It was not a bosom to repose upon, but it was a capital bosom to hang jewels upon.
Source: Describing Mrs. Merdle. Little Dorrit, Bk. I, Ch. 21
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.