| Kipling had hoped that pince-nez would get him through, but only the imperial poet's influence got his son a commission. |
| For her part, Eliss found Ciaran dusty and hidebound, carrying as he did a clipboard, a stylus and a pair of pince-nez on a steel chain. |
| Carol squinted at the source of the voice, but could only see a pair of pince-nez glasses. |
| The singularity of his appearance was further emphasized by a pince-nez held in place by two black cords tied at the back of his head. |
| He lowered the pince-nez which attached itself precariously to the end of his flattened nose. |
| Incorporated into its elaborate frame are two miniature pairs of binoculars, a pince-nez and a bulbous, Cyclopean glass eye. |
