| 单词 | fauteuil |
| 例句 | The younger generations neither fancy such seats — you cannot sprawl in a Louis XV fauteuil — nor do they like the interior design into which gilt Rocaille armchairs can fit. Auction: Buyers Lose Their Taste for 18th-Century Art and Furniture 2011-07-22T12:00:06Z Originally, according to David Wilmore of Theatresearch, a company that restores historic theaters in Britain, they would have had a few front rows of luxurious armchairs — known as fauteuils — for their wealthiest patrons. London Theatergoers Are on the Edge of His Seats 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z “I didn’t know a fauteuil from a bergère,” she says after meeting the Kennedy family. Books of The Times: ‘Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History,’ by Michael L. Gillette 2013-01-08T15:00:00Z So saying, she subsided into the most inviting fauteuil and assumed a pose of studied insolence. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z I moved a fauteuil just now, and in an instant she had possession of it, and stood over it looking at me hard to see where I wanted it put. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z First and second Princesses on a sofa, I at their right in a fauteuil, on my left the third Princess. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Chairs and fauteuils had their legs broken, everything breakable went into irretrievable smash, the convives escaping serious injury only by a marvel. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The Provveditore Generale, attended by his officers and by the magnates of the city, entered the temporary hall, and took his seat upon a rich fauteuil raised many steps above the ground. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Between us," Gabrielle said mournfully, gazing at her husband's averted back as he crouched in his fauteuil, "all is over. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z We carried books and work; our fauteuils followed us. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A fauteuil, four rush-bottomed chairs, and a commode completed the inventory of the furniture. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z He went up to the low fauteuil, in which Countess Clara usually sat beside her mother, and he pressed his lips against the back, where he knew her head had rested. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z The fauteuils here are very insufficient; I must ask Madame Beaurepas for another. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The apartment was furnished with an abundance of mirrors, some handsome pieces of mahogany, a rare wood in France; sofas, and fauteuils, and a most plentiful lack of almost every necessary article. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z As the curtain rises, Clement, dressed in a modish, tarnished-gray sack suit, is discovered reclining in a fauteuil near the fireplace. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z It chanced to be the fauteuil near the palms and things. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Thick carpets covered the floor, large fauteuils stood around a table, on which lay several illustrated journals, a large lamp hung from the ceiling, and brightly lighted up the room. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z If your ladyship will kindly occupy my fauteuil till I return, that chair will ever after be sacred to me. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Why did they not open the folding doors?—Chignon, approach a fauteuil for the lady. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z The young widow lay back in the violet-velvet depths of a carved and gilded fauteuil, very simply dressed in black and crimson, but looking very fair and stately withal. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z I shall have some things up from the conservatory--palms and things, to represent a bower; a fauteuil will be placed conveniently, and a low stool beside it. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z And leaving the cabinet, followed by the minister, he walked through an anteroom, and entered a large salon richly yet simply decorated, in the midst of which stood a table surrounded by fauteuils. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z Oblivious of the comfort of those who obstructed him, he was toilfully climbing over empty fauteuils, or squeezing his way between rows of people in my wake. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z "I cannot decide that to-day," says she with as much gravity as if she were deciding upon the fortieth fauteuil of the Paris Academy. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Lady Bell laughed and sank down in a fauteuil just in front of the recess. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Wanda will sink gracefully into the fauteuil; you will be at her feet on the stool--it will be quite a picture, and there will be a whispering among the company. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Pasteur was elected to the fauteuil that had been occupied by Littr�. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z I think Lilian wins the day, because after dinner he bears down upon her determinately, and makes for the fauteuil in which she lies ensconced looking bored and ennuyée to the last degree. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Here no fauteuil, spring-cushioned, extended its comfortable arms—no sofa here "insidiously stretched out its lazy length;" Colonel Talbot held all such luxuries in sovereign contempt. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Lady Bell drew a fauteuil still further into the recess, and playfully forced Una into it. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Her salon became known as "the ante-chamber of the French Academy"; for it was asserted that half the academicians of her time owed their fauteuils to her active canvass in their behalf. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Bernard was elected to the 24th fauteuil, which had been occupied by Flourens, and according to custom had to pronounce his predecessor's panegyric. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Windows are raised, blinds closed and all the members of the household, not compelled to exertion, betake themselves to their fauteuils, and luxurious hammocks. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z With her bonnet thrown off, her long dark hair hanging over the back of the fauteuil in which she reclined, and her eyes raised towards his, was the false one. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z Morphy looked up from a fauteuil in which he was buried, and replied, "I am he." The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion Her ladyship rolled in her fauteuil more like the heaving billows than ever, and shed a couple of tears, either the tears or her breath smelling strongly of lavender. Lady Maude's Mania She had taken her chair again and sat back deeply in the great fauteuil. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode Bluette rose from the depths of her amber satin fauteuil, with her little pétillant eyes laughing, and her small plump hands stretched out in gesticulation. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories My darling sat on a low fauteuil, her chin resting upon her hand, her beautiful eyes fixed dreamily, inscrutably, upon the fading coals. The Haunted Pajamas And the marquise, lying back in her deep fauteuil before the fire, her face white and drawn, and with tears upon her cheeks, was speaking to her daughter who knelt by her side. In the Day of Adversity The Prince bade the little schoolmaster be seated on a fauteuil near him, and looked so kindly that he felt quite at his ease. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance What! stand by a monarch who deserted his aristocracy, and forgot his own order; defend a throne that he had reduced to the condition of a fauteuil de Bourgeois?' Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The Tourist, therefore, willingly installed himself with his double-barrel in a fauteuil d'orchestre, and was forced to acknowledge the admirable constructive skill with which French dramatists ply their craft. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Nothing shall ever persuade me that Valenciennes and Brussels are not preferable to that ornament for fireplaces and fauteuils called Limerick lace, and Genoa velvet a more becoming wear than the O'Connell frieze. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Chairs and fauteuils of the most elegant form, made of ebony and other rare woods, inlaid with ivory, were in common use amongst the ancient Egyptians. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries She walked up and down the room; she lingered awhile in one of the deep fauteuils; she paused before the paintings with Frank Leslie by her side. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 And now I sat in the fauteuils of a modern music-hall, beholding the amazing drama of “The Road to Ruin.” An Ocean Tramp Why has not pater conscriptus uttered a single word of condemnation from his Senatorial fauteuil, and kept mute during three sessions? Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Here is a room sumptuously furnished with sofas and fauteuils, and rugs from Ispahan. The Book of Khalid The evenings we spend at the theatre together, I in the box, he in the fauteuil once sacred to Romano. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess A man in a comfortable fauteuil had been asked to accommodate the distinguished stranger and had refused. Ghetto Comedies At least a strange way, to have the command of battle at a distance of thirty and one hundred miles, and stretched on his fauteuil. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Both she and Lætitia conveyed majesty in swoops—filled up fauteuils—could motion humbler people to take a seat beside them. Somehow Good I wave my hand, and the lady sinks half languidly into a fauteuil. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Their couches evinced no less taste than the fauteuils. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He made a chary movement of his hand towards a chair and at the same time sank into a fragile fauteuil, which creaked with his weight. Juggernaut The dame, according to her idle custom, was dozing in a fauteuil. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere It was one of those vast and luxurious fauteuils which have prevented the Old World from ever importing the rocker. A Woman's Will At last I was permitted to get up and recline in fauteuil or on sofa. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The master and mistress of the house accordingly sat side by side on a large fauteuil, and each guest as he arrived walked up to receive their welcome. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But just as they were preparing to leave the place, having been released by the officer, Count D’Orsay uttered an exclamation, and pointed to a fauteuil—an easy chair—by the window. Eric or, Under the Sea Maria, amid the pillows of her fauteuil, was not less surprised at the new physiognomy of her doctor. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere Encouraged by the lusty snoring of the woman, she approached the fauteuil, where she lay rather than sat. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Then turning, she seated herself upon a fauteuil, and, motioning the detective to a chair opposite, said: "Now, sir, I am ready to receive your message." The Diamond Coterie Many of the fauteuils were of the most elegant form. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life You say he found the money in the fauteuil. Eric or, Under the Sea The Spaniard was making garlands with the flowers and leaves from the vines; Maria Clara, buried in her fauteuil, pale and thoughtful, was playing with an ivory fan, less white than her slender hands. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere “The inundation!” echoed both the sisters in a breath; Marianita repeating the sign of the cross, while Gertrudis bounded up from the fauteuil, and, gathering her long hair around her wrists, rushed towards the window. The Tiger Hunter I laid her softly down in the fauteuil. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 The fact that the links marshal had placed all the professional players present in one row of fauteuils, opposite the long carry to the 18th green, hardly seemed to further the interests of perfect golf. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 When at the club, he was usually to be found in the small smoking-room up-stairs, seated on a fauteuil fast asleep, with the last number of The Nation in his hand. Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski Sir Asinus found a magnificent apartment prepared for him—a velvet fauteuil, silk-curtained bed, wax candles in silver candelabra; and seeing that his guest was comfortably fixed, Governor Fauquier bade him good night. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Maximilian assisted his wife to place her in a fauteuil, after which he seized the bell cord. Monte-Cristo's Daughter The Count of Paris, garbed in complete black, was conducted through the crowd to the space in front of the President's chair; the Duchess followed and seated herself in a fauteuil upon the same spot. Edmond Dantès She has flung herself into a fauteuil, and sits in pensive attitude; of late, alas! become habitual to her. The Death Shot A Story Retold Madame de Blot made a sign to him, without speaking, to take his seat upon a large fauteuil. Olla Podrida He is lounging comfortably on a satin fauteuil, looking the very beau ideal of pleasant, careless life. April's Lady A Novel As he uttered these words Zuleika moved slightly in the fauteuil, then opened her eyes and gazed about her in bewilderment. Monte-Cristo's Daughter Four square logs supported a board—it was the table; many more were used as fauteuils; and buffalo and bear hides, rolled in a corner of the room, were the bedding. Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet It was, indeed, Eugenia herself; and with all due respect to my dear Emily, I borrowed a thousand kisses while she lay in a state of torpor, on a fauteuil to which I carried her. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer For it was the Versailles fauteuil that Sissy had so sweetly selected for old Westlake. The Madigans She sat, usually, upon a fauteuil, with her large, full arm embedded in the cushion, sometimes for hours without stirring. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Monte-Cristo and the Deputy retired from the platform, seating themselves in a couple of fauteuils placed at a table immediately in front of the Juge's desk. Monte-Cristo's Daughter Bonaparte, as my uncle ceased talking, had thrown himself into a fauteuil and signed to the others to sit down. The Rose of Old St. Louis Two fauteuils of rich crimson velvet, with massy gilt frames, and two commodes inlaid and ornamented with brass, seem all the remains of the splendour of this once royal residence. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 She sat like a jointless thing on the fauteuil in the large hall, and all at once saw him in front of her. The Coast of Chance He drew a damask fauteuil opposite the one on which she was reclining, and sank among its downy cushions. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Beatrice sits on a fauteuil in the attitude of listening. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform "And what have you wished for?" replied the duke, sinking back into his fauteuil, while with one hand he returned the bottle to Grimaud, and with the other gave him a purse. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Nevertheless, when Abe caught sight of Mr. Griesman lolling in one of the hotel's capacious fauteuils he quickly looked the other way and passed on to the clerk's desk. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter "Oh, Harry!" she whispered, and let her head roll back against the arm of the fauteuil. The Coast of Chance Florence Howard sat in a deep-cushioned fauteuil, beside a marble table which graced the centre of the elegant apartment she called her own. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems After he had left the room, Desmond took his place on the fauteuil by the bedside. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain In 1352 a royal silversmith of France, Etienne La Fontaine, made a "fauteuil of silver and crystal decorated with precious stones," for the king. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Even her natural children by the king were never allowed to sit in her presence, on a fauteuil, but were only permitted to have small chairs. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Mrs. Brandon was lounging on a fauteuil, in an elegant morning toilet—literally plunged and embowered in costly Brussels lace. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Rosewood sofas and fauteuils, in costly coverings of the same soft color, rested on the brilliantly interwoven flowers of the Persian carpet, whose velvety softness echoed not the slightest tread. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems They had now entered the house, and, as the baron led the way into the sitting room, the girl rose from a fauteuil. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Buried in a fauteuil, with her arms resting upon a table, sits Mme. The Great German Composers Groups of ladies sat on fauteuils surrounded by their admirers, with whom volleys of light badinage, fun, and compliments were exchanged. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars His meditations were interrupted by the return of Madame Lioncourt, who motioned her visitor to be seated, and sank into a fauteuil herself. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales First, there was Rameses, languid, cynical, sumptuous, and enthroned in a capacious fauteuil, significantly upholstered in purple and gold. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt When at the club, he was usually to be found in the small smoking-room upstairs, seated on a fauteuil fast asleep, with the last number of "The Nation" in his hand. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 The fauteuils were occupied by Parisian glories and foreign celebrities. His Excellency the Minister Ringing the bell, Mrs. Walraven dispatched this little missive, and then, reclining easily in the downy depths of her violet velvet fauteuil, she fell into a reverie that lasted for upward of an hour. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week "Good morning, Monsieur Lavalle!" said the beautiful actress, cheerfully, as she dropped gracefully into the fauteuil prepared for her reception. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales It was evidently the study of Loi, for there was a small library of papyri in cases against the wall; a deep fauteuil was before a heavy table covered with loosely rolled writings. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt His glance searched among the rich confusion of furniture—fauteuils, occasional tables, sofas, statuary, vases, cabinets. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Your lady mother must come in here and take that fauteuil. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Even her literary children were cradled in luxury on a fauteuil of yellow satin, in a library crowded with sumptuous couches and ottomans, enamel tables and statutary. Love Romances of the Aristocracy The Marseillaise was leaning heavily on a fauteuil, supported by a hand behind her. The Marriage of William Ashe Behind each lady was a red-velvet fauteuil, in which she could rest for a moment, if her colleagues would screen her from public view by "closing up," according to military language. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Notwithstanding her seventy-eight years she was up every morning soon as it was day and came and took her position in the fauteuil that was awaiting her in the chimney nook opposite her old friend. The Downfall A large fauteuil, covered with heavy crimson silk embroidered with raised laurel-leaves, was standing near. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 "Dead," repeated the king, making the sign of the cross as he sat in his fauteuil; "my brother, my brother!" The Forty-Five Guardsmen Four square logs supported a board--it was the table; many more were used fauteuils; and buffalo and bear hides, rolled in a corner of the room, were the bedding. Monsieur Violet Now I have the twelve seats to dispose of—six large gilded Empire fauteuils in front, and six small ones behind. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 A little infantryman, who occupied one of the fauteuils, his head bent forward, was apparently holding his sides to keep them from splitting. The Downfall As he laid aside the last sheet a sudden pallor overspread his face, and for a moment he leaned back in the fauteuil, quite faint and exhausted. The Youth of the Great Elector "Salaam, be seated," murmured Saidie, indicating a fauteuil near the one on which she sank herself. Six Women Coralie herself sat in a large velvet fauteuil, the rich color of which formed a magnificent background to her bright face and golden-brown hair. Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 I forgot to say that the wives of foreign Ministers have fauteuils on their platform, behind which stand their secretaries' wives. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Particularly noticeable was a drawing-room suite in sky-blue satin, its sofa and twelve fauteuils piled in dire confusion, helter-skelter, on and around a great center table, the marble top of which was broken in twain. The Downfall The count had thrown himself into a fauteuil, and supported his head on his hand. The Youth of the Great Elector The unspeakable widow, in a tea-gown dimly splendid with tropical vegetation in neutral tints, holds a piece of chocolate in her hand, while she leans back in her fauteuil convulsed with laughter. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series From the luxurious depths of a crimson velvet fauteuil rose a lovely woman, who advanced to meet me with outstretched hands. Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 In the entr'actes we reviewed—seated in the luxurious, spacious loge where the huge sofas and the fauteuils offered their hospitable arms—our impressions, which were ultra-enthusiastic. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 In the midst of this reverie the door burst open, shut with a bang, and Ned Hardcash threw himself on a fauteuil opposite me. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 "Now truly this is a very lofty equipage," cried George William, as the fauteuil rolled along through the spacious apartment. The Youth of the Great Elector It has a carpet of a chocolate-coloured ground with a blue border, round which is a wreath of bright flowers, and carved and gilt sofas, bergères, and fauteuils, covered with blue satin like the curtains. The Idler in France It was, indeed, Eugenia, herself; and with all due respect to my dear Emily, I borrowed a thousand kisses while she lay in a state of torpor, in a fauteuil to which I carried her. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer M. Loubet stood on one side, and Madame Loubet sat in a fauteuil next to him, but he had nothing to say to either of them. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Some of the cafés chantants are patronized by the well-dressed class, and a blousard is no more likely to be seen in their orchestra fauteuils than in the same division of the regular theatres. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 The Electress only thanked him with a slight nod of her head, and herself sprang forward to push the fauteuil into the window niche. The Youth of the Great Elector The curtains are of crimson satin, with embossed borders of gold-colour; and the sofas, bergères, fauteuils, and chairs, richly carved and gilt, are covered with satin to correspond with the curtains. The Idler in France Sit down here," she said, pointing to a velvet fauteuil; "I am going to make you my judge. The Coquette's Victim Everyday Life Library No. 1 All the gilt chairs were occupied; all the couches and fauteuils of the room were occupied, and certain delicious toilettes were even spread on rugs or on the bare, reflecting floors. Mr. Prohack "Get my bill," he said shortly to Joseph as he sank into the gilded fauteuil. The Regent "And permit me to help your excellency," said Princess Charlotte Louise, smiling, while she seized one of the arms of the fauteuil. The Youth of the Great Elector She was sitting in a large fauteuil of purple velvet. In the Days of My Youth We loved our own particular boudoir, with its books, its pictures, its comfortable fauteuils and its soft green cushions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 Delphine reclined as lazily in a fauteuil as if her life did not hang in the balance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Its plush fauteuils cost a shilling, no mean price for a community where seven pounds of potatoes can be bought for sixpence, and the view of the stage therefrom was perfect. The Regent An hour passed, and then a second one, as she sat in her fauteuil, her tapestry before her, but her hands listless upon her lap, waiting for her fate. The Refugees To fill one of the forty fauteuils of the Académie Française is the darling ambition of every eminent Frenchman of letters. In the Days of My Youth Consequently we remain in our chambers to rock and be useful, and come into the parlor to be useless and uncomfortable in fauteuils, made, as the chair-makers tell us, "after the line of beauty." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 He was habited in a magnificent riding-dress and was seated on a rich fauteuil, around which were grouped a dozen gaily-attired courtiers. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire He is tired with doing nothing, and sinks into the emolliently-cushioned fauteuil. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) The ring has been cut in two, and hundreds of fauteuils have been placed in small groups so arranged as to form substitutes for beds. Paris War Days Diary of an American My fauteuil was a plank, and the orchestra surpassed the worst tortures of the Inquisition. A Chair on the Boulevard Calderon bowed with the deepest reverence; and, placing a large fauteuil before the stranger, seated himself on stool, at a little distance. Calderon the Courtier, a Tale Couthon strongly enforced this motion, and proposed that a simple fauteuil should be assigned to the king, exactly like the president's. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 Warmth, opulence, hospitality, were all expressed in the brilliantly lighted room, where luxurious fauteuils, after the new French fashion, stood about, ready to receive her ladyship's guests. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Whether the throne were a rushen chair in some rustic cottage, or a gilded fauteuil in a palace, she cared very little. Charlotte's Inheritance Round the table were placed beautifully carved oaken fauteuils, of a very old pattern. A Love Story She had seated herself in the fauteuil, where the Marquis de Soyecourt had bent over her and she had kissed the little gold locket. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes We invariably took fauteuils d'orchestre, so that he only saw the musicians, actors, and scenery—hardly any of the occupants of the theatre, except those in the stage-boxes. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Several gentlemen of fashionable bearing held the outposts of this privileged place, at back of sofa, or side of fauteuil, stationary, or wandering near. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 He moved a step to do so, and had his hand on a low cushioned fauteuil, when Honor rushed before him and laid her hand on the other arm of the chair. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense Ibsen and Björnson occupied the centre of the dress circle, sitting uplifted in two gilded fauteuils and segregated by a vast garland of red and white roses. Henrik Ibsen For a moment she stayed as motionless as her perplexed husband; then, with a wearied sigh, the Duchess sank back into a fauteuil. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes He was sitting dejectedly on a large fauteuil, smoking. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories Here he found the physician dozing in a fauteuil. Ernest Maltravers — Complete Here he found the physician dozing in a /fauteuil/. Ernest Maltravers — Volume 09 He seated himself on a huge fauteuil, two steps high, Cinna and Maximus on two low chairs; and the pompous declamation fully corresponded to the ostentatious manner in which he made his appearance. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature At the end of the ballroom was the platform on which stood the throne of their Majesties, a row of red-velvet gilded fauteuils placed behind them for the Imperial family. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Oh! that is again easily arranged—you will sleep in fauteuil. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present The anti-rooms adjoining this Chamber are fitted up with long tables and fauteuils and are appropriated to the sittings of the various committees. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 The whole establishment was buried in the past, dreaming of its Titantic yore, when there were doubtless giants who could fill those fauteuils and stick their feet on those mantelpieces. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days The fauteuils and couches were disposed around a pearl table, on which were liquors, coffee, wines, and a few delicacies for Honoria, who had not supped. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 There were several large salon carriages with large, comfortable fauteuils, and some tables covered with newspapers and journaux illustrés to beguile the time. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters In this alcove was an antique chair or fauteuil, and beside it a small cabinet, inlaid with mother of pearl, while opposite stood an ebony writing desk, strewed with fragments of exquisitely perfumed note paper. Marguerite Verne But I now saw that a large fauteuil was being conveyed to the upper part, exactly where I stood, ready for his reception and repose. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 They sat down in a corner of the principal foyer, where a few electric lights drew attention to empty fauteuils and the blossoms on the Aubusson carpet. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Zola's magnanimity in parting with it deserves a fauteuil. Without Prejudice My bedroom is furnished in white and green with a delightful chaise longue and large fauteuils, which to me are more inviting than the stiff Empire style of the salon. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Helen Rushton threw herself into a handsomely carved fauteuil with cushion of pale blue satin, embroidered with a wreath of lily of the valley and soft cream roses. Marguerite Verne The beds were elegantly excavated in the wall, and by a slight forward inclination of the body you could use them as fauteuils. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales Exactly!" and the lady leaned back more comfortably in the Louis Quatorze fauteuil—"And of course I want to interview Mr. Alwyn. Ardath With a slight shrug of his shoulders Hector followed the colonel to a group of three or four ladies seated upon some fauteuils. Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War I went into the salon, followed by Mademoiselle W——, where we found Mr. O—— seated at his ease in a fauteuil, his feet reposing on the white-bear rug. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters After this harangue, Mrs. Verne threw herself into the elegant fauteuil of carved ebony and oriental tapestry, and poured forth another volume of tears more prolific than the first. Marguerite Verne Only last night one arose, right in the front rank—the fauteuils d'orchestre, I do not know how you call them in English. The Hohenzollerns in America He sat on the right hand with the gonfalonier in two purple fauteuils. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Buried in a fauteuil, with her arms resting upon a table, sat Madame Sand, curiously attentive, gracefully subdued. Life of Chopin She sipped it slowly, leaning back in the fauteuil where I had placed her, and in silence we both looked out on the November night. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten As the two disappeared a chill and a darkness seemed to fall upon the air, and the Cardinal sank back among the cushions of his fauteuil with a deep sigh of utter exhaustion. The Master-Christian Address on reception into the Academy when M. Paris succeeded to Pasteur's fauteuil. From Ritual to Romance Some unpainted wooden chairs awaited the judges; but in the centre glittered the president's chair, a superbly carved and gilded fauteuil, sent by the Duc de Sairmeuse. The Honor of the Name And she drew an easy fauteuil to the sparkling fire,—for the weather was cold, with that particularly cruel coldness common to an English May,—and dismissed her attendant. Thelma The queen now greeted the prince as if she had just observed him, and invited him to be seated on the fauteuil near her couch. Frederick the Great and His Family The sight of the presence-chamber, and of the canopy to shade the fauteuil which aped a throne, made me smile. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark "And what have you wished for?" replied the duke, sinking back into his fauteuil, whilst with one hand he returned the bottle to Grimaud, and with the other gave him a purse. The Man in the Iron Mask Lizette observed that she had thrown herself into a fauteuil, after hastily casting off her mantle, which lay at her feet. The Golden Dog Mechanically she obeyed him and sank into a low fauteuil. Thelma Would you very kindly," she said, "move that large fauteuil a little more this way? The Pension Beaurepas Malicorne was less generous; he assumed noble poses in his fauteuil and stretched himself out with a familiarity which, two hours earlier, would have drawn upon him threats of a caning. Ten Years Later Robespierre was reclining languidly in his fauteuil, his cadaverous countenance more jaded and fatigued than usual. Zanoni But he did not go to bed for that hour; he slept in a fauteuil. The Vicomte De Bragelonne The attitude of upright virtue is unbecoming, like sitting too straight in a fauteuil. Eugene Pickering The fauteuils here are very insufficient; I must ask Madame Beaurepas for another. The Pension Beaurepas Every day he came in and seated himself in the fauteuil reserved for him. The Women of the French Salons The fauteuils of the peers were covered with green velvet embellished with gold stripes. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Then, when all were placed, he chose as his headquarters the ante-chamber, in which he found a large fauteuil, a lamp, some wine, some water, and some dry bread. The Vicomte De Bragelonne Take out the chairs, I want only this sofa and a fauteuil. The Chouans "Monsieur d'Artagnan," said the cardinal, sitting down on a fauteuil, "you have always seemed to me to be a brave and honorable man." Twenty Years After Then, when all were placed, he chose as his headquarters the ante-chamber, in which he found a large fauteuil, a lamp, some wine, some water: and some dry bread. Ten Years Later Profound calmness reigned; the fauteuils were empty and in order. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo But he did not go to bed for that hour, he slept in a fauteuil. Ten Years Later Malicorne was less generous; he assumed noble poses in his fauteuil, and stretched himself out with a familiarity which, two hours earlier, would have drawn upon him threats of a caning. Ten Years Later |
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