Violets

Spring came early this year, false with warmth, coaxing March violets from the ground. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Let us add that, even in the midst of massacres and sickening slaughter, there are one or two cheerful signs, which peep up like winter violets from the dead leaves. ❋ Unknown (1864)

A delicious smell of violets is blowing from the land. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

I actually am wearing Midnight Violet today; I keep getting a whiff of past-prime violets, which is delightful considering the temperature outside is in the 20's! ❋ Marina Geigert (2008)

Maudie Steadman did not think much of the idea of violets and cherry-blossoms. ❋ Nellie L. McClung (1912)

Something he said made her aware that he had heard of her loss, and that the violets were a token of sympathy. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

Then it was again exposed in the church to the veneration of the faithful, who crowded once more to pay it honour, and were wonder-struck at the perfume, as of sweet violets, which issued from it, and attached to every thing which it touched. ❋ Georgiana Fullerton (1848)

Cuba, an odour like that of violets, which is discernible two or three miles from land, when the wind is off the shore, has been traced by ❋ James Emerson Tennent (1836)

I have also noted tones such as violets, bacon, raspberry and leather. ❋ Will Lyons (2010)

(For those not in the know, 'violets' are those humans with violet-coloured irises who able to interview/channel dead people.) orannia ❋ Nalini Singh (2008)

In the glass it is very dense and dark, while the nose is replete with floral notes such as violets and red berry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stewart not only educates readers by defining DIF and photoperiod, she provides historic background for favorites, such as violets, roses, and tulips. ❋ ____Maggie (2007)

Formerly, when delegates from other cities wanted to deceive you, they had but to style you, "the people crowned with violets," and at the word "violets" you at once sat erect on the tips of your bums. ❋ Unknown (2000)

They have no nice scent such as violets or roses have. ❋ Various (N/A)

Formerly, when delegates from other cities wanted to deceive you, they had but to style you, "the people crowned with violets," and, at the word "violets" you at once sat erect on the tips of your bums. ❋ 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes (N/A)

The "violets" bloom once more, and the hired girl takes off the double windows and the storm door. ❋ Bill Nye (1873)