| 单词 | antimacassar |
| 例句 | It would drop white dollops like antimacassars on the good furniture, and that would be the end of that. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The adults’ entries were delicate works of art, collars and antimacassars as detailed and fine as a spider’s web. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Annie’s addiction propelled her from the top of the working class, wife of the head coachman on a country estate, into a hand-to-mouth existence hawking crocheted antimacassars and flowers. Review | Jack the Ripper’s identity has been endlessly scrutinized. His victims were largely forgotten. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In the living room are chintz chairs with antimacassars and the small-scale charm of the 1930s. ‘The Yearling’ author’s homestead is a doorway to a quirky Florida subculture 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Though my memories of that summer are mostly indoor memories—memories of antimacassars and tea towels and biscuits—I retain a vivid outdoor memory as well. Witnessing the Moon Landing in Ireland, at the Start of the Troubles 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The children of Australia’s white working class are fantastically eager to rid themselves of teaspoon collections, antimacassars and plastic sofa-coverings that once surrounded them. My first house rule: don't watch property programmes 2013-06-27T02:32:05Z One imagines the pre-war bourgeois scene: the heavy, dark furniture brooding in lamplight, the thickly curtained windows, the indistinct carpet, the doilies and the antimacassars, the head-achey air . Rereading: John Banville on Kafka's other trial 2011-01-14T14:18:55Z He sits on a couch adorned with twin antimacassars showing Havana landmarks. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z She earned money by crocheting antimacassars and occasional sex work. Jack the Ripper museum in Whitechapel to be sold 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z This building was once the home of an important politician, and the rooms are small and decorated like a granny’s house: ornaments in glass display cases, Victorian side tables, antimacassars on curly-armed sofas. Björk: ‘People miss the jokes. A lot of it is me taking the piss out of myself’ 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z At less crowded times, the sight of first-class passengers might be even more provoking, because there is usually very little difference between first and second on short-hop trains, beyond the antimacassars and the colour scheme. Should first-class train travel be abolished? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z We don’t know, but printed on the page where he tells us this there is a photograph of Deng, in a mammoth armchair, with antimacassars, such as Aunt Anna had, contentedly having a smoke. Love, Terror, and Cigarettes 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Ted Cruz: “I already killed Baby Hitler and made an antimacassar from his skin.” What will the candidates do about Baby Hitler? 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z He made sure he shopped for groceries every night on the way home from work, took the garbage out, and hand washed the antimacassars. The Problem When Sexism Just Sounds So Darn Friendly... 2013-04-02T14:45:00.567Z But not to some cozy nook with antimacassars, mahogany wainscoting and yellowed prints of Pugin churches. City Room: Remembering Rev. Stephen S. Garmey, a Vicar Who Loved Russian Art 2012-11-14T14:53:50Z I was agonising about whether to speak up when they clocked the antimacassars and decamped into standard. Should first-class train travel be abolished? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Mrs. R thinks the reason so many of the young men of the present day are bald is, because they don't use antimacassar oil as they did in her time. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:26.587Z After Mrs. Tuke had arranged the furniture and antimacassars to her satisfaction, she advanced to the side of the bed. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z I am heartily tired of this dreary country, with its railways, gas-pipes and antimacassars. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Trifling ornaments stood about; "antimacassars" were thrown over the shabby chairs. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z Over the back was an ecru antimacassar, tied with a pale-blue ribbon. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Another was involved in a complicated entanglement of white crochet antimacassars, very troublesome to contemplate. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z There was a mysterious expression in her eyes, and she began at once to straighten the chairs and re-arrange the antimacassars. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z She was at present gagged and bound with bedroom towels, antimacassars, and pocket-handkerchiefs combined. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z ‘Why, you have a sofa here, with an antimacassar!’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z I wonder what kind of presents you would like,—not beaded antimacassars and not mouchoir cases surely. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z The antimacassars had been taken from the big Bible and replaced. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Meantime Old Nick sat stuffing an embroidered antimacassar into his mouth, laughing till the cushioned sofa and the picture above shook in dismay. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z They lived in an ideal house of the ancienne r�gime, where the chairs, picture-frames, carpets, even the antimacassars, were carved or worked with the shields, crests, and mottoes of the family. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z "Mexican men would seem to have long fair hair, mamma," Stella here interposes, having just pulled a golden hair at least a yard long out of the crochetted antimacassar of a low chair. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Rebecca West is sitting knitting a large antimacassar which is nearly finished. Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen - A Collection of Some of the Master's Best Known Dramas 2011-02-19T03:01:38.583Z And my gilt clock that I trembled even to wind up, and the big vase with the picture on it, and my antimacassars, and my beautiful couch that nobody had ever sat upon! Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Old Nick threw the antimacassar under the sofa, and his face resumed its most serious expression. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z And so they went upstairs and opened up the aloof room, with its persistent and insular odor of the Sabbath and antimacassars, and drew up chairs to the window. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z She saw a cherry-red sofa with embroidered antimacassars symmetrically plastered on its old-fashioned scroll arms. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Rebecca finishes the antimacassar calmly as Curtain falls. Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen - A Collection of Some of the Master's Best Known Dramas 2011-02-19T03:01:38.583Z His head was imparting some of its ambrosia to the light chintz chair-cover, for he had impatiently thrown the antimacassar under the table. By Birth a Lady But you would have to begin by getting rid of those horrible antimacassars and those china monkeys and dogs. Small Souls Its Sabbath look and Sabbath smell, its antimacassars had disappeared. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z There were also cases of stuffed birds and squirrels, padded chairs with woollen antimacassars. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune He stripped them of their antimacassars and pulled the one that looked least uncomfortable close to the window. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Caution, too, had been mistakenly exercised here and there; the black satin furniture had no antimacassars and the centre-table no ornament except a vase of orchids and calf-bound books. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece On the backs of all the chairs hung fancy antimacassars, flattened by the pressure of reclining forms, with faded and crumpled ribbons. Small Souls It smelt of furniture polish, cake and antimacassars. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "I think we shan't need quite so many crochet antimacassars," laughed Mrs. Stewart. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story Multitudinous antimacassars, of all shapes, patterns, and dimensions, grow beneath her untiring touch with the most alarming rapidity. Faith and Unfaith Over the backs of the easy-chairs were laid antimacassars of finely crocheted white lace. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Next to chapel her supreme joy in life was her parlour, a mid-Victorian riot of antimacassars, stools, furniture, photograph-frames, pictures, ornaments, and the musical-box that would not play, but was precious as Aunt Anne's legacy. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Ewing gestured to a chair which looked prim and uncomfortable in its yellowed antimacassars. The Prophetic Camera A little stiffness in the arrangement of the furniture had been corrected, and the few antimacassars carefully removed; otherwise nothing had been changed. A Monk of Cruta Mrs Griffith motioned the two men out of the room, and hurriedly put antimacassars on the chairs. Orientations The drawing-room was glimpsed—a room with settees and big chairs and a strident carpet and antimacassars and small palms in pots. Coquette "I must go out," they would say to each other, "for there is that pink to match;" or "I shall be at a stand-still with my antimacassar; my cotton is almost done." A Country Gentleman and his Family The “antimacassar” is a remaining sign of the overlap of dress and manners. Needlework As Art Henry reclined on the sofa, under an antimacassar, and Mrs. Knight was bathing his excited temples with eau de Cologne. A Great Man A Frolic The mother insisted upon doing his mending all the next winter, and the sister embroidered him a pair of huge antimacassars and a smoking-cap. The Dominant Strain Aunt Mary is of those worthy women who upholster themselves and dress their furniture, so everything in her home is rather fussy, lots of antimacassars and tidies and scarfs and that sort of thing. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America They did not see the Princess Everilda, because he had just time, when he heard them coming, to throw a red and green crochet antimacassar over her, and to hide her behind an armchair. Oswald Bastable and Others The things which went by the horrid name of “antimacassars” have, however, given way to “chair-backs,” and crochet has been displaced by linen veils worked in crewels. Needlework As Art "Oh, will he? did he work you an—antimacassar or something?" The Marriage of Elinor No horse-hair sofa; no crochet antimacassars or hideous wax flowers; none of the usual stock-in-trade. Not Like Other Girls Redly varnished chairs with green plush cushions and elaborate, thread antimacassars, a second table ranged against the wall, bearing a stout volume entitled “A Cloud of Witnesses,” and a cheap phonograph, completed the furnishing. Mountain Blood A Novel Miss Pinckney still knitted antimacassars, and the construction of antimacassars is impossible 208 without Berlin wool—that obsolete form of German Frightfulness. The Ghost Girl Under the new manners, and since the introduction of the graceful lounge, the antimacassar doubtless has saved many ancestral works, but nowadays we wear neither powder nor pomatum. Needlework As Art What can happen to a woman who sits at home and works crewel antimacassars and reads novels all day, and never drinks anything stronger than tea, and never eats enough to disturb her digestion? Vixen, Volume III. In good sooth, a young maid is all the better for learning some robuster virtues than maidenliness and not to move the antimacassars; and the robuster virtues require some fresh air and freedom. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes We restored Coppertoes to his wicker cage, and wrapping it in an antimacassar, hid it beneath the piano. Explorers of the Dawn She possessed recondite, first-hand information, such as no outsider can know; as, for instance, the more white mats, spotless covers and antimacassars in April, the more stains and flies towards the end of August. The Privet Hedge The real point is that if your taste comes out in a matter of glass-cloths for the kitchen, it will also come out in antimacassars for the drawing-room and higher things. Eliza Two chairs, on which in my innocence I sat, were draped with antimacassars. Nights in London Oh, yes, in that corner, decently covered with an antimacassar. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World Their backs were decorated with antimacassars wrought with glass beads, and these, in the light of one dip, shone fitfully with a frosty lustre. The Mark Of Cain He wrenched an antimacassar from a chair and used it as a gag. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn Miss Munns was greatly excited to hear of the expected visit, and busied herself taking the holland covers off the drawing-room chairs, and displaying the best antimacassars in the most advantageous position. More about Pixie “That’s the way they had it in Britain’s Boys!” he declared, whereupon the Oxford man hid his head under an antimacassar, and exclaimed tragically that all was discovered! A College Girl Were they wrapped in the antimacassars, Or sunk in a sofa of plush? The New Morning Poems An antimacassar lying carelessly on the seat of a chair concealed a rent in the horse-hair, and the china ornaments on the mantelpiece were so placed that they looked whole. A Window in Thrums Between the chairs stood an occasional table, suggestive of something eatable or drinkable to come, and on every table and nearly every chair were sepulchral looking antimacassars of macreme cord. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route "Well, sir, it used to be an antimacassar; but Miss Gabriel had it made up for me, all the shirts in store bein' used up, so to speak." Major Vigoureux I emptied it in obedience to her orders, and in a few minutes my tears ceased, and I began to take a more cheerful view of the wallpaper and the antimacassars. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son I saw a poorly furnished sitting-room—a table with a sewing machine, a paraffin lamp, a chair with an antimacassar. Lore of Proserpine She longs to have to order dinner, inspect the dusting of the drawing-room, pour out tea from our own tea-pot, and work antimacassars for our chairs. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' He sat down on an overstuffed armchair with a fussy antimacassar. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town That is to say, with my antimacassar, which I had converted into a waistcoat and presented, in the innocence of my heart, to Treacher; the clothing of these men being nothing short of a scandal. Major Vigoureux The antimacassar and the family album; in what veneration they were held! Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland She sat in the little parlour, which she had been made to take into use by Vassie, who had successfully made it hideous with antimacassars and vases of artificial flowers. Secret Bread But, what with white antimacassars, many coloured mats on which reposed pretty ornaments, glasses and vases of flowers, and other trifles, the room looked well enough for anything. Verner's Pride "Oh, well, your grandmother and your aunts used to make antimacassars and wall-pockets and paper flowers," he ruminated. A Woman Named Smith Miss Gabriel stepped to the table, picked up the quill, and held it over the lamp's flame; but her eyes still questioned the antimacassar. Major Vigoureux The antimacassar, as its name implies, was designed to protect chairs and couches from the disfiguring stains of macassar oil, then liberally used in the adornment of the hair which received much attention. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland I remember a black sofa, which smelt of dust, an antimacassar over its head. London River The illustration shows the fourth of the antimacassar and the whole of the rosette which forms the centre. Beeton's Book of Needlework Mrs. Pratt had bought the antimacassars for the Towers, and secretly adored them until Ada pronounced them to be vulgar. Red Pottage The priest pulled out an arm-chair covered with horsehair and an antimacassar. The Necromancers How cultivated the mind that thus raises literature to the position of upholstery and puts thought on a level with the antimacassar! Reviews There is still the Tottenham Court Road and a threatened revival of Louis Seize furniture, and the ‘popular pictorial print struggles through the meshes of the antimacassar.’ Miscellanies This antimacassar, part of which is seen on No. 320, smaller than full size, is made of rosettes and small squares, which are knitted separately with violet and grey fleecy wool with fine knitting-needles. Beeton's Book of Needlework He leaned back in the small green arm-chair and rested his head against a coarse netted antimacassar. Whosoever Shall Offend The parlour became nothing but the parlour, with its glass partition, its antimacassars, its Meshach by the hob, and its diminutive 130Hannah uttering fatuous, affectionate exclamations of pleasure. Leonora Go to the opera and look at the rich ladies' frocks: they might have come out of an antimacassar factory. Since Cézanne She took him by the coat-sleeve and silently directed him into the gloomy little parlour crowded with mahogany and horsehair furniture, 071 white antimacassars, wax flowers under glass, and ponderous gilt-clasped Bibles. Tales of the Five Towns The edge of the antimacassar is ornamented with a grey woollen fringe. Beeton's Book of Needlework Mrs Machin, in a shawl and an antimacassar over the shawl, sat close to the fire and leaning towards it. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Her apron, which had two pockets, was more elaborate than an antimacassar. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) There was a marked tendency towards covers, covers for the chairs and sofas, tablecloths and covers for the tablecloths, covers for cushion-covers, antimacassars, lamp-stands, vase-stands and every kind of decorative duster. Kimono She was leaning back in an arm-chair playing with the fringe of an antimacassar. Ships That Pass in the Night The small rosettes and remaining patterns of the antimacassar are easily worked from illustration. Beeton's Book of Needlework After a while his mother returned, and sat down in her rocking-chair, and began to shiver again under the shawl and the antimacassar. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns "It is not cheap, however, even to them," returned Mrs. Yorke, still busy with her antimacassar. Bred in the Bone Greatorex drew close to the hearth the horsehair and mahogany armchair with the white antimacassar. The Three Sisters Then there was an antimacassar in purple and magenta sateen, with yellow daffodils making a brave attempt to flourish in unlikely surroundings. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 19, 1917 There were small square antimacassars on the chairs, and two of them, side by side, on the back of the sofa. Taquisara There were hard chairs—far too many of them—with crochet antimacassars slipping off their seats, all of which sloped the wrong way. The Story of the Amulet I glimpsed grimy antimacassars scattered over that horrid upholstery, which was awe-inspiring, insomuch that one could not guess what mysterious accident, need, or fancy had collected it there. The Shadow Line; a confession On each side of the fireplace were chairs covered in stamped leather, each with an antimacassar; one had arms and was called the husband, and the other had none and was called the wife. Of Human Bondage Mrs. Black found Mrs. Manstey standing in the long parlor garnished with statuettes and antimacassars; in that house she could not sit down. The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 Lily sat down on one of the plush and rosewood sofas, and he deposited himself in a rocking-chair draped with a starched antimacassar which scraped unpleasantly against the pink fold of skin above his collar. House of Mirth The roof of the house was the dining-table, and the walls were tablecloths and antimacassars hanging all round, and kept in their places by books laid on their top ends at the table edge. The Story of the Amulet So she laid the doll on the sofa, and covered it with an antimacassar, to sleep. Sons and Lovers But Mrs. Bateson only retreated farther into the dreary little parlour, with its wool mats and antimacassars, and a tray of untasted tea on the table. The Case of Richard Meynell On the two sides stood, face to face on the floor, twelve chairs carved and lacquered, over which were thrown antimacassars and small grey-squirrel rugs, of uniform colour. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books She sat under a group of trees on the lawn, with a crochet antimacassar lying in her lap, and with her friend and favourite, Diana Paget, sitting by her side. Birds of Prey A little room intensely typical: china dogs, knitted antimacassars of a brilliant tendency, and horse-hair covered furniture. The Slave of the Lamp If they can get hold of six porcelain statuettes, a half-dozen antimacassars, some gilt chairs, and a glass bell of wax flowers, they imagine they're elegantly furnished. The Gray Dawn So superficial and false a judgement is a quaint example of mid-Victorian taste: it reminds me of the horsehair sofa and the antimacassar. The Man Shakespeare As I passed the sitting-room I saw her tricked out as before in the hat and the antimacassar seated on the ottoman in front of the looking-glass. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches The straight-backed chairs upholstered in yellow and brown silk stood close sentry under the prints, in their antimacassar uniforms. The Mountebank The drawing-room was furnished with substantial tables, cabinets and chairs, and antimacassars, long and wide, and china ornaments and glass vases. Esther Waters Neither chiffonnier, nor pictures, nor antimacassars had changed at all; the bustling landlady was still loud and vigorous. The History of David Grieve She had no time now for crochet work, but there were plenty of antimacassars in the house. Married The feathers of the bird of paradise swept her shoulder—the one that was higher than the other—and mingled with the wheels of the white antimacassar. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches The old curtains had been cleaned, the antimacassars over the backs of chairs and sofa had been freshly washed, the floor polished. The Mountebank The room is comfortably furnished, though in fussy and eccentric Victorian taste; stuffed birds, Highland cattle in oils, antimacassars, and wax fruit are unobtrusively in evidence. Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts There were English chairs, curtains, ottomans covered with antimacassars, sofas and broken mirrors, and in the corner a small piano, ruined and destroyed. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 With a sigh, she glanced around the small room, with its old-fashioned furniture, its antimacassars of the early Victorian era, its wax flowers under their glass dome, and its gipsy-table covered with a hand-embroidered cloth. The House of Whispers Then he saw that her hands and feet were tied with an antimacassar torn into strips, and a rude sort of gag was in her mouth. The Governors He fetched a pail of water and washed out all the stains of blood, gathered up the two antimacassars and fetched clean ones from the other rooms. Lady into Fox Small, of course, and underfurnished, but some pictures and antimacassars would take off that bare look. The Spanish Chest Furthermore, it had special antimacassars, which were a work of art, and Mrs. Furze had warned Mr. Furze off them. Catharine Furze But in their cheap glass bowl upon the three- legged table, above which the cloth-covered canary maintains a stolid silence, they remind me of antimacassars and horsehair sofas and all that is depressing. Not that it Matters "How MUCH?" demanded Joe, banging the little triangular table with his fist, and thereby causing the man with the antimacassar to drop a couple of stitches. Many Cargoes Why, you’ll want me to crochet antimacassars next, or cross-stitch a sampler! Winding Paths David took from the back of his chair a crochet antimacassar with a lion rampant in the center and spread it over his knee. Kilmeny of the Orchard Constance ran after him with the antimacassar, which she spread softly on his shoulders; and Sophia put another one over his thin little legs, all drawn up. The Old Wives' Tale All the furniture was old and shabby and cheap, and the antimacassars and pictures and teacups old Mrs. Mumford prized so dearly were of no value except for association's sake. The Heart of Rachael The voice of the antimacassar worker broke the silence. Many Cargoes Whiskered photographs fade on morning-glory wallpapers, plaster saints pine under glass bells, antimacassars droop from plush sofas, yellowing diplomas display their seals on office walls. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort David, with a sigh, returned the crochet antimacassar carefully to its place on the chair back. Kilmeny of the Orchard And now, accustomed to the presence of the young virgins, and having tacitly acknowledged by his acceptance of the antimacassar that his state was abnormal, he gave himself up frankly to affliction. The Old Wives' Tale Two arm-chairs were draped with long white antimacassars, ready to slip off at a touch. Demos A small but strong lamp was burning in the fo'c'sle of the schooner Greyhound, by the light of which a middle-aged seaman of sedate appearance sat crocheting an antimacassar. Many Cargoes I declare to my antimacassar if you took up a straw from the bloody floor and if you said to Bloom: Look at, Bloom. Ulysses The contrast between the handsome white-and-gold theatre and the rows of portly, dowdy matrons, each one with her ample bosom swathed in a piece of antimacassar, was very comical. The Days Before Yesterday Constance had taken the antimacassar from the back of the chair, and protected him with it from the draughts. The Old Wives' Tale Might they have the embroidered antimacassars and the sofa cushions? The Enchanted Castle Miss Abbott did not sit down, partly because the antimacassars might harbour fleas, partly because she had suddenly felt faint, and was glad to cling on to the funnel of the stove. Where Angels Fear to Tread I said, 'Hunt, my good woman; have a good look round, hunt under the tables, poke up the chimney, shake out the antimacassars. Howards End I said, 'Hunt, my good woman; have a good look round, hunt under the tables, poke up the chimney, shake out the antimacassars.� Howards End There were two rocking-chairs with fluted backs covered by antimacassars, one on either side of the hearth. The Old Wives' Tale A few seconds later she threw off the antimacassar and cast the bowl, in which the fire was now out, on to the floor. The Ivory Child The horsehair easy-chairs bore disfiguring antimacassars, the photographs which adorned the walls were grotesque but typical of village ideals, the carpet was threadbare, the closed door secured by a latch instead of the usual knob. The Devil's Paw “There!” she says, pointing to the box on which the sacks and antimacassars and cushions lie piled. Diary of a Pilgrimage He led us on our arrival into a scene of re d cloth, wax dolls most indelicately displayed, cushions, antimacassars, and similar IDOLS. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody It must have stuck to his shoulders when he sprang up from the sofa, woollen antimacassars being notoriously parasitic things. The Old Wives' Tale The tree grew admirably upon the china plate under the cover of an antimacassar. The Ivory Child Basil, will you mount guard over the captive of your bow and spear and antimacassar? The Club of Queer Trades Frau Godowska pinned a rose in the centre of her reticule; another blossom was tucked in the mazy folds of a white antimacassar thrown across her breast. In a German Pension The tassels of the crazy cushion lay just so over the arm of the sofa, and the crochet antimacassar was always spread at precisely the same angel over the horsehair rocking chair. Chronicles of Avonlea As you trod the level pavement, you passed comfortable—nay, dainty—apartments, where lace curtains at the windows, antimacassars on the chairs, the silver biscuit-box and the thin-stemmed wine-glass moderated academic toils. The Enemies of Books I took the bowl and held it under my nose, while Har�t threw over my head the antimacassar which he had used in the mango trick, to keep in the fumes I suppose. The Ivory Child She sat, I may mention, in the cushioned basket-chair, the only comfortable chair in the room, and we sat on incredibly hard, horsehair things having antimacassars tied to their backs by means of lemon-coloured bows. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll He sat on her cushions and rolled her antimacassars up into balls. Chronicles of Avonlea |
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