... I want the post office in Rector, but if not, I will change to here permanently.

en RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.
  Ambrose Bierce


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