| 单词 | curtain lecture |
| 例句 | Her grandmother treated him to what were referred to as “curtain lectures.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to me to be more forward than ever that morning, and I felt a suspicion that I was going to get a curtain lecture. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Mrs. Caudle herself would scarcely hazard a curtain lecture with this atrocious alternative in prospect. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Her discourse would have rendered the poor man very uneasy, indeed, had not "luck" extricated him from his dilemma on the next day succeeding the curtain lecture. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Many were the curtain lectures which were inflicted upon the poor barber. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z “Ah, ha,” thought I, “Tom’s curtain lecture is not over yet.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z Every morning Victor gave himself a curtain lecture under the bed-quilt for the evening previous; the bed is a good confessional and audience-hall of conscience. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z We have led the life of hermits for a full week, and I cannot live on sunshine and forest perfume and the curtain lectures of Stadinger alone. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Is it in so numerous a company as this that one proceeds to indulge in a family explanation, or gives a curtain lecture to a young girl? Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z Somewhere west of me an accordion was whining variations on Annie Laurie, but, suddenly, its grievous voice was drowned by a curtain lecture addressed to a deep bass by an exasperated soprano. A Top-Floor Idyl Notwithstanding all this, I have been led to the firm belief that hen-pecking is far more common in England than it is with us, and that curtain lectures are much oftener delivered there than here. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Then he added aloud, "A hurried journey on business, we will call it, a sudden journey on business, preceded by a little curtain lecture." Gertrude's Marriage You want to give me a last curtain lecture--I see it in your face--but will spare you the trouble. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Doubtless he deserved a good portion of the curtain lectures he got. Maids Wives and Bachelors She was very clever in her fashion, however, and Stone still thought her his willing slave, although curtain lectures were less infrequent than of yore. Ancestors A Novel There was the menace of a curtain lecture in her face. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Yet O, the curtain lectures, the manifold ways in which the iron has entered into my soul! A Pessimist In Theory and Practice She looked as amazed as we did, and I’ve no doubt gave him a sound curtain lecture on his folly that night. How to Cook Husbands "Madame Ursula, spare your curtain lectures," laughed the young lady; "and if you cannot do so, you are free to return to the castle." The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II The tintinnabulations of the wife's curtain lecture are too precious to the enraptured husband to be shared with other ears. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Migwan hoped his wife was waiting for him at the top step, and listened to hear the curtain lecture he would receive. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping Who has no will but by her high permission; Who has not sixpence but in her possession; Who must to her his dear friend’s secret tell; Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Woman—A Mistress of Arts, who robs a bachelor of his degree, and forces him to study philosophy by means of curtain lectures. More Toasts Parks left the subject and turned his attention to the bruised pilot, who came in for a curtain lecture. The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps The curtain lecture that followed was of unusual virulence, and in the midst of it he fell asleep. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Sometimes their hour or two was protracted to six o'clock next morning, when they staggered home to breakfast and a curtain lecture together. Round the Block ‘You gave him a curtain lecture, did you?’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall By this nice conduct and this prudent course, By murmuring, wheedling, stratagem, and force, I still prevail'd, and would be in the right, Or curtain lectures made a restless night. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 The constant complaints he was hitherto obliged to endure, will grow mute for ever, and the curtain lecture will be no more. By Water to the Columbian Exposition Meanwhile the elder wife was eating her heart with vexation and forming resolutions to give her husband a curtain lecture. Tales of Bengal The curtain lecture was followed next day by a refusal to allow Mr. Sheridan to have the horses till the account was settled. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Then, as her daughters became wiser, they invented the weeping business, the swooning business, and the curtain lecture business; they went for our pocket-books and they got them, and petticoat government became a probability. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 And Colonel Kirby stammered because she had made him think of his mother, and the tender prelude to a curtain lecture. The Winds of the World But he resolved every night to commit to paper one curtain lecture of his late wife. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures A woman who scolds her husband when in bed, is said to read him a curtain lecture. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue But it is currently reported that she avenges herself for her silence by the curtain lectures, she delivers to her good husband at home. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. She did not appear at breakfast, and after that meal Mr. Stuart paid Christie her wages with a solemnity which proved that he had taken a curtain lecture to heart. Work: a Story of Experience I'm not going to stand a curtain lecture! The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won She would read him extracts from them in bed, in place of curtain lectures. Tea-Table Talk When my curtain lecture was ended, the owner authorized me to call his outfit together and give them such instructions as I saw fit. The Outlet What could the worthy captain do, to console the tender-hearted old squaw, and, peradventure, to save the venerable patriarch from a curtain lecture? The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Who has no will but by her high permission, Who has not sixpence but in her possession; Who must to he, his dear friend's secrets tell, Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Then he turned his steps again homeward, with a clearer head and heavier heart than when he refused to enter, in fear of what he called a "curtain lecture." The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won I committed to memory a curtain lecture for my brother, though somehow or other it escaped me and was never delivered. The Outlet |
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