| 单词 | dowager |
| 例句 | Some 300 participants and organizers gathered in the ornate ballroom of the Washington Duke Hotel, the sixteen-story fading dowager of Durham’s glory days, to celebrate the completion of their work. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Is she really going to devote fifty hours of her life to a crotchety dowager in a drafty attic, going through boxes filled with moths and dust mites and who knows what else? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It raised her stature to the royal lady which she was, to a straight-backed dowager whose rheumatic fingers flashed with rings, who had ridden the world successfully for fifty years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow the curve around the Parliament Building with its form of a squatting Victorian dowager, darkish pink, skirts huffed out, stolid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She is hunched over, her dowager’s hump forcing her to face her lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Tasked with saying lines like, "We shall use what I believe is called 'cancel culture,'" Tracy wears her out-of-touch disdain for Meghan like a dowager countess's prized stole. Surprise! Lifetime's new “Harry & Meghan” movie isn't a total joke, veering from kind to just weird 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Hardboiled in a dowager disguise, Mrs. Fletcher is independent-minded and free of sentimentality, always ready to take a dispassionate stand for truth. The cozy "Maltese Falcon": How "Murder, She Wrote" reinvented mysteries forever 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z She must not have been looking at my dowager’s hump. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z The dowager’s hump started making the news in the late 1920s. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z What would the dowager countess think of all this film-fest nonsense? At TIFF: 'Hyde Park,' 'Great Expectations,' Dame Maggie 2012-09-10T22:30:14Z The tradition doesn’t hold in this country, where our aristocracy is based on money and class rather than royalty; where we often use the word dowager as an insult for the female elderly. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z Though she lacks magical powers, Greenwood’s deadly dowager gradually emerges as one of the great witches of modern literature, insidious, cruel, hypocritical and inveterately manipulative. ‘The Deadly Dowager’: A new look at one of the great villains of modern literature 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Costumes, including the lavish dresses and hats worn by Maggie Smith’s dowager countess, will be on view. ‘Downton Abbey: The Exhibition’ to Tour the Modern World 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z She made one more film, playing an Russian dowager with a craving for roulette in a 1997 British production of Dostoyevsky’s “Gambler.” Luise Rainer, ’30s Star Who Won Back-to-Back Oscars, Dies at 104 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The real Victoria was 18 in 1837, but is portrayed here as a dowager of dark intent. The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Yo-Ho-OK 2012-04-26T14:15:15Z Is that the source of our fear and ridicule of the dowager? Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z Now Mr. Bedford is donning the full regalia of a doughty Victorian dowager. The Importance of Being Astonished 2011-01-09T02:00:58Z Queen's Gambit, Fremantle's debut novel, is a historical romance based on the career of Henry's last wife, Katherine Parr, who uniquely survived to become queen dowager. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z In a venerable limestone dowager facing the park, the duplex was detailed like a Greek temple turned outside in, and it was hardly suitable for a gang of kids wielding hockey sticks and tennis racquets. 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z The grand dowager of that species is Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” which has been running in the West End for more than half a century. For ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Escaped Alone,’ Connecting Threads in London 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Lady Burlington added wistfully that there might have been even more from the dowager duchess in the exhibition had she not willingly given away so many treasures. At Chatsworth House, a Tale of Five Centuries 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The dowager with her dowager’s hump: the old lady’s version of bad posture. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z While Robert and his daughter Mary fight to keep the estate profitable, his wife, Cora, and his mother, the formidable dowager countess Violet, squabble over modernizing the local hospital. Review: For the Crawleys and ‘Downton Abbey,’ the Beginning of the End 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z On Brown: "He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well." The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, introduced and edited by Harry Mount – review 2013-05-22T13:00:01Z Despite emergency efforts by Gloria Steinem, the crafty dowager empress of feminism, to push a faltering Hillary over the finish line, Sanders overwhelmingly won women’s votes in every category except senior citizens. “Sexism has nothing to do with it”: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem — and why New Hampshire women broke for Bernie Sanders 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Explosions of laughter duly greet this plain-spoken dowager’s rueful observations about the decaying graces of the world. Peters and Stritch in ?A Little Night Music? 2010-08-02T01:58:00Z Poorly served by the production’s stolid Victorian-style costumes, she came across as a downcast dowager rather than an overwhelmed young woman. Review: In ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the Met, Singing Through Sickness 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The newcomer’s owners figured a humble spot with quality food would be a good business plan, a recipe abetted by Nick Palermo, the former executive chef of the dowager Old Angler’s Inn in Potomac. Barrel & Crow review: At last, quality comes to Bethesda 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z She had seemed in my mind on the phone from 3,000 miles away like a very amiable dowager. I wrote my way to true love 2013-02-14T01:00:00Z The two had been sitting there for some time before the dowager suddenly sat upright in her chair, her eyes lit up. At Chatsworth House, a Tale of Five Centuries 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Indeed, one of the film’s pleasures is to imagine it as tracking Downton’s dowager countess fallen on hard times. Got any change? Why cinema struggles with homelessness 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The evening clothes were generally terrific, with the strongest pieces in liquid silver, dowager black tulle, or micro stripes of silver or black beading on soft, pliable silk for insect-wing delicacy. On the Runway Blog: Chanel’s Shimmering City 2013-07-02T15:03:56Z When the dowager presses Cukrowicz to perform a lobotomy on Catharine in exchange for a grant the doctor seeks, Fechtel looks as if his character wants the earth to swallow him. Theatre 9/12's 'Suddenly Last Summer' a transfixing tale 2012-07-16T16:02:03Z Like many an aristocrat before her, this dowager duchess understands how well blue blood sells. Books of The Times: Life Among the Upper Crust, Seen From Two Generations 2010-12-12T23:24:00Z At 60, the museum is still going strong, a dowager disrupter. With the Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright Built a Soaring and Intimate Sanctuary for Art 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z A dowager’s hump, bright red hair streaked with white and a perma-snarl completed the character. Martha Plimpton Can’t Say Enough About Pamela Adlon, the Tate Modern and Abortion Rights 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z With his white loafers, cropped white pants and immaculate shirt, François looks like he should be hustling dowagers on the Côte d’Azur. 2010-01-08T03:18:00Z On a rainy morning, Elizabeth McGovern, late of “Downton Abbey,” arrived at a Midtown rehearsal space dressed in a pink cardigan, white capri pants and slip-on shoes that would appall a dowager countess. Elizabeth McGovern of ‘Downton Abbey’ Plays a Bad Mom This Time 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z She accelerates those winds by outsmarting the dowager princess and planning a ball featuring Black and white members of society mixing, something previously unheard of until Charlotte's arrival. She is very brown: "Queen Charlotte" explains how the integrated ton was won, but what is left out? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The new film stars Kevin Kline as a — yes — eccentric freeloader named Henry Harrison who escorts wealthy dowagers to art galleries and dinners. Kevin Kline Is an Odd Freeloader in ?The Extra Man? 2010-07-23T20:24:00Z When she fled Russia three years later, it was this egg — with miniature portraits of her murdered son and grandson — that the dowager empress carried out. Stories of revolution in Russia’s St. Petersburg 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z It's his for the taking, provided he can realign his vowels and prove to a dowager duchess that he is worthy of having a silver spoon stuffed down his throat. Me and My Girl ? review 2010-12-21T21:29:00Z Sybil Crawford, the dowager countess’s suffragist granddaughter, wears a NOW t-shirt. ArtsBeat: "Downton Abbey" Gets the Paper Doll Treatment 2012-02-17T17:02:49Z The dowager bankrolling the Infinite Family Project grew up in an orphanage. In ‘Perfect Little World,’ a scientist hopes to create the ideal family 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Pressure builds in a protracted sequence of sputtering lobby lights, leaky fixtures, dying dowagers, the assault itself and the hysteria of the young girl. Review: ‘37,’ a Fictional Retelling of the Kitty Genovese Story 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The outfits, dating to the 1780s, were custom-made for schoolgirls, brides and dowagers. India House Artwork Inspires a New Book 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Her cousin, Mary — to some, the queen of Scotland, dowager queen of France and the rightful queen of England, but to her enemies, “that conniving Scottish witch” — languishes in the Tower of London. Murder, Murder, Everywhere 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z PBS submitted "Downton Abbey" as a miniseries after its first season, even though everyone knew seven episodes couldn't possibly contain the sum total of the dowager's cutting remarks or Lady Mary's moping. Emmy bids by 'True Detective' and 'Fargo' bend categories 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z They were the hopeless dowager aunt who brings way too much luggage on holiday. Review: In ‘Hero of the Empire,’ a Young Churchill Earns His Spurs 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Or will the implacable dowager trample over the forces of good and achieve her dreams? ‘The Deadly Dowager’: A new look at one of the great villains of modern literature 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z It is a cuisine best eased into — perhaps at the Hôtel de France in Auch, a grand old dowager on the main square that has recently been given a face-lift. Is Gascony the Most Delicious Corner of France? 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The judges are Johnny Iuzzini, who spent two seasons as the judge of Bravo’s Top Chef: Just Desserts, and Bake Off’s reigning queen dowager Mary Berry. The Great Holiday Baking Show: US tries and fails to copy UK super smash 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z In recent years, as its carpets and upholstery frayed, it developed a sort of aging dowager appeal. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul 2010-11-13T19:17:00Z It arrived like an 86,000-square-foot emissary from one of the city’s stateliest dowagers. Where Masters and Mistresses of the Universe Can Have It All 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But with Charley in convenient possession of a dowager costume for a student theatrical, a plan is hatched for him to impersonate his own aunt. | 'Where?s Charley?': A Few Wacky Victorians in Love 2011-03-18T22:54:37Z Together, they reenact the events surrounding the death of a dowager in a suitably misty and remote corner of the realm, and the spectral happenings that keep the local population agitated and at bay. Review | ‘Woman in Black’ wants to scare you the old-fashioned way 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z At the same time, officials announced that a new model of the Hongqi, or Red Flag, the hulking, gasoline-guzzling dowager in which Richard Nixon rode to his meeting with Mao Zedong, would appear in 2013. Noted: In China, ‘Audi’ Means ‘Big Shot’ 2012-11-16T22:24:21Z Visitors who called on Buck towards the end of her life were struck by the degree to which she had come to resemble the Qing dynasty's most famous empress dowager, Zi Xi. Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck's Life in China by Hilary Spurling 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z His characters included self-satisfied corporate executives, crusty academics, imperious dowagers and bewildered teenagers on the cusp of adulthood. A.R. Gurney, Playwright Who Explored Upper-Crust Anxieties, Dies at 86 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Or, as a Boston Globe columnist wrote, “The dowager’s hump is a placard of slowed up brain action.” Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z Or, in the case of its original guesthouses, the empress dowager. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Aman at Summer Palace in Beijing 2010-03-19T15:31:00Z Perhaps inevitably, Maggie Smith won best supporting actress for her part as an imperious dowager on the PBS series “Downton Abbey.” The TV Watch: Cable Television Rules the Emmys 2012-09-24T04:27:57Z Bowling, archery, tennis, golf, swimming, horseback riding, underground bunker tours: There are no shortage of activities at the Greenbrier, the dowager resort in the valley of the Allegheny Mountains. Review | At the Greenbrier, ‘everything is possible’ — except a great dinner 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Characters like Violet, the dowager countess, were enlarged with new layers and backstories; others showed clear signs of outliving their narrative usefulness. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: In the Finale, Mary Meets Mr. Handsome, With a Who Could-Care-Less Attitude 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z One person who does not like the upheaval, unsurprisingly, is the dowager duchess. Downton Abbey fans should prepare to be shell-shocked 2011-07-29T19:24:50Z Who else could come up with this remark about a dowager courtesan: "Her beauty is sadly now passé/ And not perhaps your tasse de thé"? The Misanthrope – review 2013-02-21T17:43:00Z Following Gaozong’s death in 683, Wu ruled as empress dowager and regent for her son, though she held all the real power of the state. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Widows of British kings are called “dowager queens,” or, if their children accede to the throne, “queen mother.” Will Camilla be queen when Charles is crowned? All your questions answered. 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z No wonder Chris Brown, also the owner of Takoma Beverage Co., has introduced his replacement to the dowager restaurant in stages since October last year, culminating most recently with brunch service. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 6 favorite places to eat right now 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Many viewed him as being manipulated by his scheming mother, dowager Queen Frederica. Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Still beautiful if no longer young, she adopted yet another identity, that of the upper-crust dowager. April Ashley, London Socialite and Transgender Pioneer, Dies at 86 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z They did, for 17 additional episodes, until Spratt’s boss, the dowager countess, dismissed him. Jeremy Swift brings his music — and his wife — to 'Ted Lasso' 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The “old dowagers,” as Mrs. Holladay described a set of her critics, objected to what they perceived as the museum’s feminist bent, whereas feminists, she said, found the museum to be “some white-gloved establishment thing.” Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, champion of women in the arts, dies at 98 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z An English dowager’s new secretary is drugged by her son and told she’s his wife. Movies on TV this week: 'The Great Escape' on TCM 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z She looms over Harena like a dowager empress over a royal pretender. “The Children” 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Space, outside of Newport for the summer, had not yet been discovered, though stately trips abroad were occasionally taken by bridal couples or dowagers headed for Worth. Dearest Edith 1929-02-23T05:00:00Z In addition to learning how to clean marble, address a dowager duchess, and serve a luncheon, the students attend lectures devoted to the customs of twenty countries. Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z And then she was the dowager national treasure in floor-length gowns — sometimes strapless, almost always sleeveless. Perspective | Aretha Franklin, secret style icon: With the drop of a fur coat, she proclaimed her worth 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z In the last decade of her life, the empress dowager tried to polish her image by making herself more accessible, especially to Western diplomats. Was This Powerful Chinese Empress a Feminist Trailblazer? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The Chalk Garden Revival of Enid Bagnold’s comedy about a British dowager who hires a mysterious woman as a gardener and governess. The week ahead in SoCal theater: 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' and more 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s a challenge to find a great dress if you’re in my age group, deep in the decades between ingénue and dowager, and strive to look more like Cate Blanchett than Kate Smith. Why Dressing Sexy Is No Longer Sexy 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The list includes three former prime ministers of Canada, the queen dowager of Jordan and at least five members of the Qatari ruling family. How Business Titans, Pop Stars and Royals Hide Their Wealth 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z I wouldn’t swear in front of a dowager duchess or a priest, or in a hospital or museum. I’m no pussy when it comes to swearing | Alex Clark 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z His imaginative portraits of society figures, like lighthearted dowagers, appeared in Tatler. Antony Armstrong-Jones, Photographer and Earl of Snowdon, Dies at 86 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z To be sure, the dowager of college rankings, U.S. How Much Graduates Earn Drives More College Rankings 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Every Ladies' Day thereafter, he was available to bash dowagers' drives for five cents. Arnold Palmer, Golf's Unquestioned King, Dies At Age 87 - Golf Digest 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Can Clinton and Sanders trump the quick-witted dowager countess, played by Maggie Smith? Viewer’s Guide: Clinton, Sanders meet in Flint for debate 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z At the same time, there's a touch of the dowager countess in his ability to lob an artful zinger. Meet the historical advisor who gave 'Downton Abbey' the proper bedding, accents and, um, onions 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z When did Violet, dowager countess of Grantham, receive a promotion to dowager duchess? Letters to Calendar: A superb 'Downton' start, but 'Sherlock' -- that's another story 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z The audience—mostly dowagers in velvets and silks—was muted. A Trip to Trieste: Italy’s Most Beautifully Haunting City 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He refers to several female comrades as “heiresses and dowagers” and counts Bette Davis, Ava Gardner and Christopher Reeve — all of whom he interviewed at length — among his friends who have died. Why a millionaire New York socialite gave his 400-member taxidermy collection to a Virginia museum 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z On a Lexington kerbside, Freeman mimed a frail dowager shooing wasps. 'He loved weightlifting and buying jewels': Andy Warhol's friends reveal all 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z With a boy’s pitiless hunger for detail, I conjured an image of these dowagers inside their walls, sipping tea from priceless cups. A Boy’s Dream 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z "If Portland was a transplanted New England dowager," wrote one historian of the civic competition circa 1880s, "Seattle was a rambunctious frontiersman." Seattle vs. Portland: A doughnut's-hole view 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z This is the flaw that makes Jem interrupt the boasting of a lineage-proud dowager to ask “Is this the Cousin Joshua who was locked up for so long?” Read TIME's Original Review of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z “I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22,” she later said. Mandy Rice-Davies, figure in Profumo sex scandal, dies at 70 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z And though occasionally chided as being a dowager or a stodgy relic of a bygone age, it is considered among the nation’s finest. Gisèle Masson, 89, La Grenouille Owner 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z We passed the blocklong gates of a mansion that, I was told, harbored a clan of mysterious dowagers — wealthy sisters, perhaps, or lunatics with their own vast inheritance. A Boy’s Dream 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Romo, doctors say, most likely will be wrapped in a corset pulled so tight as to draw a gasp from a Victorian dowager. Given the N.F.L.'s Culture of Manliness, an Injured Tony Romo Likely Will Play in London 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z When the duke died in 2004, the now dowager duchess remained at Chatsworth for 18 months before moving to a house on the estate. Obituary: Dowager Duchess of Devonshire 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Either way, it would be hard to choose parts further away from lords, ladies and dowagers. Dan Stevens: no more Mr Nice Guy 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z But the lot borders noisy Route 9A and despite a relatively solid roof and new electrical wiring, the house was left to decline like an old dowager. Home of Cheever, Chekhov of the Suburbs, Is for Sale 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z For the elite, obnoxious freeloading teenagers attempting to flirt with dowagers are the least of their problems. Tatler's flirting with creepiness, but don't be too hard on it 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The 113-year old dowager department store posted disappointing sales in its full-priced locations last year with three consecutive quarters of losses. Nordstrom Hopes To Shine Up Sales With BaubleBar's Affordable Bling 2014-03-31T15:09:00Z On the other side of the spectrum: the dowager with a Lexus idling around the corner, about to casually drop tens of thousands of dollars on a fantastic former Mr. Fox. Critical Shopper: Dennis Basso Looks Beyond Furs 2013-12-10T23:29:02Z By that point some old dowager had said, “Oh, I didn’t think you could have children.” Making It Last: God, She Said, Went ‘Gotcha,’ but Their Marriage Got Stronger 2013-08-30T12:51:10Z Controversy also flared up recently after Belgium's dowager Queen Fabiola, the widow of Albert's brother, Baudouin, was accused of setting up a foundation to avoid the country's high inheritance taxes. Austerity in Europe Pinches Royalty Too 2013-04-30T03:23:12Z The organisers were in a state of panic as the famously purse-lipped dowager Queen Mary was due to watch the match and Moran was accused of bringing vulgarity into tennis. Smoke on the Water legend among those who passed 2013-02-02T00:38:44Z He used to accept invitations to tea by the wealthy dowagers of Pasadena – mostly widows – and he would tell them about the wonderful things Caltech was doing. Father of ICBM Reflects on Future of National Defense 2012-12-13T23:58:37Z I tell them it's my mission to get them married off to royalty so I can have the dowager cottage in the grounds. Celebrity grandparents and grandchildren 2012-11-16T22:59:00Z Regent uncles, dowager empresses, concubines, brothers… all end up doing the wrong thing. Confucius's hero 2012-10-09T23:21:29Z It lasted only about 100 days before the dowager empress, in retirement at the Old Summer Palace, “took it upon herself to squash her little nephew.” India Ink: A Greater Asia 2012-09-24T05:46:51Z This movement had been greatly assisted by Margaret, duchess dowager of Burgundy, sister of Edward IV., who could not endure to see the House of York supplanted by that of Tudor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Dorothy's first emotion at sight of the dowager was relief at finding that she was quite a head shorter than herself. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z By no means approving of a plan which thus unceremoniously excluded her eldest daughter from the throne, the queen dowager endeavored to oppose injustice by policy. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is employed as the veils that fading dowagers adopt to obscure wrinkles. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z I walked over to Silver Heels, who stood beside Lady Shelton, amazed at the scenes which had passed so swiftly before her eyes, and I drew her aside, mechanically asking pardon from the petrified dowager. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Eric had not long been dead before wooers in plenty came to seek the hand of the rich dowager. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Dorothy had involuntarily imagined her mother-in-law as a tall, beaked woman with a cold and flashing eye, in fact with all the attributes the well-informed novelist usually awards to dowagers. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The dowagers all sought a particular side of the house, where, out of ear-shot of the piano, they solaced themselves with the evening newspapers, damp from presses sixty miles away. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The small Euphrates, the filigree hedges, and the gossiping dowagers, being in the foreground, appear more important than they do in the formal histories which have no perspective. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "I—I will send her to you," stammered the dowager, curtseying in a panic. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z She was going awry, as hysterical girls will; yet surely the dowager was more than capable of coping with this febrile phase of a strong nature half developed? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z In the end she chose her mother; perhaps the kindness of the dowager had stirred a dormant piety. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Yet why should the punctiliously upright dowager be possessed by so dire a visitation? My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z There was a long pause, during which the dowager continued to eye her niece. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z The Church League of the First Floor Front, haunted by bishops and deans, duchesses and dowagers, was of course closed, and we were deprived of whatever spiritual consolation their presence might have provided. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z The dowager had never directly referred to the conversation in the rosary, but the damsel was not slow in perceiving that Shane and herself were thrown together as often as was practicable. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z In the administration of the village the two countesses shared equally—the dowager by superintending the making of soup and gruel for sick villagers, Dorothy by assisting at its distribution. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The list of charges against the hapless dowager was full enough without that. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The dowager's words produced their effect upon Doreen, despite her virtuous indignation. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Then, leaning backward, towards the waiting ear of the dowager, he whispered, discreetly: "He on whom the eyes of the queen have deigned to rest is Beltishazzar the Jew, called of his people Daniel." Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The dowager never grew weary of lifting up her voice against Doreen's unseemly proclivities, her free and easy ways, her ridings hither and thither, her expeditions none knew whither. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z "What a success your golden border has been," the dowager exclaimed. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z For his sake dowagers mince in white and silver, and at times he has to take to his bed to protect himself from their assiduities.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z What in the scale was this twaddle of the dowager's--this buckram rubbish of an old school--this bit of red-tape, which might come to be the halter of liberty! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Her litter, however, was quickly brought to her, and just as she lay down in it, happy to be out of sight, Belitsum, the dowager, appeared. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The lord chancellor was aware that the beautiful Miss Wolfe loved him not, and was wont to jest thereat when taking a dish of tea with his old flame the dowager. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The dowager with a look of alarm leaned over the border to hide her embarrassment. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z But her eyes happened to meet his, and with a spontaneous fellow-feeling the girl and the man smiled to each other and at the dowager, before they realised that they were totally unacquainted. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z And we had it to ourselves the whole way, but never a word passed between us that might not have been spoken before a committee of dowagers. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z The old lady might have been an English dowager—she was extremely talkative and full of her son the Maharajah, who was expected back immediately from the Boxer War. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Shane clung to the dowager's last straw, which with artful artlessness she had held out to him. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z This was altogether too intimate an inquiry, and the dowager, failing to bury her blushes in the opulent group of butter-colored flowers that she was bending over to admire, took refuge in her bringing-up. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z He was inclined to rhapsodise; he invented and rejected various definitions of woman; he laughed at the worldly ignorance of the dowager. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z But the fun of the thing is, that the dowager is one of the vice-presidents of the society recently founded for the suppression of the nude in our museums and picture galleries. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z And her anger toward the imperturbable dowager was the anger of a virtuous woman toward one whose temptations she was unable to resist. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Then, again, the dowager reflected on the chances of who Norah's father was; and again her agony ascended to a paroxysm. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z "And not merely your family," the dowager was saying. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Mrs. Warriner stopped within a couple of yards of the dowager and gave her hand, and with her hand her eyes, to her companion. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z He learned to converse with the modern ing�nue without feeling like an infant of five; he learned to endure the cross-examination of dowagers without looking as if his one idea was to bolt. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z They are like women’s colleges or summer camps, but for what were once called dowager’s humps, but for the shoes with Velcro closure and grown-ups in scooters. The New Old Age Blog: Mad as Hell 2011-12-20T16:38:26Z As it happened, Mrs. Courteen did not discover the reference to her daughter's indiscretion, until she was asked by an inquisitive dowager to explain the allusion in the twelve lines. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The dowager was rather fluttered by the notion of a cruise in a yacht. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The dowager bridled; her face grew red; she raised her tortoiseshell glasses and annihilated Charnock with a single stare. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Zerbinette," said the dowager, after turning to take another look at the footman who had opened the carriage door, "who is that tall, handsome fellow? The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z I am sure the stern old dowager would never endure Maud’s grown up manner for a moment. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Instead of velvety leopards that used to amble over tuffets of fragrant thyme, each with a hussy astride his supple back, went greasy chairmen in lurching escort of dowagers and misses. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He had brought his lips together for Mass, and Eucharist came out with such a cough that the dowager begged him not to take cold. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "Oh!" he exclaimed, "suppose it had belonged to anyone else, the dowager in the window, for instance." Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z "Yes, I heard it," replied the intrepid dowager, "what of it?" The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z "I ought never to have allowed him to take up gardening," said Miss Shute, despondently pursuing her own line of thought, "it only promotes intimacies with dowagers." Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Rich Mrs. Bendish arrived and made all the dowagers jealous with her chest of precious stones that she brought back from an island in the Caribbean Sea—buried treasure that was actually discovered. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Fussing about with matches, the dowager explained apologetically that she preferred always to trim and light her own lamp. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The next moment the dowager swept past him. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z "So we had better strike while the iron is hot," continued the dowager. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Would dance with the pretty girls, and leave the Boston dowagers and their diamonds in the lurch. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z He hated to be conspicuous, and it was a small pleasure to meet his Phyllida among the dowagers. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z "I am fond of my little den," said the dowager, "and as long as you so kindly want me to stay on at Clare I hope you won't turn me out of it." The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The anxious dowager, who was preparing to depart with her daughter, had just risen from her seat by the window as Miranda stepped over the sill into the ball-room. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z This time it was not necessary for Marguerite to lie in order to declare to the dowager that Madame Bastien was not at home. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z I'm not content with third-rate earls and rather seedy dowagers. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z The princes and dowagers of municipal labor are not a terribly impressive lot. Gotham Extra: Mayor Bloomberg and Those Third-Term Blues 2011-10-14T22:50:06Z Heaven and her wall-paper were the only scenes of tropical luxuriance in the imagination of which the dowager indulged herself. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "Do, my child, do!" said the dowager, who was impervious to sarcasm. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Other summers, I worked as a doorman, hauling bags and opening doors for royally snooty Park Avenue dowagers. | In Living Wage Talks, Warfare Trumps Discourse 2011-10-12T19:50:19Z If the lady's respectable, marry him and resign yourself to being a dowager. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z I hope you manage your cash like a person of discretion—above all, avoid the card-tables of ancient dowagers. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Tony was silent, and the dowager regarded her daughter-in-law with open admiration. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z What was said, however, did not reach the dowager's ears. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Mrs. Headway’s triumph had begun; the dowager Lady Demesne had taken the first step. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z A kind-hearted man, he knew how to render himself agreeable to the old dignitaries and to the venerable dowagers, and it was natural that he should expect still further promotion in his civil career. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z There were two or three dowagers who knew Maxwell and, seek to avoid it as he might, he was soon generally introduced and his eligibility made widely known. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z This irreverent attempt to put fishing on an equality with fox-hunting naturally upset the squire, and the dowager's hopes, of an early reconciliation between him and the rector were destroyed. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z It was, indeed, no more than an interchange of "good-nights," but the dowager bridled, perhaps out of disappointment that she had not heard. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The fugitive entered the first door that he found open, which was one in the house of an old dowager. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z I know many a dowager that would give half she is worth for the secret. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z He lightened up the hotel piazza and flirted with every one, from dowagers down to the little girls to whom he told liver-colored stories as evening and the gloom came. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z The dowager's loss of her mother was followed in March by a blow that upset her more profoundly. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The following morning there was not a dowager in the hotel unacquainted with my misdeed, and none omitted to add their warning and advice. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z "Answer that there is nobody here," said Chaudoreille to the dowager, "you will save the life of the most amiable man in Europe." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z The dowager, for a wonder, took the suggestion in good part. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z The expression "the present Queen of England" has considerably puzzled many writers, since at that date there were two queens of England, namely the dowager Henrietta and the consort of Charles II., Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z When the dowager's window was broken air was let in upon Dorothy's painted screen as well. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z And by-and-by Meta would be the lady of Dunallan Towers, and Claude’s mother the dowager; and none to see her now could doubt she would fit and fill the proud position gracefully and well. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z They did not see Chaudoreille, but the dowager indicated the way by which he had fled. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Their Nemesis appeared on the ninth day in the person of the dowager,231 and Cinq-Mars told his mother that the whole affair was simply a passe temps, and that Mlle. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Mrs. Whipple was holding forth to a group of dowagers but turned from them to him. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The dowager and the nurse were looking at each other pitifully. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Bitter jealousies among the contemplating dowagers were often a result of this determined eclecticism. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z It was the dowager, who was dressing at the moment when the chevalier, entered her chamber, desperate. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z We seemed to move in the midst of a stage army, the same few hundred men, women, and dowagers reappearing in an endless march-past. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z And then a dozen dowagers breed the gossip. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Not until her son was actually born did Dorothy apprise the dowager of the event. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The house looks like an old dowager house of poverty, recklessness, carelessness, and vice. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z It shone like the dowager queen's diamonds, and hung around her head in great curling locks. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z And the first machine to come along was a beautiful big Pierce Arrow limousine, with an old dowager, a pleasant and generous old soul, its single occupant, save of course the chauffeur. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z A few good houses, among which is a residence of the dowager lady Kensington, start up here and there; but in such situations, as to convey no look of importance to the place. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z She felt that now was her moment to win the dowager immovably to her side. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z It was the bridal day of the fair Queen Agnes and Count Gerhard, whose sister, the dowager Queen Hedvig of Sweden, together with the entire Danish and Swedish courts, were present. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Only a Palais Royal Maman, and only one of the most pronounced of them at that, could imagine she would become a dowager princess by marrying her daughter to a prince. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Portly and bedizened dowagers wore set smiles on lips that moved to inaudible counting, and their paid partners, professional young male dancers, that patient yet abstracted expression that tells of bandaged, swollen feet. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z The emperess dowager was distrusted by the party around the empress. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The dowager threw out a signal of distress to her daughter-in-law, who said firmly but kindly that they would all drive over together in the drag. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z That evening the dowager came to the conclusion that she would have to look out for a new companion and secretary. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The dowager Lady Streathmere is very fond of Jantie; she was very agreeably disappointed in the girl, and now she speaks to her friends in loud terms of "my daughter Jantie's excellence." Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z Winnie can throw upon her mother the burden of its stateliness, and Mrs. French will make a charming dowager. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The empress dowager believed in prosecuting the war, for she knew that Russia could only follow her destiny happily freed from German control. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The dowager, who always came away from Chatfield with a sense of renewed youth, though sometimes, indeed, feeling like a naughty little girl, was almost sprightly on the drive back to Clare. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The dowager wanted so many letters written, and so many articles read to her. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z There was one young lady who came in frequently with a talkative old dowager, and was wont to regard Margaret with keen but silent interest. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Some of the dowagers complimented Mrs. Pendarrel on the cordial affection of her daughter and intended son-in-law, and the wily mother stored up those expressions of sympathy for future use. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Prince Valdemar, who was, like all the sons and daughters of King Christian IX., devoted to the dowager empress, was plainly uneasy. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z "Lady Clarehaven is specializing in shades of gold, copper, and bronze," he explained to the dowager. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The dowager made him welcome, and placed the library and a bedroom above at his disposal for as long as he might care to stay. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The old dowager's glaring eyes dwelt on her with gloating admiration. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z True etiquette is universal in its appeal and reaches the country-woman in her little cottage as directly as it reaches the stately dowager in her city mansion. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z The sight of the house in Kensington brought back vividly to her mind the day after the dowager's funeral, when she had arrived there from school, feeling very strange and forlorn. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "Wonderful!" the dowager exclaimed, with the eyes of a child looking upon the fairies. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Her father, much to her surprise, remained at the Manor, he and the dowager having come to terms that appeared to be mutually satisfactory. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z May drew herself up with a proud movement of the head, which might have satisfied even the deceased dowager that there was a strong strain of the Cheffington nature in her. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Out there in the Avenue at this hour there are miles of fat dowagers in padded broughams who think of nothing but clothes and food. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Mrs. Cheffington, known throughout all the ramifications of the family as "the dowager," was a hard-featured, selfish old woman, with a black wig, a pale yellow skin, and frowning eyebrows. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The dowager was much too tactful, as Dorothy had foreseen, to ask Mrs. Caffyn any questions; she, with a license to talk about her children, was never at a loss for conversation. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Then the dowager summoned her to read an article to her out of the Spectator. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Besides, he saw before him faces that appeared friendly; while the eyes of the discriminating dowagers, seen through their pebbles, instead of quizzing, seemed to regard him with admiration! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z So brilliant was her smile, that when she laughed at one of Lord Lyons' witicisms, all one corner of the room was wrapped in a glare of light, and several nervous dowagers cried "Fire!" The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z They thought it would turn out that the dowager had considerable savings to leave behind her; and they founded this supposition on her never giving away anything during her lifetime. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The dowager had been unwilling to leave the country, and when the news of her son's death arrived was firm in her determination to remain in Cherrington. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The dowager often dabbled in stocks and shares for want of something better to do. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Morley Safer dodged our questions about a contentious e-mail exchange involving the Century Association, and tuxedo-ed gentlemen mingled with dowagers and much younger women. Nocturnalist: At Titanic Gala, and Thankful for the Nosebleed Seats 2011-04-16T02:40:09Z They all so understand the art of mere chatting that music and dancing would be thought a regular bore; and except one whist-table for the dowager ladies of honour, nothing else is needed. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z She believed that Augustus, who had always been her favourite child, profited by the dowager's indulgence, and managed to extract some money from her tightly-closed purse. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Do, do beg the dowager not to change that pergola. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z For the moment he was living on charity, for of course he could not dream of paying the dowager for his board and lodgings. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z None of his family will have anything to do with him; neither his stepmother, the present dowager Duchess of Kilkenty, nor his half-brother, Lord Glenarm. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z In fact, Gleeson stood before the public as a kind of guardian of estated property,—the providence of dowagers, widows, and younger children! The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z This was the dowager's Parthian dart at the unfortunate marriage. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z By now, when he had been dead ten years and his son was bringing an actress to rule over Clare Court, the dowager had come to regard her late husband as a saint. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Associated, however, with him in power, was Batilde, the queen dowager, a woman, according to all the priestly chroniclers, of great beauty and discretion, but doubtless much swayed by bigoted ecclesiastics. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Once upon a time, a charitable dowager dragon sought to bring about a closer relationship between the peoples of the hills and the valley in spite of their difference in size. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z He showed her his card, and the old schemer returned triumphant to her niche among the dowagers. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Amongst the minor grievances reckoned up by the deceased dowager as accruing from Augustus's unfortunate marriage was the fact that his wife had borne the plebeian name of Dobbs. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "I think you exaggerate your plainness," the dowager observed. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The next thing you’ll be trying to make me be sweet to that fat old dowager with the moustaches!” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z She sat between two vagabonds in white blouses, with whom she was talking earnestly, and looked like--well, like a queen dowager in disguise. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Cleve did know that young lady of eight-and-twenty, and her dowager mamma, "simple 'oman," who had pursued him with extraordinary spirit and tenacity for several years, but that was past and over. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Sometimes the dowager came down to stay at Brighton, and she used, now and then, to call for May in her carriage; but she never entered the doors. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "No, I think I'd like to drive down to the sea first of all," said the dowager. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z And without giving his host a chance to argue the point, strode off hastily in the direction of the majestic dowager. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z "That must be Jack Price!" thought Algernon, he scarcely knew why; and the next moment he got away from the dowager and her daughters, and sauntered towards the door. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z He looked every bit of his thirty, and she was an aged dowager of twenty-five. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Then her mother died, and some six or eight months afterwards she was brought to England, and—Fate and the dowager so willing it—was sent to school to Mrs. Drax in Brighton. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z It's very kind of you, Mrs. Smith, and of you, too, Mrs. Bitterplum," said the dowager, "but I can only stay a few minutes. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The dowager duchess Constance of Brittany raised her son’s claim, and sent an army into Anjou, and all down the Loire many of the nobles adhered to his cause. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Then, with a bound he was on his nimble feet again, and, linking his arm in the arm of the Cromwellian trooper, strolled along the ranks of fanning dowagers, glancing amiably into their masked faces. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z "It is quite possible," continued the inspector without heeding Cyril's interruption, "that you have met either Prentice or Lady Wilmersley, the dowager, I mean." Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z And perhaps the credit of it ought fairly to be assigned rather to Destiny than the dowager. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The pony's head had been turned inland, and Mr. Beadon talked earnestly to the dowager while the chaise was driving slowly back. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z As these decorations for the dowager Duchess D'Este were made just about the middle of Columbus' Century, the authoritative description of them will be the best document. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z "Ah! now you are treating me as badly as your old dowager friends treat me." Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z All the dowagers are mewing for blood, all the male old women who teach classics and dream of re-action at Oxford and Cambridge, are having the time of their lives. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z During the first half of that time she sometimes spent her holidays with the dowager at Richmond, and sometimes in Brighton under the care of Mrs. Drax. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z My mother," went on the dowager, "who as you've no doubt guessed is now an extremely old lady, was inclined to blame me for Tony's choice. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z All the men were devoted to her, and as a result, she was cordially hated by all the dowagers, because she effectively spoiled the chances of dozens of other less vivacious but more eligible debutantes. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z The dowager came to fetch her in her carriage, and she went off with a white dress in her box, happy and blushing like the rose to which Pen compared her. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Fortunately, Madam was a small woman, and Aunt Maria quite the reverse; so she was forced to give it up, and content herself with being one of many Martha Washingtons who filled the dowagers' corner. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Also, in a minor degree, she was thankful that Aunt Pauline's antique lace-flounce—a portion of the dowager's legacy lent for the occasion—had escaped destruction. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "Well, to be frank, the contingency had presented itself," the dowager admitted. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z People will talk; there are the newspapers; and—the dowagers; and the nonconformist conscience to be considered. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Some of them resembled weary dowagers; others had the appearance of horse-jockeys; and old men accompanied their wives, of whom they were old enough to be the grandfathers. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "Or when a deaf dowager is seized with a fancy to sternutate as you are waxing pathetic." Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The daughters of the Great Democracy have become not only French in heart, but as Royalist as the most ultramontane of our old dowagers. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z The dowager smiled anxiously; she was not used to extensions of familiar phrases, and her daughter-in-law's remark made her sharply aware that a stranger was in the house. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Mrs. Landau has all the trappings of an Upper East Side dowager. Artworks Are This 90-Year-Old's Best Friend 2010-09-30T13:40:00Z During his absence the battle of Flodden had been lost, and Arran found his rival Angus, who enjoyed Henry’s support, married to the queen dowager and in control of the government. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" "I am delighted to see you," she said, just as one dowager receives another when she pays her a formal visit. The Undying Past “Why, I should be sending arrows for fun in the stout old dowagers’ backs, and breaking the slow curates’ shins with my croquet mallet! By Birth a Lady "A fine thing to do," the dowager commented, approvingly. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Peckover, it may be stated, was not wildly interested in the dowager peeress. A Poached Peerage What else should he go for to the house of a dowager of fifty, who receives all sorts of people, and where every thing is suspicious, from her guests to the very cards they use? The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 But the dowagers’ fans plied on, the rose-corners echoed their light laughter and the couples footed it as though midnight was yet unreached and dawn as far afield as Judgment Day. The Valiants of Virginia Lady Mechlin lost to her heart's content at roulette, and was as complacent over her losses as any old dowager could be. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories "I did meet him long ago," said the dowager. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z One person in particular," pursued the dowager, "has given me great anxiety. A Poached Peerage The pious queen dowager, Mariana of Austria, greatly favoured the missions. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion These from their tiring-rooms overflowed presently, garbed like dreams, to make obeisance to the dowagers and then to drift through flower-lined corridors, the foam on recurrent waves of discovery. The Valiants of Virginia It was, indeed, impossible to have a face more prepossessing, more open, and more frank than that of the dowager of the Temple. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 The dowager wept and declared that as soon as her own mother was pacified she should make it her business to reconcile Dorothy with hers. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "Don't you think so?" the dowager asked suavely. A Poached Peerage It was the two dowagers, with Othomar; the old ladies were talking in a courtly, mincing way to the young prince, who brought them chairs. Majesty A Novel The emperor of Russia, and later the dowager empress, having learned of Ha�y’s work, invited him to visit St Petersburg for the purpose of establishing a similar institution in the Russian capital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The dowager speculated as to the maker of her coat and skirt. A Bed of Roses The dowager, so far as it was possible for a small woman to perform the action with one so much taller than herself, clasped Dorothy to her heart. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "And may I ask," continued the dowager, addressing herself to the bothered and daunted Peckover, "how it was you came to renounce your title?" A Poached Peerage A third old lady came sailing up; she seemed as though she were related to the two dowagers, but was actually Countess von Altenburg, who used to be mistress of the household to Princess Elsa. Majesty A Novel The music had started again and one after another couples seemed to float past in unhesitating hesitation—dowager and d�butante, dandy and doddering octogenarian. The Social Gangster On the sideboard fat peaches were heaped in a modern Lowestoft bowl, and amber-coloured plums lay like portly dowagers in velvet. A Bed of Roses Indeed," the dowager confessed, "I never suspected he had such determination. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "How can we?" asked the dowager with a dubiousness which her companion did not find altogether complimentary. A Poached Peerage I saw him take the ring from a tinker's dowager. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Taking this as the basis of our calculations and assuming that πn_1 is equal to the digestive apparatus of six hundred dowagers, we reach the surprising total of 932,146⅛ lobsters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 "She's a lucky girl," said an old dowager, "and only a secretary." Patricia Brent, Spinster The dowager looked appealingly at her daughter-in-law, who at once took matters into her own hands. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z "It shines," retorted the dowager with haughty insistence, "from Staplewick Towers." A Poached Peerage His dowager, with ale and switches, would ha' bred a ballad. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The dowagers went in to express both surprise and condolence to Mrs. Goodchild. H. R. Next week he will be playing golf and cultivating damsels and dowagers who may desire immortality in paint. A Top-Floor Idyl If looks could have killed her husband, Dorothy would have been the third dowager present at that moment; but strange to say, the old lady seemed to like the idea of Dorothy's singing. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z But now that the new-found peer was not to fall to Lady Ormstork's bag, that spiteful dowager determined to let the cat out of it. A Poached Peerage The carpet when finished was presented by the duke to the princess dowager of Wales. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The dowagers rose, prompted by the same horrid fear. H. R. Money was a gratuitous difficulty: she had refused to take anything which was addressed to her as princess dowager, and the allowance was in arrears. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII The dowager was leaning over the bed and begging her to lie down. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z So they walked towards the house together; the gracious dowager finding, as was natural, the slight incline up to the Towers rather against anything like pace. A Poached Peerage It was a pitiful scene; mothers afume, daughters in tears, rows of dowagers turning themselves before the fire, like turkeys on a spit; plaintive pleadings for flat-irons. An Unknown Lover She made mention now of her life as a lady of the court, and her eyes glistened while speaking of the Princess dowager. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine In an instant after, it was occupied by the dowager countess, and in another, was rattling away for Scotland, at the utmost speed of the noble animals by which it was drawn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative In July the countess and the dowager were pacing the turf that ran by the edge of that famous golden border now in its prime. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The title was first used in England of Catherine of Aragon, widow of Arthur, prince of Wales, who was styled princess dowager till her marriage with Henry VIII. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Candace seems to have been a title of the dowager queens of Ethiopia, as Caesar was of the emperors of Rome. The Bible Story And now the mother handed to her son the reply of the dowager princess. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine There had been tension in the spring of 1891, in which the French were not wholly blameless, as a result of the private visit to Paris of the dowager empress of Germany, the Empress Frederick. A History of the Third French Republic "Well, of course, my mother didn't oppose it," the dowager admitted. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z As Countess of Poitiers, as Queen of France, and as dowager Queen and Duchess of Burgundy, she visited Mahaut frequently, accompanied her in journeys, and exchanged gifts with her. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) There are nods and sagacious glances, go-betweens, silk dowagers mysteriously gliding, with smiles for this constellation, sighs for that: there is tremor, of hope or desperation, in several hearts. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series A canopy, embroidered with the imperial arms in crimson and gold, indicated the place occupied by Charles the Fifth and his sisters, the regent of the Netherlands, and the dowager queen of France. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 "Well, now you are grown up," said the old dowager, her grandmother. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series The epithet was so persistently applied by the county that for the dowager it had lost any independent significance; it was like calling a tradesman "dear sir." The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z We hear, henceforth, almost nothing of her; there was no role for a dowager queen, especially one who was a foreigner associated with most distressing events for France. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) A world of essenced old dandies and painted dowagers, surrounded by thieving lackeys and cringing followers; where everything can be done by bribery, and nothing without it. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The emperor was also visited by his two sisters, the dowager queens of France and Hungary, who had accompanied their brother, as we have seen, on his return to Spain. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 More a gown for a dowager, it strikes me? Hildegarde's Harvest If the dowager had extended the courtesy of breeding to accept those legends her daughter-in-law had spread about herself, her courtesy would certainly not be withheld from accepting that daughter-in-law's mother. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z There are also rooms for the Empress dowager to occupy on her occasional visits. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition So I sent for the Bible, the very one that the dowager princess presented me with when I was christened. Waldfried A Novel On one hand the dowager, was the Minister of France, who always preceded the others; on the other was the Prussian, a pro tempore president, and who showed no disposition to concede his pretensions. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The empress dowager and all her grandees have become converts to Chang's new gospel. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 Dorothy took the dowager's hand and looked down earnestly and affectionately into her upturned gaze. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z You must not listen to these tales of the old dowagers. Josephine Makers of History We drove back to the Queen Elizabeth and I had to admit that there was a certain attraction about that big old dowager. The Knights of Arthur The dowager princess claimed from the parlement of Paris the fulfilment of the reformed law of arrest, which forbade imprisonment without trial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" At one end, around a huge antique fireplace, sat a group of ladies, whom in a glance I recognized as of the class so distinctively called dowager. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Dorothy had been desirous of the dowager's help to consolidate a position in London society that now for the first time appeared tenable. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Venerable dowagers were twirling like opera girls, and not unfrequently measuring their portly length upon the carpet. Josephine Makers of History A dowager in a long puffed skirt was rushing aimlessly about screaming that the end of the world had come. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 Her party is thin, while that of her competitor overflows; or there is a plenty of dowagers and a paucity of young men. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Other dowagers sat below, some bediamonded and others not: the "old Southern Set" lived on diminishing incomes; new industries were decreasing the values of the old. Ancestors A Novel And then suddenly the dowager's suggestion seemed to provide a perfect solution of a problem that had been vexing Dorothy. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Here another dowager seized an arm of the fainting girl, and the two bore her tenderly into the retiring-room, followed by some two or three sympathizing young ladies. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 “It will simply paralyze the dowager brigade if we hug each other on the mat.” The Silent Barrier At Mrs. Fentham's, I encountered Lady Bab Lawless, a renowned modish dowager, famous for laying siege to the heart of every distinguished man, with the united artillery of her own wit and her daughters' beauty. Coelebs In Search of a Wife The building of railways was also pushed on, but the dowager empress was probably at heart as reactionary as she had proved in 1898. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" She felt as the dowager must have felt when she was trying to dissuade Tony from marrying an actress; she instanced every disadvantage she could think of for the filly; but Tony was obstinate. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Her daughter's husband no doubt would see that she had a fitting home, with all the appanages and paraphernalia suited to a dowager Countess. Lady Anna “It will paralyze the dowager brigade if we hug each other.” The Silent Barrier His energetic campaign against George II. and his government won the gratitude of the dowager duchess of Marlborough, who left him �20,000 as a mark of her appreciation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" In February 1873 the two dowager empresses resigned their powers as regents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" His choice of a county was the dowager's only consolation; Connie lived in Hampshire; the world was small; Mr. Greenish and Bella might even yet come together. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Now the sofa creaked beneath the weight of two dowagers. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 Since yesterday," he writes in another letter, "I have given up dowagers and have come down to widows of thirty. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 For frank hideousness, commend me to the noble dowager. Miss Cayley's Adventures The death of the dowager empress removed a powerful obstacle to a reformed regime, and with her passed away the last prominent representative of the old era in China. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" "Come and have lunch with us," the dowager invited. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Simple habits of the queen.Horror of the courtiers and dowagers. Maria Antoinette Makers of History I could not help admiring the prudence and tact of this old dowager, and of course it was not for me to make objections. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Usually some stiff old dowager crosses the tape first. Seven Keys to Baldpate The Chinese government was powerless to stem the advance of Russia, and the dowager empress herself was credited with indifference to the fate of Manchuria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The dowager had been right when she had expressed her fears for the effect upon Tony of his wife's behavior. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The queen of England is either queen regent, queen consort, or queen dowager. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First A physician struggled from his pew across the sittings of three stout dowagers, and knelt, with practiced finger on the little fluttering pulse. Exit Betty "And I don't think you need be so sorry for the lady, Lucy," said the dowager. Sir Tom The dowager empress from the day of her return from Si-gan-fu set herself to conciliate the foreign residents in Peking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The dowager had already vacated Clare Lodge, and with a few of her dearest possessions was now established in Cherrington Cottage. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Yet still, pro dignitate regali, no man can marry a queen dowager without special licence from the king, on pain of forfeiting his lands and goods. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First Is not Mrs. Nesbit the dowager empress of Harvey, and the social despot of the community? In the Heart of a Fool "Oh, the baby!" said the dowager, with the indifference of a woman who has never had a child, and cannot conceive why a little sprawling tadpole in long clothes should make such a difference. Sir Tom In November he Death of the emperor and of the dowager empress. died. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The dowager's childlike and apprehensive fancy played round an apocalyptic vision of her mother criticizing the sit of a halo, or poking with a palm-branch just men in the eye. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z A queen dowager is the widow of the king, and as such enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First —The father is going too quickly … we can't follow him, murmurs the old dowager as she distractedly plays with her hair. Letters from my Windmill The clever dowager cut it short when it was but half over, perceiving the same, and asked herself not without excitement what it was possible Lucy's difficulty could be? Sir Tom During the last years 212 of the life of the dowager empress it was his influence which largely reconciled her to the new reform movement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" It was no great loss to art, but the effect upon the dowager was tremendous. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z A queen dowager, when married again to a subject, doth not lose her regal dignity, as peeresses dowager do their peerage when they marry commoners. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First By the way, what a mighty grand old dowager Mrs. Pink is!” That Mother-in-Law of Mine Mr. Fraser talked to Tante—I saw it all quite well—as he might have talked to the next dowager he met. Tante This was the first occasion the country was ruled by a dowager empress. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Why did she let him waste his pleasant talk on the dowagers of Anjou, while she sat absorbed with that animal? Angelot A Story of the First Empire Lord Bute advised the princess dowager to keep the prince tied to her apron strings, and succeeded.” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Mrs. Pinkerton made a lovely wall-flower, and I could not refrain from a wicked chuckle when I saw her sitting on a sofa, exchanging commonplaces with a puffing dowager. That Mother-in-Law of Mine He then said that if any immediate sum of money were required he would lend it either to the dowager or to Lord George. Is He Popenjoy? This confidence would have been greater had not the changes indicated a struggle for supreme power between the regent and the dowager empress Lung Yu, widow of Kwang-su. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The western wing was burned in 1835, and the dowager marchioness, the grandmother of the present marquis, then five years old, perished in the flames, which originated in her chamber. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Having got a foothold, he made himself useful to Fred, and especially to the princess dowager. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance She will remain young and apparently childish until she suddenly reaches the stately dowager age overnight. The Gorgeous Girl Over and over again the dowager attempted to give way, and suggested that they should all depart and be out of sight. Is He Popenjoy? Around the wall were dusky chaperons, guarding their charges with the watchfulness of old dowagers protecting their daughters from the advances of younger sons. The Strollers That generation also died out; and the city, like an old dowager who has once been a beauty, and boasted of a waist, grew out of all shape. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Bute and the princess dowager put their heads together, and sent Colonel Graham on a prospecting tour among the German principalities. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The dowager had expressed her opinion that Judithe would bury herself in studies if left to herself, perhaps even go back to the convent. The Bondwoman Brave, to win a glance of hers, The rows of lynx-eyed dowagers! Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Mr. Esmond rode up to London then, where, if the dowager had been angry at the abrupt leave of absence he took, she was mightily pleased at his speedy return. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Very soon after this, the queen dowager died suddenly. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History She is as exact, however, in the formulas of her letters as any dowager of the old school. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The prophecy of Madame, the dowager, that if left alone she would return to the convent, had not been verified. The Bondwoman There was always one old dowager who took precedence, all the others gave way before her. A Son of the Middle Border The dowager at Chelsea was not sorry to part with him this time. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges This queen dowager had two houses left to her, one at Chelsea, and the other at Hanworth, towns some little distance up the river from London. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History Their gentle mother shed a tear of joy as she kissed the cheek of each darling child, and the dowager expressed herself happy at seeing they had proved themselves worthy descendants of the Clairmonts. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago She looked at the wedding ring on her finger; it had been the wedding ring of the dowager long ago, and she had 360 given it to Kenneth McVeigh that morning for the ceremony. The Bondwoman He had a silk gown like any dowager. The Marriage of Elinor This appointment only inflamed the dowager's rage, or, as she thought it, her fidelity to her rightful sovereign. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Under the regency of the Queen dowager, with some passing fluctuations, the clerical interests on the whole kept the upper hand. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) "Leave what?" asked the inquisitive old dowager who was supposed to superintend the maids and their embroidery, who at that moment crossed the room for another bundle of tapestry thread, and overheard the last remark. Tales From Scottish Ballads The engagement had only been made to comfort the dowager. The Bondwoman Mary's mother, the queen dowager of Scotland, was of a celebrated French family, called the family of Guise. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History But when misfortune came, she stood by her blood:—so did the dowager viscountess stand by her blood,—so did you. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The match had been made up hurriedly—most probably without consulting, or dreaming of consulting, the girl—by her mother, the dowager Princess Stolberg, and the Duke of Fitz-James, Charles Edward's cousin. The Countess of Albany If there is anything to joy over in this appalling affair, find it in this fact: I am convinced that the dowager duchess died intestate. Cleek, the Master Detective “Oh, that is without doubt the taste of the dowager; failing to influence the politics of the country she consoled herself with an attempt to make a revolution in the fashions of the age.” The Bondwoman In speaking of Mary's mother we shall call her sometimes the queen dowager. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History See, here is a letter from the dowager; the post brought it last night; and I would not speak of it, for fear of disturbing our last merry meeting.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Lovel escaped to Flanders, where he found a protector in Margaret, the dowager Duchess of Burgundy, the sister of Edward IV. and Richard III. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII One can't get very fat before one comes out; and I hate a thin dowager. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The next morning the dowager, Marquise de Caron, left her Paris home for the summer season. The Bondwoman The expression queen dowager is the one usually applied to the widow of a king, as queen consort is used to denote the wife of a king. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History But he could agree in most of the praises which the enraptured old dowager bestowed on my lord viscount, than whom he never beheld a more fascinating and charming gentleman. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Princess dowager of, her influence on George III., iii. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) There is a certain dowager still extant who considers it absurd to provide amusement for people of inferior station. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The death of the dowager occurred their first winter in Paris, after Geneva, and the Marquise had not yet shown a predilection for nunneries. The Bondwoman The old dowager had a short temper, and a deep gratitude for Anne's remarkable services in New York. The Art of Disappearing “I have heard of you,” says Mr. Addison, with a smile; as, indeed, everybody about town had heard that unlucky story about Esmond's dowager aunt and the duchess. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans, And sweet girl-graduates in their golden hair. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Still the secret had oozed out, and the dowager Lady Mackintosh sent a boy to warn her daughter-in-law and the Prince. The Red True Story Book The light, humorous tone of the dowager had disarmed her; yet she had of her own accord, and influenced by some wild mood, told Dumaresque all that was only guesswork to the friend beside her. The Bondwoman I was therefore compelled to pay the visit, for her ladyship—a snappy old dowager—was a somewhat exacting patient of Sir Bernard’s. The Seven Secrets As the sky grows redder and redder towards sunset, so, in the decline of her years, the cheeks of my lady dowager blushed more deeply. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges How envious Were all the dowagers at my success! The Woman Who Dared Of course the dowager made every objection to the marriage; she was an ardent sympathizer with the old Russian party, and hated Napoleon. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The dowager was delighted to find that the one evening of complete social success had changed her daughter-in-law into a woman of society. The Bondwoman It is regarded as a dark, bohemian, and almost brutally masculine indulgence; exactly as it was regarded by the dowagers in Thackeray's novels. What I Saw in America He had it in confession!” cried out the dowager lady. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Once a dowager sought to ask me my intentions, but I flung at her astonished head an article from the Encyclopedia Brittanica. The Explorer After Mr. Nelson's exchange with the rector of St. Paul's Church, Rome, Italy in 1912, a certain dowager commented, "Mr. Lowrie's sermons made me feel comfortable, but Mr. Nelson makes me feel a miserable sinner!" Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati The dowager was pleased when the subject was dropped. The Bondwoman This is worked by the dowager, in concert with her daughter, somewhat on the following plan. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) In this way the old dowager rattled on remorselessly to Mr. Esmond, who was quite astounded with her present volubility, contrasting it with her former haughty behaviour to him. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges He considered Joanna, the queen dowager, as his enemy, and either confiscated her estates or allowed others to seize them. Richard I Makers of History Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge over-dressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that someone was looking at me. The Picture of Dorian Gray “Tah!” and the dowager put out her hand with a gesture 55 of protest and a tone of doubt in her voice. The Bondwoman In a vague way he would grasp the fact—hitherto undreamt of in his dove's philosophy—that, if the pigeon is preyed upon by man, man in his turn is preyed upon by the dowager. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) And the dowager lady, your father's widow, has promised to provide for you—has she not?” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges It is now only occupied by the officers and servants who have charge of it, and some dowagers and poor women of rank, called in England "decayed gentlewomen." Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children They want to show me that you aren't used to tiaras and saxophones and creaking dowagers and tulle. Free Air She wondered if it was yet too early to depart, she might reach home before the dowager slept, and tell her all the glories of it. The Bondwoman The tittle-tattle of the gossips, the social intrigues of the dowager, are adopted as frankly as the self-devotion of a Miss Nightingale. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) My lady dowager had left off this peculiar habit of huntress when she married. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges There is the foreign office, and on the other side lives the queen dowager.” Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark A victoria drove by with a dowager who did not seem to be humbly courting the best set in Joralemon. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Once––when she first came with the dowager to Paris––the days had been all too short for her plans and dreams of usefulness; how long ago that seemed. The Bondwoman Of her the dowagers with daughters to marry sing in chorus, "I'll visit her for her son." Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) “What can there be in that little prude of a woman, that makes men so raffoler about her?” cries out my lady dowager. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The queen dowager retired from court life with her infant son Alfonso, and her daughter Isabella, then in her fourth year. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The dowager's too old, and Walter's too lame; but there, what stuff I'm talking; it's well mother isn't within hearing. An Arrow in a Sunbeam and Other Tales He had just been told the dowager was not yet to be seen. The Bondwoman A good example of the latter style of operation is afforded by the dowager who is fortunate enough to have an eldest son to use as a pushing machine. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) As for the old dowager of Chelsea, never was an old woman in all England more delighted nor more gracious than she. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Then Mary, Queen dowager of Hungary, resigned the regency with which she had been intrusted by her brother during the space of twenty-five years. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 They did so; but when the "dowager" opened the door at their knock, they hardly knew her. An Arrow in a Sunbeam and Other Tales He came with some message to the dowager from his mother. The Bondwoman Then follows a delicate negotiation with one of those dowagers who rather pique themselves on their good nature in standing sponsors to pushing nobodies. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) “And from whom?” again asked Colonel Esmond—and his mistress then told him that on her death-bed the dowager countess, sending for her, had presented her with this dismal secret as a legacy. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The Queen dowager, known as Chand Bibi, arrayed herself in armor; she veiled her face and led the troops in person. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 As the stoutest and oldest dowager of the lot he had obliged her to dance a minuet with him, the 15 terrified coachman, postilion, and solitary male passenger covered by his companions’ pistols the while. Antony Gray,—Gardener “Maman, my conjecture was right,” she remarked as she entered the room of the dowager; “your fine, manly American was really the youth of my Carolina story.” The Bondwoman The dowager's jointure is well enough, and she has the Abbey House and gardens for her life, but Violet will be sole mistress of the estate when she comes of age. Vixen, Volume I. “If I could look as much like a princess as you do in them——” “Mrs. Robeson, in that lovely dull red you’re a queen——” “—dowager,” finished Juliet gayly. The Indifference of Juliet It was at this restaurant, in the days of the dowager empress, that the Mandarins used to assemble every night while waiting for the imperial edicts to be issued from the palace. Peking Dust The fluttered younger occupants of the coach had frankly envied the terrified dowager, yet Nick had bestowed but the most perfunctory of glances upon them, and that for a reason best known to himself. Antony Gray,—Gardener She had received proposals of marriage, dignified, ceremonious affairs submitted to her by the dowager, but from this stranger came the first avowal of love she had ever listened to. The Bondwoman The dowager Lady Holland has arranged that her niece, Diana, should marry Lester, the present Lord Holland, son of the dowager. Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts She would be much better off at Brighton, or some of those places where she could see people from the windows, and have plenty of twaddling old dowager society.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Over in a corner of the lounge sits a so-called princess, a Chinese lady, very modern, very chic, very European as to clothes, who was formerly one of the ladies-in-waiting to the old empress dowager. Peking Dust “Did you ever see such a change in any one?” asked a dowager, levelling her keen glances from her box down upon the merry party. Five Little Peppers at School “Your approval is an unconscious compliment to me,” remarked the dowager, indulging herself in a tiny pinch of snuff and tapping the jeweled lid of the box; “I named her.” The Bondwoman And the high-nosed dowager, whom it was his privilege to escort to his father's table, arose from it convinced that Sir Thomas's heir had lost in his travels the few poor wits he ever possessed. The Light of Scarthey ‘Conscience has spoken,’ said Owen; ‘she knows how she would go and disguise herself in an old dowager’s gown to try to look like sixty!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster And then, without further words, she caused herself to be led away, and sitting down between two old dowagers, debarred him absolutely from the power of another word. The Bertrams Here we seem to get within the smell of soup, the bustle of evening receptions, and the smiles of dowagers. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 Possibly the dowager guessed what was passing in her mind, for she nodded and smiled. The Bondwoman She looked very young and, slight as she was, her figure was prettily rounded and she had a soft, kittenish gracefulness; but she spoke with the assurance of a dowager. The Long Portage I hate the sight of the bygone assembly-rooms, and the Bath chairs trundling the dowagers about the streets. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 “And a very good thing too,” said the purple-visaged dowager wrathfully. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath |
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