单词 | drawing-room car |
例句 | Saloon, sa-lōōn′, n. a spacious and elegant hall or apartment for the reception of company, for works of art, &c.: a main cabin: a drawing-room car on a railroad: a liquor-shop.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z I had a special train, composed of a sleeping car, a drawing-room car, a dining car, a swimming-pool car, and goodness knows how many special kinds of cars! The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z As he reached the drawing-room car he was tempted to abandon the idea. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z A minute or two more, and the checks were obtained; the negro was counting a roll of bills, and in a drawing-room car Tristrem was being whirled to New York. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel We had hardly been an hour under way before I saw the two objects of my watchfulness seated side by side in the drawing-room car, apparently on the friendliest terms. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War It was quite gaily that she took her seat beside him in the drawing-room car of the train and impatiently awaited the first sight of the salt meadows before Jersey City is reached. Melomaniacs I myself lately witnessed a suggestive scene in a drawing-room car at the Grand Central Dépôt. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 That lady met her at the door of the drawing-room car, and led her to the little compartment where they were screened off from the rest of the world. Nobody There was no berth to be had for her and no drawing-room car on, so we rode all night in the day coach with a rather mixed lot. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty He travels second class abroad, and in this country he should never be allowed to be a passenger in a drawing-room car with his master. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men There the express trains have now a very delightful carriage called a "drawing-room car," literally a series of little private drawing-rooms, with sofas and a table in each, opening out of a little corridor. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 That feeling wore off, though, by the time we got settled in the drawing-room car, and I was three seats from Mrs. Erveng,—I managed that,—with Mr. Erveng and Hilliard between us. We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses With her thoroughly sound mind and body and healthy appetites, every detail and every foot of the journey was a pleasure to her; even the corner of a drawing-room car on a night train. Nobody She walked to the drawing-room car, and signaled the black porter. While Caroline Was Growing Quite luckily there was a drawing-room car attached to the train, although such luxury is generally confined to the express, which does not stop here. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua She sat thinking how he had come up behind her that day in the drawing-room car, and of all the happy nonsense they had begun to talk, in such a hurry, together. The Other Girls On our way from Springfield to Boston, a stout, black-whiskered man sat immediately in front of me, in the drawing-room car, whose maneuvers were a source of constant amusement. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader With the porter's aid, she mounted the rubber-covered steps into the mahogany and upholstery of the drawing-room car. The Brimming Cup It was a very gay party, and, as a drawing-room car had been chartered for their especial use, there was nothing to impose any restraint upon them, and mirth and pleasure reigned. Mona If it had not been for the private parlor and the drawing-room car, they would have limited Captain Horn's generosity to one hundred dollars. The Adventures of Captain Horn Of course the window would not open; drawing-room car windows never do. The Other Girls After dinner we repaired to our drawing-room car, and, as it was Sabbath eve, intoned some of the grand old hymns—"Praise God from whom," etc.; Roughing It, Part 1. Neale carried Eugenia's two small bags down to the drawing-room car and now handed them to the porter. The Brimming Cup As the drawing-room car was just clearing the station, Miss Montague held a piece of paper out of the window, which Charles caught eagerly and placed in his pocket-book. The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Think of it—dining-car, drawing-room car, two whole cars with sleeping apartments! King Coal : a Novel On none of these great Western routes is there a drawing-room car. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe We learn that the company have put a new engine on the seven o'clock train, and newly upholstered the drawing-room car throughout. The Gilded Age, Part 4. Five minutes later I was seated in a palatial drawing-room car bounding up and down quite a good deal on the elastic plush-covered seat. Rolling Stones After lunch we returned to our drawing-room car. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo The drawing-room car was badly lighted and not heated. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo |
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