| 单词 | arras |
| 例句 | An arras hanging on a wall billows, as if stirred by a strong wind, and from behind it scurries a creature with the face of my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I saw Claudius and Polonius steal like silent ghosts behind an arras. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Hamlet stabbed at the arras in my room, thinking it hid a spy. Alas, it was your father, and now, oh! Now he lies dead.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Was my father, as he crouched behind the arras, yet another unwilling player in a drama contrived by Claudius? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Gawaine sat gloomily on one of the side benches placed there for petitioners, with his arms folded and his head against the arras. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The arras that hid my father and Claudius barely stirred. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But I don't like it when they jump up and down behind the arras like Polonius in Hamlet, trying to distract my attention from the poor old actors. No sets, please, for Shakespeare – or anything else 2012-07-04T13:07:54Z So frequently does the play come up, indeed, that it has become a tradition at the annual Critics' Circle dinner to nail one Sambuca for every arras you've seen stabbed. What to say about ? Hamlet with Rory Kinnear 2010-10-11T11:05:00Z It has girls dressing up as boys, good and evil brothers, adoring shepherds, and even eavesdroppers hiding behind arrases. | 'Double Falsehood': Shakespearean Plot Twists, Maybe Even by Shakespeare 2011-03-27T23:37:01Z Staged moments — characters eavesdropping like Polonius behind his arras, lovers exchanging vows — baldly recall the genre’s cliches. ‘The Pope’s Daughter’ review: Dario Fo’s novel defends the Borgia clan 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z It is only possible to do the job properly from behind the arras. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z In Mayer’s description, life around Charles was “every bit as brutal as in the days when a twitching arras might signal a hidden assassin.” A Prince Charles biography stirring angst among British royalty 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z At the same moment there was a sound close to him; and, springing from behind the arras, a fierce and powerful man, named St. Malines, rushed upon him. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z She crossed the floor to a low door which was outlined for those who knew of its existence, by rough cuts in the arras. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He opened it very quietly, and we found ourselves behind the arras of Giulia's chamber. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z The Wings of a Dove is filled with the faintly audible tread of destiny behind the arras of life. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z And, at that, the arras in the dark corner beside the Pipers' Port swayed slightly, as though there were some one behind it about to come forth. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z "Hush!" cried Ignati, hearing the door of the Duke's cabinet open behind the arras. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z There was no answer, but the talons seemed to grip the shivering arras tighter. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z My host sprang up, and with his drawn rapier in his hand, lifted the arras. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The sun does its exaggerated violence to the yellow earth of the clearing; the forest hangs its arras over its secret. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Most of those even who were in the cabinet were concealed also behind the arras near the entrance, and the door was left open. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z Within, the arras hardly seems to stir Its languorous folds of purple, blue and green, Whose colours part or mix, as rise and fall The pine fire's odorous gleams on roof and wall. Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z The second chamber was the habitation of Asenath, and was adorned cunningly with ornaments of gold and silver, with costly gems, and with arras and stuffs most precious. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z As I said this we again heard the creaking noise, and Machiavelli jumped up as agilely as a panther, and sprung to the door behind the arras. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z Then I rose At midnight, when the halls were still, and raised The arras, and stole soft to where my son Lay sleeping. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z There was nothing left of it now, worse than nothing, only a smoking, evil-smelling hump of débris, with here and there a flapping rag of what had once been stately arras or cloth of gold. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The walls, in some places, were hung with arras, in others, wainscoted with dark lustrous oak, embellished with scrolls, ciphers, and fanciful designs. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Very pretty it was, and very dainty, and well furnished both outside and in, ceiling and floor, with arras and carpet of freshly plucked flowers; no sweeter habitation could man desire to see. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Then, also, there were occasionally costly stuffs, and tissues of exceeding richness, such as cloth of gold, velvets of Genoa, arras tapestry, and even pictures which might have hung in churches. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z But instead of growing angry, she caught Basia in her arras, and while trying, as it were, to lift her, she began to kiss her eyes. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Stirring my heart as a harp in the hall, Silent for ages, is stirred by the wind Breathed through the arras; and memories call Over the summits of spirit and mind. His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z In the same club are many who could not tell you who Boswell was any more than some members of the Melbourne Yorick could tell you what Hamlet killed behind the arras. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z A smaller doorway, hung with arras of black, is on the left, well toward the front. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z But I was a captive among them all, And the jeweled flagons were brimming with gall, And the arras of gold was a dungeon-wall,— I dreamed that they set me free! In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The next morning I began to ramble about, and so day after day, till every stately chamber, every haunted nook, every secret door, curtained with heavy arras, and every winding stair, became familiar to me. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Seated in the palace of the Lateran, one day an intruder pushes aside the arras. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Johnnie nodded, and walked slowly, with quiet footsteps, towards the door in the arras at the other side of the room. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Violante holds herself erect and triumphant, clinging to the great arras in back, struggling for strength to go out. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Suddenly, from the direction of the arras covering the door to left, a muffled sound begins to obtrude itself. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z When tired of turning over the old books, a door concealed behind the arras admitted me at once into the great gallery—my favourite haunt and daily promenade. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z As soon as the yeoman had put up by the arras, he spoke aloud, "May it please your majesty, here is one that inquires for Harry Tudor." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z The tall girl, sobbing and bleeding in the face, disappeared behind the arras. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Move one step further and I draw the arras! Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z A great mirror lay on the floor, an arras door behind stood open, an open souvenir, wheels, and articles of female apparel, were scattered about an old waxen head. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Just as the heavy arras fell behind me, with a dull echoing sound, a sudden gust of wind came rushing by, and extinguished my taper. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z This disappointment shattered her tender forces and she leaned, trembling, her arm and frizzled head against the arras. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z He was in a smallish room, hung around entirely with an arras of scarlet cloth, powdered at regular intervals with a pattern of golden bats. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Now, after a long pause, during which death processions are heard to pass, the arras over the smaller doorway is slowly put aside. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Then an arras went up; a covered female form, with innumerable veils on the face, stepped in, stood a moment, and flew to his heart. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z It was a long, narrow room, lighted with lancet windows and hung with rich arras. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z And under the litters and through the bed And within the presses all The traitors sought for the King, and pierced The arras around the wall. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z As yet the two gentlemen were not visible to them; these being behind and half-hidden by the arras curtains. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z In the center, at back, is a large doorway, hung with great black arras. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z The gentlemen threw themselves on all-fours to examine the arras and the shields, and pronounced their verdict with conscientious frankness. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z At the opening of the scene he said to the executioners who accompanied him: "Look thou stand within the arras"—that is, behind the curtain of needlework hanging on the wall. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z And the bed drooped low in the dark recess Whence the arras was rent away; And the firelight still shone over the space Where our hidden secret lay. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z It was full of precious stores, and was hung round with rich arras, into which was woven many a fair scene, portraying the feats of Cupid, the blind god. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z But now Lizzia draws aside the large black arras in the back. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z "In the arras—between the window and the wall—there it is, Barry," cried he, in a clear, distinct voice. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The stairway is hung with tapestries and priceless arras; the rooms are filled with paintings, bas-reliefs, medallions, marbles, armor,—a wealth of art objects. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z As Shakespeare turned from the window, the arras near the fire-place was lifted, and two persons noiselessly entered. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z It was of good height, and spacious: the walls were hung with arras of a sombre-hued cotton, and the floor covered with thick matting. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Again the earth, miraculous with May, Unfolds its vernal arras. The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy And she, contemptuous victim once of hate And score of plots, plunges her naked sword Thrice through the arras, which had never stirred— Afraid!—Elizabeth? Provocations I knew the monarchy was rotten—rotten to the very core; but I said, Better to die in the street � cheval than behind the arras on one's knees. Tony Butler Valentine vanished behind the arras, where was a door which led directly to the women's apartments. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion She was a dim figure on the arras of civilization, faintly mobile in the stressful winds of life. Carnival He was half tempted to throw aside the arras, fall upon the scoundrel, and, at the risk of his life, remove the tell-tale token. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses Westminster Hall, into which Anne’s litter was borne for the feast, was richly hung with arras and “newly glazed.” The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Then she remembered the secret way from her room to her husband's and she hurried along, reached the arras door, stood there and listened. The Golden Age in Transylvania He went out quietly, sinking noiselessly to the ground behind the arras of the door, and emerging again, as into another world, amid the hum and mutter of professorial argument. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Probably the imposition of decorated barbarism on her lucid and sensitive enjoyment of Verdi would have obscured the small windows of her soul with gloomy arras. Carnival The knight raised the arras and let it fall again behind him. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses They were sumptuously fitted up, and the walls of the principal apartment hung with arras, commemorating the doings of that royal polemic, Henry the Eighth. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 She feels for the spring in the sliding panel 'Neath the arras, hid in the carven oak. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses He did not, as Jean-aux-Choux had foretold, thrust a sword behind the arras. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion There was the great bed with the coverlet of old arras displaying the royal arms, and beside it stood a small table of mahogany inlaid with brass. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome I saw a church was fret with gold, With arras richly dight: There saw I altar, pall, and pix, Chalice, and font, and crucifix, And tapers burning bright.” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Old paintings on its wainscots, And, in its oaken hall, Old arras; and the twilight Of slumber over all. The Garden of Dreams He was half-tempted to throw aside the arras, fall upon the scoundrel, and, at the risk of his life, remove the tell-tale token. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) For the soldier who had fought so well against Coligny now dodged out and in, like a rat behind the arras. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion I found my weapon had the arras pierc'd, Just where that famous tale was interwoven, How the unhappy Theban slew his father. The Orphan or, The Unhappy Marriage But it was not merely in courts and palaces that arras was used; it was now, of a coarser fabric, universally adopted in the houses of the country gentry. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The Mayor's company, the Haberdashers, came first, then the Mercers, then the Grocers, and so on, the barges being garnished with banners and hung with arras and rich carpets. Old and New London Volume I Where is a champion to take up the gauntlet for such a Nell?” 255As quick as light, the King threw back the arras and came between them. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time And at that dread word the other traitor behind the arras might well have trembled also. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion "That" was something that had been hidden by the arras until Sir Pierre had slid it aside, and was still showing only a part of itself. The Eyes Have It The rich tapestry and arras hangings which belonged to St. James’s Palace, Hampton Court, Whitehall, and other Royal Seats, were purchased for Cromwell: these were inventoried at a sum not exceeding £30,000. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The Sire de Mal�troit made a signal to the chaplain, who crossed the room with long, silent strides and raised the arras over the third of the three doors. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) Nell, half draped in the arras, had seen the kiss in reality bestowed by Portsmouth but as she thought bestowed by the King. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Being a fellow of the arras and closets, he scented a royal secret. The Missourian "Good Heavens," Darcy muttered, "does he have something concealed behind every arras in the place?" The Eyes Have It At Richmond, the arras of Sir Bevis, and Virtue and Vice fighting. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries He stepped slowly forward with outstretched hands, until his foot struck the bottom step; then he rapidly scaled the stairs, stood for a moment to compose his expression, lifted the arras, and went in. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) As she was hastening by the arras, 253 her quick eye, however, recognized the King’s long plume behind it; and she halted in her course. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time If David's spirit had rested on Ahaz, he would surely, if he had wavered at all, have, on the word of the Prophet, thrown himself into the arras of his God. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 So far, everything of interest besides the late Count himself has been hiding under beds or behind arrases. The Eyes Have It After the production of the arras tapestries, arras became the common name for all tapestries: even for those which were wrought before the looms of Arras were in existence. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries It serves to show that arras was used in bedrooms thus early in Germany. Needlework As Art She clapped her mask to her eyes and near tumbled through the nearest arras out of the room in her eagerness to escape, dragging her ever-faithful comrade with her. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time A chain-drooped lamp was flickering by each door; The arras, rich with horseman, hawk, and hound, Fluttered in the besieging wind's uproar; And the long carpets rose along the gusty floor. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The boy got to his knees, then to his feet; he staggered backwards into the arras beside the door. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court For hidden behind the arras near the stair Stood Regnald, like the Demon in the play, Grasping his rapier part-way down the blade To strike the foul blow with its heavy hilt. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 I suppose her face answered for her; for Mrs. Laval, instead of presently leading the way down-stairs again, sat down in a chair by one of the windows and drew Matilda into her arras. Opportunities A rustle of the curtains indicated that some one had returned and was listening by the arras. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time They went straight to the house of the dove cote, and José waited without while, after a few eager hurried words, the other slipped behind the twinkling arras of river reeds and shells. The Flute of the Gods She half overbalanced, and catching at the arras to save herself, it fell with a rustling sound. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court She plucked an arras aside to show a room which surprised him by being hung with tapestries, lit with candles, and furnished with a fine broad featherbed. The Valor of Cappen Varra Are you willing to forsake the thoughtful soberness of antique oak-panelling for the tinsel of Venetian gold and the richness of Genoa velvet, Florentine tapestry, and Persian arras? A Walk from London to Fulham All the palaces too were hung with arras, flags fluttered everywhere, church bells were ringing. Olive in Italy The ancient arras seemed to offer a safe retreat. The Manor House School He moved a step down the corridor and, as he was lifting the arras a little way away, she moved to peep through a crack in the curtain. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court The windows burned in ruby and in blue, they made magnificent arras to their bower of secret stone. The Rainbow So Robin and Will went back to the hall, and presently the Squire's voice was heard through the arras which covered the north entrance to the apartment. Robin Hood In ivory coffers I have stuff'd my crowns, In Cypress chests my arras counterpoints. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare All loved and lovely women, dear to rhyme: Thaïs, Cassandra, Helen and their fames, Burn like tall candles through forgotten time, Lighting the Past's dim arras with their names. Ships in Harbour She tore the arras aside and sprang at him with her hand on high. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court "Shredded" is a transferred epithet, referring really to "arras," but transferred to the perfume of the arras. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Francis threaded her way through the crowd of yeomen to the door of the presence chamber, and drawing aside the arras that hid the entrance, opened it and entered. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The entrance to the cave was closed by a heavy arras of bearskins, three or four thick, and the ground in front was thickly strewn with round and flat stones cracked and blackened by fire. It, and Other Stories In "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Falstaff says, "I will ensconce me behind the arras." Hamlet The King made a small motion with his hand, and the great man, letting himself down by one hand against the arras, leaned back his head and stretched his long legs half across the corridor. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court And on the arras wrought you see A stately Huntsman, clad in green, And round him a fresh forest-scene. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold The walls were covered with soft arras embroidered in bright coloring skilfully blended. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls The thrash of a million branches, the hoarse booming of the wind, lend to the tiny chamber an air of comfort such as no carpets nor arras could induce. Anthony Lyveden Mad as the sea and wind, when both contend Which is the mightier: In his lawless fit, Behind the arras hearing something stir, Whips out his rapier, cries A rat, a rat! Hamlet He began to press the arras, along the wall towards her, with his finger tips. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court The Queen's cousin stood, his jaw still hanging wide, and his body crumpled back against the arras. The Fifth Queen Crowned Staying only long enough to see that there was no probability of saving the hair, Francis dashed through the arras, and fled through chamber after chamber trying to find an exit. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls While speaking with his mother, he discovers and kills a spy hidden behind the arras. William Shakespeare Giulia’s anguish had risen to that point at which such feelings become intolerable, and suggest the most desperate remedies—suicide,—when a low knock behind the pale-blue arras suddenly imparted hope to her soul. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf The arras pictured the story of the nymph Galatea; the windows bore intertwined in red glass the cyphers H and K that stood for Katharine of Aragon. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court He uttered— 'The King!' as if that were the most astonishing thing, and, standing behind the table, staggered and clutched the arras to sustain himself. The Fifth Queen Crowned Now do you place yourself in the gallery behind the arras. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Borachio, hiding behind the arras, overhears the truth of the matter. William Shakespeare But at that moment three low and distinct knocks were heard at the little door behind the arras. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Its tall, steep walls are hung with foliage—a trembling, precious arras, which spring will so emblazon with her spruce heraldry that every blowing rod breathes a refreshing madrigal. Jonah and Co. "In Warwick the truth ye shall see In arras wrought full craftily." Shakespeare's Family Mr. Morris preferred the word arras as attached to his weavings, tapestry having sometimes the odious modern meaning of machine-made figured stuffs for any sort of furniture covering. The Tapestry Book The holy table was set altar-wise against the wall, and a cloth of arras hung behind it embroidered with the history of the Last Supper. Stray Studies from England and Italy I love to fight a man, but this lurking danger which I guess hidden behind each arras——' 'The letter? A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg To the Baron's lodgings I went, which was not right great, but hung goodly with arras of Troy. The Sundering Flood Then the twelfth fairy stepped out from behind the arras where she had been hidden. The Sleeping Beauty Then I despatched all kinds of artificers, arras, furniture of regal splendor, to fit up the last relic of my inheritance, my palace in Genoa. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 These I called my "arras," having picked up the word from hearing my father read Shakespeare aloud at night after we were in the trundle-bed. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood She passed through the statue gallery and into the arras passage. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Its only arras was of the skins of wild beasts—of the African lion and leopard, the zebra, many antelopes. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Of these, one cast fine linen on the thrones, Which, next, with purple arras rich she spread; 430 Another placed before the gorgeous seats Bright tables, and set on baskets of gold. The Odyssey of Homer In Old French we also find the corrupt form contrepointe which gave Eng. counterpoint— "In ivory coffers I have stuff'd my crowns; In cypress chests my arras, counterpoints, Costly apparel, tents and canopies." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The background to Longfellow's "Sandalphon" is so fine an arras that it gives the poet a splendor not usual to his bourgeois lays. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Her entry, however, was further hidden by an arras of Gobelin tapestry fitted on a wooden partition running down one side of his Highness's room. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The holy table was removed from the centre, and set altarwise against the eastern wall, with a cloth of arras behind it, on which was embroidered the history of the Last Supper. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Meantime were spread Linen and arras on the deck astern, For his secure repose. The Odyssey of Homer "No doubt, lady," said Handassah, with her eyes fixed upon the arras. Rookwood It had long been noted for it, having been introduced by the Flemings as early as the twelfth century; and it was followed up in latter years by that of Sayes arras and bombasins. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Noiselessly she pushed aside the arras and entered. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg She called for a sword to lie constantly beside her and thrust it from time to time through the arras, as if she heard murderers stirring there. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Thus they conferr’d; and now Areta bade Her fair attendants dress a fleecy couch Under the portico, with purple rugs Resplendent, and with arras spread beneath, And over all with cloaks of shaggy pile. The Odyssey of Homer The room was sombre and dusky, partially dismantled of its once flowing arras, and the lights set upon the table feebly illumined its dreary extent. Rookwood But there’s nothing to show you but furniture and walls covered with arras and—oh yes, there is: I know. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Once more she took the key from her bosom and, passing through the statue gallery, she gained the hiding-place behind the arras. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Mistress Philippa! look you here: the Lady Mary left with me this piece of arras, and commanded me to give it unto you to be amended, and beshrew me but I clean forgot. The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] But aloft, where rich arras once hid the stone, and silver sconces held the torch, Nature now sets her hand, brings spleenwort and harts-tongue, trails the ivy, the speedwell, and the toad-flax.... Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts “That if I lifted the arras I could pass into another room.” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France She glided in behind the arras, and found the spring which opened the partition. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The arras of her life, wrought with such hard labour and bitter tears, was complete now. The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel Anon the lad would pass through the arras, creep to the great outer door, and look at the porter in his room beside it. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls "I daresay not," she confessed, nestling the more closely in his arras. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure “The King has a secret passage whose door is in the arras two chambers down the long corridor farther on.” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France She closed the bureau carefully and stepped behind the arras, shutting the tapestry door carefully. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg These apartments were richly hung with cloth of gold arras. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Behind the portrait a piece of tapestry, which used to be in the great schoolroom, recalls the fact that the whole sanctuary was hung with arras and also wainscoted in Queen Anne's time. Westminster Abbey So he dived beneath the arras, and then lifted it up; and he saw that in the wall was a small iron door like a cupboard. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset For his hand had at last come in contact with the boss, which he turned quickly, pressed hard, making the concealed door swing back, and then stooped in the gloom to raise the arras. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Resolutely, with that patience which is born of hazardous undertakings, she glided away through the arras door, through the black gallery, and regained her apartments. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg She walks much in her privy chamber, and stamps with her feet at ill news, and thrusts her rusty sword at times into the arras in great rage. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth I hid me behind the arras this morning, looking that you should come to hold discourse in that chamber where, saving for meat, you knew I was not wont to be. All's Well Alice's Victory This he thought he would take, so he locked the cupboard, let the arras fall, and stood awhile to consider. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset He turned away from the window at last and tapped the dark arras with which the walls were draped. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Once more she listened behind the arras; it seemed to her as if something moved. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Molly came upon him in a gallery of arras; caught him crouching there with his face hidden in his hands. Little Novels of Italy “Move this girl Gertrude to listen behind the arras, when as they talk together,” suggested the Bishop. All's Well Alice's Victory Before which, lodge an ambush in her chamber, Behind the arras, of your stoutest men All close and soundly arm'd; and let them share135 A spirit amongst them that would serve a thousand. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois The arras was thrown aside, and a tall handsome young cavalier strode into the ante-chamber and stopped short in astonishment. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Only the wolf-hound, then, who had been sleeping in the darkness behind the arras. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Hooks and brackets may be seen in the face of the piers at about three-quarters of their height; these were formerly used for the suspension of arras on occasions of great festivity. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See For a few seconds there was dead silence in the room; then the arras parted, and a concealed listener came out. All's Well Alice's Victory Thud, thud, thud—the firm steps approached; the arras was drawn back by a deliberate hand; and into the drawing room, his manner as easy and composed as ever, came Mr. Hurd. White Ashes Now then, back to the arras, and let us see.” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Down this she ran, almost brushing against a figure crouching behind the arras—a figure skulking there like the evil thing it was. Orrain A Romance The conversation behind the arras, at first low and murmuring, was becoming animated. The Statesmen Snowbound The arras waves, but know'st thou not 'Tis nothing but the blast? Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The house was mostly panelled throughout, and here and there hung pieces of magnificent tapestry and cloth of arras. By What Authority? The next minute they were opposite the secret door, which the King unfastened, and was about to raise the arras when the chamberlain pressed forward. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France The jokers behind the arras pull the strings. A Book of Prefaces The word arras comes from Arras, a town in France, which was famous for its beautiful tapestries. Stories That Words Tell Us What if they did, you old rat in the arras? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. He's a man's skin full of profaneness, a paradise full of weeds, a heaven full of devils, a Satan's bedchamber hung with arras of God's own making. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 But there,” he growled, with a suppressed oath; “back into the corridor, but extinguish that light before you raise the arras, and make sure that we are alone.” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France We may imagine them to ourselves wrought in arras for a sumptuous chamber. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Often in tales of olden times we read of people hiding behind the "arras." Stories That Words Tell Us Brandenburg accepted his gifts, in money, in jewels, in arras. Lectures on Modern history Bowls, solid silver armour here and there 397 They leave behind untouched, and arras rich and rare. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The corridor leading to the great gallery near the King’s apartment appeared perfectly deserted; neither guard nor gentleman in attendance seemed at hand to hinder their approach to the arras which hid the secret door. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Nor is the Charleston background a mere arras of recollection. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' In noblemen's houses," he says, "it is not rare to see abundance of arras, rich hangings, of tapestrie... Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Lofty ceilings, frescoed and gilded, blazing in gold, with the arms of the family in bold relief; walls with wainscoting, arras and gorgeous tapestry. Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton They had walls adorned with tapestries and hung with arras or hangings; occasionally their walls were panelled. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century I have but to cross here, pass behind the arras, make my way to the riverside, and then somehow I could, I would, reach France, with my country the richer for this night’s work. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Nor is that background a mere arras of recollection. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' At Beauvais, too, the weavers of arras were settled at the time of the Norman ravages. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The wild boar intrudes with impunity into the gardens--and the fowls of heaven roost within those spacious chambers, which were once hung with rich arras, or covered with gorgeous tapestry. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Late one day Brandon had gone over to this quiet retreat, and having selected a volume, took his place in a secluded little alcove half hidden in arras draperies. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth I pulled a hole in the arras and peered through. Berry And Co. The commonest materials became rich chintz and costly arras in his hands, mahogany, or rose-wood, at his bidding. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters "The gallery—behind the arras, yonder," he said. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars "The Lord Stanley awaits Your Majesty's pleasure," said the page, stepping within the arras. Beatrix of Clare Polonius, behind the arras, echoes her call; and in a moment Hamlet, hoping the concealed person is the King, runs the old man through the body. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Behind the arras, can it be he feels, Black-browed and grim, with eyes of sombre fire, Death towers above him with uplifted sword? Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses So saying, he introduced them, and on seats Placed them with purple arras overspread, Then thus bespake Patroclus standing nigh. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper "You are sure that is better than hiding behind the arras and hitting it over the head with a pole-axe?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 At that moment the arras was drawn aside and a young and slender woman entered. Beatrix of Clare The greatest sums were produced by the tapestry and arras hangings, which were chiefly purchased for the service of the Protector. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 It formed the grand embellishment of the interior of the palaces and baronial castles, "The gorgeous halls which were on every side, With rich array and costly arras dight." The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science So he, and at his word Achilles bade His train beneath his portico prepare805 With all dispatch two couches, purple rugs, And arras, and warm mantles over all. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The tendons of her neck were like thick, taut string, and the loose arras of flesh that hung between them would not be nice to kiss, even though one loved her so much. The Judge De Lacy caught his breath and stood staring, like one bereft of sense, until the dropping of the arras hid her from his sight. Beatrix of Clare The Death Watch tick'd behind the panel'd oak, Inexplicable tremors shook the arras, And echoes strange and mystical awoke, The fancy to embarrass. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Concealed behind the arras, Richard Nutter heard enough to confirm his worst suspicions," pursued the lady; "but he did not hear my justification. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Patroclus then his fellow-warriors bade,820 And the attendant women spread a couch For Phœnix; they the couch, obedient, spread With fleeces, with rich arras, and with flax Of subtlest woof. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Keats, "The Eve of Saint Agnes": "The arras rich with hunt and horse and hound Flattered in the besieging wind's uproar, And the long carpets rose along the gusty floor." A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century He sought the presence chamber at the usual hour, but it was deserted; and after waiting a short while he was on the point of leaving when the arras suddenly parted and the Countess entered. Beatrix of Clare The arras," laughed his companion, "why it will bulge out like the monuments in Bakewell Church; the first who comes will spy thee out. Heiress of Haddon The walls of the tower were of immense thickness, and the entrance to the chamber towards which the arched doorway led was covered by a curtain of old arras, behind which the hag had disappeared. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Nay, then he can never discover me, now the wrong side of the arras is turned towards him. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 Silently, and with due caution, she led the unfortunate Earl to her own chamber, where, in a recess opening through the bed's head into the arras, he seemed secure from discovery. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Then suddenly she whisked it from him and was gone behind the arras. Beatrix of Clare "I shall hide me behind the arras till she comes," replied Manners. Heiress of Haddon Her lamp required trimming and burnt dimly, but by its imperfect light she saw the arras move. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest These masques and court pageants gradually brought movable scenery upon the stage, in place of the tapestries, "arras cloths," "traverses," or curtains drawn upon rods, which had previously furnished the theatre. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character A great curtain of figured arras hung in front, concealing the interior, where the queen and her maidens were supposed to be held captive. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 "Sorry, indeed, for those on the other side of the gates," came a voice from behind the arras, and the King parted the hangings. … Beatrix of Clare By the blazing fire sits the gray-haired sire, And infant arras surround him; And he smiles on all in that quaint old hall, While the smoke-curls float around him. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry What with the gloomy arras, the shrouded bedstead, and the Gothic wardrobe with its mysterious figures, the chamber had a grim, ghostly air, and so the young girl thought on entering it. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest A Louis XVI room could not possibly have arras cloth used in it, while it would be charming and appropriate in a modern bungalow. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The black-faced visor having seated himself, the arras was again let down; when several men, bedizened with ribands and nosegays, wheeled off the vehicle to its destination on the green. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 "Will you be occupied very late?" she asked, as he held back the arras. Beatrix of Clare He leered most terribly from arras of leaves or indicated fright or cunning. Twelve Men The wine-cup hides arsenic; the headpiece is smeared with antimony; there is a dagger behind every arras, and each shadow is a murderer's. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series The germ of the home ideal was there, at least, but it was hard work for the arras and the "ciel" to keep out the cold and cover the bare walls. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Even the hangings and figured draperies wore a grim and perturbed expression; and Jephtha's daughter and the Queen of Sheba looked more dismal and profuse than ever from the dusky arras. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He drew back the arras—then paused as though the thought had just come: 'Perchance it will interest you to know that a certain Aymer de Lacy has left England and returned to France.' Beatrix of Clare Tyrconnell, now a duke, the judges, the mayor and the corporation, completed the procession, which moved beneath arches of evergreens, and windows hung with 'tapestry and cloth of arras.' The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Through the long galleries and chambers hung with arras, eight of them went, bearing torches, in search of Vittoria and her brothers. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Only a few feet, and the dogwood stars, the purple mist of the Judas-tree, the white fragrance of a wild cherry, came like a painted arras between them. Audrey Suddenly was heard the clanking of armour, and the tramp of nailed feet, announcing his approach; the heavy arras was uplifted, and Gamel the Thane stood before them. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 We were ushered into a large, fair chamber hung with arras, the carpet under our feet deep and soft as moss. Helmet of Navarre Passing through a door, concealed by the arras of her bedroom, into a chamber like that she had seen in her sleep, she stumbles over a rusty dagger and finds a roll of mouldering manuscripts. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance I dressed very deliberately, and that process over, was led by the worthy seneschal into a singular octagonal boudoir, hung with soft dark blue arras. In the Wrong Paradise He came nearer, and held up his arras to where she stood,—the heavy, masterful face pale and wet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 This earthly propping of a withered plant, this drawing of tattered arras over a blood-stained wall, what was it to the matter? Sir Mortimer Yet gallantly bedecked was the cave, as any old armorial hall hung round with banners and arras. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Above the arras was built an upper room, which might serve as Juliet's balcony or as the speaking-place of a commandant supposed to stand upon a city's walls. The Theory of the Theatre In the chamber of a man of genius we Write all down: Such and such pictures;—there the window; …..the arras, figures, Why, such and such. Poems The picture of the Huntsman on the arras is one of the most notable in English poetry. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems The room in which she found herself was ruddy with firelight, the flames coloring the marble chimney-piece and causing faint shadows to chase one another across an arras embroidered with a hunting scene. Sir Mortimer When the door gave way they found hanging across in front of them a very thick arras, and pressing this aside they entered a small room in the thickness of the wall of the keep. The Boy Knight The musicians sit upon the stage, and the actors enter through an arras at the right or at the left of the rear wall. The Theory of the Theatre He noted the turbulence of Rome and Florence, saw behind the gay-tinted arras of the Renaissance the sinister figures of its supermen and criminals. Promenades of an Impressionist And on the arras wrought you see A stately Huntsman, clad in green, And round him a fresh forest-scene. 155On that clear forest-knoll he stays, With his pack round him, and delays. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems The little arras door opened and disclosed to view a slender, tall young man, in gold-laced blue uniform, with red facings. The Youth of the Great Elector These great teeth or tusks grow in the upper jaw downwards, and not upwards from the lower jaw, as erroneously represented by some painters and arras workers. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Flight was the only resource left him, and in a mad impulse of terror he flung himself on the floor, and crept beneath the bed, the arras of which concealed him from sight. The Lord of Dynevor He asked me if the arras were a present, to which I answered in the affirmative, as the prince was by, lest it might be seized. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time What is the purpose in introducing the Huntsman on the arras? Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems He drew aside the arras hangings and peered into the deserted room. The Thirsty Sword Then ye go upstairs and ye have a fine high hall, and of everie end a chamber hung both with arras hangings. Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 That was the hideous thought which like a deathmask suddenly leered at me from behind the arras of my mind—that I counted for nothing—cared really for nothing! The "Goldfish" Give me a fair room yet hung with arras, and some great cardinal to lug me by th' ears, as his endeared minion. The White Devil But no one is deceived, and the hunter does not move from the arras, but is still "rooted there," with his green suit and his golden tassel. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The mystic consciousness looks upon nature as an arras embroidered over with symbols of the things it conceals from view. Architecture and Democracy Almost as the lady set foot within the room, which she did after a brief deliberation, dropping the arras noiselessly behind her, the young man arose. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance The gallery of the triforium itself is draped with arras and rich draperies. The Italians When the door gave way, they found hanging across in front of them a very thick arras, and pressing this aside they entered a small room in the thickness of the wall of the keep. Winning His Spurs A Tale of the Crusades A thick red carpet covered the floor, red arras the walls; the music of Mozart and Beethoven was on the grand piano. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California Now at its own entrance it was to push the arras aside, for the Death-Justicer of the Mark was to go before the Judge of all the earth. Red Axe Before drawing aside the arras that covered the secret entrance to the chamber, the lady paused to listen; and hearing nothing to alarm her, she softly raised a corner of the woof and looked in. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance "Beg pardon, madam," interposed Simmons, parting the Flemish arras, upon which was depicted the sinking of the Spanish Armada. By Advice of Counsel Napoleon is the sinister shape behind the arras; and the Tory government licks his patent-leather boots. Ailsa Paige Beyond the arras the steward and his lord were at irritable converse. Chivalry And the next cut to this shows us the Bridegroom and Bride walking through an apartment hung with arras, while before them dances Death, beating a tabor, like a child beside himself with joy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 The principal subjects represented on the arras were the Judgment of Solomon, and the Temptation of our first Parents in the Garden by the Serpent. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Yet are not you and I in the toils of that destiny there that moves the arras. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays But before she could speak, Nick and Colley, dressed as a farmer boy and girl, with a garland of house-grown flowers about them, came down the stage from the arras, hand in hand, bowing. Master Skylark Prince Rupert, dreading above all things to be taken prisoner, and seeing that resistance would be, as their hostess said, vain, followed her into an adjoining room hung with arras. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War The young mail being hid, after some knavery, behind the arras, in come our quidam and that prelate. The Saint's Tragedy "I know," she whispered, and he could feel her arras trembling, and her breath coming quickly. The Hunted Woman She called for a sword to lie constantly beside her, and thrust it from time to time through the arras, as if she heard murderers stirring there. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V At the back of the stage were two doors for the players, and between them hung a painted cloth or arras behind which the prompter stood. Master Skylark For a quarter of an hour they ransacked it high and low, overturned every article of furniture, pulling down the arras, and tapping the walls with the hilts of their swords. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War I went nearly throughout the whole spacious place of thick-carpeted halls, marbles, and famous oils, antlers and arras, and gilt saloons, and placid large bed-chambers: and it took me an hour. The Purple Cloud The walls were hung with a many-figured green arras of needle-wrought tapestry representing a hunt, the work of some Flemish artists who had spent more than seven years in its composition. A House of Pomegranates All about the walls were cupboards, locked and padlocked, and concealed from view by hangings of dark-coloured arras. The Black Arrow I'll not speak a word more for a king's ransom, unless the ground be perfumed, and covered with cloth of arras. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 So reasoning, he felt his soul go forth in kinship with that august company, that multitude whose gaze was forever upon the arras of infinity. The Red One I'll not speak another word, except the ground were perfumed, and covered with cloth of arras. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 By the time they reached the arras behind which he had disappeared, they found a heavy stone door blocking their further progress. Thuvia, Maid of Mars The knight raised the arras and let it fall again behind him. The Black Arrow Curtain and cloth of arras deck the wall, Sumptuously woven and in different wise, In vaulted cellar and in littered stall; Not only spread in latticed galleries, Not only spread in lordly bower and hall. Orlando Furioso As I hesitated the arras at the further end of the hall was swept aside, a disordered mob of slaves bearing bundles and dragging Heru with them rushing down to the door near us. Gulliver of Mars What is that ghastly face looking out balefully after him from behind the arras? Vanity Fair And when towards the close Mr Moore again quotes from Mr Yeats, it is still “harping on my daughter” to undo Stevenson, as though a rat was behind the arras, as in Hamlet. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial Certainly there was a secret passage in the hall; the eye that had watched him from the arras gave him proof of that. The Black Arrow It is the fever driving out my soul, And Death stands waiting by the arras there. Helen of Troy and Other Poems As the arras fell behind the departing King, De Montfort shrugged his broad shoulders, and turning, left the apartment by another door. The Outlaw of Torn Then they disappeared through a door which closed behind them; but, ere it closed, I saw that the room into which it opened was a rich chamber, hung with gorgeous arras. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women In such a posture they heard a bustle of armored men, and when all turned, saw how a sword protruded through the arras. The Certain Hour He was half-tempted to throw aside the arras, fall upon the scoundrel, and, at the risk of his life, remove the telltale token. The Black Arrow Of arms, and arras, and of plate, they find A precious load; but these they leave behind. The Aeneid English There was a commotion at one side of the room, the arras parted, and Eleanor, Queen of England, staggered toward the throne, tears streaming down her pale cheeks. The Outlaw of Torn Now shalt thou hear of me somewhat more than the arras and the book could tell thee; and yet not all, for time would fail us therefor—and moreover my heart would fail me. The Well at the World's End: a tale I bought a piece of arras to make two mantles for my mother-in-law and my wife, for ten fl. eight st. Albert Durer Time passed slowly for the young man, bolt upright behind the arras. The Black Arrow Suddenly the arras in the corner was lifted and Hualipa reappeared, who, lifting one hand, said somewhat in his soft speech, whereupon Don Federigo rose suddenly and I also. Martin Conisby's Vengeance While Calderon thus soliloquised, the arras was lifted aside, and a cavalier, on whose cheek was the first down of manhood, entered the apartment. Calderon the Courtier, a Tale Long he abode in that chamber looking at the arras, and wondering whether the sitter in the ivory throne would be any other than the thrall in the greenwood cot. The Well at the World's End: a tale There it is'—she pointed to the heavy, purple-grey haze that hung like arras on a wall, between the sloping sky and the sea. The Trespasser Over and over they rolled, grappling for each other’s throat, and still baffled by the arras, and still silent in their deadly fury. The Black Arrow Monsieur de Frison," d'Arnaye resumed, when the arras had fallen, "believe me, I grieve to interrupt your very moving and most excellently phrased ballad in this fashion. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Some fine specimens of ancient tapestry of Arras, hence the name arras, chiefly in shades of grey and blue, and also specimens of the delicate hand-made Arras lace, are here. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Straight the three bands prepare in arras to join, Each band the number of the sacred Nine. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 They had remained behind the arras, and had not gone out as she must have supposed. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare The interior of the hall was the common living-room for both men and women, who slept on the reed-strewn floor, the ladies’ sleeping-place being separated from the men’s by the arras. English Villages Beyond its great folding doors he found another corridor hung with the ribbons of arras; in the midst of it a broad stone staircase. The Forest Lovers Here, standing against the arras, they were concealed from the sight of the guests by the crowd of servitors passing to and fro. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest The cry was louder now and so near that she shivered and, hiding her face, spake below her breath: "The turret-stair—behind the arras of my bed!" The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Ah! who was that unhappy woman whose eyes kissed your bare, slim body through tears that blessed you, where she sat among the women of the royal household behind the arras? The Fugitive In another moment she had bundled him into an alcove behind the arras at the chamber's end, a tiny closet that was no better than a cupboard contrived for the storing of household linen. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Now and then he caught sight of a shredded arras on the walls; in one room a disordered bed; on the floor of another a woman's glove. The Forest Lovers At length a feeble glimmer of light, which shone through a crevice in the wainscoting of a dark nook in the bedroom, announced some recess or concealment behind the arras. Quentin Durward But ah! no cunning arras could conceal This throbbing heart. Count Alarcos; a Tragedy Then was the arras drawn aside And girt with wake lights drear, Beneath the archway's carven vault, Was borne a white-crossed bier. Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses And then, in the last flicker of vision, the arras and the clear insistent strings, the whispering brocade de Lyons on the landing. Linda Condon My trees, my birds—" she had many birds in cages—"my collections of arms and arras and odd books, are my friends for want of better. The Forest Lovers "Good watch!" thought the youthful soldier as his guide stole away from him with that noiseless gliding step which was peculiar to him, and vanished through a side door behind the arras. Quentin Durward On the other side she saw the same red threads that crimsoned her heart running across the arras to and from the heart of Jim Dyckman. We Can't Have Everything "Yes, father, the rooms are brighter and lighter than these and the walls are all hung with arras and furnished far more comfortably." At Agincourt "It is nothing," said she, faintly; "a rat behind the arras." Rob Roy — Volume 01 As this metamorphosis took place, the hubbub among the other personages in the arras disappeared from the imagination of the dreamer, which was now exclusively bent on the single figure before him. The Antiquary — Volume 01 The King had scarce spoken these words ere he disappeared behind the arras, leaving Quentin to meditate on what he had seen and heard. Quentin Durward And there hung an arras portière over a doorway to the right of the fireplace. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Beneath "nod" is the word "arras," which has been scored through. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 Once more the arras was withdrawn, and Anna stood before him. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction At length an individual figure among the tissued huntsmen, as he gazed upon them more fixedly, seemed to leave the arras and to approach the bed of the slumberer. The Antiquary — Volume 01 Each passing breath of wind, which, finding its way through the open lattice, waved the old arras, sounded like the approach of the fair object of his expectation. Quentin Durward His manner seemed so strange, and his errand so irregular, that Petruccio's suspicions were aroused, and raising the arras, he saw the passage was filled with armed men. The Tragedies of the Medici He is part of the furniture of the rooms, and serves for a walking picture, a moving piece of arras. Character Writings of the 17th Century The pieces of arras belonged to his father; and probably this was an additional reason why the affectionate son wished the proceeds to defray the expense of the epitaph. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 Houses were swept and garnished, spread with reeds, and furnished with hangings of rich arras. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut For arras hangings and rich tapestry We have sweet nature's best embroidery. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 At a preconcerted signal the arras over the doorway leading to the private audience chamber was lifted, and there advanced Piero's widow with her two sons, clothed in the dark habiliments of mourning. The Tragedies of the Medici They gnaw'd the arras above and beneath, They eat each savoury dish up; And shortly their sacrilegious teeth Began to nibble the bishop! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 325, August 2, 1828 The arras over one of the walls was pushed aside, and two women came in with refreshments. The Prince of India — Volume 01 As to the gentleman behind the arras, he was not in much less consternation. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling When there was no reasonable excuse for bringing Saloonio on the stage the Colonel swore that he was concealed behind the arras, or feasting within with the doge. Literary Lapses Eleanora, the Duchess's sister-in-law, had seen and felt the cold steel dagger, struck out from behind the arras, by her husband's hand—she was dead! The Tragedies of the Medici He was modest, half-shy, and the nuns who peered at him from behind the arras as he walked down the hallway of the Convent caused his countenance to run the chromatic scale. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists The roughness and chill of the walls were provided against by woollen drapery answering for arras. The Prince of India — Volume 01 There was displayed much arras on wall and pavement both, Much purple and much samite and store of precious cloth. The Lay of the Cid Helen drew a quick sigh, and closing her eyes, dropped against the arras. The Scottish Chiefs Bianca looked up, somewhat annoyed to find herself alone, and, as she did so, she detected a slight movement behind the arras over the door. The Tragedies of the Medici The cup of vengeance was dashed away from her lips for, behind the arras, the waiting headsman of Fate had struck in the night and laid low the man who would have compassed her death! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story I trow there be among you some that remember my handling in the curious case of my Lady Lake, and how I trimmed them about the story of hearkening behind the arras. The Fortunes of Nigel They proceeded together to Frederick's chamber; where luckily old Gemmingen, a brave soldier, kept guard behind the arras. Hyperion Malcolm from his hiding place heard the general movement as the officers left the apartment, and looking cautiously out from beneath the arras, saw that the chamber was entirely empty. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus She trembled as her husband held aside the arras, turned deadly pale, and, retreating for a moment, she whispered to her lady-in-waiting, Donna Lucrezia de' Frescobaldi—"Shall I enter, or shall I not?" The Tragedies of the Medici Under the arras I was told is a strong planking of Saj, or Indian teak, and above it a stuccoed Sath, or flat roof. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 There were thousands of cakes of copper and silver on board, plate, pearls, jewels, chains, brooches, arras, satins, velvets, sets of armour for the King of Portugal, and a huge chest of coined gold. Escape, and Other Essays We withdrew; making a profound inclination as we disappeared behind the tappa arras. Omoo Sir crack, I am none of your fresh pictures, that use to beautify the decayed dead arras in a public theatre. Cynthia's Revels The door of every room also was open and the arras pulled aside, but nowhere could she see or hear her husband. The Tragedies of the Medici "Beneath this arras," said the Princess, "is the door leading to my private apartments." The Enchanted Castle From every girder and column, from every arras, pendent and looping, burst diamond glitterings, ruby luminescences, lanced flames of molten emerald and sapphires, flashings of amethyst and opal, meteoric iridescences, dazzling spectrums. The Metal Monster From floor to ceiling it was hung with arras of purple brocade alternating with cloth of gold; thus on three sides. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza I would know what were done behind the arras, what upon the stairs, what in the garden, what in the nymphs' chamber, what by barge, and what by coach. Cynthia's Revels She had heard a rustle! she had seen something! it was a hand held beyond the arras!—and there was a poignard within its grasp! The Tragedies of the Medici It was a page thrusting aside the arras that broke the spell. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest In fantastic arrases they swayed in front of us—now hiding by, now revealing through their quicksilver interweavings the mounts of the Cones. The Metal Monster In the next moment, however, the arras near the bed was slowly lifted, and a person appeared behind it, entering from a small door in the wall. The Mysteries of Udolpho I have given 10 florins, 8 stivers for a piece of arras for two mantles for my mother-in-law and my wife. Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries And, drawing aside the arras, he showed him a certain secret place large enough to hold a man, then left the room. Red Eve Wherever a group of scarlet cloaks made a bright patch upon the human arras, there was a flutter of approval. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest She remained alone, brooding, in a state of indescribable anguish, upon the probable fate awaiting her, when all at once, raising her eyes, she beheld a tall dark figure near the arras. Windsor Castle Ludovico now opened the door of the bed-room, and the Count, as he entered, was struck with the funereal appearance, which the dark arras gave to it. The Mysteries of Udolpho Tomasin has given my wife fourteen ells of good thick arras for a mantle and three and a half ells of half satin to line it. Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries The walls were hung with arras, there was a noble carpet beneath as well as upon the table, and against the wall stood richly carved trunks. To Have and to Hold Swinging back, the arras disclosed a face full of amazement. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest "And woe to you also, false cardinal," cried Anne Boleyn, throwing aside the arras, and stepping forward. Windsor Castle It was a plain, comfortable apartment he sat in, hung with arras, and adorned with maps and pictures. The Golden Dog The rooms used by the sage were commodious and weather-proof, with some remains of ancient splendour in the faded arras that clothed the walls, and the huge tables of costly marble and elaborate carving. Zanoni Where were now the brave old hangings of arras which had adorned the walls of lordly mansions in the days of Elizabeth? The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Tapestry and arras hung from the windows of those who could afford to exhibit such finery. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Anne pressed his hand, with a look of ineffable gratitude, and Surrey concealed himself behind the arras. Windsor Castle A dull sound, like footsteps shuffling in the dark passage behind the arras, struck her ear; she knew her strange visitant was come. The Golden Dog The walls are all hung with rich arras, the floors adorned with marvellous rugs and carpets. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Disturbed by the wind shaking the mouldering tapestry, she found a concealed door behind the arras and a suite of rooms, one of which was the chamber of her dream! Adventures Among Books "In loco pascuae," was a picture almost the same as that in the bedroom arras. The Path of the King As the words were uttered, the door behind the arras was suddenly shut with violence. Windsor Castle A low knock, twice repeated on the thick door behind the arras, drew her at once to her feet. The Golden Dog "The lion, rather, by the roar of it," said Amyas, making a dash at the arras behind him. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth It was like looking through a green-spangled arras to peer into the woods beyond or behind. The Financier, a novel The dozen in their train followed, raising as they went by such a dust cloud that presently all became like figures upon worn arras. 1492 As he uttered aloud this wild and unguarded speech, the arras screening the door was drawn aside, and gave admittance to Wolsey. Windsor Castle Through the corridor came the rush of feet, the arras in the doorway was rudely flung aside, and the poor child's fierce pursuers, with her cruel uncle at their head, rushed into the room. Historic Girls Once more the arras was drawn back, and in the hush Myles heard voices in the other room. Men of Iron I will write all down: Such and such pictures; there the window; such The adornment of her bed; the arras; figures, Why, such and such; and the contents o' the story. Cymbeline Mad as the sea and wind, when both contend Which is the mightier: in his lawless fit Behind the arras hearing something stir, Whips out his rapier, cries 'A rat, a rat!' Hamlet No sooner had Rochford quitted the chamber than the arras at the farther end was raised, and Wyat stepped from behind it. Windsor Castle Go, hide thee behind the arras:—the rest walk, up above. King Henry IV, Part 1 Then his conductor lifted the arras at the door of the bedchamber, whence came the murmuring sound of many voices, and holding it aside, beckoned him to enter, and Myles passed within. Men of Iron Not a picture on the walls, not an arras, but had been rent to shreds. Mistress Wilding With that he rose hastily, deposited his papers in an iron chest, and opening a concealed door behind the arras, entered a chamber that rather resembled a monk's cell than the apartment of a prince. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Behind the arras that you see hanging in the rear of the throne above you is a secret opening. The Chessmen of Mars Falstaff!—fast asleep behind the arras, and snorting like a horse. King Henry IV, Part 1 Up the centre of the hall was laid a carpet of arras, and the passage was protected by wooden railings. Men of Iron In older English "arras" is used also for tapestry. The Nibelungenlied Ancient statues and busts were arranged around; the pictured arras of Lombardy decorated the walls, and covered the massive seats. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Behind the throne he parted the arras and found the secret opening. The Chessmen of Mars He tears down the arras from before an inner chamber's bolted door. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed The floor of the hall was spread with mats of rushes stained in various colors, woven into curious patterns, and in the smaller rooms precious carpets of arras were laid on the cold stones. Men of Iron Myles, as he stood patiently waiting, with his father's arm resting in his, could hear the muffled sound of voices from beyond the arras. Men of Iron The young Colonna lifted the arras from the wall, opened a door, and passed into a low hall, in which sate twenty mercenaries. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Flinging aside the arras he stood ready, sword in hand, to fight his way to the side of Tara of Helium—but she was not there. The Chessmen of Mars The arras blows out from the wall, and a door bangs in a far-off hall. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed The next moment the arras was drawn aside, and the Earl entered the antechamber again. Men of Iron He stepped aside then and another emerged from the corridor hidden by the arras. The Chessmen of Mars How far from the wall the arras is blown! Sword Blades and Poppy Seed Even as he ceased speaking the arras behind the throne parted and a warrior stepped forth upon the dais. The Chessmen of Mars The arras blows sidewise out from the wall, and then falls back again. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed The cold painted walls had been hung with tapestry, and its floor had been spread with arras carpet. Men of Iron |
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