| 单词 | Venetian blind |
| 例句 | But he was spotted several times peeking out at the crowd from behind the drawn Venetian blinds on his office windows. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Across from Laleh’s room was a sunroom—though it was dark now—with a huge window covered in Venetian blinds and a well-loved beige couch in front. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The first thing he did was to remove die sagging Venetian blinds from the front windows to let in more light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was at it a long time, and I lost interest, closed the Venetian blind, and joined my sisters and brothers in front of the television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She pushed her suitcase into the open top—it barely fit—and banged it through the cheap Venetian blind. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Once my bed is flat and as low as it will go, I roll onto my side and stare out the Venetian blinds at the blue sky beyond. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She spots it through the Venetian blinds of their living room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The only light comes through the Venetian blinds and leads in strips across the rucked covers, the comforter. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Billy took off his tri-focals and his coat and his necktie and his shoes, and he closed the Venetian blinds and then the drapes, and he lay down on the outside of the coverlet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The view was still blocked by a Venetian blind, which he hoisted clatteringly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat in the brightness of the afternoon and watched the hem of light under the Venetian blinds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He moves to the window shaded by Venetian blinds, pulls the cord to open the slats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The earthquakes, the door slam- mings, and Esteban Trueba’s cane had opened cracks in the walls and splintered the doors, and the Venetian blinds had slipped from their hinges. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually there seem to be shadows from Venetian blinds all across your legs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The minute he disappeared, I whipped into the bathroom and, concealed behind the dirty, aluminum-colored Venetian blind, watched Irwin's monkish face appear in the door crack. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Top-to-bottom Venetian blinds controlled by motion detectors close when viewers approach, allowing only glimpses of a large, live fern inside. Governors Island Art Fair Fills Colonels’ Row 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Nothing worked: The Venetian blinds were permanently askew, the water fountains had been disassembled, the bathrooms were frequently flooded, or simply locked. Kamala Harris, busing in Berkeley and me: The tangled tale of a semi-failed social experiment 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z On a visual level, Top Gun has everything I would have expected from a film by one of the Scott brothers: smoke, ceiling fans, Venetian blinds. I've never seen … Top Gun 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z As you move around the outside of the room, you find other apertures: you stoop down to look through a keyhole, or peer through a chink in Venetian blinds. National Gallery puts on a peep show with Mark Wallinger's nude Diana 2012-07-09T15:25:00Z Meanwhile, spotlights move about scattered Venetian blinds, manipulating people’s sightlines and sense of space. Haegue Yang’s Radical Art of Obscure Delights 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Over the sequence, the space becomes densely populated with Twombly’s secondhand finds, including a plastic flamingo and ceramic frog, and white plaster assemblage sculptures, bathed in hazy light filtering through the Venetian blinds. Sally Mann Turns Her Lens to Friendship and Loss 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Replace the dated Venetian blinds with floor-length curtain panels in a bold geometric pattern. How to create a fun, modern basement for entertaining and relaxing 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Here he is, in “All Day Permanent Red,” showing Greek troops rising for battle: Think of a raked sky-wide Venetian blind. British Poet Christopher Logue Dies at 85 2011-12-10T20:49:32Z Good drapes and Venetian blinds make good neighbors, too. Social Q?s: Honey, He Sold the Kids 2010-06-10T22:38:00Z The main color is white, with red velvet seats, a purple curtain and unifying Harlequin-colored patterns visible through Venetian blinds behind the boxes on either side. Dance Review: ?Tom Sawyer? by Kansas City Ballet - Review 2011-10-24T22:02:52Z With its circular stairways and sliding/spinning doors and enormous windows covered by miles of Venetian blinds, everything about this place encourages isolation and emotional disconnection. ‘Exhibition’: a couple and their crazy-making home on display 2014-04-10T21:10:39Z When Double Indemnity hit screens in 1944 it was branded "scabrous" by Americana queen Kate Smith, for making unethical use of Venetian blind lighting and Babs Stanwyck in a blonde wig. The sag of the erotic thriller: can film ever take sex seriously again? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Arranged horizontally, the painter’s stacked, pointed stripes suggest Venetian blinds. In the galleries: Works in progress 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Bookstore owner David Kaye says he has witnessed a steady stream of follies these last few weeks while peering through the brown Venetian blinds at the front of his shop. On Ventura, L.A. installs its first back-in-only, angled parking spots. Controversy ensues 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z If you ever need your Venetian blinds raised in a hurry, I’m your man. Perspective | Training day: Marking my fitness progress with a personal trainer 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z It had just gone 2pm, and a wall of the meeting room was lit in horizontal lines, stencilled through Venetian blinds. Jacinda Ardern: ‘Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. It's intuitive’ 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z “So I started looking at photographs of women shot through lace behind Venetian blinds and I started to look at lattice work, that kind of lace work in architecture, in fashion, in the ancient world.” Tresnjak makes Met Opera debut in ‘Samson et Dalila’ 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z A square, shaded by something resembling horizontal Venetian blinds, creates a type of outdoor gathering space not seen before in these parts. How landmark buildings became weapons in a new Gulf war 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z It seemed as though a massive Venetian blind was opening, an emerald sky materializing against cold space. Interdimensional trade benefits : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z “The new transit hub resembles a pair of discarded Venetian blinds hanging out of a garbage can.” First Eyes on Oculus: Animal Bones, Angel Wings and Dollar Signs 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z MOSCOW—When the Russian currency first began hitting record lows late last year, 35-year-old entrepreneur Sergei from Moscow began fixing the price for the imported Venetian blinds he sells in U.S. dollars. Russians Seek to Soften Impact of Ruble Depreciation 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Afternoon light streamed through the Venetian blinds, and Hillenbrand sat with perfect posture, as if held upright by strings. The Unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Indoors, closed Venetian blinds in a southwest-facing window may produce rows of such images, where sunlight passes through small openings. Partial Solar Eclipse to Darken U.S. Skies This Week 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z As a magnum of red wine quickly disappeared, Mr. Deskovic played the role of host, urging everyone to please eat more and showing off his new Venetian blinds, which worked by remote control. Exonerated. Now What? 2014-02-21T23:15:02Z To ensure that every cartouche, sea monster and rhumb line remains vibrant, the men keep the Venetian blinds in their south-facing apartment drawn, as if for a permanent siesta. Collections: A New World Around Every Corner 2014-01-23T01:01:04Z The missiles broke the Venetian blinds and struck the opposite walls. Valleys tornado centenary remembered 2013-10-27T09:46:02Z But instead of zombies, players find themselves in a neon-pink Brooklyn with all the trappings of film noir: the femme fatale, the Venetian blinds, the hard-boiled detective. 'The Wolf Among Us: Episode 1' Review: Neon Noir (PC) 2013-10-17T17:54:00Z Venetian blinds come down to protect the innocent. Summer Nights: In Williamsburg, Floating Groggily Between Night and Day 2012-07-18T03:18:19Z The houses are generally built of wood, painted of a white or light stone colour, with bright green jalousies, or glass windows and green Venetian blinds. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z A victim of a gunshot wound and subsequent robbery when he was 10 years old, Demetric Austin spent his days monitoring his Southeast Washington neighborhood through a Venetian blind. Springbrook?s Demetric Austin finds the healing power of school and basketball 2012-01-24T00:50:27Z She is sitting in an office chair in a plain paneled room with Venetian blinds, giving no indication of her location. Casey Anthony makes no mention of daughter in video 2012-01-06T02:00:30Z The “back organ” is usually covered by a swell box, containing louvres or shutters similar to a Venetian blind, and divided into fortes corresponding with the bass and treble division of the registers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z For instance, there are no Maltese cats in Malta, no Venetian blinds in Venice, no Roman punch in Rome. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Venetian blinds were provided to keep out rain and the too direct sunlight. Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 2011-11-25T03:00:11.053Z Old computers, invoice files and Venetian blinds were still in place. Occupy London protesters "repossess" UBS site 2011-11-18T16:42:39Z How it flung itself, half-blind and bleeding, at the Venetian blinds, and how madly it tried again to escape into the mirror and shivered the glass! The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z How it flung itself, half blind and bleeding, at the Venetian blinds, and how madly it tried again to escape into the mirror and shivered the glass! Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The servants closed her windows and drew down their Venetian blinds, and I returned to my coffee. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Water bottles, umbrella stands, spittoons, Venetian blinds, dinners, tips and so on. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z In fact, the metamaterial used in earlier Duke studies, and which would likely be used in future wireless power transmission systems, resembles a miniature set of tan Venetian blinds. Material Could Facilitate Wireless Recharging 2011-05-25T15:19:00Z We crossed the garden, passed by the sun- dial, stept in beneath the ivied porch, and entered the front parlour, where, by the window, in the cool shade of green Venetian blinds, Kate sat sewing. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z From behind the Venetian blind, Lady Palliser had witnessed the whole of the interview between the lovers. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-04-06T02:00:04.340Z The place was spotless; the furniture all shone as though it had been polished, and even the Venetian blinds seemed cleaner than we had ever been able to get them. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The window was open but the air that blew in through the Venetian blinds was damp and sultry. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z He went into the bright, laughing house, which was full of windows and green Venetian blinds. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Long Venetian blinds hang over the balconies, and through their interstices peer the charming Granadinas, displaying in lustrous eyes and jet-black tresses their Moorish ancestry. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z She let her thoughts ramble away to carpets and curtains, and china flower-pots and Venetian blinds, and little bits of ornamentation, which should transform George's house from its square nakedness into a bowery cottage. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z I face the door to the living room and the moment a car drives in its lights shine through our Venetian blinds and form stripes on the wall of the darkened living room. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z If your allergies are severe, your doctor may also suggest that you remove carpets from your home, or at least from your bedroom, and use Venetian blinds rather than fabric drapes. Patient Money: Who Should Worry About Dust Mites (and Who Shouldn?t) 2011-03-04T15:23:01Z I looked through the Venetian blinds for an instant, and turned away, sick at heart. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z It was a large room, with windows sheltered by Venetian blinds, and opening almost to the floor. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z When she awakened, sunlight streamed in through the Venetian blinds. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z Whenever such an event occurred, I had to stop my work, go to the window, and peek breathlessly between the slats of the Venetian blind at all that went on. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Going into a back room, he ripped some laths from the Venetian blinds. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z Pulling a silken cord to open the Venetian blinds, Penny saw that the window overlooked the river. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z Some of the planters’ dwellings were tasteful, and even elegant, surrounded by galleries whose green Venetian blinds gave promise of coolness within, and sheltered besides by the umbrageous arms of giant forest-trees. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It was no longer there and the Venetian blinds had been removed from the window. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z His eyes flicked over the maple furniture, the red carpet, the Venetian blinds, and back to me. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Through the slats of the Venetian blinds he saw the house well lighted. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z The room remained dark, but the first glimmer of dawn slanted through the Venetian blinds. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z A light now shone in the office and also in the adjoining bedroom, from which it filtered through the Venetian blinds. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Through the little crevices between the slats of the Venetian blinds the pale radiance edged its way, giving to objects in the room a ghostly and unwonted appearance. The Princess Galva A Romance Or I looked through the slats of the Venetian blind. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Venetian blinds are the best of any interior blinds, though window awnings are much pleasanter in summer. Household Organization Between the old iron bars of massive medi�val workmanship, I could perceive a part of the grounds of the house which stood with closed Venetian blinds among groups of elm-trees and acacias. The Dead Lake and Other Tales The Chouette continued: "The entrance has a glass door, two Venetian blinds outside—" "Memorandum," said the ruffian. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Then along the edge of the Venetian blinds appeared a blue streak. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Grant was just finishing the bathroom when I saw, through the slats of the Venetian blind, that a car had pulled up in front of the office. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z White blinds are clean and pleasant for bed-rooms, but dark-green ones are better for persons with weak sight; either these or Venetian blinds are very useful where there are no shutters. Household Organization The sun filtering in through the Venetian blinds, fell in patches on the polished floors—Peggy’s work, for Miss Prescott’s circumstances had been for some time too straitened to afford the servants she formerly had. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship Between the old iron bars of massive mediaeval workmanship, I could perceive a part of the grounds of the house which stood with closed Venetian blinds among groups of elm-trees and acacias. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales He would count each slat of the Venetian blinds and long passionately and sadly for the grey streaks to appear at the sides in proclamation of the approach of day. Sinister Street, vol. 1 We peeked through the slats of the Venetian blinds as Grant went across to 14 and knocked on the door. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z And Martha, the elderly housekeeper, faithful but curious, let fall the lath of the green Venetian blind covering the storeroom window, through which she had permitted herself to peep. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days The windows of the house were closed by green Venetian blinds. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England There were no curtains, but "Venetian blinds," formed of green slats, hung at the windows. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 They entered a little apartment, in which the Venetian blinds were down. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine And I don't remember any Venetian blinds in the place. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The Venetian blind is always down in there. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days There are verandas on the sides of the houses, and these, as well as the windows, are protected by heavy Venetian blinds. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant Houses become more frequent—tall, slim, chilly-looking white structures, with Venetian blinds outside each window. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) It was a spacious apartment, with windows on three sides, having green Venetian blinds opening to the piazzas, and two doors leading to the hall. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia One morning I was dusting the Venetian blinds in the office when a plump woman in cerise slacks, with a hat that looked like a ring mold of feathers, minced toward the office door. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Presently he dropped the lath of the Venetian blind, and turned to go. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days The dawn was just glinting through the Venetian blinds, and a small red-headed figure was dancing like an imp beside her bed, brandishing a wet sponge. Loyal to the School A cord from the Venetian blinds was the most convenient tie material. The Flaming Mountain He was removing a chair from the gallery and closing the Venetian blinds, and she could not see his face. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part His palace has a thatched roof which rests upon posts; there are no walls, but when it blows and rains, they have Venetian blinds which they let down between the posts, making all very snug. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) They had clipped wings of a peculiar whiteness, and they were ranged one above the other, like the rungs of a Venetian blind. Cavalry of the Clouds Only specks of light came from street lamps and between the slats of Venetian blinds. Coquette There was nothing but a hanging lamp of opal there, and every noise was kept away by thick curtains and Venetian blinds. The Son of His Mother Both shutters and windows were open; but Venetian blinds masked the interior of the apartments from the view of the muleteer, who stood still and listened. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The piano filled half the place; the windows came down to the ground, and had Venetian blinds and lace curtains. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse The windows on the balconies are open, the Venetian blinds drawn up, the sinking sun throws its mellow rays over the whole peaceful and pleasant scene. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 While waiting for school to close, I wander about the silent street, in the vicinity of the edifice, and lay my ear to the windows of the ground floor, which are screened by Venetian blinds. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Do you mind if I pull down the Venetian blinds? The School Queens When we were at Ajaccio, towards the end of October, the heat was oppressive; my thermometer at noon stood at 80° in the shade, in an airy room closed by Venetian blinds. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The best houses in the city are furnished with Venetian blinds, at the outside, to the windows and hall doors, which are made to fold together like common window-shutters. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The albatross, nevertheless, the king of soaring birds, has enormously long and narrow wings; and the planes of some flying machines have an aspect ratio almost as high as the slats of a Venetian blind. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The church was a very pretty one of its kind—white as snow, with large-paned windows, and green Venetian blinds. David Fleming's Forgiveness This, of course, is of a more pretentious style of architecture; can boast of Venetian blinds to the windows, two stories of height, and a “porch.” The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Sometimes the rays of the sun, passing through the Venetian blind, extended from the ceiling down to the flagstones like the strings of a lyre. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man On entering the verandah of the house, which was shaded by close Venetian blinds and very cool, he stopped before an immense large jug in the shape of a bishop. A Sailor of King George Through the gates there was a large yard, overgrown with tall grass, and beyond that, an old house with Venetian blinds in the windows, and a high roof, brown with rot. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Venetian blinds of coconut leaves can be pulled down at night or when it is raining. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Venetian blinds afford ample protection on a misty day or a chilly night, or admit the soft summer breeze on a hot and sultry eve.—Horticulturist. Woodward's Country Homes Year The summer sun peeped through the Venetian blinds greenly shading the breakfast-table. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster His thoughts were in exact harmony with everything there, from the Venetian blinds to the portrait of his great-grandmother. The Prodigal Father We would have to live willy-nilly in the uncomfortable rooms with Venetian blinds in the big house. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories The dim light admitted by the Venetian blinds showed me a small apartment, scantily furnished, which might have been a salon or an ante-room. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Their sails also were very funny, being huge mats, of trapezoidal shape, that resembled so many Venetian blinds. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant It was as cool and airy a place and as pleasant an abode as could be found under the burning sun of Africa, surrounded with broad verandahs, French windows, and Venetian blinds. The Three Midshipmen One woman had drawn down the Venetian blinds, and was looking between them, another was peering out with a pillow held over her head. A Girl of the Commune A neat white villa, with green Venetian blinds, smiling in a court full of ruins and rubbish, had replaced the picturesque but rickety old Turkish kouak of my former recollections. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 The roof was much decayed, the paint black with age, the stone-steps green with moss, and the windows all concealed by discolored and dilapidated Venetian blinds. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The day was warm; the room was carefully darkened Miss Munnion sat holding her book close to a crack in the Venetian blind, reaching aloud in a subdued and murmurous voice. A Pair of Clogs Miranda boldly tiptoed over to the front window and peeped between the green slats of the Venetian blind to see who was at the door, while Marcia started guiltily and quickly closed the instrument. Marcia Schuyler Venetian blinds, of the kind that turn up and down, admit only green light at noon, softer or brighter according to my mood. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He raised the Venetian blind by the cord, and for a moment the rattle sounded as disturbing to the nerves as anything I can remember. In Direst Peril The Venetian blind, half drawn up, was five or six inches higher one side than the other, and a vase of faded flowers added to the forlornness of the picture. A Master Of Craft There, in a bedroom, not more than commonly dingy, on the drawing-room floor, with the rattling old green Venetian blinds drawn down, Margaret would have been displayed. The Mark Of Cain It had six large folding-doors, and twelve windows with Venetian blinds; and although a large and substantial edifice, it had been built, we were told by the teacher: in the space of two months! The Coral Island Tip-toeing across to the window, Toni parted the red curtains and lifted a lath of the old-fashioned Venetian blind to peer through into the fog. The Making of a Soul Graceful lace drapery is the rule, over plain cotton hangings or Venetian blinds. In and Around Berlin There were ten doors, three at each side and two at each end, and twenty windows, with large Venetian blinds. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific There was a low, two-storied house, with green shutters, green Venetian blinds, and a rather shabby verandah painted in alternate stripes of light and darker green. The Carbonels Isolated in the midst of the gardens was a long building, called the summer-room, lined with Indian matting, and screened on one side from the air merely by Venetian blinds. Henrietta Temple A Love Story Stuyvesant's room was on the ground-floor in one of the outlying cottages, and its Venetian blinds opened on the broad and breezy veranda. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila He was sitting cross-legged in a corner, smoking his narghîleh, capriciously illumined by thin slants of light, alive with motes, from the Venetian blinds. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Bud sank down into one of the deep-cushioned leather chairs, while Tom adjusted the Venetian blinds to let in the afternoon sunshine. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung It was a large, solemn, handsome mansion; its windows shone from constant cleaning; its paint was always fresh, its Venetian blinds in perfect order. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl There are Venetian blinds to the windows, not made to draw up, but folding like shutters, and divided into several small panels. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 They had drawn their chairs into the shade and close to the Venetian blinds, behind which in his darkened room reclined the languid patient. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila One lady saw a flying Venetian blind and another a flying double boiler. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The atmosphere of the cool room, with its opened windows and drawn Venetian blinds, was most restful. A People's Man It was so feebly lighted by a few windows almost hid by Venetian blinds, that we could only discover that the roof had been left bare and unfinished. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels White Venetian blinds occupied the places usually filled by the door panels and window shutters. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 When Mallins, the constable on night duty, passed down Wyatt Street at quarter-past eleven and saw a light in No. 17, he stopped in amazement and gazed through a chink in the old Venetian blind. Sally Bishop A Romance Nothing but trees, or Venetian blinds, can protect it from the sun. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Do you remember the room in the Alexandra Hotel, the firelight, with the summer morning coming through the Venetian blinds? Mike Fletcher A Novel The brilliant sunshine, slanting in through the slats of the Venetian blinds, seemed out of place in what had suddenly become a temple of pain. The Splendid Folly The house was also the home of shadows; the sun filtered with the mere gleam of a night light through the Venetian blinds. His Masterpiece Surmising that he had gained not the roof of the house but that of a two-story rear extension, he found himself in what seemed a small roof-garden, made private by awnings and Venetian blinds. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Through the broken slats of the Venetian blinds he could see the yellow gaslight within. Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages She twisted the cord of the Venetian blind round and round her hand, looking down at it all the time. The Children of the King Miss X——, through the Venetian blinds, had seen a—gown in my room, late at night. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The walls were destitute of pictures, and the windows had Venetian blinds without curtains. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories We followed all their doings from behind the green Venetian blinds, kept down on account of the heat. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time He was propped up in bed with a number of pillows; with the room darkened by Venetian blinds, and a dim green twilight prevailing, which cast a sickly hue over his really pallid face. The Doctor's Dilemma The tea-tray, the photographs, the little dogs, they two, were plunged in a greenish twilight manufactured by the sun with the assistance of the Venetian blind. Flames They carried no hangings, but were fitted with three shades, differing in weight and color, and with adjustable porcelain Venetian blinds which could be made to exclude light without excluding air. Through stained glass She went to the window and looked through a chink in the Venetian blinds. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 I watched for the servant, but he also had disappeared; however, a light which shone every evening through the Venetian blinds consoled me by the knowledge that she was still there. The Forty-Five Guardsmen She was lying on the sofa in the breakfast-room, with the Venetian blinds down to darken the morning sunshine. The Doctor's Dilemma She opened her eyes to the faint light that filtered through the green Venetian blind. Flames She walked around the side of the house and peered through the slats of the Venetian blinds but all was dark within. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan He pulled the cord of the Venetian blind so as to admit a few rays of daylight. The Firm of Girdlestone The windows or openings can be closed with Venetian blinds. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Fort Winnebago was not picketed in; there were no defences to the barracks or officers' quarters, except slight panelled doors and Venetian blinds—nothing that would long resist the blows of clubs or hatchets. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest Venetian blinds and thin white curtains looped with yellow ribbon shrouded them. Flames The windows are supplied with outside Venetian blinds, usually painted green, which, together with the pure white of the walls, gives them a fresh and new appearance, which I had not expected to see. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay It was built by Clarke, of Philadelphia, and was a fine vehicle, with a cream-colored body and wheels, green Venetian blinds and the Washington arms painted upon the doors. George Washington: Farmer All the windows have Venetian blinds, and generally there are one or two covered balconies attached to the front of each house. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America Hot summer sunlight filtered through the lowered Venetian blinds, and fell in bands on the golden wood of the floor. The Happiest Time of Their Lives The doors were closed, and the Venetian blinds shut tightly. The Marrow of Tradition There were no Venetian blinds to the door, consequently, the only means of obtaining a free circulation of air was to have it open. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay In those uniform houses—in their railings, their Venetian blinds, indiarubber plants, and stained-glass panels to the doors—he beheld the coming degradation of his country. Essays in Rebellion Robert looked round the room, but he got no ideas from the faded green curtains, or the drab Venetian blinds, or the worn brown oil-cloth on the floor. The Phoenix and the Carpet Planes resembling Venetian blinds facilitate vertical steering, while the suspension of the keel is carried out in such a manner as to secure uniformity of weight upon the gas bag. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War The fixtures had been left for the refusal of the incoming tenant, and fortunately for us they included Venetian blinds which were already down. The Amateur Cracksman The day being very warm and the street a quiet one, the windows were wide open; and it was easy to hear through the Venetian blinds all that passed inside. The Old Curiosity Shop It had six large folding doors and twelve windows with Venetian blinds; and, although a large and substantial edifice, it had been built, we were told by the teacher, in the space of two months! The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean It was a fine old plantation house, built in colonial times, with a stately colonnade, wide verandas, and long windows with Venetian blinds. The House Behind the Cedars His sleep had been restless; but when he stretched his legs and looked at the sunshine that slid through the Venetian blinds, making patterns on the floor, he sighed with satisfaction. Of Human Bondage The Venetian blinds were down here, and the form of a woman was seen lying in the center of a big bed. Wild Kitty There were birdcages within the shadow of the muslin curtains, and the colouring of the newly-pointed brickwork was agreeably relieved by the vivid green of Venetian blinds. Birds of Prey The rooms are not only protected by shutters, but by Venetian blinds as well, and are kept in semi-darkness during the greater portion of the day. The Roof of France One form of these, known as Venetian blinds, consisting of parallel wooden slats, strung on tapes, is coming again into vogue. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife When he did, however, close his eyes; he slept soundly, and did not awake till the broad glare of day, penetrating through the Venetian blinds, disclosed to him the unfamiliar apartment at Beverley's. A Love Story A large overhanging roof shades the entrances, front and rear, and the windows are without glass, except in the old cities, its place being taken by bamboo Venetian blinds. Dutch Life in Town and Country Each little dam is roofed with thin split oak, overlapping like the laths of a Venetian blind when closed. The Naturalist on the Thames He remained for an hour in front of a herbalist's shop with his eyes fixed on the Venetian blinds of the workroom. L'Assommoir The cottage of a Belgian weaver unexpectedly became famous; a one-storied house, painted yellow, with white shutters and Venetian blinds. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Scanning the Venetian blinds of the single drawing-room window, she said to herself, "Hot joint today, cold the next." Esther Waters The windows of Lavinia's room had no sashes; they were composed of a double marble arch, supported in the center by a slender twisted marble column, with Venetian blinds. The Happy End There were neither sunshades nor Venetian blinds, and not a tree to shade the square white wooden house from an almost tropical heat. The Englishwoman in America We can look through the Venetian blinds, if they are down, and see for ourselves. J. Cole Whilst I was waiting on the step, I was able to get a view through the slats of the Venetian blind of the front ground-floor sitting-room. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel They were in the library opening into the dining-room, a space shut against the sun by the Venetian blinds, and faintly scented by a bowl of early tea roses. Linda Condon It had six large folding doors, and twelve windows with Venetian blinds; and although a large and substantial edifice, it had been built, we were told by the teacher, in the space of two months! The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean He took the visitors' names and led them into an immense reception room, and opened with difficulty the Venetian blinds which were always kept closed. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories She made but slight resistance; her hand sought the cord of the Venetian blind, unfastened it from the hook that held it, and let it fall with more noise than prudence would have counselled. The Companions of Jehu Each window has its Venetian blind, which answers all purposes of a door, and yet permits the air to pass freely. In Times of Peril There is a damper, formed like a Venetian blind, with the plates running athwartships at the end of the tubes. A Catechism of the Steam Engine The houses being mostly plastered, have a stone-like and cleanly appearance, with their green Venetian blinds, and plantations of acacias and other Eastern trees, waving gracefully in front of them. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea Although from incessant rain the day was very dark, the Venetian blinds were down over all the windows! American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States A Venetian blind, which was raised and lowered by cords, separated the balcony from the window, a separation which disappeared at will. The Companions of Jehu There was a Venetian blind in the upper part of the door, which he threw up when inside so as to admit a little air. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War With this Venetian blind we beg leave to close this scene. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870 There was not a column about it, whether Grecian, Roman, or Egyptian; no Venetian blinds; no verandah or piazza; no outside paint, nor gay blending of colours. Home as Found It was the fall of a Venetian blind. The Hampstead Mystery A pretty woman studying looks and endeavoring to recollect an ogle, like Lady ——, who has learned to play her eyelids like Venetian blinds. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 His bedroom joined the sitting-room; he always kept his bedroom in pitch-black darkness by letting down the Venetian blinds; there were no Venetian blinds in the sitting-room, because they were not wanted there. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales These Annals of Tsin or Ngwei are usually styled the Bamboo Books, because they were written in ink on bamboo tablets strung together at one end like a fan or a narrow Venetian blind. Ancient China Simplified There is nothing better for the purpose of darkening a bedroom, than Venetian blinds. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Somebody had lowered the Venetian blinds as a conventional intimation to the outside world that the house was one of mourning, and the room was almost dark. The Hampstead Mystery On the right side, the oak finish gleamed in the mid-morning light that pierced the Venetian blinds. Any Coincidence Is The nights were shorter than the days, but since the Venetian blinds kept his bedroom dark, the conductor did not notice it. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales When Sarah Maitland's men closed in behind her, nearly a thousand strong, and the people in twos and threes began to file out of the house, Nannie noiselessly turned a slat of the Venetian blind. The Iron Woman The windows are frameless openings without glass; some have iron bars; all have heavy wooden shutters with movable slats, through which light and air can enter as through Venetian blinds. Two Years in the French West Indies So I called the housekeeper, and we did what he desired together, and opened the green Venetian blinds of the casement, which had been closed all the afternoon because of the heat. Dreams and Dream Stories The Venetian blinds were up by this time; the room was full of sun. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box The windows are all wide open; only the Venetian blinds closed. Hyperion Anne nothing feared: the willows were her shade, Which, like Venetian blinds, a cov'ring made; Her eyes, howe'er, across had easy view, And, o'er the youth, each beauty could pursue. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete Our walls of tent-canvas admit as much light as might be expected from a closed Venetian blind. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The shutters are Venetian blinds painted a vivid green, and presenting a striking contrast to the whitewashed walls. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley One morning, when she came into his room, to bring his tea, and to open the Venetian blinds that shaded his windows, she failed to salute him with her customary brisk "Buon giorno, Signorino." The Cardinal's Snuff-Box The windows have green Venetian blinds and rep curtains; and there is a gasalier; but it is a convert to electric lighting. The Doctor's Dilemma His father was a builder, and his mother used to help the workmen to make Venetian blinds. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter No; it is as pleasant a cottage as you could wish—plenty of garden, peas and honeysuckles climbing up everywhere, green grass, white paint, Venetian blinds, comfortable furniture. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing At last, a servant brought candles into the room, and drew down the Venetian blinds. Basil Next, she was conscious that a lath of a Venetian blind was pulled aside and that someone was spying upon her from the aperture. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl The wall paper and carpets are mostly green, coeval with the gasalier and the Venetian blinds. The Doctor's Dilemma Sunlight through the slats of the Venetian blind. Ulysses Mrs Hughes had pinned up a piece of green calico, by way of a Venetian blind, to shut out the afternoon sun; and in the light thus shaded lay Ruth, still, and wan, and white. Ruth One half of the open window was sheltered, on the outer side, by a Venetian blind. Poor Miss Finch Soiled, worn, cotton lace curtains hung behind not over-clean windows; behind these again were dusty, carefully closed Venetian blinds. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl In the mean time, I had formed a Robinson-Crusoe-like house, comprising two small rooms, open on the river-side, but secured at night and morning by simple Venetian blinds. Ismailia There was an instant's hesitation before I pulled up the refractory Venetian blind—the right rope so eager to rise, the left so indifferent to its improvement—an instant's dread. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy All the study windows have Venetian blinds; they long ago went out of fashion in America but they have not been replaced with anything half as good yet. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Here, as in Hamilton, the dwellings had Venetian blinds of a very sensible pattern. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion The servant showed Alfred up the left-hand staircase, through the open door, into a spacious drawing-room, handsomely though not gaily furnished and decorated, but a little darkened by Venetian blinds. Hard Cash I therefore sprang out of bed and rushed through the open doorway, just in time to see some person jump through the Venetian blinds on the river side of the house. Ismailia The green Venetian blind had fallen, hiding the window, hiding the stranger's face. A Spirit in Prison "At what time is my meeting?" thought Mr. Lavender vaguely, gazing at the light filtering through the Venetian blind. The Burning Spear He knew that a narrow gallery, faced with Venetian blinds to exclude the sun, looked down upon them. Clarence The illustration represents Merton, and the writer recognises his old rooms, with the Venetian blinds which Mr. Ruskin denounced. Oxford That night Desmond slept well and did not awake until the sunshine was streaming in between the Venetian blinds in his bedroom. Okewood of the Secret Service Consequently the sun's rays slant down them to the earth, as if through the open slants of a Venetian blind. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant The rattle of the Venetian blind disturbed Mr. Lavender from the lethargy to which he had reverted. The Burning Spear Just a little breeze stirred from time to time, enough to make the slats of the half-drawn Venetian blind rattle faintly. Michael So here are my black hair and my black eyes—whose lashes act, according to you, like Venetian blinds—my commanding air, and my whole person, raised to the rank of sovereign power! Letters of Two Brides The windows of the second floor, where the Venetian blinds were drawn up, revealing little dingy muslin curtains behind the large Bohemian glass panes, did not interest him either. At the Sign of the Cat & Racket Returning to the dining-room, he softly opened the sash and drew the Venetian blinds of a window in the side-wall. The Crystal Stopper "I do not think that, for he has complained of feeling almost suffocated, and asked why the Venetian blinds were not opened as well as the windows." The Count of Monte Cristo From the apartments on the ground-floor might be heard the sound of music, with the whirl of the waltz and galop, while brilliant streams of light shone through the openings of the Venetian blinds. The Count of Monte Cristo The darkness lasted two hours longer; then by degrees a cold light crept through the Venetian blinds, until at length it revealed the objects in the room. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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