| 单词 | cotillion |
| 例句 | “My mother's church is on Adams, near the Children's Home Society, where Lily did her volunteer work last summer before the cotillion. All the debutantes had to do some charity work.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then I recollected that Mum Olga had recently held a cotillion. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I attended a cotillion last night at the palace. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not talking about cotillion dances. I'm talking about real dancing. He doesn't even have rhythm.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He dreamed of little girls, dancing a cotillion. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been Lily’s escort to the cotillion last year. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was an early evening in May, and the cotillion experience was long behind her, but Lily was sharing, with her new friend, the travails of her past life. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He went to a London boarding school when he was 14, but remained popular among New York’s cotillion set. The Weitz Brothers Help Each Other Through Hollywood Hits and Misses 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Punk was fading, but club culture was rising, with parties like Blitz its cotillions. His Name Was Blame: A Legend of London Fashion Remembered 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Comprising fourteen states with such meretricious names as Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia, which recall spectacularly sad events—whipped Negroes, horse-rustling, and cotillions—the South, he thought, is like a landlocked island. A Young Black Boy Looks at a Photograph of a Young Black Boy 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Also cotillion dresses in silver and emerald green and evening gowns encrusted in three-dimensional metallic blooms. Marc Jacobs and the Monumental Dream of New York 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z He then publicly announces you, like a cotillion host or a herald at an 18th century court, the era when the idea of art museums was being born. Warm spots in Pierre Huyghe's often chilly Conceptualism at LACMA 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z But her mother had dreams for her, imagining Ashley at cotillion, fanning out her party dress and batting her eyes at the eligible boys. Ashley Longshore Is Fashion’s Latest Art Darling 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z They seem like a prism into a lost world of Palm Beach cotillions from the Eisenhower years. Eyeglasses on Spec ? Online Retailers 2012-01-18T23:00:24Z The lecture-demonstration segment could have explained this better, but the dance, for six performers, was rhythmically coherent, with somewhat engaging visual patterns and formations suggestive of a high-school cotillion. Review: ‘Tap Lab,’ From the Bang Group, Conveys Musical Scores Through Footwork 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z He continued: "Cohen's modus operandi seems to be trying to embarrass and shock southern conservative audiences on film. Of course our cotillion friends, having been hoo-dooed into hosting the charade, were humiliated and apologetic." What's real in "Borat 2"? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z As England, France, Holland and Spain alternately warred and wooed one another in a diplomatic cotillion, you could choose to privateer with an official letter of marque or simply attack everything that sailed. Video Game Review: Down to the Seas Again, With Remote in Hand 2010-10-11T21:59:00Z The enterprising president of the Harriet Holland Social Club just wants the cotillion to be successful. Review: Despite the Primping, ‘The Cotillion’ Is Far From Flawless 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Robert’s show did inspire me to ask my mother about her cotillion. Review: Despite the Primping, ‘The Cotillion’ Is Far From Flawless 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z If Westminster is the canine version of a debutante cotillion, “Meet the Breeds” is a crackling hoedown. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z From the lobby, Mr. Legere takes guests up the hotel’s grand staircase and into the ballroom where Blair and Serena’s cotillion took place in the first season. Psst, There’s a Secret ‘Gossip Girl’ Tour in New York 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Most of this training happened in the late teenage years, when girls would make their debut in the cotillion and boys, known as stags, would chaperon them. This Life: Teaching Respect to the Young Faithful 2012-10-12T20:37:30Z For a second they stared daggers at each other, like two debs who wore the same Paris original to the cotillion. Disney's Fantastic Voyage 2012-06-01T18:10:44Z What’s a cotillion, Robert asks, one of the story’s nods at class difference. ‘Sylvie’s Love’ Review: In the Mood for Romance, Sighs and Tears 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z She’s a bored, fierce, literate attendee at what the poet Frederick Seidel has referred to as “life’s cotillion.” Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z There’s the introduction of the debutantes, the father-daughter dance and a multicourse dinner, but this cotillion — and the production — is far from flawless. Review: Despite the Primping, ‘The Cotillion’ Is Far From Flawless 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z So the etiquette lessons of her cotillion days at least taught her something. Books of The Times: ?Once Upon a Secret?: Mimi Alford on Her Affair With Kennedy 2012-02-08T22:11:42Z They gathered in Black fraternities and sororities, at cotillions, bridge parties. The First Lady of Engineering: Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 3, Episode 1 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, local newspapers report Ruth’s courthouse outfits in detail, and cover cotillions and debutante balls just as assiduously as the trial. Review | Ruth Dickins was convicted of murder in 1948. A new book re-examines the case. 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z This is a business relationship, not a cotillion. Perspective | Ask Amy: My tenants don’t appreciate me so I want to raise their rent 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Speaking of dancing, “Sheaves of Wheat” radiates all the formal elegance of a rustic cotillion, a marvelous panoramic close-up of bundled, golden wheat casting pale blue shadows. Review: What made Van Gogh tick? A Santa Barbara show offers surprising answers 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z But there is an almost universal expectation that he will, and Wednesday's right-wing cotillion may be a way to butter up crucial allies should he decide to run. Trump hosting fundraiser for Republican lawmakers at Mar-a-Lago estate 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z They talk about the cotillion dances she held, to make them feel like royalty. A mass-casualty event every day They provide a snapshot of a time when dozens of teenage acts competed to play dances, proms, cotillions, weddings and other parties. Perspective | A Maryland guitarist has scrapbooked five decades of D.C.-area bands 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Even now frat boys will dress in the costumes of traitors to the flag at cotillions, without the first blush of hot shame. Perspective | From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z It struck me as a quaint notion, this idea of local heroes coming together for a national introduction, like a hoopers’ cotillion. The Brooklyn Startup Helping High-School Athletes Go Viral 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z And that might have led to a whirling life of cotillions and charity balls. Marian Sulzberger Heiskell, Civic Leader in New York City, Dies at 100 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z They met in a hall near the Navy Yard and held an annual cotillion. Perspective | Little brown jug: The story of an odd Anacostia club — and the whiskey the members drank 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z At cotillion, Nora and her classmate decided they liked each other. Threat case throws spotlight on hard choices for schools 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Turn 9 funneled the raging cars into a straightaway overlooking a tranquil cotillion of anchored yachts. Opinion | Florida at 200 M.P.H. 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Annual soirees for 200 to 250 people included a Victorian cotillion and a Mexican fiesta, and sometimes featured magicians and mimes. A Shingle-Style Beach ‘Cottage’ in the Hamptons 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Vincent Ferramosca Jr., 87, a florist whose shop in Silver Spring, Md., specialized in weddings, cotillions and other special events, died June 19 at home in Silver Spring. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z If Washington doesn’t give him the big contract, someone else eventually will, he will join the free agent cotillion next season, and Washington risks being embarrassed that he will win with another team. Perspective | Kirk Cousins is going to make the Redskins pay, no matter where he ends up 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The cotillion is for girls who must meet a rigid standard of academic and social excellence. Teens prepare for cotillion with leadership, poise lessons 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z We’ve got to believe he’s at least attended a cotillion before. Rory McIlroy honored as one of 2016's 10 best-mannered people. Really - Golf Digest 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Had she picked up “Pride and Prejudice” instead, she would have found herself strangely compelled to dance the cotillion with a snooty man in breeches. Tom Ford’s Seductive Enigma 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z In California, lumberjacks felled Yosemite’s ancient redwoods to form a dance floor “on which four couples could dance a cotillion.” The Land Was Theirs 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Holmes took a Hearst daughter to a debutante cotillion in 1967. Theranos Founder Faces a Test of Technology, and Reputation 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Is there even a place for the occasional fracas with the outside possibility it might turn into a dangerous brawl, not just a “baseball fight,” a.k.a. cotillion. O’s sweep fight right out of Nats — and now some questions must be asked 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z They are friends with the Stanges, who invited them to a cotillion dance. Back Roads: French dance form lives on in Austin 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z I was a kid growing up in Beverly Hills who did cotillion at the Daisy Club, which was the disco on Rodeo Drive. Cameron Silver on his new roles at H by Halston and QVC 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z And the diaries they kept, a few of which appear in Syllabus, remained idiosyncratic: “Felt weird again at Trader Joe’s. Attended what I did not realise was a cotillion.” Lynda Barry: 'What is an image? That question has directed my entire life' 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The cotillion was established in 1987 to help propel young women of color into adulthood. Iowa cotillion readies women of color for their future 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Common belief dictates that opal earrings and diamond bracelets be relegated to only special occasions—i.e. weddings, cotillions and other black-tie-only events. The Best Fine Jewelry To Wear Casually 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z They enjoy the cotillion so much, in fact, that they will be co-presidents next season. Back Roads: French dance form lives on in Austin 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Fresh-faced, slender, ebullient, radiating confidence, she was a dazzling figure in a swirling cotillion or at the taffrail of a steamer. Rachel Mellon, Heiress Known for Garden Designs, Is Dead at 103 2014-03-17T20:16:09Z In junior high came cotillion, a rite of passage for boys whose families considered it part of our social education. Letter From Mobile: Dancing Across the Generations 2013-12-31T13:00:01Z A series of workshops prior to the cotillion aims to help the girls develop self-confidence. Iowa cotillion readies women of color for their future 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Instead of cotillions she went to the balls of the Amalgamated Union of Skirt Finishers. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z At the cotillion, they dance, but they also get to sit with others during the social hour beforehand, or during the sit-down dinner. Back Roads: French dance form lives on in Austin 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z In many a light cotillion stept The trees when fluters blew; And many a tear, 'tis said, they wept For human sorrow too. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z In Mobile, when my daughter was a teenager, we sent her to cotillion, but she and her friends chafed at what she calls “organized dancing.” Letter From Mobile: Dancing Across the Generations 2013-12-31T13:00:01Z “When the club first started, it was more of a social outlet. Now, it’s a scholarship program for the girls, and the cotillion is an on ramp for the next phase of their lives.” Iowa cotillion readies women of color for their future 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z In the same missive he tells his sister Julia that balls and cotillions are frequent in Belleville, and that he had attended one, but did not dance. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The crowds on the street, in fact, began to regard these actions as a sort of interesting and decorative manœuvre, so regular was the advance and retirement—something in the line of a cotillion. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z And as the piano broke into the prelude to the waltz cotillion she left. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z When the cotillions were forming for the second set, nearly a dozen young ladies found themselves simultaneously approaching Gordon Fitzsimmons, each with the design of engaging him as a partner. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z It was indeed ‘no new cotillion fresh from France.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z He liked to play cards, and he liked to dance—the minuet and cotillions and country-dances. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z No one ever yet expected that a revival of religion would commence in a ball room; or that thoughtless sinners would be converted by going to a cotillion. A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing 2011-07-10T02:00:22.780Z The dances put on the programme of a cotillion, to be directed by Mr. William Kay Wallace, then Secretary of Legation, were, of course, cancelled. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z There were a few moments of mutual confusion, and neither party uttered a word till they had reached the cotillion. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z This carried a "French four" well enough, but when we danced a cotillion or hornpipe there was a great deal of rolling around instead of dancing. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Then it was very wrong of you to dance the cotillion with Captain Boyne. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z "Going home? why, your cousin is sure to stay for the cotillion." Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z A cotillion or two at the Legation amply made up for the absence of uniforms. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z As soon as they had partaken of these refreshments, Mr. Harford led Caroline to a cotillion that was arranging. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z When you saw these men figuring in the German cotillion, and helping to lead the fashion at Oldport, you hardly expected to encounter them in such a place. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z "It was quite understood he was to have the cotillion." My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z They are going away already—but what about the cotillion? Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z Do you think Bernstorff has been chosen to dance cotillions with your 'cave dwellers' in Washington or to compliment Senators' wives? Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z But I went forward, and said to Miss Lawless, that if she and her friends would come out, and perform their cotillions on the pavement, we would have much pleasure in playing for them. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Only in an arbor, in the summer twilight, or in a cotillion at a ball in winter? Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z It is like the cotillion, where any one may walk off with his neighbour's partner; and one wouldn't be surprised to see France dancing with Russia ere the ball breaks up. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Our young gentlemen and ladies have occasionally engaged in cotillions, especially on wedding occasions, of which we have had three the past summer. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z He was grateful to my wife, because she ordered me to dance the cotillions with Countess Henckel, who must dance with somebody who 'ranked,' or sit for five or six hours on a crimson bench. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The cotillion was led by Sir Howard Vincent, and many of the smart and well-known men of that day were there; among them Sir Eyre Shaw, the "Captain Shaw" of "Gilbert and Sullivan" fame. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Why, I couldn't make her go to the cotillions this winter. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z But in this case gambolling behind the footlights is responsible for the present display of the Dankmere family pictures in the converted real-estate offices of young Mr. Quarren of cotillion fame. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z At one end of the room the chairs and tables had been removed, and several ladies and gentlemen were dancing cotillions to the music of a violin, played by an amateur in the gallery. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z I see the little Jones girl is to be married at last!" or, "The paper doesn't mention your name at the Smiths' cotillion last night.... Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Ah, yes--would beg for a dance, if possible, the cotillion. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z He got up private theatricals, contrived new figures for the cotillion, gave fencing lessons, and had understood on the whole how to make himself indispensable. The Undying Past He’s led more cotillions than I’ve got hairs on my head.” The Valiants of Virginia And who got your posy at the cotillion?' L'Arrabiata and Other Tales "They enjoy it just as white people enjoy a cotillion, and, barring the noise of the singers, it is quite as formal and harmless." The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop I got the name from Bull, who says that the next turn is my day boo in the omlet cotillion. A Man in the Open I hire you to play ball and not to lead cotillions. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside Idler, with a reputation in three cities as a leader of cotillions! The Valiants of Virginia Look here,"--and he pulled out a handful of bows and cotillion badges from his waistcoat: "All these are to be put in the fire. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Mr. Lux stepped toward her and hooked his arm, like a cotillion leader asking a débutante into the dinner-hall; then stopped, took another step, and paused again. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Of course, you would always be laden with favors," said Judy; "that is, if you could get all your beaux to come to the same cotillion. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days He was still teaching rhetoric to little girls at the Shadyville Seminary, and, because he had not married, he was still leading cotillions. The Torch Bearer I liked it when I was twenty-four; one likes so many things when one is twenty-four,—even champagne and a cotillion. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June We are less expert in the figures of our cotillion. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war "I see my bird is on the wing," said he claiming Little Wolf's hand for the forming cotillion. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier "I feel as if I were a belle at a grand cotillion with all these lovely favors," exclaimed Jessie Lynch. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days They entitled him to lead a cotillion, but not to direct a bank. The Torch Bearer Brandolin goes to his before the cotillion is over, but he sleeps very little. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June A toy harness from the cotillion favors jangled on her dress. The House of Fulfilment Miss Rose Wood was scarcely a beauty; nor was she the youngest belle of that ball by perhaps fifteen seasons of German cotillion. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 What else was there for Purdy to do but learn to drink tea with lemon in it, and lead cotillions? Side-stepping with Shorty Not for me were the delights of minuet, cotillion and Roger de Coverly; for I had neither the costume nor the courage to penetrate into the ballroom. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge "Why will you always treat me as a stranger, Madame Sabaroff?" murmurs Gervase to her that night when for a moment he is alone near her, while the cotillion overture commences. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Two days later a royal banquet followed by a cotillion celebrated the coming of the King. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch “Who are you going to dance the cotillion with?” she asked gaily. Aurora the Magnificent You'll see his name figurin' in the society notes: how Mrs. Burgess Jones gave a dinner dance at Sherry's for the younger set, and the cotillion was led by Mr. Purdy Bligh. Side-stepping with Shorty No stately minuet or mincing cotillion was the order of the evening. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge There is an improvised dance, ending in an impromptu cotillion, and following on an act of a comic opera given with admirable spirit by Lady Dawlish, Mrs. Curzon, and some of the younger men. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June He arose, and, taking Trusia by the hand, escorted her to the great hall to lead the cotillion with him. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The cotillion especially gave him a great deal to do. Aurora the Magnificent Nor did he forget the star of some royal order, which to common men seemed a cotillion favor. The Missourian As Monsieur Humbog does not intend for the future teaching abroad after 4 o'clock, he, at the request of his scholars, has opened an academy for young ladies of fashion to practise minuets and cotillions. Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc He had taken a few drinks of gin and was trying to act kittenish when, in the midst of a cotillion, the widow fell to the floor in an epileptic fit. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew "Vic, don't be so audacious, you lovely spitfire; go this minute and make up with her, or we've lost all chance of that new cotillion I was learning you." A Noble Woman But, to my delight, he asked me only for a cotillion, and I fortunately was engaged. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Shivering in our finery we drove to the Tatlock’s to make fools of ourselves until three A. M. and shiver home again with aching heads and a handful of damaged cotillion favours. The Gorgeous Girl Afterwards we had an impromptu cotillion, with three or four pretty new figures invented by the Baroness. The Princess Virginia The climax came when he asked to be excused from the Moore cotillion because he had three other dances for that week. The Wall Street Girl Booted and spurred as he was, and with his arm in a sling, the ever-ready youth had already arranged the German cotillion, taking the head himself, and constituting Sumner his second in command. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 We have every confidence in your house being able to supply us with a cotillion complete in every detail. A Nest of Spies Why, Luke ought to be attending a private school and going to little cotillion parties like my brothers did; and Mary in her own home.” The Gorgeous Girl I would rather superintend Miss Grieve and cause the light of amazement to gleam ten times daily in her humid eye, than lead a cotillion with Willie Beresford. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland He handed her a card, and she wrote upon it this:–– “December sixteenth, Moore cotillion.” The Wall Street Girl He taught only the cotillion and the three-step waltz and came to our school three times a week for this purpose. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century She considered that were her customer's orders executed to the letter she would have the oddest assortment of cotillion accessories that could be imagined. A Nest of Spies The idea might easily be taken for a cotillion figure. Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly And had he not been so extremely anxious to secure a partner for the cotillion which he meant to lead!... Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas It was the week of the Moore cotillion that Miss Winthrop observed the change in him. The Wall Street Girl "She was such a bashful little person at the Mardi Gras dance she promised Artie Peyton her first cotillion the following season." The Beloved Woman "Pooh," he panted; "I suppose even your bricks and vegetables and eggs were cotillion favours full of confetti." The Gay Rebellion During the encampment we have a hop three times a week—a cotillion party. Daisy Absolute silence reigned in the boudoir Thomery had reserved for the sole use of his beautiful betrothed, when he arrived to lead her to the cotillion. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Glance around the room in which you are now seated, and, whether you are gray haired and dignified, or with youthful happiness are anticipating to-night’s cotillion, dare you deny that the supposition is probable? Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Several times in the course of the cotillion Russell's hand clasped her, but even then he avoided looking at her, and seemed engrossed in conversation with his gay partner. Macaria It is said no one can learn the Russian mazurka unless brought up to it from childhood; and, certainly, the figures are more intricate than the cotillion. Through Finland in Carts Anyway, a cotillion is a leap-year dance; on such an occasion you are our natural prey! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame She is to lead the cotillion with him, so there's no doubt about the betrothal. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas He went to the barn one morning, just as the cotillion commenced. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 The sisters lined up as if ready for a cotillion, and returned the greetings with infinite grace. The Goose Man "Did you tell him you were engaged for the next cotillion?" Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories I had expected to lead the cotillion with Miss Martin," he began, "but she has gone South, so I'm badly left. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University My dears," she said, "these two good friends were going to run away just because they do not dance the cotillion. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) Penrod is expected to find, according to the rules of dancing academies, a partner for the cotillion. Confessions of a Book-Lover Kitty was giving a cotillion, an event of some importance in Woodford. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's There was no cotillion at all about it, save for a grand march of all the couples in the early part of the evening, and the fact that favors had remained a feature. The Heart of Arethusa When the approach of the Sophomore cotillion set Roble agog with a pleasant but hardly strong-minded excitement, he "asked her." Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Disconcerted, wholly ill at ease, the four went obediently to the library, deserted now that the cotillion was beginning. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) And one of the amusing things was a draw cotillion. A Little Girl in Old Boston Ferren, who was to lead the cotillion with Kitty, chose six couples for the first figure, and the dance began. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's A first-rate cotillion band was engaged, and played up lively airs. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive I shall have to take back what I said yesterday about the cotillion," he began, cleverly, guiding her toward Roble, "because, you see, it wouldn't be just square to Ted, would it? Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Towards the end of one of the prettiest figures of the cotillion, the fairies and brownies assumed new characters. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World Then they had a cotillion in which there was a great deal of bowing. A Little Girl in Old Boston A few years before their thoughts had been full of cotillions and girls and the junior prom. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure And that especial pet horror of supersensitive godliness—the godless German cotillion—even forced itself into the gayeties of the winter. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death "At any rate, under the circumstances I don't feel that I can take you to the cotillion." Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Lizzie had that moment taken her place in a cotillion, when the note was handed her. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren One of the prettiest things afterward was the minuet danced by the four little girls, and after that two or three cotillions were formed. A Little Girl in Old Boston Besides the Irish jig, which they can dance with a most luxuriant expression, minuets and country-dances are taught; and I even heard some talk of cotillions coming in. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 The first party I attended was a cotillion. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The afternoon of the cotillion she went to bed and was ill for a day; then she appeared at the final rehearsal with a smiling face and a soul full of wrath. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Is it possible to dance a cotillion in English? The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 And then they had what is called cotillions. A Little Girl in Old Boston They then dressed in their colorful "Sunday" garments, dyed with maple and dogwood bark, to engage in promenades, cotillions, etc., to the time of a quill instrument. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 The passengers were men mostly, but enough women went to form three or four cotillion sets. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Perkins had been rather a convenience, and to lead the cotillion with Jack Smith was a delight that entirely divested the other man of all importance. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Herr Zimmer, the University dancing-master, gave lessons and cotillion or waltzing-parties thrice a week, and these I regularly attended. Memoirs She could not drive, nor yacht, nor run to fires on account of the weather, but she unloosed her energies upon indoor society, and started a cotillion club, and an amateur opera company. The Californians When they struck the old cotillion on the music bill of fare, Every bit of devil in me seemed to burst out on a tear. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp We put in all the pretty fancy steps in the cotillion. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History "I simply said I wanted to be excused from taking her to the cotillion." Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Patty," exclaimed Priscilla, as a sudden thought struck her, "do you happen to remember that you are on the reception committee of the Dramatic Club cotillion to-morrow night? When Patty Went to College While he with praiseworthy perseverance was still scraping away, requesting the hand of the lady for a cotillion, a minuette, or a country-dance, a gentleman came up and spoke to her. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War In blissful contemplation of imagining chiffons and cotillions, the prosaic duties of reality had slipped from her mind, and recollection brought with it a pang of remorse. The Fortunes of the Farrells The winds, the waves, the clouds, the trees, the birds, the animals, all move beautifully; and beautifully do the joyous light-words of the skies dance their eternal cotillion of glory. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Two cotillions and a waltz, are danced in succession, and there is hardly an interval of two or three minutes between the dances. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 While Parson Strong and a devoted few are singing the songs of Zion, the boys are having cotillion parties in other parts of the camp. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer The Taffy Pulling Cousin Mary Craft gave a cotillion party in the country. Watch Yourself Go By Every one feels that way for a time," she said; "it's like sitting out a cotillion by one's self. White Ashes The bending heavens arching so grandly over us, so studded with sparkling joy-lights, and animated with the eternal cotillion of the skies, invites to no such irreverent repining. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. The President wastes no time, but goes along the line like an old- fashioned beau dancing the grand right and left figure in a cotillion, and then goes to his luncheon. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis The boys are having a grand cotillion party on the green in front of my tent, and appear to have entirely forgotten the privations, hardships, and dangers of soldiering. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer Oh! the merry swings and whirls Of the happy boys and girls, In the good old time cotillion long ago! Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales "Why, when I was a girl my mother took me away from a cotillion one night because they danced it," and she grew pretty as she excitedly told of her younger days. How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl Coogan leisurely donned the unaccustomed plumage, paying as much attention to his toilet as a debutante when arraying herself for her first cotillion. The Statesmen Snowbound The music was a piano and two violins, and one of the musicians called the figures for the cotillions and contra-dances. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis They had what they called the old-fashioned cotillion dance—partners—head, foot, and two sides—four men and four women—each man danced with his partner. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Ladies," you say, "I am not leading a cotillion. The Patient Observer And His Friends The orchestra; which had been silent for a quarter of an hour, now struck up a new cotillion. A Cardinal Sin I pictured her to myself entering the room at one of the Bachelors' on the arm of the leader of the cotillion, and the subsequent sensation and heart-burnings. The Statesmen Snowbound During the encampment we have a hop three times a week a cotillion party. Daisy One of the dances was the cotillion, but just anybody couldn't dance that one. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 The modern steps are danced at these balls, but there are usually a few cotillion figures, albeit without "favors." American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' I am to dance this cotillion with the charming daughter of one of the best workmen who assisted in the building of this mansion—or rather of your mansion, madame. A Cardinal Sin Dancing was to be general before the cotillion. The Danger Mark We had talked on through the measures of a cotillion, and the dancers, warm and wearied, were beginning to fill the entrance hall below. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady About all I remember about the dances was when we danced the cotillion at regular old country break-downs. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 At balls, cotillions, formal dinners, evening parties, and in the large cities in opera boxes, decollete gowns may be worn. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The Servian national dance was then performed, being a species of cotillion in alternate quick and slow movements. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. He also led cotillions, and a morally blameless life as far as the more virile Commandments were concerned. The Danger Mark There were there ladies' shoes, scarves, and neckties; there were there sachets and pincushions; there were there garters, necklaces, cotillion favours, and a tea-gown. Mike Fletcher A Novel She was properly relieved to find that he came of a fine old family and that he had led more than one cotillion in New York. The Husbands of Edith As a rule, in our average social life, the unlined lace yoke and collar and lace sleeves are preferred for dinner wear, the decollete gown being reserved for balls and cotillions. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada At that moment the band struck up the music for the cotillion, and the mass of colours shifted in dazzling movement, as, amid the rustle of silks and the ripple of laughter, the dance commenced. Adrien Leroy The cotillion, led by Jack Dysart dancing alone, was one of those carefully thought out intellectual affairs which shakes New York society to its intellectual foundations. The Danger Mark You could not talk in contra-dances, as you do in cotillions, or even in the pauses of waltzing; but there were chances for tongues and sounds, as well as for eyes and blushes. The Man Without a Country You could not talk in contra-dances as you do in cotillions, or even in the pauses of waltzing; but there were chances for tongues and sounds, as well as for eyes and blushes. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Only a ball or cotillion permits a low gown, and then the gown is not "low" in the usual sense: it is merely cut out modestly in the neck and the sleeves are short. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada It seemed to me as though two or three winters of germans and cotillions would be enough to ruin the best of health. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him "For a frivolous and fashionable girl who dances cotillions, drives four, plays polo, and reviews her serious adorers by regiments, you're rather perplexing," he said. The Firing Line And it well might, for the year was 1830, and the mode of performing the cotillion of the period was undergoing the metamorphosis of which the perfect development has been familiar to ourselves. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Thus far the Serapis and the Richard had been manoeuvring and chasing to each other like partners in a cotillion, all the time indulging in rapid repartee. Israel Potter General dancing is in order until supper is served; afterwards the cotillion is danced. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Every person laughed and was happy through the homely cotillion that was proceeding. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making To you, the spending hours over a new entrée, or over a cotillion figure, seems rubbish, but it's the exact equivalent of your spending hours over who shall be nominated for a certain office. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him "That sounds like an appropriate farewell from the cotillion leader," said Roberta. The Twenty-Fourth of June There is no question that a cotillion was prettier to look at than a mob scene of dancers crowding each other for every few inches of progress. Etiquette At the dinner dance, the cotillion is preceded by a dinner, given by the hostess at her own house, or by several hostesses at some restaurant, where each presides over a table. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada It appeared to amuse some people to do this kind of thing, as others might collect old china or practice the cotillion. The Necromancers He could discuss Schopenhauer or cotillion favors; St. Paul, the apostle, or St. Paul, the railroad. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him I warn you, Mr. Kendrick, who are used to leading cotillions, you may have to dance the Virginia reel with one of the dear little country cousins. The Twenty-Fourth of June The reason why cotillions were conducive to good manners was that people were on exhibition, where now they are unnoticed components of a general crowd. Etiquette Invitations to receptions, weddings, and general entertainments, excepting dancing parties, balls and cotillions, are sent to people in mourning. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada She seemed to hear them anew, and afterward, the explanation of that odd little person, the police agent, his apologies for breaking in upon the cotillion. Half A Chance The cotillion was short and the supper long, and both were costly. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 I am beginning to wonder what kind of a crime you people think it to be a leader of cotillions. The Twenty-Fourth of June The cotillion was detested and finally banned by the majority who wanted to dance ceaselessly throughout the evening. Etiquette At midnight, when the band had played the cotillion and ceased altogether, the doctor got ready to go. Love When there's a reception for a new Council, she's always in the receiving line; she pours tea at the tennis tournament, and it was she who led the cotillion at the Charity ball. The Rim of the Desert His duty is to arrange all balls and lead all cotillions that are given by society during the winter. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 There would be no more flinging at him that he was a cotillion leader! The Twenty-Fourth of June Little she cared to dance the cotillion with old Colonel Bluffington or to go to supper with that odious Hector Newman. Etiquette The old man stood in the center of a little circle, about large enough for a cotillion, and shook hands with everybody that offered. The Reign of Andrew Jackson The cigarita is freely used by the senoras and senoritas, and they puff it with much gusto while threading the mazes of the cotillion or swinging in the waltz. What I Saw in California From his sophomore year he has been in constant demand for cotillions, house parties and yachting trips. The "Goldfish" Two partners in a cotillion were speaking in an undertone, behind a fan. The Grandissimes There used to be the cotillion which, while cruel, at least committed its acts of cruelty with merciful dispatch. Etiquette A "mask and shadow dance" is as important a function to girls of Sadie's and Rosie's class as a cotillion is to girls of your class. What eight million women want His name was much in the papers as "best man" or cotillion leader or host at club dinners. The Precipice This paradise of frail foundation was broken into by the sound of a general ingress to the ballroom; the cotillion was beginning. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 There was a halt in the cotillion and a hush of amazement like the shutting off of steam. The Grandissimes When the cotillion began, the girl who had no partner—went home. Etiquette The Twelve Apostles led off in a double cotillion, to the moving strains of a violin and horn, the lively jingle of a string of sleigh-bells, and the genial snoring of a tambourine. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Major Darrett had been little on the frontier, but much in the drawing-room; he had never led up San Juan hill, but he had led many a cotillion. The Visioning And again he danced a singular commixture of the jig and cotillion, much to the Indian's amazement, for he thought him crazy. The Lost Trail The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish. Little Women These decorations proved her popularity in very much the same way as do the cotillion favors hanging on the bedroom walls of the fashionable belle. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm He would be slangy, familiar, call her by her first name as many times as he dared, discuss the last dance of the Saturday cotillion, and try to make her laugh over Carter's drunkenness. Blix If a youth asked a girl to dance the cotillion, he was expected to send a bouquet, sure to cost between twenty and twenty-five dollars. Worldly Ways and Byways There is a newly married man speaking with his wife, and trying to persuade her to leave before the cotillion begins. The Ways of Men One sits out a cotillion—why not sit out a train? House of Mirth They danced a cotillion in the sky; they were rose and silver shod; It was not good for the eyes of man—'twas a sight for the eyes of God. Ballads of a Cheechako "Shall you be at the cotillion ball tomorrow?" Northanger Abbey Make another step up and stand in the entrance of a house at two a.m., just as the cotillion is commencing, and watch the couples leaving. Worldly Ways and Byways No long evenings of cruel boredom, in order to be seen at smart houses, will cloud the maiden’s career, no agonized anticipation of retiring partnerless from cotillion or supper will disturb her pleasure. The Ways of Men I have been listening to the conventional babble of teas and cotillions for so long that you are like a breath of lost youth. Java Head His picture had been in the papers but the week before as leader with Starr of the cotillion. Lo, Michael! And she came to take the same satisfaction in returns in success and cash that she had taken as a girl in results in valentines and cotillion favors. Southern Lights and Shadows They were seated in a tropical grove at one end of the room whither they had retired at the beginning of the cotillion, which they surrendered entirely to the twenties and the late 'teens. The Magnificent Ambersons She had never once thrown the ring to him; she had never once singled him out in the cotillion; and on the way home she had talked to every one but him. Tales of Two Countries "I hear he's a great hand for leading cotillions and balls—the balls you ought to take part in." Java Head The cotillion styled the German was first danced by the German court just after the battle of Waterloo, probably at the ball at Aix-la-Chapelle given to the allied sovereigns. Manners and Social Usages A kind of swinging, gallopade waltz was the favourite dance, the cotillion not being much in vogue. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Oh, dancing a cotillion with a person doesn't mean that you like him—but I don't see anything in particular the matter with Mr. Kinney. The Magnificent Ambersons In the center of the room, on a marble pillar, was enthroned a bust of Brahms, with a beard; and, above the piano, little plush monkeys and cotillion trophies hung by threads. Jean-Christophe, Volume I So much more powerful were the cards than the ladies, that it was found difficult to enlist gentlemen for a single cotillion. Journal of an African Cruiser A girl who is dancing needs to be perpetually renewed, for she should be always fresh, and the "wear and tear" of the cotillion is enormous. Manners and Social Usages The cotillion was the ruling dance; the plain waltz and hop waltz came in for their share of favor. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs I only want to go to that thing tonight to get to see something of you; and if you don't dance the cotillion with me, how can I? The Magnificent Ambersons Eighty sets of cotillions were frequently on the floor at the same time. Memoirs of General Lafayette : with an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824. Even in the most docile and kitchen-broken breast thoughts of roses and romance may linger; dreams of moving pictures or the coming cotillion of the Icemen's Social Harmony. Kathleen They call their dances cotillions instead of quadrilles, and the figures are called from the orchestra in English, which has very ludicrous effect on European ears. Domestic Manners of the Americans For at least a decade he had been invaluable to Lichfield matrons alike against the entertainment of an "out-of-town girl," the management of a cotillion and the prevention of unpleasant pauses among incongruous dinner companies. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Well—you only got angry because I couldn't dance the cotillion with you. The Magnificent Ambersons As Vincy observed, it gave one the rather ghastly impression that there was going to be a cotillion at once, on sight, before dinner; which was a little frightening. Tenterhooks There was a supper up-stairs for all the royalties before the cotillion. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 In the midst of it is another circle, forming a pavilion for musicians, also brilliantly illuminated, and containing a large cotillion band of the most finished performers. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 He plays polo, leads cotillions, yachts, shoots, plays the piano wonderfully—everything. The Coming of Bill This paradise of frail foundation was broken into by the sounds of a general ingress to the ballroom; the cotillion was beginning. Tales of the Jazz Age Darling little Daisy! life is an endless German cotillion to her. The Potiphar Papers I tried to find W. after supper to present him to the princess, but he had already gone, didn't stay for the cotillion—the princess, too, went away immediately after supper. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 But Mildred bade him not to look so depressed, she had kept the cotillion for him. Celibates Now these victors had a pretty prerogative not unlike that accorded to certain dancers in the cotillion of modern days. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Then, realizing that he would have to begin at the beginning, he proceeded to explain that Reggie Mann was a cotillion leader, the idol of the feminine side of society. The Metropolis It is for the hostess to choose the leader of the cotillion, and to him are entrusted all its details. The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions The bell for the cotillion sounded, and when the ribbons were cast to the gentlemen it was the Greek Adonis who caught the blue end. The Motor Girls And the cotillion proved as he had expected. Celibates For Browning—founder of the cotillion club, and still manager of the four or five winter dances—was the one unquestioned, irrefutable, omnipotent social authority of San Francisco. Saturday's Child He explained that he had led a cotillion the night before—or rather this morning; he had got home at five o'clock. The Metropolis At the conclusion of the cotillion the hostess stands at the door with the leader at her side, to receive the greetings and the compliments of the guests. The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions Come! you must play some cotillions for us. Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches As they drew near the dancers, they observed Sheldon with Melvina leaning on his arm, and two or three others, engaged in making up another cotillion. Home Lights and Shadows They don't dance cotillions when they come here—at least they didn't last time, and I don't believe they will to-night. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero Once she had given away as cotillion favours tiny globes with goldfish in them; again she had given a dance at which everybody got themselves up as different vegetables. The Metropolis After the supper, the German, or cotillion, begins. The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions He's competing for the great cotillion prize competition. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl But the cotillion was speedily formed without them, and the dance proceeded. Home Lights and Shadows "And then suppose your son asks you why he can't go camping with the other boys in summer school, and your daughter wants to join the cotillion?" asked Mrs. Lloyd. The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Some of the daisies came slowly towards her, hesitating, making a shy bright little cotillion on the dark clear water. Women in Love Loulou, who had gone back to the dance, had begged Wilhelm in vain to take part at least in the cotillion, where he need not dance much. The Malady of the Century "Yes, he's won the great cotillion prize competition." Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl During the remainder of the evening, she danced several times, more frequently with Henry than with any other, but never in a cotillion of which Sheldon was one of the partners. Home Lights and Shadows Helm in his most jovial mood was circulating freely among those who formed the periphery of the dancing-area; he even ventured a few clumsy capers in a cotillion with Madame Godere for partner. Alice of Old Vincennes Thorpe knew nothing of the cotillion, or the brake ride, or of the girl who visited Alice Southerland; all of which gave occasion for so much lively comment. The Blazed Trail Near her stood the hero of the cotillion, the lieutenant of the Guards, covered with the little favors the ladies had given him. The Malady of the Century He invited her little friends, arranged picnics for her, helped her drive her hoops, and if needs be, led in a cotillion. Within an Inch of His Life In vain did Margaret look for the young man to press forward, the moment the cotillion was dissolved, and claim her for the next. Home Lights and Shadows When the cotillion came Pansy was found to have engaged herself, thinking, in perfect humility, that Lord Warburton had no intentions. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 Nat has let too many cotillions to do anything else well. Jewel So he began to prate to Miss Marian of clubs, of teas, of golf and riding and kennels and cotillions and tours abroad and threw out hints of a yacht lying at Larchmont. The Four Million For one of the merry cotillions before supper Prince Andrew was again her partner. War and Peace She had bought it three and more years ago, when she first came to London, at the beginning of that time of girl-gaiety when all life seemed a long cotillion, and she its leader. Beyond "I told her to keep the cotillion in case you should ask for it." The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 Prince executed the movement as one should who has led the cotillion. The Son of the Wolf The cotillion was on then, and the favors for the midnight figure were gilt cornucopias filled with loose flowers. Dangerous Days When the cotillion was over the old count in his blue coat came up to the dancers. War and Peace And the sensation it caused at the Bucknell cotillion when Mrs. Van Zire went sweeping to her carriage with two feet of gold chain hanging from the front of her wrap? When a Man Marries Her bedroom before her marriage was cluttered with odds and ends, cotillion favors and photographs, college pennants and small unwise purchases—trophies of the gayety and conquest which were her life. The Breaking Point At the end of the six years no murder trial, coaching party, automobile accident or cotillion was complete in which the name of Robert Walmsley did not figure. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million For six weeks before St. Patrick's day, a small group of residents put their best powers of invention and construction into preparation for a cotillion which is like a pageant in its gayety and vigor. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes In the middle of the cotillion, having completed one of the figures, Natasha, still out of breath, was returning to her seat when another dancer chose her. War and Peace As they were all talking about a cotillion of the previous night, I shouldn't have been able to shine. Seven Men I would rather superintend Miss Grieve, and cause the light of amazement to gleam ten times daily in her humid eye, than lead a cotillion with Willie Beresford. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland |
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