| 单词 | grande dame |
| 例句 | A tasteful awning hung over the entrance, bearing the silhouette of a Parisian grande dame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “When I first came here it was the tail end of the ‘grande dame’ era,” said David L. Hostetler, a sculptor, who arrived in 1971. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z To be the grande dame of the beautiful, terrible past. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were boarding a train for Oxford to meet Dorothy Hodgkin, the grande dame of crystallography. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She is becoming entrapped by grande dame status. Birthday; Kiss Me Kate; Get Stuff Break Free – review 2012-06-30T23:05:59Z She was a chef, a professor, a cookbook writer, a food scientist, a mentor, a businesswoman, and she was certainly the grande dame of the Indian catering world. The legendary story of Thangam Philip: food scientist, nutritionist, chef and mentor 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z One of the grande dames of cinema, she's been seen more around the edges than center stage in recent years. Romance proves ageless in 'Elsa & Fred' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z She famously thumbed her nose at convention in her private life and in later years seemed to enjoy her status as a grande dame. Diana Rigg, star of "The Avengers" and "Game of Thrones," dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z A grande dame of experimental comedy, Berlant is a thinking woman’s comic. Review: In ‘Kate,’ Tracing the Tears of a Clown 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z As late May sunshine streams over the Black Mountains, the festival's first star takes to the stage – Ian McEwan, grande dame of Hay, and a writer whose popularity has always bewildered me. Confessions of a Hay virgin 2010-06-01T06:59:00Z Her tone was breezy, wise, and warm, that of a whimsical grande dame reflecting on her many adventures while still very much engaged in the present. Barbra Streisand Can Hear Herself Again 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Her mother is Deedie Rose, the Texas art collector and Dallas grande dame. ‘Nothing Says Chic Like Matching Your Drink to Your Dress’ 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z In age, they range from girlish to grande dame, yet form a group so egregiously white that HR editor Stephen Galloway felt compelled to issue a preemptive apologia on behalf of the entire film industry. Your #OscarsSoWhite preview: What the blindingly-white Hollywood Reporter actress roundtable says about the 2016 Academy Awards 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The tale looms large for the Saints because Snow became the poet laureate of Mormon culture, and a grande dame in the Saints’ new Zion of Salt Lake City. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z A worthy tribute to the grande dame of American cuisine. In Julia Child’s Provençal Kitchen 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Mass MoCA is a relative upstart compared with the grande dame of Berkshire museums, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, just 15 minutes up the road in Williamstown. Journeys: In Winter, Berkshires Culture Moves Indoors 2012-01-13T15:05:55Z Marcella Hazan, the grande dame of Italian cooking, wrote that lasagna “is never, but simply never, made with anything but homemade pasta dough.” Real lasagna is a culinary marvel worth every minute of your time 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z After reinventing the Sunset Tower, a 1929 grande dame on Sunset Boulevard, the hotelier Jeff Klein was mulling what to do next. 5 New Standout Hotels in Los Angeles 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z And Trisha Brown, a grande dame of American post-modernism, was part of a movement that radically changed ideas about looking at art in the 1960s and 1970s. Dance Review: Paris Opera Ballet Leaps Across the Centuries 2010-12-23T12:30:02Z The exhibition transformed her into the grande dame of American art. Louise Bourgeois dies in New York, aged 98 2010-05-31T23:38:00Z Speaking was Denise Hale, one of the city’s grande dames, whose late husband earned a fortune running department stores. Dede Wilsey Is the Defiant Socialite 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Part of it is simply awards overload, with upstart, dime-a-dozen ceremonies taking the luster off the major ones, including the 94-year-old, grande dame Oscars and the Emmys, which turn 73 on Sunday. ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ streaming seek Emmy Awards glory 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z But while many heritage brands are eager to push their designs into the 21st century, Goyard, the luggage industry’s grande dame, refuses to be hurried. More Than Just a Suitcase 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z The end of this film will come when Victoria Beckham, grande dame of wags, decides enough is enough. Keira Knightley has bagsied Coleen Rooney – who else should be cast in the Wag Wars movie? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z As we go through the two decades, that we had access to, it was less grande dames and more involved younger people. The Life of the Party 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z No list of shows about manners would be complete without this eight-year-old series descended from the grande dame of American etiquette, Emily Post. 6 Advice Podcasts to Navigate the Weirdness of Daily Life 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z As Germaine Acogny, the grande dame of African dance — who performed her autobiographical solo, “Somewhere at the Beginning,” on Friday — wrote in the festival program: “Dare. Dream. Sing. Dance.” Lyon Dance Biennale Begins, Reduced but Unbowed 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z One night he is hauled out of his boarding house to photograph the recently deceased daughter of a local grande dame. At 101, Portuguese director gets benefit of doubt 2010-05-14T07:07:00Z Had some grande dame tucked them there and then never used the purse again? Treasure Hunting Along the Old Canal 2011-07-07T21:28:24Z These days, however, this 1909 grande dame is surrounded by Aleppo's suburbs. Five Reasons to Visit Aleppo: Silk Road Splendor 2010-12-09T14:05:00Z She’s a musical pioneer, a grande dame of her country’s music scene, the first person in the world to record the complete harpsichord music of Bach. A survivor’s life in music 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Chalfant is first seen imperiously on parade in a wheelchair, which might as well be a throne, given her grande dame persona as Evelyn Armstrong, a wealthy society matron with end-stage cancer. Review: Memory gets surreal in 'Somewhere Fun' 2013-06-05T18:20:09Z “She was the grande dame of the company, such an important dancer, and really politically active at that time.” Irina Kolpakova Trains Dancers at American Ballet Theater 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z It takes a grande dame to accommodate activities that require space and special equipment. Cruising Royal Caribbean’s mega-ship: At times, a little too mega 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z He adopts a grande dame voice to give her reply. Tom Wilkinson: down with the big boys 2011-04-05T20:30:00Z Now 85, Nixon was mentored by the grande dame of the soap opera genre, Irna Phillips, back in the radio age. 2 beloved TV soaps revived online starting Monday 2013-04-25T14:08:08Z Embodied in the diminutive frame of Susan Lucci, Erica has gone from vixenish teen to grande dame, and along the way the actress has gained notoriety as the losingest woman in awards history. Goodbye, Erica Kane, feminist pioneer 2011-04-15T15:29:00Z Mrs. Gibson, the universally acknowledged grande dame of audiobooks, was 86. Flo Gibson, Grande Dame of Audiobooks, Dies at 86 2011-01-16T03:29:21Z However, both actors show a tendency to fall into their characters’ default modes — acerbic grande dame, soulful artisan — too easily. Theater Review: Mary Beth Peil in ?The Morini Strad? at 59 E59 Theaters 2012-04-05T20:35:56Z Griffiths did, however, confirm that Collins would not be following the example of those grande dames who headline the posters only to appear for the time it takes to deliver a single line. Oh, yes, she is! Joan Collins to star as pantomime villain 2010-05-13T17:47:00Z "This is the beginning of a good friendship," the 89-year-old grande dame of Cuban ballet added. 2010-02-15T10:26:00Z Dressed in a sweeping camel cape and her hallmark headscarf turban - in white with a sprinkling of sequins - the grande dame smiled down on her admirers and waved regally. Cuba celebrates ballet legend Alonso's 90th b-day 2010-12-21T18:05:08Z Even Olympia, the grande dame of London’s summer fairs, taps into new talent for the first time in its 44-year history with a dedicated section. London’s Art Scene Hits Its Summer Frenzy 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Still spry, sharp, and wickedly funny, Green today is something of a grande dame of the industry. The Grande Dame of the Perfume Industry Turns Ninety-Five 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The grande dame of the art scene is the nonprofit City Gallery of Fine Arts, in the center of Old Town in a beautiful multistory building surrounded by gardens. Next Stop: In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Roman Grandeur East of Italy 2012-10-12T18:41:24Z The grande dame on Canal is just blocks from the French Quarter. Where To Stay in New Orleans 2010-03-31T19:10:00Z Along the way, he gained the confidence of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, the grande dame of Ukrainian folk dance in the region. Ukrainian Dance at the Soyuzivka Resort in the Catskills 2012-08-24T22:48:11Z “I was just flattened,” she recalls happily before launching into yet another story about another one of her college-era “grande dames.” Lily Tomlin has led a singular comedic life. And that’s the truth. Cooper, who died Wednesday at 84, played grande dame Katherine Chancellor. 'Y & R' to memorialize soap star Jeanne Cooper 2013-05-10T14:08:14Z It’s sort of the grande dame of cocktails, particularly in America. Where was the margarita invented? 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z The grande dame of Salem hotels, established in 1925, is located next to the Salem Common. Three-and-a-half centuries of mythos surrounds Salem’s House of the Seven Gables 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z As things stand, her long, greying hair accentuates a gradual transition to esteemed grande dame of traditional song. June Tabor: watery, not grave 2011-02-10T22:30:01Z Other addresses: Dan Tel Aviv, a grande dame on the beach, recently sheltered Madonna. | Tel Aviv 2012-09-21T13:00:55Z As the grande dame of the home, Stewart said what she brought to the fashion table is an ability to sew, an affinity for design and a desire to promote American-grown talent. American Made: New ideas fuel fashion 2012-10-17T19:40:11Z This comes to pass, but the grande dame refuses to notice the couple when they arrive. Review | A look back at the ‘supreme hostess’ of the American gilded age 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Several of its once-faded grande dame hotels and low-slung motels have been updated and transformed into chic escapes, catering to well-to-do families from Philadelphia, northern New Jersey, New York City and beyond. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Cape May, N.J. 2011-06-30T19:01:36Z Welcome to the Oscars red carpet, the grande dame of all carpets, and of course award season’s finale. Oscars 2018: the red carpet, the winners, the speeches – live 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z There is something different about the grande dame of late-night variety shows. “Saturday Night Live” at 40: A stubborn habit we can’t bring ourselves to kick 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z I arrived at the century-old Victoria Falls Hotel, a colonial-era grande dame, and found a younger Mugabe staring stiffly from a portrait in the lobby, his forehead polished and gleaming like oiled mahogany. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Sister Parish, the grande dame of American interior decorating, was a young Depression-era mother when she embarked on her career. Sister Parish Rises Again, in a Pop-Up 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The 60-year-old grande dame could have reopened quickly, but instead the staff took its time to meticulously restore the hotel’s historic features. Puerto Rico puts Hurricane Maria — and the bulk of the recovery — behind it 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Here’s Sherman strutting down lower Broadway with the hauteur of a society grande dame, in a frothy summer dress made of sheer lace. Bill Cunningham’s Favorite Muse 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Had Ms. Van Runkle heeded the advice of Hollywood’s grande dame of design, her work on “Bonnie and Clyde” might have been forgotten long ago. Theadora Van Runkle, Costume Designer, Dies at 83 2011-11-08T03:54:45Z In the 1960s as the unlikely grande dame of Russian pianists, she made contact with the avant-garde likes of Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen and championed young Soviet rebels such as Alfred Schnittke. Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov fittingly honors the woman who insulted Stalin to his face 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z We got out and enjoyed a variety of snow-related activities, and when we were done we sank into the charms of a grande dame of a hotel. In New Hampshire, Can Bretton Woods Get Gnarly? 2011-02-18T19:55:00Z From there, I concentrated more on still work — so advertising and editorial — mostly assisting the grande dames of the craft between Boston and New York. Long days, papier-mâché and 50 soufflés: How the food stylist for "Julia" recreated Child's recipes 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z City Lights is the grande dame of the city’s independent bookstores. A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z With marble muses and winged angels on the baroque facade, the grande dame of Havana’s colonial-era theatres dominates this part of the old town. 10 of the best places to enjoy the dances and music of Cuba 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Before Russell was a grande dame, she was just a dame, as Mr. Busch well remembers. | 'The Divine Sister': No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun 2010-09-23T02:03:00Z The moment I entered my brother’s house, I saw her staggering across the room, hand held aloft like some Lilliputian grande dame. Modern Love: A Role He Was Born to Play 2012-11-15T21:08:15Z Kirschenbaum reigned as the grande dame of a group of hard-core fans who populated standing room at the opera house and would flock to the stage door for autographs. Opera’s Biggest Fan Leaves Behind a Sprawling Time Capsule 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z “But art dealing, at its best, is not just a business, and what made her a poor businesswoman made her a legendary dealer, the grande dame of the avant-garde, or a part of it, briefly.” Virginia Dwan, Behind-the-Scenes Force in the Art World, Dies at 90 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Fairway is still hanging in there, the grumpy grande dame of New York grocery magic, and, as long as wealthy people throw dinner parties, Citarella will never want for customers. The Sun Rises on Wegmans in Brooklyn 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “FIAC is nevertheless the grande dame of art fairs in all the right ways and attracts the most discerning collectors.” Paris or London? International Collectors Now Have to Choose 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Heady from the unexpected intimacy with Colette we’d found during a weekend in Burgundy, this meal was the perfect way to fete this fascinating grande dame of French letters. Colette’s Burgundy 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z One of the best reasons to visit this grande dame of American resorts, founded in 1778, has always been to mingle with its plummy ghosts. The Greenbrier Resort Hopes to Preserve its Past. 2010-08-14T04:58:00Z To some, Ms. Ambrose is already a fashion grande dame. June Ambrose, a Leading Celebrity Stylist, Recreates Swagger 2011-10-21T21:46:38Z But Norah knows the story of this grande dame from the inside. Review | Anne Enright is the real star of her brilliant new novel ‘Actress’ 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Although the grande dame of the French New Wave, it’s now at the age of 90, and with the superb Faces Places, that her legacy is being fully rediscovered. Agnès Varda, the queen of the meme 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z At the grande dame of Durban hotels, the refined colonial-style Oyster Box, a major draw is the popular curry buffet. In Durban, South Africa, 13 Curry Stops in 5 Days 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “She doubtless thought you were ready to be put out to grass,” Lady Maud tells Rose with grande dame finality. Television Review: Like Old Times, Almost, In an English Household 2011-04-07T22:20:14Z Liz Smith, the grande dame of New York’s gossip pages, played down the juiciest bit of information about herself when promoting her memoir, “Natural Blonde,” in the pages of New York magazine in 2000. Liz Smith’s Complicated Relationship With the Closet 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z The grande dame of that withering pronouncement was the one who told Tomlin about a campus theater production she might be right for. Lily Tomlin has led a singular comedic life. And that’s the truth. The grande dame of American TV journalism announced her retirement on Monday, with the proviso that her last day in front of camera will not be until May 2014. Barbara Walters to retire from US TV - but she's not going just yet 2013-05-13T17:31:00Z And they nailed it with Seattle’s grande dame of roast chicken: poulet roti. Restaurant roast chicken that rules 2013-05-02T21:38:36Z The spa, on the 21st and 22nd floors of the Peninsula Hotel in Midtown, is widely considered New York’s grande dame of day spas. Day Spas in Manhattan: an Urban Oasis 2012-02-16T23:11:33Z She’s fictional, of course—a mythical grande dame, conjured as a creative concept for Peninsula hotels from Hong Kong to Manila. Jiayang Fan: Rooftop Cocktails at Salon de Ning, in Midtown 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The two major female characters straddle age, station and era: Madame D's a rich, dying grande dame, and Agatha is the baker ingénue, and they're dressed oceans apart. Milena Canonero's 'Grand Budapest' costumes match Wes Anderson's vision 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Though she behaves like a grande dame in the presence of her teenage protegee, it has dawned on her that she is running out of time and chances. From Holly to Annie to Brooke: the women of cinema who personify New York 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z The brutal reality is that the Paris grande dames, no matter how good their bone structures, have not aged well, and younger beauties are invading their turf. | Closin' Up the Ritz 2011-10-31T22:23:54Z Mrs. Bohm created a vast body of photographs, in the process becoming a grande dame of the art form, before she died at 98 on March 15 at a care facility in Northwest London. Dorothy Bohm, a Roving and Enduring Photographer, Dies at 98 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The Comédie-Française’s virtual programming has evolved over the past year as regulations changed, and this 341-year-old grande dame has exhibited enviable verve. Dark. Messy. Assaultive. Inscrutable. Even From Your Couch. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Boulanger claimed at first that she was too tired to talk, but once Perlis mentioned that she brought greetings from Copland, the grande dame described her pedagogical philosophy in detail. 3,000 Interviews. 50 Years. Listen to the History of American Music. 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z The team: the inventor of the sewing machine, the grande dame of the Grand Ole Opry, the founder of what is now Zimbabwe, and Charles Gulden of condiment fame. Style Invitational Week 1104: HOW’s this? Compare 2 things with the same abbrev. 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Now, no airport is just a few minutes away, but the first thing you learn about Eudora Welty is that one of the most admired of living writers hasn’t learned to be a grande dame. Interview: Eudora Welty 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In Las Vegas, the El Cortez Hotel & Casino, a grande dame since 1941, rolled out some measures that will stay in place even after the pandemic resolves. Headed to a casino this summer? Here’s what to expect. 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Sometimes it takes a grande dame to play a grande dame. French actress Marie-Christine Barrault portrays literary lioness Marguerite Yourcenar in 'Les Yeux Ouverts' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z That passionate declaration was made not by Katharine Cornell, Ethel Barrymore or some other grande dame of the stage. Qualities of Mercy and Strength 2010-12-03T22:00:00Z For convenience and classic Parisian elegance, pick Hotel Regina Louvre, a grande dame built for the 1900 World’s Fair opposite the Louvre museum and adjacent to Jardin des Tuileries. Finding European hotel rooms for families can be tough. Here are suggestions in eight cities. 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps nowhere better embodies Nashville's modern heritage quite like this cool grande dame. Nashville's New Flavor 2012-11-15T22:20:04.597Z The grande dame of Bangkok hotels, the Mandarin Oriental, is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year with a major renovation. Bangkok’s River of Kings 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style” is a new show at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum which celebrates the young woman on the balcony and the grande dame she became. Haute Ticket: Jacqueline de Ribes at the Met 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Every presidential administration needs a grande dame to smooth relations between rival factions and serve as a bridge to society. A Palm Beach Power Hostess Prepares for Trump’s Washington 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z The Salk is entering its grande dame period with panache. Louis Kahn's Salk Institute, the building that guesses tomorrow, is aging — very, very gracefully 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z In some ways, it is another grande dame outing, but Smith brings to it a fierce energy and alienated anger – with a style perhaps borrowed from Queen Mary of Teck. Maggie Smith's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But the grande dame of docs is demanding. The Grande Dame of Documentary is Leaving Her Home at HBO 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z The ultimate white girl in this attention-getting novel is its grande dame, the heiress Julia Toneybee-Leroy, who was 18 when the institute was founded. Review: ‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman,’ Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Debut Novel 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Peggy Cooper Cafritz, art patron, education advocate and Washington grande dame, knows what it’s like to live with art and to be forced to live without it. Six years after the fire, Peggy Cooper Cafritz has a new home and collection 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Connoisseurs of literary merit were cool to her accomplishments, and she was sometimes referred to as the “grande dame of trash.” Jackie Collins, chronicler of lust and power, dies at 77 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z No one ever doubted that La Mamounia — lushly landscaped and ornately appointed — was Marrakech's grande dame hotel. A Face-Lift for Marrakech's La Mamounia Hotel 2010-06-23T09:20:00Z Often described as the “grande dame of Southern cooking,” Lewis was an accomplished chef and cookbook author who helped increase America’s understanding of the breadth and elegance of Southern cuisine. On the Edna Lewis Menu Trail, a toast to an iconic chef and her hometown In this underground classic, a screenwriter witnesses the hopes, confusions and corruptions of fame, from an aspiring starlet to an over-the-hill grande dame whose heirs await her demise. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Fiction 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “She was the grande dame of letters in Los Angeles for decades,” said author, critic and Jewish Journal book editor Jonathan Kirsch. Connie Martinson dies; TV host chatted up more than 2,000 authors on long-running show 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Her attention to detail is formidable — she once, at a party, startled “a grande dame” by inquiring if her cocktail dress was a 1948 Dior creation. From Amelia Earhart to Miuccia Prada, a new book collects history's 'left-handed women' 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The grande dame of all things manners died in 1960, but two of her descendants have overhauled her book of tips for the 21st century to mark the centennial of the first edition. Emily Post’s etiquette tome overhauled for 21st century 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The show commissioned seven women artists to create original work inspired by Madame Clicquot, known as “la grande dame de la Champagne,” including a portrait of the icon reinterpreted by Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama. 13 L.A. events, shows and drops to elevate your October calendar in all the right ways 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Season 2 has steadily foreshadowed the diabetic grande dame’s death, especially on Sunday’s episode, which found her wishing to reunite with her deceased loved ones. Perspective | ‘P-Valley,’ a drama about strippers, is TV’s best depiction of covid 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But write about it we must, because the past 24 hours have been catastrophic for the grande dame of cryptocurrency - even by Bitcoin standards. What's happening to Bitcoin? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Dug into a hill overlooking the distracted heart of Hollywood, she is the grande dame of amphitheaters, a fixed point of summer and the city’s cultural life. Column: At 101, the Hollywood Bowl is as L.A. as L.A gets 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z After her identity was disclosed in 1977, she became known as the grande dame of dividends, her preferred data to spot good investments. This week’s passages 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Over the years Ms. Ashley grew to become a kind of grande dame of Britain’s transgender community, appearing on television to answer questions about her childhood and identity. April Ashley, British model and transgender pioneer, dies at 86 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “The crowd was the third player this year,” said Chris Evert, one of tennis’s grande dames, who played in her first Open in 1971. With Crowds Back at the U.S. Open, Young Stars Give Them a Show 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z But he agreed to let him meet the grande dame anyway. How Long Can We Live? 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Janet Maslin, a book and movie critic at the Times, dubbed Mr. McMurtry a father of “chick lit” on the strength of his character Aurora Greenway, the grande dame of “Terms of Endearment.” Larry McMurtry, award-winning novelist who pierced myths of his native Texas, dies at 84 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z In the international press, she was often described as a grande dame of Russian cultural life. Irina Antonova, grande dame of Russian cultural life, dies at 98 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z This year, however, like almost everything else, there’s a pandemic twist: The grande dame of showcase homes, one of the oldest fundraising events of its kind in the country, is going digital. The beloved Pasadena Showcase house is still happening — online 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z The longer the prince stayed in L.A., the more money the grande dame hotel at the corner of Wilshire and Rodeo took in. The true story of the heartthrob prince of Qatar and his time at USC 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z But Helen Marie Taylor, at 96 the grande dame of Richmond's Monument Avenue, shares some qualities with the youthful throngs who keep marching past her mansion and toppling statues. Along historic Richmond street, residents grapple with Confederate legacy 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z He made me feel like a Southern grande dame. ‘American Gigolo’ star Carole Cook recalls working with Richard Gere: ‘He was carrying the mother lode' 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z The G90 is the poster child of this — an enviable interpretation of what a grande dame of sedans should be at a base price of $72,200. 2020 Genesis G90 review: A worthy luxury sedan at a reasonable price 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z But before being named culture secretary in November the 46-year-old director was best known for insulting the grande dame of Brazilian theatre, the Oscar-nominated actor Fernanda Montenegro, as a “sordid” leftist. 'Unqualified, dangerous': the oddball officials running Bolsonaro's Brazil 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z As “Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch” suggests, the grande dame of Broadway brought life to scores of characters for decades, but she was a complicated, often dramatic character herself. New Stritch bio reveals vulnerability behind the moxy 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Killingsworth’s actress mother, Laura, deemed “the grande dame of Long Beach musical theater,” lived in the home until her death in June at age 95. Take a rare look inside architect Edward Killingsworth’s Long Beach home 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Beverly Sacks, an octogenarian who is widely considered the cafe’s grande dame, referred to the space as “my personal salon.” Is Manhattan’s Flea Market Culture Dying? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The old station is like a grande dame long past its prime. Failing New York Subway? Not Always — Once There Were Chandeliers 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Bailey was also a dancer and was married to the grande dame of dance in Virginia, Frances Wessells, who survives him. Perspective | Celebrating two men who left their marks on Washington in very different ways 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The grande dame of Havana hotels, the property occupies the most commanding headland in the city. A Weirdly Fascinating Cold-War Tour of Havana 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Aspen’s grande dame hotel, The Little Nell, recently renovated its 86 guest rooms. The Millionaires Living in the Mining Cabins 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The target Sears customer was the average American, not the uptown grande dame bedecked in pearls and furs. When Sears Was Everywhere: Espionage, Politics and Fine Art 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The open-air car in glossy black with red leather seats is New York City’s official parade car and the grande dame of the 30,000 vehicles in the nation’s largest municipal fleet. Your Ride Has Arrived for the Ticker-Tape Parade 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Aizenberg, the grande dame of the survivor’s group who still volunteers at the U.S. Perspective | They survived the Holocaust. Now the world is forgetting what they endured. 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The 18-story casino and hotel rises above the tree line on the former grounds of the Concord, the grande dame of the borscht belt, outside Monticello. In Old Borscht Belt, New Casino Brings a Glimmer of Hope 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Big news is the $100 million overhaul of the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, the island’s 132-year-old grande dame, whose revamped rooms have a fresh, contemporary look. The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2017 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z A formidable woman, her unique style seems to be an amalgam of Tudor monarch and steely grande dame of commerce. Can you be taught to be more charismatic? - BBC News 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Usually this kind of memoir comes from a grande dame — someone who’s in her 60s, smoking her cigarettes and saying, “I’m going to tell the children what it was really like to fight Mr. DeMille.” Janet Mock Struggles With Being Called a ‘Trans Advocate’ 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Stravinsky, Cocteau, Chagall, Capote and Gore Vidal all came to visit and Peggy, as a hostess, matured into her own raffish style of grande dame eminence. Sex and art by the Grand Canal: how Peggy Guggenheim took Venice 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z In rebuilding the bathroom, Mr. Biederman said, his inspiration was Brooke Astor, the grande dame of New York society. A Public Restroom Fit for Brooke Astor Gets an Upgrade 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Not far away, The Fontenay, a stylish grande dame, will open its doors in summer. The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2017 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Lady Denham is the grande dame of the place, by virtue of “many thousands a year to bequeath, and three distinct sets of people to be courted by.” Reading Jane Austen’s Final, Unfinished Novel 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Aileen Mehle, who titillated readers with her rapier wit for five decades as “Suzy,” the glamorous, nationally syndicated grande dame of tabloid society gossip columnists, died on Friday at her home in Manhattan. Aileen Mehle, Gossip’s Grande Dame Known as ‘Suzy,’ Dies at 98 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Lenny Neimeyer, the grande dame of sophisticated swimwear, said she was thrilled to be showing her celebrated beachwear in this seaside metropolis. Rio’s spandex creations shine at city’s new fashion event 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Serena Williams, the glorious grande dame of tennis, noted that last year the U.S. Men of Soccer Don’t Get It, as Usual 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z “One of the last great grande dames,” said television host Melissa Rivers, who recalled the countless conversations between Mrs. Reagan and her fashion maven mother Joan Rivers. Nancy Reagan funeral draws political heavyweights, stars from bygone era 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “We use our words to fight,” explained Karen Huger, the 52-year-old self-styled etiquette grande dame on the show. The cast of ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ finally speaks, and table flipping isn’t their favorite topic 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But despite her current standing as one of the grande dames of British acting, she didn't appear in a Shakespearean tragedy, a George Bernard Shaw satire or a sophisticated Noel Coward comedy. Maggie Smith looks back at early typecasting. It isn't what you think 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The images – of female bodies in form-fitting silhouettes, and men harvesting in cane fields – “were never meant to be shown,” says the grande dame of French cinema. Socialism and cha-cha-cha: Agnès Varda's photos of Cuba forgotten for 50 years 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The oldest, acting as the grande dame in the rhino pecking order, weighs about 3,000 pounds and may top out at 3,500 pounds or so. Officials hope 6 new rhinos at San Diego Zoo Safari Park become scientific superstars 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z “It is a grande dame of being a dive bar, let’s be honest.” Digital Dig Unpacks Atlanta Dive Bar Rich in History 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Steinem, who is the nearest thing we have to a grande dame of feminism – a mantle she abhors – laughs. Gloria Steinem interview: 'Activism is addictive' 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Even before she officially became a Dame in the 2014 new year’s honours list, Lansbury acknowledged the obligations of the role of the theatrical grande dame without the temperamental behaviour that accompanies it. Dame Angela Lansbury marks 90th birthday with Oscar Hammerstein award 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Gaillard became a grande dame of particle physics, with positions on many committees that shaped particle-physics research in the United States and, ultimately, the world. Physics: She did it all : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Real women wear sleeves When high-street bigwigs believed that mature women wanted piddly shoestring straps, the grande dame soon put them straight. Helen Mirren at 70: fashion gifts from a grande dame 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Rather than growing into a grande dame, the hotel started feeling dated and prissy. A South-Of-The-Border Star Shines Again: The New Four Seasons Hotel Mexico DF 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z When Arthur released his sixth album in 2012, a web magazine accepted an offer to interview him because they thought the offer was for Golden Girls grande dame Bea Arthur. "Songs of The Road" -- Ford's Brand Remix for Millennials 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Clinton on Tuesday also visited the home of Mary Louise Hancock, a retired state senator who, at age 92, is known as the “grande dame of New Hampshire politics.” Hillary Clinton woos Democrats on climate change, campaign finance 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Few executives named the same places, so the selection of best vacation hotels is incredibly diverse, ranging from luxury camps and boutique hotels to grande dames and entire hotel groups. Ask A Friend: Luxury Executives Reveal Their Favorite Leisure Hotels In The World 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z There is an endless fascination for grande dames and their beautiful homes and their charmed lives. Marella Agnelli Opens Up Her Life and Homes in New Book 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The grande dame of the modern modeling industry died Wednesday at age 92, leaving a legacy of changing what was once dismissed as a hobby into a bona fide profession and revolutionizing the fashion world. Eileen Ford: The modeling industry wouldn't be the same without her 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Few trophies, it would seem, are more seductive to tycoons than Claridge’s, the grande dame of luxury London hotels, which has a long history of tempting buyers and provoking gentlemen’s quarrels. Pampered Guests and Feuding Hosts at Claridge’s Hotel 2014-03-01T16:22:18Z She is the gracious, well-spoken grande dame of Star Trek’s vision. One-On-One With Nichelle Nichols: 'And We're In The Next Century And The Next Century And We're Just Growing!' 2013-08-10T10:38:00Z The winner will be someone who shows her the proper respect, which Woods knows from his experience with other grande dames like St. Andrews and Pebble Beach. Only Two Players in U.S. Open Enter Weekend Under Par 2013-06-15T01:31:45Z "The Post still holds the advantage of being the sort of grande dame of Washington," Mr. Gibbons said. Media Decoder: New Editor for a Shrinking Washington Post 2012-11-13T17:15:33Z Take Euclid Hall, a lovely grande dame built of pink brick that stretches from 85th Street to 86th Street on Broadway. The Appraisal: Using Grand Buildings to Support Those in Need 2012-10-08T18:00:39Z There she was, Brooke Astor, who was the grande dame of the city’s society and philanthropy circuits. Abandoned Brooke Astor Bank Accounts Surface in Ad 2012-09-08T01:51:20Z Bulgaria Plots Its Return to Olympic Prominence PLOVDIV, Bulgaria — Svetla Otzetova, a grande dame of Bulgarian rowing, wore a perfectly pressed blouse, and her brow somehow managed to stay dry despite the stifling heat. With Rowing, Bulgaria Plots Its Return to Olympic Prominence 2012-08-23T17:28:23Z Marks & Spencer, the 128-year-old grande dame of the British high street, was on Tuesday forced to concede that its once staunchly loyal customers are defecting to rivals. M&S clothing chief steps down as womenswear leads sales slump 2012-07-10T19:16:30Z Laughing at convention and at the threats of her shocked relatives, she set up housekeeping on her own account, managing the affairs of her Rive Gauche mansion with the ease of a fifty-year-old grande dame. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z She was less of a grande dame than she had been in New York. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Ms. Lynch — the chef and owner of Menton and several other high-end restaurants, and the grande dame of Boston’s foodscape — still wonders what allowed her to walk through fate’s electric door. Currents: Two Classes Divided by a Kitchen Door 2012-02-10T12:00:33Z What was it that this little grande dame, with her curls, her dress, and her attitudes, resembled? For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z She dashed a glance of quick understanding at me and then seemed to change suddenly into a Russian grande dame. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z She smokes to excess and plays, perhaps, too much the grande dame. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z She spoke with the air of a grande dame, which stung my own pride keenly. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z La grande dame, so called, vanished with the days and ideals of Louis XIV. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z In her own style, each was lofty and grande dame. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The grande dame watched it all from under the low-slanted brim of her killer green hat. Character Study: Edith Susskind, Staten Island?s Grande Dame ? Character Study 2011-11-19T19:29:43Z In his book on vaccine scares, The Panic Virus, author Seth Mnookin refers to her as “the grande dame of the American anti-vaccine movement.” Pediatricians Group Slams Delta Airlines For Running Video Made By Vaccine Skeptics 2011-11-07T17:37:27Z The grande dame Goldikova herself is more compact, definitely made to run 1,600 meters and has shown flashes of temper. Special Report: Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Vying for Europe's Grandest Prize 2011-09-30T10:55:56Z But the Indian’s friend had gone and in her place stood a grande dame, the famous Madame Van Cortland, generally known in the olden days as “the maker of a stone street.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z She was good to look at, and was just the sort of grande dame to keep up all the dignity of Wynford Castle, but she never even pretended to understand her only child. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z We repudiated, on our aunt's behalf, the idea that she was so much grande dame as philanthropist, thinker, recluse. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Pierre," said Vigneau, "do you see la grande dame watching us? The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z When she was gone Mrs. Griffin said, 'I do like Lady Burlington,' and began praising her manners and her air of grande dame. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Rose lay back in the chair with the robe drawn about her, looking the grande dame from her crown of hair to the tasseled toes of her slippers. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z She is tall and graceful and very, very lovely, and she has the manners of a grande dame although she is such a young girl. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z Thus accoutered, looking inimitably chic, the grande dame entirely in spite of her few inches, she went forth to triumph. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Although the fashion of her gown was that of twenty years ago, she is still a thorough grande dame; and that is saying much in consideration of the evident dilapidation of their finances. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z For a minute or two she stiffened into the grande dame, as she occasionally did. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z It all made for a rather sticky 24 hours for the grande dame of British sprinting, after she and her partner, Shanaze Reade, false-started in Friday evening's team sprint and then finished only eighth. Hoy bounces back to win gold in keirin 2011-02-19T22:36:39Z The railroad millionnaire talks less boastfully before him who knew him as an errand-boy; the grande dame is less superciliously insolent in the presence of one who remembered her in a very different character. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Certainly, when that august matron arrived she was very grande dame and honest George five feet three inches of meticulous good breeding. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Already a grande dame, spending only where it pleased her. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "He's not bad, that boy," said the grande dame, "Miss Reynolds has often told me how her brother found him in the street." Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z As an author, translator, playwright, stage performer, broadcaster and grande dame of Scottish theatre, Ms Lochhead embodies everything a nation would want from its national poet. Liz Lochhead is new Scots Makar 2011-01-19T15:38:32Z She would ask the creatures only to big, dull parties, just to let them see what a grande dame little Marise had become. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z It was never anything approaching the grande dame of Albany hotels — rather, it was two doors down from the grande dame, the DeWitt Clinton. Cuomo?s Albany Housing, From Old Hotel to Mansion 2011-01-01T22:39:49Z But when I saw that in between you had become a grande dame, and how devoted you were to Walter—you kept talking of him—I lost my last hopes. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z But the look of the grande dame we have come to know as Lady Justice — as interpreted by artists like Giotto, Brueghel and Reynolds — has been as changeable as a catwalk model’s. That Lady With the Scales Poses for Her Portraits 2010-12-16T20:41:30Z Mrs. Astor was the blue-blooded grande dame of American society, who inherited one of New York’s great family fortunes. Fighting Over the Living Will of J. Bruce Llewellyn 2010-05-07T20:09:00Z At The Breakers, the grande dame of Palm Beach hotels, revenue fell 20 percent in the year that ended in August 2009. The Well-Off Are Spending Again ? but Carefully 2010-04-10T01:25:00Z Just a shade over five feet tall, she provokes reverence, exasperation and the question of how the movement will reshape itself when the grande dame is gone. 2010-01-12T13:59:00Z And I may not demand a grande dame's matter-of-course reserve of one who two or three weeks ago was serving behind a counter. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z He had stumbled upon Peaceful Valley by accident, coming to it from a fashionable resort to escape an intrigue with a foolish grande dame and consequent irate husband. The Girl From Tim's Place And here! a maid, nerves, the beauty of a grande dame with the little hands and feet of a child. A Sister's Love A Novel In Madame de Drucour, wife of our Commandant, I found a grande dame de par le monde, who commanded the admiration and respect of all our officers and the devotion of the soldiery and townspeople. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec "I can do better than that," said Annandale, "I can call you grande dame." The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident "I have come to you at the recommendation of a friend of both of us, who prepared you for this visit," she began, inwardly rejoiced to be able once again to play the grande dame. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z With us she always played the grande dame, apparently quite without effort, but there were stories about her which seemed to show that she could be something very different. Confessions of an Opera Singer The Zouroff Palace had never opened its doors to her, even in a professional capacity, for the Princess was a grande dame, and very rigid in her social views. The Intriguers While Proven�al literature was thus perishing miserably, that of France was gradually unfolding; and we find here and there some grande dame named as a patroness of literature. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) I signified that a tr�s grande dame was about to receive her. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Away with the grande dame, the haughty aristocrat! The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The absence of all serious mental qualities was cleverly disguised by the mask of a grande dame; but I doubt whether it was anything else but a mask. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "She is 'tr�s grande dame,' as you would call it," said Beecher; "very quiet, very cold, extremely simple in language, dresses splendidly, and never knows wrong people." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day You remember the Countess of Lanswell; she was la grande dame par excellence in London last summer. A Mad Love She might be a grande dame, of nobility of womanhood as well as of family. The Missourian But she was a grande dame, a person of great influence–also of great wealth and a free giver. The Pines of Lory Never, perhaps, had she so appreciated what it must be to be a grande dame as to-day, when she was on the point of refusing such an opportunity, though it was just within her grasp. A Manifest Destiny "She will be quite the grande dame, by and by," said one lady, watching her that night. Name and Fame A Novel There was scarcely a grande dame among the brilliant assemblage on the Emperor’s platform, to whom Lady Mowbray and her daughter had not a letter of introduction, from their invaluable friend. The Princess Virginia “Name of a name, yet another petulant grande dame!” The Missourian I had a rapid, dim impression that it was quite the chamber of a grande dame, in the midst of which stood my lady herself, having slowly risen as I came in. The First Violin A Novel She swept out of the Cathedral with the air of a grande dame suppressing a giggle, and Paula went humbly behind her. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 The Duchess is such a sweet woman—a true grande dame! In Brief Authority In dress, manner and general appearance she presented a fitting reminder of the grande dame of long ago. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century On returning to the capital, Jacqueline did not once set foot in any Imperial palace, but she established her own salon of a grande dame, and there installed herself mid a simple elegance. The Missourian The embassies were nests of spies; 316 every salon a breeding spot of intrigue; the foreign governments employed the grande dame as well as the grisette. The Maids of Paradise The work is done secretly, since they have not the simplicity either of the real ouvrière or of the grande dame, both of whom sew openly, the one for charity, the other for a living. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad You play the grande dame so well, that you are sure to reap the penalty of it. A Romantic Young Lady The whole room seemed to be redolent of the grace of a charming grande dame of old France. Border Ghost Stories He was awed to find her a grande dame in black velvet, more dignified, apparently inches taller, and in a vice-regally bad temper. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life How was it likely they should meet, seeing that she was a grande dame, and he merely an under-gardener at the Hall? Antony Gray,—Gardener He made his way to the barouche where sat the grande dame of the county, exchanged civilities, and asked leave to introduce his sister. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Our some time music-teacher who was good enough for any position became a grande dame with a mansion in St. Petersburg, and a country house in Livania. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The lady was of the class known as grande dame, and her white hair and delicate, sharply-cut features betokened a high type of English aristocracy. Patty's Friends She was no longer the Dreaming Gipsy, but a grande dame, a lady with some subtle, exotic touch of foreign distinction, who greeted the older woman with a charming and reserved grace. The Silver Butterfly Believe me, there is no more magnificent being than a true grande dame, and for this destiny the good God fashioned you.' A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg A dim perception crossed Lady Bannerman’s mind that there really might be something in little Phœbe when she found the sheriff’s wife, the grande dame of the hunting field, actually shedding tears of emotion. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Certainly no "grande dame" of my own country but would have been proud of their beauty and graceful dignity. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch "Lady Ashley is a true grande dame, while Lady Caroline is only a fine lady," she said to herself, when analyzing her feelings afterwards. A True Friend A Novel And she is very much grande dame too—and, oh, well, she is a whole lot of charming things! The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance "La grande dame!" said Pinac as he bowed low to her. The Music Master Novelized from the Play How can a dirty little boy be like a belle grande dame? The Love Affairs of Pixie However, the grande dame slipped past him quickly and disappeared amid the shrubbery—but not before her extraordinary beauty had dazzled the pork-packer's beady eyes. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn I arranged it so for a special reason,” Christabel explained, with the grande dame air which was one of her chief characteristics. Betty Trevor He looked at once plain and distinguished, and in the quizzical eyes and beetling eyebrows there was an unmistakable likeness to the grande dame standing by Claire’s side. The Independence of Claire A visitor to a Parisian grande dame remarked to her hostess: "But how dirty your hands are." Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers She dreaded to find herself alone with this grande dame. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date By Jove, if you call that no air, tell the grande dames to get a move on. Under the Country Sky It was more the grande dame, and less the delighted woman, who acknowledged my presentation with courtly grace. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV There she sat, smiling, complacent, grande dame as ever, nodding with an air of mingled friendliness and patronage, laying one hand on the vacant place by her side, with an action which was obviously significant. The Independence of Claire He perceived that her inalienable worldly splendor added to his own consequence, and that his wife's air of grande dame was not lost upon a man who could at least enjoy it artistically. The Story of a Play A Novel I rubbed on her sweet lips just the suspicion of pink, liked by an elderly grande dame française, who has not yet "abdicated." Everyman's Land His father had been a scholar, and his mother so much of a grande dame as to have old worm-eaten silks and laces with histories. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Y the way, do you know that boudoir originally meant pouting room, a place where the ceremonious grande dame of the Louis might relax and express a ruffled mood, if she would? Woman as Decoration Women seldom give supper parties, "all by themselves they" after the fashion of that "grande dame de par le monde" of whom we have spoken elsewhere. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 You can be a grande dame or a duchess—and you are making of yourself—what? Contrary Mary At another a superb Arab with most grande dame manners, dressed in white cotton and with unpainted face, received me statelily. Letters from Egypt Your aunt, on the other hand, is 'grande dame' in every fiber of her being. The Title Market What grande dame had smiled behind that ivory fan? Hearts and Masks She looked younger, and nearer to being the grande dame that she burns to be. The Motor Maid She was a very handsome woman, much younger than the Marquis, and of the very oldest French Aristocracy—a grande dame in bearing as well as in birth. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars The lady was charming, grande dame, and her husband was known for devotion to King George. Fifth Avenue Nor when she has got a handsome dress does the Melbourne grande dame know how to wear it; she merely succeeds in looking what a Brighton lodging-house keeper once defined to me as a 'carriage-lady.' Town Life in Australia There was the air of grande dame about her, despite the simplicity of her dress, which, though of rich material, was severely plain. The Deserter I suppose she'll cling to her money and go on playing the grande dame. Poor Man's Rock "It is only to give herself the air of a grande dame!" The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes The veil with the Red Cross is transformed into a coiffure of powdered hair, crowning the countenance and figure of a grande dame of the eighteenth century. Fifth Avenue The lady, quite a lady, a grande dame belle personne, tall, fine figure, well dressed; her companion no doubt her servant; the child, well, an ordinary child, an infant in arms. The Passenger from Calais "Oh, very well!" said Shoop, mimicking a grande dame who had once stopped at Antelope in search for local color. Sundown Slim Mrs. Ascott was small, and finely moulded; something of the miniature grande dame in porcelain. The Firing Line Judith, with her gentle bearing and her simple, convent accomplishments, was plainly the grande dame of the family. Judith of the Plains "Very much the châtelaine; grande dame and that sort of thing," pursued the other. Success A Novel "An exquisite portrait of a fine old lady, true helpmate and grande dame of the Victorian era." The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster Ah!" she said with all her languor de grande dame, "you are the man of whom Heinrich spoke. The Man with the Clubfoot The wife of Colonel Henry Fairfax was grande dame that day, when she buried her husband and sent away her son. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains She was, I swear, grande dame, though young and beautiful as a goddess. 54-40 or Fight That clever, that spirituelle grande dame, who has adopted the pseudonym of ‘Gyp,’ has in her own country no rival. Reviews This hat suits you so—you are such a grande dame in it. The Marriage of William Ashe "Pray allow me, ladies and gentlemen," said the Lilliputian grande dame, as she broke the seal, "to read this letter—although I am only just learning the alphabet!" The Nameless Castle The Marquise, a type of the grande dame, with blue eyes and snow white hair survived her husband many years. Chateau and Country Life in France Return to Table of Contents Sue then made for me many introductions and all of those lovely grande dames gave to me affectionate welcomes. The Daredevil Mrs. PEEL, though the wife of the First Commoner in the land, was not une grande dame. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 Moreover, her ways are those of a grande dame, and not our ways—she would expect too much of us. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion At once she took her place in her new family not only as the ideal grande dame, but as the person to whom every one went in trouble and perplexity. Cavour Mme. de M., the châtelaine, was the type of the grande dame Française, fine, clear-cut features, black eyes, and perfectly white hair, very well arranged. Chateau and Country Life in France And most beautiful of all those beautiful grande dames was that Madam Patricia Whitworth, who, with her husband, stood at the side of His Excellency, the great Gouverneur Faulkner, for the receiving of his guests. The Daredevil Still she was the "real thing" and, in that, eminently satisfactory—genuine grande dame by right both of birth and of training. Deadham Hard For all her personal downfall, Elinka, Markrute's sister, and an emperor's daughter, remained an absolute grande dame—never mixing or mingling with any people but her own belongings. The Reason Why Still, Pauline was now a grande dame indeed, who could really afford to patronise even Napoleon's wife. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe It was the off-hand manner of the grande dame, always in good taste, but evidently not making much of him. Without Dogma I will not be a grande dame of France. The Daredevil She is the greatest grande dame one could meet, and a Tory to the backbone in politics, but her manner to the servants is not nearly so haughty as Mr. Budge's. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel "I often feel that way, too," responded Mrs. Whitney, in her most profusely ornate "grande dame" manner. The Second Generation Paris," he says, "has fine flowers and lawns, but she is too much of the grande dame. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist You have seen her; you know what she is: tall, thin, light, imposing, and gentle, half a grande dame and half an angel; a mixture of pride and humility, of the eagle and the dove. The American It was all of a great pleasure to me except that I did not like very well to be so distinguished by a young man, which made the French grande dame in me to shrink. The Daredevil There was always something of the grande dame in her. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings She was the most energetic and sprightly grande dame as I remember her, small, with vivid black eyes and hair, her head always swathed in a becoming black lace coif, her hands in black mittens. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 Once I was in love with a grande dame, bestially in love, dog-like. Redemption and two other plays The grande dame catches it up, holds it to the light. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" "Or shall I say suited to an English grande dame—which is the same!" His Hour The grandmother was, if not a typical grande dame, at least a typical elegant woman of the latter half of the eighteenth century. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings He saw in her already the grande dame of the future—that his labour, his ambitions, and his gifts should make of her. Eleanor She pretends to be the formal grande dame, the lady with the colder breast than snow: he is the bashful gallant, who hardly dares touch the tips of her fingers. Robert Browning: How to Know Him The English ones he knew were very ordinary people, but he had heard of some of the French ladies as being quite grande dame, and travelling en prince. Three Weeks The Duchess was swarthy and masterful, very intelligent and grande dame. The Woman with the Fan Perhaps you could if you were very grande dame, but if you're anywhere near the line of necessity, or ever have been, you can't. A Traveler from Altruria: Romance It was truly a grande dame whom I gazed at on this night, and, with eyes riveted upon the lovely face, I very nearly lost sight of Miss Virginia, who followed her sister. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Oh, papa, I can't be a grande dame, like mamma, can I? Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories How refined and grande dame and quiet it all was, and what an air of breeding and command she had in the poise of her little Greek head. Three Weeks And behold, the villas were filling; each day some grande dame came down to take possession of her house by the sea. In and out of Three Normady Inns And this must all tell with a banker's daughter, dying, of course, to be a grande dame. Endymion She looked and moved the grande dame, as if Nature had been employed by Rank to make her so. Ernest Maltravers — Complete She looked and moved the /grande dame/, as if Nature had been employed by Rank to make her so. Ernest Maltravers — Volume 02 There is something of the grande dame in Rome, a flavour of old-world courtesy. Alone "They begin, the duke writes me, to hang again to-morrow," answered the duchesse, with a certain air of disdain, the first appearance of this weapon of the great now coming to the grande dame's aid. In and out of Three Normady Inns There was something of the grande dame in the way she held up the tips of her fingers. The Double Traitor Lady Everard went in for being at once grande dame and Bohemian. Tenterhooks In the woman agent charm and tact, beauty and manners, à�la grande dame, knowledge of the world and men are essential. The Secrets of the German War Office She never mothered me; she conversed, and gave me the impression of being in the presence of a grande dame. Alone Did la grande dame, the Duchess, ever know of the fair foreigner who supplanted her, the dame o' high degree, in her husband's affection? Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline" "But can a grande dame, as she is, ever have too much dignity of the soul?" December Love The Honourable Mrs. Harrington was not only beautifully dressed, but knew how to wear her clothes en grande dame. The Grey Lady Reclining there upon her pillows, she looked like some grande dame of that France which was swept away by the Revolution. Bat Wing You are a bit of a grande dame yourself. The Two Sides of the Shield A grande dame visiting an elementary school listened to the telling of an exciting story from fiction, and was impressed by the thrill of delight which passed through the children. The Art of the Story-Teller "I suppose she was good-looking in her day," remarked his hostess's husband, appraising the grande dame with calculating eyes. Her Weight in Gold So far as regards the Princess, she is an impulsive and passionate person, but she is also grande dame and a diplomatist. The Great Impersonation Surely only one little lady in London wore that early Victorian dress, with the ringlets and "grande dame" air, and sat with such genuine delight and enjoyment through a play? Winding Paths Young Lefroy had a tidy old housekeeper, who was quite the grande dame amongst the young wives and daughters of the surrounding farmers. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, I have seen her but once, and found her just what I expected, tr`es grande dame; full of herself, and yet not with an air of happiness. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 She associated exclusively with persons of title, and strove, in every possible way, to play the "grande dame." The Malady of the Century In spite of beautiful passages this is not one of the finest of the Idylls, save for the study of the fierce, hateful, and beautiful grande dame, Ettarre. Alfred Tennyson Here was perhaps, he thought, the true society woman, the high-born lady, the realization of that ideal which Mrs. Merrill and many another grande dame had suggested. The Titan "You speak idly and at random, like the child you are," the grande dame answered her with chill, contemptuous rebuke. Under Two Flags This exterior—this air of distinction—this look of a grande dame, is one of the most precious gifts which God—the God of women can bestow. Women in the Life of Balzac She was perhaps between thirty and forty years old, and had the air of a grande dame. The Gold Bag The instinct of the grande dame in her, the fashionable lady accustomed to the exigencies of society, just gave her sufficient presence of mind to make the requisite low curtsey before His Royal Highness. The Elusive Pimpernel George Spencer was an elegant poet, and my dear Duchess of Devonshire, if she had not been a grande dame, would have beat 'em all, by George. Roundabout Papers It broke further the ice of distance that severed the grande dame from the cavalry soldier. Under Two Flags She is portrayed in the grande dame and in the courtisane, that is, at the top and the bottom of the social ladder. Women in the Life of Balzac And she is such a grande dame, so kind, and evidently likes me so much. War and Peace But the gayety of that greeting from the Countess' little handkerchief was infinitely refreshing, and Mellin decided that animation was more becoming than hauteur—even to a "grande dame." His Own People When he found an applicant Mrs. Boyd would sit, very much the grande dame, and question her, although she always ended by sending her away. A Poor Wise Man Only that a grande dame has sent you champagne. Under Two Flags The mistress of the house was a Petersburg grande dame of the old school, a maid of honour at the court of Nicholas I., who spoke French quite naturally and Russian very unnaturally. Resurrection But it was strange, ver strange for a grande dame like that to write letters—sheets on sheets—and then not send them, nevaire. Initials Only Canalis, taken young by the handsome duchess, vindicated his affectations to his own mind by telling himself that they pleased that "grande dame," whose taste was law. Modeste Mignon Her very aloofness, her faint condescension, her air of a young grande dame, were a part of her attraction for him. A Poor Wise Man "You do them great injustice, and yourself also," said the grande dame, more coldly than she had before spoken. Under Two Flags Still she did not forget that Anna, her sister-in-law, was the wife of one of the most important personages in Petersburg, and was a Petersburg grande dame. Anna Karenina Her experiences there polished and civilized her, and in her old age she was a grande dame of great dignity. In Defense of Women That again got overlaid by the sans-façon of a grande dame of the Second Empire. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes She spoke with the careless, gracious courtesy of a grande dame to a Corporal of Chasseurs; looking little at him, much at the Kings and their mimic hosts of Zouaves and Bedouins. Under Two Flags Besides, I told Miou-Matou just now, if my children do as I tell them, they will not take a leaf or a peach-stone from this grande dame—how does she call herself?—Mme. Under Two Flags |
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