| 单词 | escritoire |
| 例句 | They pled with the few who still loaded sideboards and escritoires into tenders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Sitting before me in a London hotel room, the 48-year-old looks so comfortable that you would think he had been installed here by the interior designers along with the coffee table and the escritoire. Steve Carell: 'I don't care for mean humour' 2010-10-14T20:30:00Z It’s such a good system that I ended up producing escritoires with a friend who has a furniture factory called SwitzerCultCreative. T Magazine: The Writer’s Room 2014-02-14T17:37:13Z The script reveals a fascination with the Oxford dictionary definition of the word "escritoire", as you might expect from two ambitious autodidacts. Where does all the best comedy come from? Death and war 2012-07-06T21:30:01Z I write on an outsize table, not a neat escritoire — as if I might be cutting film or pasting up collages. The Writer's Room 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The day after the funeral, had been appointed for the perusal of the will, which was, my mother said, with other papers of consequence, in a private drawer of my father's escritoire. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z They will hide their papers from him, and lock up their escritoires. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Gramont thought a moment, then went to his buhl escritoire and opened it. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z He held this little packet between finger and thumb for a moment, regarding it, and then put down the escritoire and broke the seal.... Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Ambrizette was awaiting her, to dress her for dinner, but, on a sudden impulse, she sat down at the escritoire in her boudoir to write a few hurried lines to Carthew. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z A drear, single man’s room it was, from wall to wall, despite its fretted ceilings and official pomp of Bramah escritoires and red boxes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z However, he had his lamp in there, and his private escritoire, besides all kinds of books and papers, that were seldom produced in our presence, and then only one at a time. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z The letters of congratulation which he received from Pitt and others were accumulating within his escritoire. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z "I—I believe—'tis in my—escritoire," she managed to say. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Lukstein was seated at an escritoire as I entered the room. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z They broke up his escritoires, and destroyed his chests of books, swearing there was "jaw work enough for a whole nation." The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Mrs. Lovenant-Smith was writing at an escritoire that was not big enough to accommodate her elbows, and so supported her braceleted wrists only. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z He found her in the long room kneeling before the open escritoire. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z She got up and crossed the room, and from a drawer in an escritoire took out a small photograph, which she passed to Andrews. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z He rose to greet me, and drew me to the window, which pleased me the more for that a bell stood upon the escritoire. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z I found in his escritoire a note to the effect that he had lent the Report of Judge Harbottle's case, written by Mrs. Trimmer to Doctor F. Heyne. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z A small fireplace, a table, a small escritoire, a settee, a wardrobe cabinet, two windows in the back, entrances left and right. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z "I remember, too," he said, with dull regret, "she used to tell me 'the whole history of a family is locked up in that escritoire.'" The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z He remembered a secret drawer in his escritoire, in which there was a small plaster crucifix, a faded geranium leaf, and a silver compass. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z I backed to the escritoire and repeated the charge. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Lucinda put out an arm deliciously rounded beneath skin of a texture fairer and finer than any other Bellamy had ever seen, and took a morocco-bound engagement book from her escritoire. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Orrin followed her to an escritoire at the back of the room, peeping covertly at his watch as he went. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Between the front windows was an old-fashioned escritoire, reaching high up, nearly to the ceiling, always locked, and equally always wearing the air of a keeper of things secret and important. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z It was in the shape of a note, evidently scrawled in haste, and upon paper that could only have come from the escritoire of a cottage or a country inn. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Milor was sitting at a gigantic escritoire placed squarely in front of the window. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Against the farther wall was a book-case filled with volumes and an escritoire. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Once inside the dressing-room, however, Sabrina, instead of proceeding to change her attire, made direct for an escritoire, the flap of which she pulled open. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z If you look in the left-hand drawer of my dressing-table, you will find the key of the escritoire, properly labelled. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Next was proved the subsequent finding of a packet of arsenic by the Coroner, in a locked escritoire of the prisoner's, and of which the prisoner kept the keys about his person. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:26.590Z She then resumed her seat at the escritoire, to finish a letter she had begun to her brother. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Without moving from his seat, the old man put out his arm towards an old mahogany escritoire, lowered the lid and, pressing a spring, pulled out one of the drawers. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z In the embrasure of the window, there stood an ancestral bequest, in the shape of a huge escritoire, finely carved, with inlaid mother-of-pearl drawers, where many secrets lay hid. The Undying Past In the well of the escritoire is a large envelope sealed and addressed to your name. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z She opened a drawer in an escritoire near at hand. The Gay Adventure A Romance She re-entered the study, took a seat at the escritoire, and again wrote to her father, little suspecting the part she was to act in the execution of her aunt's schemes. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z He noticed a fat Chinese vase set up like an idol in an old escritoire. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Craig's next move was to ransack the little escritoire in the corner of the studio room itself. The Social Gangster He went to his escritoire and pressed a secret spring, and a drawer flew out, and he laid something on the table. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z She rose abruptly, went to her escritoire, and unlocking a little drawer, took out a small parcel wrapped in silver paper. Shadows of Flames A Novel Those manuscripts I locked up in my escritoire, vowing that the comedy should never see the footlights of a theatre again. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Niki went to the escritoire and picked up the little square of blue envelope lying thereon and handed it to Van Buren. International Short Stories American And with these, and kindred thoughts, she opened her escritoire, and taking out her pencils sat down to the performance of her daily labor. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. There is a walnut table, escritoire, and chest of drawers. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "You will find materials in the desk there," she added, indicating an escritoire. The Destroying Angel The owner of the room was a major, who was seated at a small escritoire near the window, and whose belt and cap hung over a chair. Command Ernestine has profited by some moment of your absence when you might have left your escritoire open, or some other forgetfulness, to take the papers away.' Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors "And I don't want to go!" chimed in Fox, climbing down from a safe position upon the escritoire. The Spiritualists and the Detectives Mrs. Tower, biting her lips and clenching her hands in sheer rage, rushed to an escritoire and unlocked it. The Bartlett Mystery Well, there was no danger now, she was thinking with a sad sinking of heart, as she looked wistfully at a cluster of long-dried heart's-ease in her escritoire. The Song of the Wolf Monsieur Voltaire went to his escritoire, unlocked it, and took out two letters, which he read to us in that noble great voice of his. Francezka I went and said as I entered: 'Dear friend, you will doubtless be kind enough to give me back the documents which you took from my escritoire to vex me.' Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors He turned to his escritoire, and took a small Russia case from the drawer; then to the mantel, and carefully shook the dampness from the two flowers he had placed there that morning. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 From an inner locked drawer of his escritoire he took a small metal box, and from a number of papers contained therein he selected a letter which he examined closely. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Taking a lamp from the escritoire in the back parlor, he went from room to room, finding nowhere the object he sought, and at length became alarmed. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He was likewise a prolific designer and maker of book-cases, cabinets and escritoires with doors glazed with fretwork divisions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" There was a Pompadour escritoire, some chairs of the Regency, several pictures in pastel; and painted on the ceiling were cherubs floating in an atmosphere which had once been blue. The Grandee She crept pantingly across the room to an escritoire which stood in the corner. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain I have here in my escritoire all papers relative to the business, and copies of all correspondence which passed between father and Colonel Hite. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge As his eye rested on the escritoire, he recollected the key which he had kept in his pocket since the hour that he picked it up from the carpet. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Mr. Hayes, while he's gone, send for a carpenter to break open the back of Mr. Ashurst's escritoire.' Miss Cayley's Adventures For a long period there were two distinct contemporary forms of desk—the table and the bureau or escritoire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" With hurried step Mrs. Varrick crossed the room and locked the precious document in a secret drawer of her escritoire; then she remembered that the detective was awaiting her. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain After carefully re-locking the safe, he approaches the escritoire to return the purloined key, but to his dismay he finds the drawer locked. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It The dog was asleep on the velvet rug before the hearth, and his mistress sat at her escritoire, with her arms resting on the blue desk, and her face hidden upon them. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He described exactly where he had found the contested will in his uncle's escritoire. Miss Cayley's Adventures In the big escritoire—that big, clumsy one—I've looked there before, but I never found them. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists She went home from it in a somewhat chastened frame of mind, and sat down at her escritoire to make calculations. Carmen Ariza "Woman, I have lost a book from my escritoire yonder—a white book, clasped with gold—what has become of it?" Mabel's Mistake The next time I pick up this one, which belongs to your escritoire, I shall engage some one to act as your guardian. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The gardener went on tiptoe to the end of the old escritoire, stooped, lifted it, and shook his head. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam She sat regally enthroned upon a spindle-shank chair that matched her escritoire, and betrayed her impatient humour by the quick tapping of one exquisitely shod foot. Nobody Arabella said no more, but with a rather disdainful smile on her face walked firmly to her little escritoire, sat down, wrote a note, and addressed it to Mrs. Messington-Smith. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 She arose suddenly, and going up to her escritoire, unlocked it, and searched for the vellum book. Mabel's Mistake Now, sir, do you know that painting hanging over my escritoire?” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He said nothing to her of his discovery when he called at Belgrave Square a couple of hours later, but just handed her the money, which she quietly placed in a drawer of her escritoire. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Michelle, the husband of my nurse, has arrived; and he tells me, that this escritoire contains the title-deeds of my family. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Something seemed to be jammed between it and the back of the escritoire. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Miss Barker, I had a book in this escritoire, bound in vellum, and filled with manuscript notes. Mabel's Mistake To Robert she bequeathed a sum sufficient to maintain him in ease and comfort; and to Dr. Grey her escritoire, piano, books, and the sapphire ring she had always worn. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Wait a moment; they are in my escritoire, and you may as well have them now.” Our Bessie It is granted," said Romaine, "there, upon that escritoire, are writing materials. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. I peered into an escritoire, and another old cabinet, which creaked and groaned at being disturbed by a hand not a Bernard’s. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Listen: you remember the vellum book which you stole for me, out of her escritoire. Mabel's Mistake She went to the escritoire, opened one of the drawers, and took out a package. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Warm-coloured curtains, and carpet, and couch had been put here under Mr. Olyphant's orders; and here were things of Mr. Linden's which Faith had never seen—his escritoire and study table among others. Say and Seal, Volume II Taking from her dainty escritoire a sheet of perfumed notepaper, she wrote hurriedly as follows: "If you dare to come near my house to-night, I will have you put out by the servants." The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life I searched the escritoire; it was not there. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI The signing over, Joanna kept Major Walters by the escritoire and chatted in a lively manner. The Belovéd Vagabond Then on a little rosewood escritoire, such as ladies were wont to use when they had nothing to write, she spied an old leather writing-case with the initials M. B. F. upon it. The Invader A Novel There are correspondences within this escritoire, worth all the wisdom of all the ministers of earth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Against the wall, near the fireplace, was a little escritoire with a cupboard above it, containing a few battered books. Fantômas I told him, and he rose and hastened to the escritoire to examine it, and satisfy himself of the truth of my statement. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI "Did she not receive my letter?" and the Prince had his answer, for it lay with broken seal upon her escritoire. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) After a moment's consultation with her daughter, Mrs. Franklin left the room to get the money from her escritoire. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston She always kept a good supply of bank-notes in her escritoire. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man "That is an unusual knick-knack to find in a lady's room, Princess," and he sprang in front of her as she was taking a step towards the escritoire, and took possession of the revolver. Fantômas With these words Madame de Valricour opened her escritoire and handed the money to Jasmin, who once more bowed low and retired. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France In Charles's private escritoire he found A memorandum that explained it all. The Woman Who Dared An old mahogany slant-top escritoire, in the corner by the window, caught his eye. In Her Own Right Nevertheless, he stretched out his hand towards the key of his escritoire through delicacy. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man He took a card out of his pocket and drew near the little escritoire. Fantômas You will find paper and ink in the escritoire. The Pagan Madonna An escritoire, drawn near a window, was heaped with papers and with writing appliances of all sorts, and all elegant. A Little Country Girl “I found it by accident—in a secret compartment of an escritoire at Clarendon,” he answered. In Her Own Right There was a mahogany escritoire, which might have been stiff but was made human by scattered papers on the great blotter and books crammed into the shelves. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The magistrate pointed to the escritoire with its open drawers. Fantômas Once she paused altogether, and said aloud to her image in the mirror opposite her escritoire, 'What a fool I am!' and then stooped again over her task. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir He started up and walked over to the small oak escritoire. War and the Weird When I go home, to-night, I shall return the letter to the escritoire where I found it, and forget it. In Her Own Right "She laid her head on her hands, which were clasped on the top of the escritoire, and half whispered,— "'I am engaged,—I am married to some one else.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Finally, a little further away, was a small escritoire, half open now, with its drawers gaping and papers scattered on the floor. Fantômas And he rushed from the cabin, leaving the papers and charts strewn on the floor at the foot of the escritoire. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Pray not the fop,—half powder and half lace,— Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place; He's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in the escritoire. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Croyden went to the escritoire and took the bonds from one of the drawers. In Her Own Right There was an old escritoire that was both carved and gilded, and in the center of the room a large round table strewn with books and writing materials. A Little Girl in Old Boston At the particular time of which we speak, Lady Rookwood, for she it was, was occupied in the investigation of the contents of an escritoire. Rookwood A pile of neatly written manuscripts were on the escritoire. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient He rose with unusual vivacity, and, throwing open an escritoire, took from it a disorderly little pile of papers. In Direst Peril Croyden got up and went to the escritoire: the drawers were in confusion. In Her Own Right With cool deliberation she unlocked a drawer of her escritoire and picked out a dainty little ivory-butted revolver with polished barrel. The Grell Mystery Palmer untied the cord, and Lady Rookwood, approaching a table whereon stood the escritoire, touched a spring, and a secret drawer flew open. Rookwood Baccarat, roulette, piquet, even whist,—Ivan won at them all, till one drawer in his escritoire was stuffed full of lightly won notes. The Genius On the opposite side was an escritoire with writing implements, and a few scattered sheets of paper. In Direst Peril "The other piece of furniture was a sort of escritoire, set on a square pedestal that had a carved base of lions' feet." Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Instead, she turned away and moved across the room to a small black escritoire which stood against the white wall. Afterwards She rose and went to an escritoire beside the window, unlocked a drawer, and drew out a long, sealed envelop. The Woman in Black Then he noticed a letter, which lay on the escritoire, and was addressed to him. The Mark Of Cain Fine promenades, domed saloons, long galleries, sunny balconies, confidential passages, bridal chambers, state-rooms plenty as pigeon-holes, and out-of-the-way retreats like secret drawers in an escritoire, present like facilities for publicity or privacy. The Confidence-Man Her eyes fell on the escritoire with the sphinxes' heads, the guardian of the "souvenirs." The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories Immediately after his removal, Uraga seats himself before an escritoire, which stands on one side of the room. The Lone Ranche "I am sending you a manuscript which I thought you might like to see," she prompted as she came to his chair before the escritoire. The Woman in Black The heavy escritoire at which he sat was a breastwork between him and the angry woman. The Mark Of Cain She rose from the breakfast table and sat down at a small escritoire. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life A rosewood escritoire was opposite the mantelpiece, on which, under a glass shade, was a clock made in the time of the Empire. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories A drear, single man's room it was, from wall to wall, despite its fretted ceilings and official pomp of Bramah escritoires and red boxes. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 It disclosed a very handsome piece of furniture in the escritoire style, carved and inlaid not only with beautiful woods, but much silver. A Little Girl in Old Salem That is the very one I cannot find, though I had both on the escritoire in my own room this morning. The Mark Of Cain He rose and went to the old escritoire. A Little Girl in Old Detroit The maid would open the escritoire, take out the drawer, and place it on a chair beside her mistress, who slowly read the letters one by one, occasionally letting fall a tear. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories He then departed for London, taking with him an impression in wax of the missing seal, which Lord Dorrington happened to have preserved in his escritoire. R. Holmes & Co. An elegant escritoire was open on the table, the only thing with which I could associate the idea of utility. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author At the Buchers the presentable red and gilt edition of his poems was kept in Fräulein's escritoire in her room. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life An escritoire with some shelves above, curiously carved, that bespoke its journey across the sea, took a great wall space and seemed almost to divide the room. A Little Girl in Old Detroit She opened the escritoire and took out the letters; they had been carefully tied into ten little packets, which were laid side by side in the lowest drawer. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories The room was crowded with ugly furniture of all kinds, very solid, and chiefly of mahogany; among which were not less than three escritoires, to say nothing of the huge horsehair sofas. Henrietta Temple A Love Story Ernest and myself were seated side by side by the escritoire. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author She watched him furtively for some time from behind the tall sides of the old-fashioned escritoire; he sat very still, stretched out, frowning, pale. Quisanté Phadrig shut down the top of the big escritoire and locked it. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension And from a drawer in his escritoire he drew out an ordnance map of the county of Monmouth. By Berwen Banks "Don't be selfish, Anne," cried George, jerking a chair up to the escritoire and scrambling among the papers for a pen. From the Housetops A good secretary should be like a well-arranged escritoire, full of information when you want it, but absolutely silent at other times. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator The floor, the chairs—not common ones but of the early Queen Anne fashion with leathern seats—an old escritoire, were strewn with papers. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Slowly she raised her right arm, and with extended finger pointed to the old and faded escritoire. Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches "Would you like me to give you the letter at once?" said Nora, going over to an escritoire that stood near the window. The Land of Promise He carefully nicked the ash off his cigar, as he laid it down upon his desk, and opened the drawer of his escritoire. Leaves from a Field Note-Book It is later August when you call to Madge one day to bring you the little escritoire, in which are your cherished papers; among them is your last will and testament. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons Stretching his arm to the escritoire, he softly opened a side drawer, took out an oval-shaped engraving of his favourite Sappho, and compared the nose, chin, and ear with those of the unconscious girl. Infelice So with a candle I went a-prowling in the deep drawers of the old oaken clothes-press and in the escritoire which once had been my mother's, and found no weapon bigger than a hairpin. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady And there was a proud light on her face too as she rose and quickly went to a small escritoire close by. Sunrise Then he slowly crossed the room, opened the drawer of a small escritoire, and drew out a letter. The Black Box My will and papers of importance are in the drawer marked "B" in my escritoire. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York The drawing-room was the same as ever, but in the dining-room an escritoire had been established which groaned under a burden of papers. The Half-Hearted On top of his large escritoire there stood a minute and very perfect copy of the fragment of Psyche, which he had so intensely admired. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story Every one enjoyed it but Clayton, who seemed rather put out by the disorganised state of the house, and who was always getting helplessly wedged in between the escritoire and the table. Uncle Max And opening a drawer in the escritoire, Young R. held up a revolver, whereat Mr. Brimberly's whiskers showed immediate signs of extreme agitation, and he started to his feet. The Definite Object A Romance of New York She went to the escritoire to get the papers. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York There was an escritoire in Miss Brandon's own room, which we looked over one day. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches He, with great difficulty, raised himself from the stooping position over the escritoire, but as he did so, another spasm, more violent than the first, attacked him. Vellenaux A Novel "Why, where did you get this escritoire, and all these books, Uncle Reuben?" he inquired, in surprise. Ishmael Or, In the Depths In a word, Brimberly," pursued his master, seating himself upon the escritoire and swinging his leg, "I want some old clothes, shabby clothes—moth-eaten, stained, battered, and torn. The Definite Object A Romance of New York I couldn't tell exactly what he was driving at, but I parleyed with him a little until I could get my revolver out of a drawer in my escritoire. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Yes, it was a sovereign's-worth of that flat, of that escritoire, those books, those burning candles, that photograph, that ivory-white door, those sweet-smelling flowers, a sovereign's-worth of that angel, I was keeping in my pocket. Prose Fancies At a great distance, bent over account—books and pink cheques on the flap of an escritoire, sat my aunt, very small, very grey, very intent on her work. The Inheritors He had read and mastered all those text-books of law that he had found in the old escritoire of his bedroom; and now he wanted more advanced books on the same subject. Ishmael Or, In the Depths A small bookcase filled with serious-looking volumes, a mahogany escritoire strewn with papers, letters, memoranda of all sorts. Muslin And going to an escritoire covered with ormolu—one of those pieces of French furniture which cost hundreds of pounds—he took out a bundle of Evelyn's notices. Sister Teresa Pretty books filled a shelf above her escritoire, and between the candlesticks was a photograph in a filigree silver frame. Prose Fancies Haward, who had seated himself at his escritoire and was writing, turned his head. Audrey "What—have—you—done—with the big—black—escritoire that stood—there?" he demanded accusingly. The White Linen Nurse "Now bring me, old nurse, from that escritoire, A packet tied up with a ribbon of blue;" Ah! well, though now faded, that ribbon he knew, Which his fingers had bound forty years before. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. She walked into the next room, and seating herself at an escritoire, she wrote for a short time. Gordon Keith A young girl sat in a dainty room, writing at a quaint old escritoire, lit by candles in shining brass sconces. Prose Fancies "Your scruple is fantastic!" retorted the other, and as he spoke he put both papers upon the escritoire, weighting them with the sandbox. Audrey She laid down her pen, and was thoughtful; her elbow resting on the escritoire she wrote upon, her hand supporting her head. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Then he reached out his hand towards an escritoire. Clementina The count strode across to his escritoire, and laid his hand upon the crucifix of alabaster and gold, which stood upon it. The Youth of the Great Elector A room with modern escritoire equipment served as reading and writing room for the members of the German press. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission He says, moreover, that all goods carried from the said islands are mere trifles, from which the land derives no profit—such as porcelains, escritoires, caskets, fans, and parasols, all flimsy and very unprofitable. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century “Then the spectre caught her by the wrist, exclaiming—‘Unto thee shall this be a token!’—when the sinews of that wrist immediately shrivelled up, and the apparition, laying his hand on an escritoire, vanished! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 She rose, scarcely knowing what she did, and moved across the room to her escritoire. The Knave of Diamonds It had been searched high and low, escritoires rudely tossed down, aumries rifled, household stuff, grain, white linen, empty bottles, all cast about and huddled together even as the searchers had left them. Red Axe All there was to remind one of the "Napoleon of the Suffrage Movement" was a large escritoire covered with documents in the usual state of confusion—Miss Anthony never could keep her papers in order. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 On opening it there were displayed a system of little drawers and pigeon-holes such as we see in more modern escritoires. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 I found in his escritoire a note to the effect that he had lent the Report of Judge Harbottle's case, written by Mrs. Trimmer, to Dr. F. Heyne. Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle Then he sat himself in his large arm-chair before his escritoire, and began transacting his affairs with the usual— "But where is that idiot, that dolt, that sluggard, that snail, with my mail?" Balcony Stories Saying this, Mr. Collins rose, and took it from a private drawer in his escritoire. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are She was already at her escritoire, writing the invitations for the little dinner. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life The drawers of his escritoire and the safe that stood in his library revealed nothing to our eager eyes. A Man of Mark In the large shining mahogany escritoire Mr. Osborne had a drawer especially devoted to his son's affairs and papers. Vanity Fair I was trying to burgle this escritoire in an amateur way. Mr. Standfast Then he sat down at an escritoire, unlocked a drawer and took out some papers. Greenmantle For she felt that the real difficulties would not begin until she became morally certain that the General had stolen the millions that were missing from the count's escritoire. Baron Trigault's Vengeance The President stepped quickly across the room to his escritoire, took up his revolver, went back to the window, passed through it, and without a word disappeared. A Man of Mark When I first presented my letter of introduction from Henry Maudslay, he was sitting at a beautiful inlaid escritoire table with his letters arrayed before him in the most neat and perfect order. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Seizing the damaged escritoire, I used it as a ram, and charged the window nearest me. Mr. Standfast His head, I remember, lay under the escritoire from which he had taken my passport. Greenmantle So, when he left home, on the afternoon of his illness, he took the package of bank-notes and bonds, which you had noticed in the escritoire that morning, away with him. Baron Trigault's Vengeance He kept them in an escritoire he had brought from Spain, but there were always a few of them lying about in his sitting-room. The Song of the Lark Yes, it is my conviction that the Fondeges possess the millions you saw in the count's escritoire, and which we have been unable to find. The Count's Millions I solved the problem by turning up the escritoire and putting my knee through the cupboard door. Mr. Standfast In silence, and without attempt at violence, they followed Albeury across to the escritoire. The Four Faces A Mystery The escritoire contained two millions of francs, and the money has disappeared. Baron Trigault's Vengeance While she still stood thus, the young aristocrat rose, jerked the bell-cord fiercely, and strode again to the escritoire, pulling forth papers from its recesses with angry haste. In the Valley This explains his extreme readiness to search the count's clothes when Mademoiselle Marguerite told him to look for the key of the escritoire. The Count's Millions He entered the room quickly, crossed quickly to a quaint old escritoire against the opposite wall, and stooped beside it. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale With that he pulled a notebook out of his pocket, opened it, laid it flat on the escritoire and seated himself, producing his fountain pen. The Four Faces A Mystery The count's escritoire contains the vial of medicine of which he drank a portion on the day of his death. Baron Trigault's Vengeance "I have eaten at the Hall," said the young man, unlocking an escritoire at the farther end of the room as he spoke, and taking from it some papers. In the Valley "Certainly in this room—in this escritoire, or in one of the deceased count's cabinets." The Count's Millions I begged her pardon; and besought her to take the key of the private drawer in my escritoire, where they lay, that she herself might see that I had no reserves to my mother. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 I religiously obeyed his instructions with regard to the papers in the escritoire, and burned them in a heap without looking into one, though sorely tempted. Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") "I shouldn't like to accuse an innocent person," he replied, "but there was some one who constantly had access to that escritoire." Baron Trigault's Vengeance There was money in his lodgings, in the Chippendale escritoire; but to get it he would have to run the gauntlet of reporters and detectives which had already dismayed him in prospect. The Brass Bowl They had, in fact, only examined the shelf of the escritoire, and the drawers were still to be inspected. The Count's Millions Ludgate thrust the unread accounts into his escritoire, and thought no more of the matter. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Burn my papers,—all that you can find in yonder escritoire; for I fear there are some there which you may be betrayed into publishing. Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") Vantrasson, as the man is called, knows the management of the house, and he will break open the escritoire and take the vial away. Baron Trigault's Vengeance The final word was a question, flung over his shoulder as he turned toward the escritoire. The Brass Bowl The magistrate had learnt the story of the key from Bourigeau, but all the same he asked: "Where is the key to this escritoire?" The Count's Millions But some twenty minutes later, when I had finally succeeded in forcing the escritoire I found in the back room upon the second story, I heard the street door unclose. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes Others, moving through the great rooms with a high head, were already condemned out of their own bureaux and escritoires now being rifled by the Emperor's spies. Barlasch of the Guard After M. de Chalusse's death, two million francs that had been placed in his escritoire for safe keeping, could not be found. Baron Trigault's Vengeance Her dark eyes with the Japanese slant to them rested mockingly on Plank, who had now turned completely around in his chair, leaving his half-written cheque on her escritoire behind him. The Fighting Chance "Then those letters which we found just now in the escritoire are from your mother, mademoiselle?" he remarked. The Count's Millions There is plenty of time, my dear, and you will find notepaper and everything you require in the escritoire in the study. Light O' the Morning There were only eight hundred francs in the escritoire of Monsieur Chaudey, and he appropriated the eight hundred francs. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) So saying, he opened an escritoire, and took out a large roll of bank-notes, which he handed to Pascal. Baron Trigault's Vengeance Here," she continued, turning to her escritoire, "here are the twenty thousand crowns you intrusted to me when you departed. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century These persons would, of course, require to know what had become of the millions deposited in the escritoire, and who would be held accountable for the missing treasure? The Count's Millions The Squire said that was a good subject; and then going to his escritoire took out some papers, placed them on the mantel-piece, and informed Mr. Rushton that those were the documents he desired. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier With a sigh of relief that ran into the chuckle of a child absorbed in mischief, Sofia threw the cloak across a chaise-longue, and bore her prize in triumph to the escritoire. Red Masquerade Then slowly she arose and moved to her escritoire, drawing a sheet of paper toward her and beginning to write. Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society Papers were scattered over the floor: the drawers of an old escritoire had been jerked out of place and their contents strewn far and near. The Powers and Maxine Here is the key of my escritoire; open it, and on the upper shelf you will find a small bottle which please bring to me.' The Count's Millions Sustained throughout his dishonorable task by some strong and angry passion, the sight of the open escritoire checked and startled him for a moment. The Evil Guest Seating himself at an escritoire, Victor opened the envelope with a display of languid interest. Red Masquerade A few critical dissertations were found in his escritoire, which have been handed over to the Editor of this Magazine, in which it is to be hoped they will shortly appear, retaining his accustomed signature. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The young man pondered, then drew a chair up to, Mrs. Hale's escritoire, and, with an abrupt "excuse me," helped himself to pen, ink and paper. Average Jones M. Casimir approached: "It must be in the count's pocket, and if mademoiselle will allow me——" But she stepped back with outstretched arms as if to protect the escritoire. The Count's Millions On this had Iain the superb escritoire of her Highness, made of Venetian glass, in which the ducal arms were painted; and also the magnificent album of her deceased lord, Duke Philip. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 But Burket perceived it in his look; and before he proceeded to fulfill the engagement with him, stepped half way to the escritoire, and resumed. Thaddeus of Warsaw He was seated in a luxurious armchair, writing at a mahogany escritoire, while his daughter, a lovely young girl of seventeen summers, plied her crotchet-needle on an ottoman beside him. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers And she began fumbling in her escritoire, over bonds and notes of hand. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face It would not do to touch the escritoire of a dying man. The Count's Millions An escritoire was full of letters and papers, and this, Lowney locked, and put the key in his pocket. Vicky Van "Then, sir," continued Burket, opening an escritoire, "I will give you the money, and write the paper I spoke of." Thaddeus of Warsaw All the beauty of the flowing water, the crowning woods and whispering rushes filled his mind, and yielding to the moment's emotion he took some verses out of an escritoire and altered several lines. Spring Days Frances Cable sat at her escritoire for an hour, her brain working with feverish energy. Jane Cable "What can there be in that escritoire which she desires to conceal?" he thought. The Count's Millions She went back to her own room, and sat down at the pretty little escritoire that was there. Two Little Women on a Holiday With the thought, she sat down before the escritoire, dipping a pearl and gold pen, as she paused for the words with which to begin the note. The Voice on the Wire She sat, weak, pale and distressed, before her escritoire, striving to put her mind and her heart to the note she was writing to him whose card, by strange coincidence, had just come up. Castle Craneycrow The Professor, who was the lawyer's junior by some thirty years, turned away with a shrug of the shoulders, and stepped across the room to the small escritoire near the window. A Siren No," she exclaimed, "no—the escritoire shall not be touched. The Count's Millions She was sitting before her escritoire, writing, and looked up, surprised and annoyed. Graustark Meanwhile, Kennedy, who had been drumming absently on the arms of his chair, suddenly rose and walked quietly over to a scrap basket that stood beside an escritoire. The War Terror A folded scrap of paper upon the escritoire caught his eye, and springing forward he seized it, half hopefully, half fearfully, and tremblingly unfolded it. Leah Mordecai Florence turned, and going to an escritoire sat down and wrote a few lines on a card. Love, the Fiddler "I found him on the parlour sofa, the little window and the escritoire open!" Lady Hester, or, Ursula's Narrative She found pencil and paper on an escritoire near by, and went back to the instrument. The Red Planet "Write; you will find all that is necessary on my escritoire." Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends It's cold without and cold within," she muttered, and then, as if startled by some sudden resolve, she turned from the window back to a small escritoire, saying: "Yes, I'll delay no longer. Leah Mordecai He arose, and walked hastily up and down his room, then approached the escritoire, and took the letters. Frederick the Great and His Court McKeith took no notice of either remark, but strode across the room to the roll-top escritoire, where he usually wrote his letters when in his wife's company. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The elector rose and took his leave, while Eugene returned to his escritoire, and tried to resume his occupation. Prince Eugene and His Times The king turned from the window; Amelia stood at the escritoire, holding the paper on which she had been writing in one hand, and sustaining herself by the table with the other. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends Joseph crossed the room quickly, and taking a letter from his escritoire, gave it to the banker. Joseph II. and His Court Speaking thus, he stepped hastily to his escritoire, and took from a small box several closely written yellow papers, and compared them with the document which Weingarten had given him. Frederick the Great and His Family Then, instead of returning to Lady Bridget's room, he attacked an escritoire in the parlour in which he had kept family and private papers, and which flanked her Chippendale bureau. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life "Seat yourself at my escritoire, and write what I shall dictate." Prince Eugene and His Times He walked hurriedly to his escritoire, seated himself, and regarded the manuscripts and papers which lay before him. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends The empress had risen and approached her escritoire. Joseph II. and His Court A testament addressed to me, Found in his lordship’s escritoire, and thence Directed to be taken by no hand But mine. The Hunchback She ran to her dainty escritoire, where she scribbled eagerly for a few moments. The Blazed Trail At one side of the room stood an escritoire, and from a lower drawer therein he took out a small box tightly nailed down. The Well-Beloved There was the open ebony escritoire with the satin blotter open, and its leaves still bearing the marks of her own handwriting. A Sappho of Green Springs Then, without a word, he turned to his escritoire and hastily began to write. Joseph II. and His Court She pulled open the drawers of the escritoire to search for money, but finding none, was too wary to carry off aught else. The Golden Dog She rose and went to an escritoire beside the window, unlocked a drawer, and drew out a long, sealed envelope. Trent's Last Case My brother-in-law divided them into two equal portions, one of which he put into his pocket, and the other into my escritoire. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself The volumes of my diary are always locked up in the escritoire, the key of which never leaves me. Caught in the Net "You must do a little commission for me," said he, turning to the escritoire and writing a few lines, which he presented to Quarin. Joseph II. and His Court The drawers of the escritoire stood open, with their contents in great disorder, a circumstance which at once suggested robbers. The Golden Dog She led him to his abandoned chair before the escritoire and pushed him gently into it. Trent's Last Case Several small escritoires remind you of letters to be written to the home people. The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it In the drawing room stood a dainty little escritoire used by the ladies of Earlescourt. Dora Thorne When Quarin entered the emperor's cabinet, he found him quietly seated before his escritoire half buried in documents: The physician remained standing at the door, waiting until he should be ordered to approach. Joseph II. and His Court Ang�lique rose instantly, and, opening the drawer of an escritoire, took out a long silken purse filled with louis d'or, which peeped and glittered through the interstices of the net-work. The Golden Dog The charges against him rest on evidence not to be invalidated by any arguments which human wit can devise, or by any information which may be found in old trunks and escritoires. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 One of them, with glass doors, had an ancient escritoire underneath, which was open, and evidently left empty for his use. David Elginbrod The friend produces it from his escritoire, and is in the act of reaching it to the diddler, when up jumps the diddler's dog and devours it forthwith. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 And the emperor drew from his escritoire a paper which he unfolded. Joseph II. and His Court He looked up from a small, ornate escritoire of buhl, which Ellsworth had found somewhere, and where he was quietly tabulating a list of his resources and liabilities. The Financier, a novel He had given her to understand that he, if she had not been just a few minutes ahead of him, would have taken that money from Skarbolov's escritoire last night. The White Moll He replaced them in their old quarters in the escritoire; and his vague dismay at the unaccountable noises, was drowned in the bitter waters of miserable humiliation. David Elginbrod Binder," said he, laying a roll of papers on the escritoire, "here are sugar-plums for the emperor. Joseph II. and His Court She obeyed, and the emperor, closing the door, took a seat at his escritoire. Joseph II. and His Court In the midst of this throbbing silence, Maria Theresa went forward and took her seat at the escritoire. Joseph II. and His Court She moved swiftly across the floor, and in a moment more was bending over the escritoire. The White Moll One of them was, that in getting these papers, Hugh had to open a concealed portion of the escritoire, which his mathematical knowledge had enabled him to discover. David Elginbrod Meanwhile, Kaunitz was busy with a brush of peacock's feathers, dusting the expensive trifles that covered his escritoire, or polishing its ebony surface with a fine silk handkerchief which he kept for the purpose. Joseph II. and His Court She sat down to her escritoire, and tracing a few lines upon a piece of paper, handed it to Prince Kaunitz. Joseph II. and His Court And now, to prove my sincerity," added she, going to her escritoire and taking from it a letter, "read this! Joseph II. and His Court An antique he never sells—old escritoire against rear wall—secret drawer—take out wide middle drawer—reach in and rub your hand along the top—you'll feel the spring. The White Moll He carried it to his room immediately, and laid it beside his manuscript verses, in the hiding-place of the old escritoire. David Elginbrod Finally he moved toward his escritoire and took up a pen. Joseph II. and His Court The empress stepped to her escritoire and wrote a few lines, to which she affixed the imperial signature and seal. Joseph II. and His Court Summer and winter her windows stood open, and often the snow-flakes have been seen to fall upon her escritoire while she wrote. Joseph II. and His Court It held finally on an escritoire over in the far corner at her right. The White Moll He generally left it there at night; but now he bethought himself that, as he was not going to sleep in the room, it might be as well to place it in the escritoire. David Elginbrod The empress, surprised at the urgency of the demand, sat before her escritoire and read the missive of her royal relative; while her son, with folded arms, stood near a window, and scrutinized her countenance. Joseph II. and His Court He pointed to the arm-chairs on either side of the escritoire, saying, "Let us be seated." Joseph II. and His Court She sat down to her escritoire, to work with her treasurer and private secretary; that is, to sign all the papers that he placed before her for that purpose. Joseph II. and His Court Filled with the idea, she approached her escritoire, and again her eyes rested upon the papers and pamphlets that lay there. Joseph II. and His Court The emperor watched her for a time in astonished silence; finally he came up to the escritoire. Joseph II. and His Court So saying, she hastened to her escritoire, and wrote and signed the order for the banishment of the danseuse. Joseph II. and His Court |
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