| 单词 | lorgnette |
| 例句 | I could tell by her abrupt manner, and the way she tapped her lorgnette against her teeth, that she was questing possibilities. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He held a pair of tortoiseshell lorgnette glasses to his eyes, to get a better look at the flames climbing the building’s walls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One hand carried a gigantic bag, the kind that holds passports, engagement diaries, and bridge scores, while the other hand toyed with that inevitable lorgnette, the enemy to other people’s privacy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Van Hopper put down her fork, and reached for her lorgnette. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then Mrs. Van Hopper folded her lorgnette with a snap, and leant across the table to me, her small eyes bright with excitement, her voice a shade too loud. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “And where do you go to school, my dear?” said an elderly lady, inspecting Lyra through a lorgnette. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He would hand Monsieur Giannot the stone, and Giannot would pull brass lorgnettes out of his breast pocket and fit their lenses over his calm eyes and tell him: real or fake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Van Hopper putting up her lorgnette and calling to her daughter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Something new, Edna?” exclaimed Miss May- blunt, with lorgnette directed toward a magnificent cluster of diamonds that sparkled, that almost sputtered, in Edna’s hair, just over the center of her forehead. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z They suggest some of us still feel the local temperance union lurking around the corner, peering at our pleasures through disapproving lorgnettes. Attention, day drinkers: Here’s what you should be imbibing 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z And, like a Brontë sister in a box at the opera, Perry observes the drama from an omniscient perch, examining her characters as if through a lorgnette. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Peering through her silver lorgnette, the martini-packing woman with the big jewelry is woozy with disorientation. Theater Review: ?In Masks Outrageous and Austere? at the Culture Project 2012-04-17T02:00:12Z Here is Smith, sans magic wand, sans the pearls and lorgnette, facing the camera as an unadorned suburban housewife telling her story of hope and desperation with only her voice and facial expressions. ‘Maggie Smith’ review: The person behind the ‘Downton Abbey’ star 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Hamill’s distinctive spin is to read “Pride and Prejudice” through the lorgnette of game theory. Review: In This ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ Love Is a Zero-Sum Game 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Maybe that lorgnette gives everything “a sort of visionary appearance,” as you put it. Theater Review: ?In Masks Outrageous and Austere? at the Culture Project 2012-04-17T02:00:12Z A lyrical aesthete and a Flaubertian prose polisher, he is pictured, in “Lucky Per,” as the sickly poet Enevoldsen, fussing with his lorgnette at a Copenhagen café while worrying about “where to put a comma.” A Neglected Modern Masterpiece and Its Perverse Hero 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z People lost things then that we don’t lose now, simply because we don’t use them: lorgnettes, pince-nez spectacles, chatelaine bags, fox tails, feather boas, auto starter cranks, pocket watches, watch fobs, watch keys . Perspective | Lose your lorgnette, watch fob or gold sleeve button? The Post had you covered. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z He won a national student design competition two years running, once for a white desk phone that had a handset with a long handle, like a lorgnette. Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z At the sound of the opening of the door, Mrs. Revere turned and critically surveyed the girl through her lorgnette, and criticism at once gave place to approbation. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z No one had ever stared at her through lorgnettes in the insolent way that Mrs. Van Cleave did. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The august personage in purple paused at sight of the slender, blue-frocked figure, and raising a gold-mounted lorgnette to her eyes deliberately inspected it. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z Her friend, behind unabashed lorgnettes, made occasional comments. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The Countess, putting up her lorgnettes, surveyed her fixedly, and severely. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z The lorgnette dropped from her hand, and, instead of shaking hands formally, as she had anticipated, Mrs. Revere rose and took the girl in her arms. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Even the fat Mrs. Van Cleave was crying behind her lorgnette when Yetta told of her first supper with Harry. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Thanks to my lorgnette I soon discovered that he was Michel's man of affairs. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z “Have I the pleasure of your acquaintance?” she inquired coldly, turning her lorgnette on the Frenchman. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Before she had unclasped her cloak and seated herself in the box at Hollister's side, numerous lorgnettes were leveled upon the lovely, dignified picture that she made. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z "A young woman!" exclaimed his mother, peering at him through her lorgnette in her very best Boston manner. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z "We can't permit this," Mrs. Van Cleave said, snapping her lorgnette ominously. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z These may be very ornate in the upper grades, more nearly approaching the lorgnette, or even the opera-glass. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z With your permission," added the Dane, taking up his lorgnette, which he had placed on the table, "this threatens to become a rather long international conference. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Miss Stuart, with her lorgnette, was making a survey of the church. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The lorgnettes were now directed towards the altar. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The lady in the landau raised her lorgnettes and calmly surveyed the waiting nobleman. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z As we were viewing the statues of the Louvre, he exclaimed, "I see nothing but blocks of marble;" and he went off immediately to Chevalier's, the optician, to buy himself a lorgnette. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z No, we cannot tell," rejoined the Dane, adjusting his lorgnette; "but we shall certainly meet again the types which we resemble. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z “Umph!” she said, examining it through her lorgnette, “did you do that, or Bridget?” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z She sat down and bent her smart lorgnette upon the menu-card. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z The ladies started up and Her Highness raised her lorgnette. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Mrs. Willoughby still kept her lorgnettes on him as he stood leaning against a pillar. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z He was dressed with great care, and wore a pair of spectacles, with shoulder-straps crossed on his breast from which hung on one side a lorgnette and on the other a game-bag. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Presently she began to toy with her lorgnette, dangling it back and forth on its chain with a swinging movement as if keeping time to a rhythmic train of thought. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Mrs. Allen withdrew her lorgnette and looked up. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Madame lifted her lorgnette and surveyed the class. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z “I have seen a good many sights, in my day,” said Miss Sallie, gazing around through her lorgnette, “but never one more beautiful than this.” The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z You see a woman looking through her lorgnette from a box in the front row. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z What she saw caused her to take out her lorgnettes and stare amazedly through them to satisfy herself that failing eyesight had not produced an illusion. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z I cried, angered by the lorgnette and the jeer; and laughing straight in his face I jumped down the three steps of the verandah at one bound. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Madame examined it critically through her lorgnette; it was evidently not what she had expected to see. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Professor Cleveden adjusted his eye-glasses and moved his chair so as to look straight at Miss Manning, who at once put up her lorgnette to probe his gold spectacles. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The little one was seated on her mother's lap, and was enjoying a "let's pretend" drive across country, using the maternal lorgnette chain in lieu of the ribbons wherewith to guide her imaginary steeds. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z She appeared to be engaged in a calculation of some sort, and she raised a lorgnette to assist her in counting the tables. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Mrs. Allen, a lady faded to medium in coloring, age and manner, turned from an over-rail inspection of some social notable among the horseshoe’s elect to survey him through her lorgnette. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z She examined it through a lorgnette, thumped the mattress with a long, bony hand, and demanded to know how much I was "awsking" for it. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Miss Manning rang a silver bell, and, rising, tapped the professor's arm with her lorgnette. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The woman laid down her lorgnettes and shrugged her shoulders. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Mrs. Deacon turned swiftly, her lorgnette levelled on the younger Miss Lambert like a microscope. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Would an escutcheon really need to be laid within range of the maternal lorgnette? Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Old Mrs. Billing, turning her lorgnette on the rebellious boy, saw nothing but the back of his head. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z I looked again, but she had turned away her bead; and save that the "lorgnette" still rested within her fingers, I'd have thought the whole a vision. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Through her tiny platinum lorgnette she looked around the room for several moments. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Mrs. Deacon, huge and majestic in her rustling black silk, turned her lorgnette on Elise’s exquisite embroidery. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z “I see no pickles, olives or cheese on the bill-of-fare,” said the doctor, lowering her lorgnette. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z I have an idea he would have retired gracefully, waiting for a more convenient opportunity, had it not been for old Mrs. Billing's lorgnette. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z But at last came the climax of my joy, when I saw her "lorgnette" directed towards me, as I stood in the pit, and actually felt her eyes on me! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z I carried a lorgnette, which I had already taken out of its case. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z She lifted one of Amelia’s cards, and inspected it, through a pair of lorgnettes, which she held about six inches from her eyes, spreading out her little finger. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Disregarding Cyril's outstretched hand, she deliberately raised her lorgnette and looked at him for a moment in silence. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z At present I only want to say that I do not believe that Mr. Brokenshire would have pushed things to an issue that night had her lorgnette not been there to provoke him. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z "Why are men always allowed to blunder?" said Mrs. Darcey-Jacobs, looking over her high nose at the gentleman next her, and tapping him on the arm with her lorgnettes. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z All these lorgnettes turned to our box proclaim us indisputable belles. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z There had been no rings—no lorgnettes monogramed with rose diamonds. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z "What business can a woman like you have with me?" demanded Mrs Gabriel, with scorn, and put up a lorgnette to freeze Mrs Jeal with a look. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The old lady was animated, making beats and lunges with her lorgnette. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z She said that she and her daughters were in demand everywhere, and that the other night in a West End theatre every lorgnette in the house was turned towards their box. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z The latter regarded them through her lorgnette with apparent good-will, but evidently did not know what to say to them. A Divided Heart and Other Stories She glanced at the former as if to begin a conversation, but Mrs. Sorel had opened her lorgnettes and a novel. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z “How interesting!” exclaimed Katharine, and turning, swept the stand with her lorgnette. The Valiants of Virginia Instinctively she took up her lorgnette, which was lying in her lap, but put it down without using it. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z "So this is the explanation!" she said, wishing she had a lorgnette for Mizzi's benefit. The Gay Adventure A Romance "Where, dear?" asked Mrs. Fane, putting up her lorgnette and staring hard at the wife of a clergyman sitting across the room from their table. Sinister Street, vol. 1 How odd that it should be her mother's lorgnettes which had reminded her suddenly of her own good luck—the lorgnettes, and the delicate ringed fingers grasping the tortoiseshell handle! Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Bojo never felt quite comfortable under the scrutiny of the mother's menacing lorgnette. Making Money Old Mrs. Billing, who was beside him on his right, put up her lorgnette immediately I appeared in the entrance. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z She seems to be a little near-sighted--at least she half shuts her eyelids when she looks intently at anything; and she looks at the upper row of pictures through a lorgnette. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Hundreds of lorgnettes were instantly directed toward her, and even the premi�re danseuse, who was just making her highest leap, momentarily lost her exclusive dominion over her admirers. The Children of the World Severance glanced at Mrs. Sorel, or at what he could see of her, which was mostly book, lorgnettes, and hand. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Elderly ladies raised their lorgnettes to stare at the newcomers and some young people whispered together. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold Old Mrs. Billing emitted the queer, cracked cackle of a hen when it crows, but she put up her lorgnette and examined me more closely. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z What does Gerhardt give for his Red Eagle?—for the politeness of Excellenz?—for the crooked smile of a Bavarian Baroness and the lifted lorgnette of Austria? The Moonlit Way “How interesting,” said Sapphira, looking at the boy through her lorgnette. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder Mrs. Post put up her lorgnettes, as though she were in a box at the opera, to gaze at these extraordinary girls. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Miss Wangle fixed upon him a stare through her lorgnettes, not an unfavourable stare, she was greatly impressed by his rank and red tabs. Patricia Brent, Spinster "There's Bishop Phillipson!" shrilled a correctly gowned elderly lady, pointing a jeweled lorgnette at the Bishop of New York. H. R. The king reached back for his lorgnette, which was handed to him, and surveyed the audience, while the orchestra played the overture. On the Heights A Novel Seeing Bindle she paused, lifted her lorgnettes, and surveyed him with cold insolence. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle "Yes, something like that," answered the mother, holding up a tortoise-shell lorgnette and looking at me. A Top-Floor Idyl Miss Wangle had already fixed her with a stony stare through her lorgnettes, which she carried only on special occasions. Patricia Brent, Spinster The moment she caught my eye she dropped her "lorgnette," and hurried away, in what was clear to see was an air of confusion. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience She removed the spectacles which she had worn when writing, and raised her lorgnette. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 "Strint," she cried, glaring through her lorgnettes, "have you no sense of decency?" Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Well, girls!" she said, in her great deep voice, the gold lorgnette raised to her eyes—"well, girls, you did not expect to see me back so soon, did you? Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 To Patricia's keen eyes it was clear that she had re-done her hair, and she carried her lorgnettes, things that in themselves betokened a ceremonial occasion. Patricia Brent, Spinster She wouldn't recognize them, anyhow; she is so near-sighted that even that gold lorgnette wouldn't discover her own stitches. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 Two ladies were in the compartment—one very severe-looking who had a lorgnette, the other fat and jolly, with awfully pretty red cherries on her hat. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself From there she watched through a lorgnette the dangerous progress of the King. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty What are these things?" continued this terrible person, picking up the poems disdainfully, and again putting her lorgnette to her eyes: "'Ode to a Firefly,' 'Sonnet on the Caterpiller,' 'Some Lines to a Beggar Child.' Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 “Mother Castle! what is the meaning of this masquerade?” demanded her daughter-in-law, raising a gold-handled lorgnette through which to stare at the old lady. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Lady Knob-Kerrick turned and stared at the apparition through her lorgnettes. Adventures of Bindle The clerk made many notes on foolscap sheets in a large, round hand, and Mrs. Carshaw, seated in the train, read them many times through her gold-mounted lorgnette. The Bartlett Mystery She used the lorgnette steadily, but at one moment she cried out: "He has come down two steps!" Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Few young gentlemen will throw down a glass that gives them a just idea of their striking and distingu� appearance behind a large moustache and a gilded lorgnette. Physiology of The Opera “I know I should be just a silly with a lorgnette, or trying to tango.” Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Lady Knob-Kerrick turned triumphantly to the sergeant, and stared at him through her lorgnettes. Adventures of Bindle They were walking down a corridor, and Miss Thangue was peering through her lorgnette at the cards on the doors. Ancestors A Novel The latter then looked at me, and 17 unhesitatingly put up her sparkling lorgnettes. The House by the Lock The augmented light brings down another volley from the foci of a thousand lorgnettes. Physiology of The Opera Mixing talk of lorgnettes and dancing with shooting jack-rabbits did not suit very well, for the next pair of the long-eared animals that the dogs started got away entirely. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure The price seemed very small to Miss Mary, whose last purchase in that line had been a tortoise-shell lorgnette for her sister-in-law. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Turning to look down through her jeweled lorgnette and running her eyes over the crowd, Antonia now saw him. Aurora the Magnificent Pipe the dame at the corner table with the lorgnette. Outside Inn She was a rustling, incessant, sandy, peering woman with a lorgnette and rapid, confidential lisping undertones, and she wanted to know who everybody was and how they were related. The Passionate Friends Beautiful apparel, cane, wig, lorgnette and snuffbox were in the discard. Orphans of the Storm “That is a minor detail,” the lady with the lorgnette interrupted. The Phantom Lover “I am,” replied Captain Stone, none too pleasantly as the gold lorgnettes were waved under his nose. Officer 666 Lady Montgomery dropped her lorgnette with a little clatter and, adjusting her heavy diamond bracelets, turned her sleek mid-Victorian head to her neighbour. Tante But now, from the booth, a large woman with high colour, grey hair and a jewelled lorgnette rushed out and fastened herself on the sultry girl. The Paliser case One affected hand has raised a double lorgnette 158 through which he peers at her. Orphans of the Storm She turned slightly when Esther entered, and stared at her through her lorgnette, then she looked at the stiff and stately one. The Phantom Lover The critics applauded; but society applied its lorgnette to its eye and discovered that, in his excitement, Arlt had neglected to make sure that his tie was mathematically straight. The Dominant Strain Here we are favored with a glance through another military lorgnette, but at a scene geographically, socially and politically the antipodes of Paris. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 The grand dame lifted her lorgnette and stared coolly at that impressive bow; then she turned and said something amusing to one of the officers, who smilingly answered. The O'Ruddy A Romance The woman lifted a lorgnette to her eyes. There Will Be School Tomorrow The lorgnette never faltered, and Brent's eyes lowered in feigned distress. Sunlight Patch A little behind Claggett Chew, examining the scene through a pair of jeweled lorgnettes, stood an even weirder figure. Mr. Wicker's Window I involuntarily touched the Reverend Ronald's shoulder in my astonishment, while Salemina lifted her tortoiseshell lorgnette, and we gazed silently at our recreant charge. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland She was a small, extremely vivacious, black-eyed woman, much overdressed, and carrying a lorgnette with which she eyed the crowd of girlish figures on the floor below. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret He flourished a glittering, jeweled lorgnette, and the way the fellow put on "French airs" must have been a caution to the proudest scion of aristocracy in the house. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. It was obviously an effort to shield them from the windows of Miss Liz's room and her inquisitorial lorgnette. Sunlight Patch It, too, was edged in silver braid, and its owner, holding a lorgnette with his right hand, with his left pushed back the velvet folds to display the delicacy of his flower-embroidered waistcoat. Mr. Wicker's Window The lady stood off, eyed him majestically through a lorgnette, and spoke with a force which came from quietude. The Dust Flower Virginia advanced rustling, and gave Betty a frigid finger-tip, held shoulder-high, and cast a collective stare at hostess and guests through her lorgnette, bowing to Maxwell and ignoring his proffered handshake. Hepsey Burke It was she whose lorgnettes were still unfalteringly directed towards Isobel. The Master Mummer Miss Liz, now wondering at her hesitation, was making ready to raise the terrifying lorgnette, and this would have spelled disaster. Sunlight Patch Dressed as if for a court ball at Versailles and holding his lorgnette a few inches from his nose, Osterbridge Hawsey remained elegantly aloof from anything so degrading as hard work. Mr. Wicker's Window He had no watch, but he had a tortoise-shell lorgnette on a black ribbon. The Brothers Karamazov As they were busily going through the garments, Virginia remarked, “Are all these things to go to the missionaries at Tien Tsin?” and she adjusted her lorgnette to inspect the heap. Hepsey Burke Royalty raised its lorgnettes, and dropped them with a crash upon the polished wood floor. The Master Mummer "It is strange," she added, turning the lorgnette this time carefully at Jane, "that he does not find a nice young girl to marry." Sunlight Patch Then for a while both remained silent, with the lorgnettes to their eyes, following the movements of the soldiers along the road. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley She stared condescendingly through her lorgnette at the duly impressed company, and sank back into her chair. Making People Happy Mr. William Bangs was reiterating this to his wife’s niece, who stood regarding his potato patch rather disdainfully through the glamour of a lorgnette. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 She took the shattered lorgnettes from the hand of her lady-in-waiting. The Master Mummer The lorgnette which had said to her "it is strange he does not find some nice girl to marry," left a disquieting effect. Sunlight Patch "That is Valgrand, the actor," and they turned their lorgnettes on the actor who was waxing more animated every moment. Fantômas Now and again, with an air of infinite ennui and disdain, she glanced coolly aloft through her lorgnette at the eager poor in the steep, high altitudes of the galleries. A Book Without A Title She used a long-handled lorgnette, but usually dropped it before it had reached her eye. The Twelfth Hour A woman, whose neck and arms were ablaze with diamonds, raised her lorgnettes, and, regardless of the progress of the play, kept them fixed in our direction. The Master Mummer Anna Sergueyevna looked through her lorgnette at the steamer and the passengers as though she were looking for friends, and when she turned to Gomov, her eyes shone. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Rosina, already established in her chair, with a mother-of-pearl lorgnette upon her lap and a pair of field-glasses swinging from the card-holder, felt more placidly happy than she had in years. A Woman's Will “I—I don’t know, ma’am,” stammered Dan, who found the gleam of the gold lorgnettes most confusing. Killykinick “It was not necessary to spoil a good picture ... on my account,” said Flora, closing the lorgnette with a snap. The Place of Honeymoons In the meantime it was embarrassing to have smartly dressed women and girls put up their lorgnettes and opera glasses to gaze at the girls as the latter rowed by. Madge Morton's Victory She talked much and her questions were abrupt, and she forgot what she had said; and then she lost her lorgnette in the crowd. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Most of them are fairly hostile to genius or look at it with a lorgnette. The Lost Art of Reading They looked upon the youthful guests, through gold lorgnettes, and were really most awe-inspiring. Killykinick The Calabrian raised what she considered her most deadly weapon, her lorgnette. The Place of Honeymoons I can see the Opéra now—the lights, the jewels, the moustaches, the white shirt-bosoms, the lorgnettes, the fat women with programmes, the great, shrouding curtain. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Then she glanced at him again in terror, not believing her eyes, clasped her fan and lorgnette tightly together, apparently struggling to keep herself from fainting. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories The duchess raised her lorgnette in blank amazement, and looked him tip and down. The Mistress of Shenstone Even the two grandmothers, after they had inspected the Neville family tree through their lorgnettes, declared their satisfaction that Stella was going to do the proper thing at last. Killykinick Flora tapped the handle of her parasol with the lorgnette. The Place of Honeymoons At the meeting of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, Mrs. Handy first flourished her lorgnette, and came home with her wedding ring made over on a pattern after the prevailing style. In Our Town “This is quite different,” said Polly, unrolling it; “some handsome lace, a fan, a lorgnette, a bracelet.” Five Little Peppers at School Raising her lorgnettes, she looked sharply at the four dancing figures. A Dixie School Girl Thirteen old tombstones in feathers and net collars—seven or eight of 'em, anyhow—colonial profiles and lorgnettes, and all looking as if they'd been hit in the stomach. Black Oxen The lorgnette in use is shown in the photograph, "Playing lady." Little Folks' Handy Book Mrs. Fine Lady saunters into a shop, puts up her lorgnette, and lisps, “I'd like to see something in a satin afternoon dress.” Working With the Working Woman Then she put up her lorgnette, and examined him closely as if of a new and probably dangerous species. Five Little Peppers at School Count Monte-Leone appeared in the box which had been reserved for him, which soon became the object of every lorgnette and the theme of every conversation. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Those of the elect who had recognized him had now an opportunity to view him at close range; young women with expressive eyes leaned forward, quivering; several earnest young men put up lorgnettes. Iole Now comes the lorgnette, which works beautifully made of rather stiff paper. Little Folks' Handy Book "That is saying a good deal," her companion answered loyally, as she raised her lorgnette. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Mrs. Bixby turned around from her own conversation at the sudden sound of these animated voices so close to her and lifted her gold lorgnette to examine Arethusa. The Heart of Arethusa “What is the creature?” inquired Miss Campbell, raising her tortoise shell lorgnette in order the better to see the writhing form over the flames. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp As for Lady Vale-Avon, her veil was up, too, and her lorgnettes at her eyes. The Car of Destiny Not likely when you were talking aloud with your ears glued to that lorgnette. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Victor wiped the lorgnette and put it back into his pocket. The Rendezvous 1907 But she need not have worried quite so much; her first customer made a sturdy champion of any cause, and she was still most undaunted, lorgnette or no lorgnette. The Heart of Arethusa Mrs. Wellington toyed with her lorgnette for a moment. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Lady Evelyn springs her lorgnette and sizes us up like we was a bunch of Buffalo Bill Indians just off the reservation. Shorty McCabe On the hall table lay a card, and pausing on her way upstairs she examined it through her jewelled lorgnette. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story From the moment when they entered their box every lorgnette was fixed upon them. Much Darker Days But before she was out of the establishment, she unfortunately encountered Mrs. Bixby near the door, who raised her lorgnette and surveyed the "Ill-bred young person" through it again. The Heart of Arethusa The stately old lady they found in the drawing-room lifted a lorgnette as they approached, smiled affably and gave the Governor her hand. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Then we was treated to a line of high-brow gush as Amelia inspects the youngster through her shell lorgnette and tries to tell us in impromptu blank verse how wonderful he is. The House of Torchy My brother and I invented a lorgnette, and the young men have taken it from us.' Figures of Several Centuries He slipped past the outstretched arm of the musician; bowed again to the lady in the grey bonnet, staring straight into the gold-rimmed lorgnette; and the door closed behind him. The Black Cross And all the afternoon has one or the other been standing near the door of the jacal, with a lorgnette levelled up the ravine through which the valley is entered from above. The Lone Ranche The Dowager allowed an anxious silence to follow, while she thoughtfully tapped the desk with her lorgnette. Just Patty The lorgnettes of his staff finally convinced him of his error; he still, however, refused to order me to retire, but sent Halsted off to find Buford's cavalry, and order it to report to me. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI "Some mistake surely," rejoined the older woman, eying Molly scornfully through her lorgnette. Molly Brown's Orchard Home Once more Aunty levels her lorgnette and gives him the cold, curious look over. Torchy, Private Sec. Mrs. Gray raised her lorgnette and looked at her nephew. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls You, Priscilla, are rooming with—" She adjusted her lorgnette and consulted a large chart.—" Just Patty Lady Drummond again lifted the lorgnette that hung at her belt and stared at Mary through it. Mary Gray It was at the opera where, amid jewelled women and men in immaculate attire, they had sat through a long and rather tedious evening during which Mrs. Hardesty had swept the boxes with her lorgnette. Rimrock Jones People caught each other's eyes through lorgnettes and eye-glasses, and there were constant salutations. The Eternal City As the jingle came up to them, Lady Gridborough put up her lorgnette and surveyed them, "Why, bless me!" she said. The Woman's Way If my turn ever comes to face a Gatling gun I hope to march right up to it like a little man—but lorgnettes? Homeburg Memories Beryl lifted an imaginary lorgnette to her eyes. Red-Robin He neither eyes the world through a lorgnette or a lorgnon, nor affects a knowledge of all things, nor even hints at it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy "Nonsense, General!" said the little woman, tapping the American with the tip of her lorgnette. The Eternal City Her sharp tongue had indulged itself in a good many sallies on this score at her sister Bessie's expense; Bessie being the lady of the lorgnette, Althea's deceased mother. Franklin Kane Lyla waited until my outstretched hand was within reaching distance, and then she pulled a lorgnette on me. Homeburg Memories And their eyes beheld a sight so different from that birthday party that they stepped back in amazement, Mrs. Granger lifting her lorgnette in trembling fingers. Red-Robin A traveller between Omaha and San Francisco might well carry this pocket volume as a lorgnette. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 The countess hesitated whether to get serious or to laugh, and finally she shook her lorgnette at him. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) The lorgnette would have passed all her more recent friends—those made with only its inspiration as a guide. Franklin Kane Any hostile army could lick Homeburg by aiming lorgnettes at it. Homeburg Memories The only result visible to her was that her mistress suddenly dropped the lorgnette on the table, and sank down on an armchair, covering her face with her hands. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A disapproving party, trimmed with jet beads and a lorgnette. August First "For pretty teeth, look at Monteverde's," she would say, looking at him in the crowded room, through her lorgnette. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) She had no lorgnette, and she did not look me over superciliously. Sunny Slopes When he got in range of that lorgnette, he said "Gosh!" and actually ran. Homeburg Memories Mrs. Slade adjusted her lorgnette, looked at the card, and appeared to hesitate for a second. The Butterfly House A few days after the rector left me in charge she triumphed into the office, rattled the beads and got behind the lorgnette. August First Aunt Frances raised her gold lorgnette, "If you don't marry," she demanded, "how do you expect to live?" Contrary Mary I will get you a lorgnette the next time I go anywhere.' Wych Hazel Mrs. Brodie took the intelligence quite calmly, and merely inspected me through her lorgnettes as if I were an object in a museum. Masques & Phases "Boy," says she, glarin' at me through her gold lorgnette like I was some kind of insect specimen, "do I understand that you come here to see my niece?" On With Torchy "You are quite right," was Lady Maria's reply, as she held up her lorgnette and watched the cart spin down the avenue. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" A tall Mary Queen of Scots peered at Nickie through her lorgnette, and said. The Missing Link She regarded him through a pair of ivory-handled lorgnettes, which she carelessly closed as he looked towards her. The Survivor She adjusted her lorgnette and again took an inventory of the girl's appearance. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life Sara approached in awe, and they stood gazing at the pale, supercilious-looking creatures, who returned their gaze through monocles, lorgnettes, and other contemptuous media. The Garden of the Plynck Lady Maria put up her lorgnette and looked at her protégée with an interest which bordered on affection, it was so enjoyable to her epicurean old mind. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Lady Bracondale continued, when the lorgnette was fixed to her focus. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story Dignified, white-haired, beautiful, dominant in her home and clubs, charming to her guests; but—he could just fancy how she would raise her lorgnette and look "Bonnie" Brentwood over. The Witness When Jenny Lind sang in some Italian opera, he occupied a seat in the vice-regal box, and gazed at her through a portentously enormous lorgnette. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent "Quite so," said Miss Falconer, dropping her lorgnette and giving the canvas the fixity of her unobstructed gaze. The Palace of Darkened Windows Lady Maria indulged in the familiar chuckle and put up her lorgnette to examine her again. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Mr. Walraven dropped his bill, poised his lorgnette, and prepared to stare his fill. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week It seemed here that the soul of Aunt Bell poised a disdainful lorgnette before its eyes, through which to survey in a fitting manner the unmodish spectacle of Calvinism. The Seeker The lady stared at him through her lorgnette. Best Short Stories The sight of that lorgnette had a stiffening effect upon Billy B. Hill. The Palace of Darkened Windows Well, it was the Oldest Trustee, of course; and she raised those lorgnettes and reminded me that a good child never spoke unless she was spoken to. The Primrose Ring A rapid glance from afar in a theatre—one brings good lorgnettes, one examines. Parisian Points of View She was in evening dress ... wore a lorgnette ... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Mrs. Belgrove saw that her companion was meandering, and would never come to the point unless forced to face it, so she rapped her knuckles with the lorgnette. Red Money The two English women emitted each a little screech, the American mother caught convulsively at her daughter, who coldly raised her long-handled lorgnettes the more fully to survey the picture before her. Desert Love They stood just over the threshold—the Oldest Trustee in advance, her figure commanding and unbent, for all her seventy years, and her lorgnette raised. The Primrose Ring He could imagine Sister Cordelia's pitiless survey of the girl through her lorgnette, the lifting of her brows over some mortal sin against taste or some deadly transgression in her manner of speech. The Honorable Percival I took up her lorgnette and toyed with it. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative The lorgnettes attracted by her costume, found a very sweet face to repay them, and her naive and enthusiastic criticism interested her companion so much that he forgot all else. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 Pit and orchestra scarcely contained the crowd of men who stood in lively conversation, their backs turned to the stage, their lorgnettes raised from time to time to sweep the boxes. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Can't you see her raising those lorgnettes of hers and saying, 'My good boy, do you read your Bible?' or, 'My little girl, I hope you remember to be grateful for all you receive.' The Primrose Ring They both composed their faces to indifference to hide that they were nervous, examining the streets they passed through with a calm and blasé stare worthy of a lorgnette. Christopher and Columbus But if you show it to the English they will be so shocked that they will use lorgnettes to hide their confusion. A Daughter of To-Day Look at the sea of faces ... lorgnettes, too. Queed There was nothing overt, nothing unkind, but the stranger was as effectually frozen out as if he had fled before a battery of lorgnettes. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories And the Oldest Trustee raised her lorgnette and compassed the gathering with a look that challenged dispute. The Primrose Ring The little countess lifted her gold-rimmed lorgnette to her eyes, and read her mother's letter. The Nameless Castle Carlisle was conscious of lorgnettes; once she caught the whisper of the name so soon to be her own. V. V.'s Eyes Mrs. Conroth scorned the hand, raised her lorgnette and stared at the old mariner as though he were some curious specimen from the sea that she had never observed before. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper She did not answer her, but raised a lorgnette and stared at her. In Old Kentucky "Unparalleled effrontery!" whispered Lady Harriet, surveying the proud young face through her lorgnettes. The Lamp in the Desert Miss Campbell raised her lorgnette and examined the menu while the small maid backed away and disappeared, in the throes of extreme shyness over her endeavors. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan She glanced at him and turned pale, then glanced again with horror, unable to believe her eyes, and tightly gripped the fan and the lorgnette in her hands, evidently struggling with herself not to faint. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories And she added, dropping her lorgnette to turn her calculating glance on her brother's face, "Every woman her price." The Rim of the Desert Mrs. Swink took up Kitty's card, which had been sent up with mine, and looked at it through her lorgnette, suspended around her neck by a chain studded with amethysts, large and small. People Like That With lorgnette to her eyes, she examined it critically. The Man in Lonely Land "What a situation—for the film!" pursued the woman, raising her lorgnette to look first at Nan and then at Linda Riggs. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways Anna Sergeyevna looked through her lorgnette at the steamer and the passengers as though looking for acquaintances, and when she turned to Gurov her eyes were shining. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories When he looked through her lorgnette, I loathed him. In the Days of My Youth The aristocratic gentleman, who met the procession in front of the church, looked at her critically for a long time through his lorgnette. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes She had lowered the lorgnette as I spoke, and he grabbed the hand which still held it, shaking it as warmly as if it belonged to some long-lost friend. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon She sat bolt upright in the snow and adjusted her lorgnette to see if by any chance her grandniece could be one of those rowdy children. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers She talked a great deal and asked disconnected questions, forgetting next moment what she had asked; then she dropped her lorgnette in the crush. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories "The canary creeper's got in among the pine trees now," said the man with the lorgnette. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Up to that moment, Miss Lavinia, who cannot distinguish a face three feet away without her lorgnette, thought she was speaking to father. People of the Whirlpool The most conspicuous of all the women leaned against the wall and gazed at others through a lorgnette which she handled as if she had not long before been accustomed to its use. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon Only her Homeric laughter, and a pair of lorgnettes, reminded you of her greatness. This Is the End In the foyer I saw one lady carefully spelling out with her lorgnette one of the words on the list posted there of the subjects for conferences. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Just fancy, she jostled against me and did not apologise, but even turned round and stared at me through her lorgnette!... A Hero of Our Time "Nice-looking people," said Miss Lavinia, meditatively scrutinizing the room through her lorgnette without a trace of snobbery in her voice or attitude, yet I was aware that she was mentally drawing herself apart. People of the Whirlpool I drew a long breath as I saw my mother-in-law adjust her lorgnette and proceed to gaze through it with critical hauteur at the other diners. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon The door opened suddenly, and Myra's mother appeared on the threshold, fumbling with her lorgnette. This Side of Paradise The two old ladies were evidently quite dreadfully shocked, and peering at us with their poor old eyes; and never had I seen such a tremblement in Lady Drew's lorgnettes. Tono Bungay The newly formed gang, armed with lorgnettes, has in very fact assumed a menacing aspect. A Hero of Our Time He also pinned several jeweled brooches to Jack Pumpkinhead's red waistcoat, and attached a lorgnette, by means of a fine chain, to the neck of the Saw-Horse. The Marvelous Land of Oz Some of the lady rabbits carried lorgnettes, while many of the gentlemen rabbits wore monocles in their left eyes. The Emerald City of Oz Mrs. Gardner lifted her lorgnette and gazed after their flying forms as if she had never seen cats before, and Anne, choking back slightly nervous laughter, apologized as best she could. Anne of the Island Mrs. Nathanmeyer lifted her lorgnette and studied her as she approached. The Song of the Lark Attached to his third button was a little bronze chain, on which hung a double lorgnette. A Hero of Our Time "It's very pretty," said the creature, regarding the lorgnette approvingly; "but what is it for?" The Marvelous Land of Oz "And they did put up their lorgnettes and say, 'Is that the one?'" she declared; "and I know some of them finished with 'Did you ever?' too," she sighed. Miss Billy's Decision After which everybody remarked, "Now he's coming," and rubbed their lorgnettes with looks of expectation and corners of pocket-handkerchiefs. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 07, May 14, 1870 She raised her lorgnettes and turned round, facing the direction in which Louise was looking. The Avenger Grushnitski, with his lorgnette, was sitting in the front row, and the conjurer had recourse to him every time he needed a handkerchief, a watch, a ring and so forth. A Hero of Our Time She closed her lorgnette with a little snap. The Pawns Count And they'll come and stand around and stare and lift their lorgnettes and say: 'Is that the one? Miss Billy's Decision Mrs. Endicott in an elaborate morning frock was surveying him fixedly through a jewelled lorgnette, her chin tilted contemptuously, and an expression of supreme scorn upon her handsome features. Lo, Michael! The Baroness had dropped her lorgnettes on the floor. The Avenger In the morning, when I awake, I sit by my window and direct my lorgnette at her balcony. A Hero of Our Time Mrs. Whitney inspected the dainty note-paper and forceful handwriting through her gold lorgnette. I Spy She raised her lorgnette and looked over the side of the box. An Amiable Charlatan She came down within a half hour, quite graciously with lorgnette in her hand, until she had reached the centre of the reception room where he had been put to await her. Lo, Michael! A delightful young man," Mrs. St. Cleve commented, putting up her lorgnette as she stood at the window with Rose, watching their disappearing figures, "but so far as money is concerned, a hopeless detrimental. Quaint Courtships I directed my lorgnette at her, and observed that she smiled at his glance and that my insolent lorgnette made her downright angry. A Hero of Our Time There was an instant craning of necks and raising of lorgnettes as the door opened to admit Winslow Whitney. I Spy I found Lady Enterdean peering about with her lorgnette fixed to her eyes, apparently searching for something. An Amiable Charlatan She drew her mental skirts away from contaminating contact as she spoke the last two words, and punctuated them with a contemptuous look through the lorgnette. Lo, Michael! Looming ponderously in the middle distance of the pier's vista, a lorgnette held to her eyes, and a frozen look of horror on her ample features, was Aunt Judith herself. Quaint Courtships They carry lorgnettes, and they pay less attention to a uniform—they have grown accustomed in the Caucasus to meeting a fervid heart beneath a numbered button and a cultured intellect beneath a white forage-cap. A Hero of Our Time He talked with her a moment, and then she discreetly resumed her lorgnette. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 For a moment Miss Deane did not move; then, with a queer hesitation, she dropped her right hand and slowly lifted her lorgnette. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The lorgnette came into play again but its stare was quite ineffectual upon Michael's white earnest face. Lo, Michael! Its lorgnette eyes, like those of a lobster, were quite independent of each other. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt She never troubled even to raise her lorgnettes. The Mischief Maker Mrs. Ashton lifted her lorgnettes to gaze at the visitor. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill Her left hand, in which she held her lorgnette, had fallen to her side, and with the finger-tips of her right she daintily caressed the hollows of her sunken cheeks. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The latter sentence was not quite audible, but sufficiently so to send Mrs. Devereux' lorgnettes up to her nose. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution More than once the ladies lifted their lorgnettes and looked at her. The Christian A Story "You should carry one of those long-handled lorgnettes," he suggested, "when you look that way." The Ghost of Guir House "How beautiful!" exclaimed one of the occupants of the carriage, a lady, and raised her golden lorgnette so as to get a better view of the spectacle. Married Miss Deane put up her lorgnette and surveyed her lovely portrait with an interested air. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 She was the tallest of the five sisters, and the most graceful; near-sighted enough for lorgnettes, an elegant young woman. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Then there was a sudden silence, a dead hush—below, above, around, everywhere, and all eyes, all glasses, all lorgnettes were turned in the direction of the runners. The Christian A Story The Creator intended us to gaze on worldly possessions and selfish ambitions through the small end of the lorgnette, but youth invariably inverts the glass. An Ambitious Man She moved her lorgnette up, gazing stolidly at the musical programme. Linda Condon Miss Dean's look, as she playfully threatened Rachel with her long-handled lorgnette, was distinctly sly. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Kedzie wanted to be a lady, and with the ladies stand—a tall tiara in her hair, a lorgnette in her hand. We Can't Have Everything He suffered too acutely at seeing his daughter, that pure and delicate child, the focus of every lorgnette, the subject of every conversation. The Idol of Paris She caught sight of the pair directly in front of her, and raised her lorgnette with a languid wrist. The Claim Jumpers Fashion has wagged its head upon a Chinese vase—has indeed squinted at it through a lorgnette against a fleck—and now lolls home to dinner. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come If a lorgnette was levelled from one of the boxes, those noticing it below would put their thumbs to their noses and gyrate with their fingers in return. The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 “It’s a pretty sight,” she said, pausing and raising her lorgnette to her eyes. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures "Margery's gowns would all be too long for you," said Mrs. Sequin, viewing the rent through her lorgnette, "perhaps Marie can do something with this." A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Once the American countess raised her lorgnette and murmured: "What a handsome butler!" Man on the Box Mrs. Gantry stopped short, to raise her lorgnette and stare at the flaccid form of Blake. Out of the Primitive And Mrs. Deford stopped fanning long enough to put her lorgnette to her eyes and look at her latest visitor critically. Miss Gibbie Gault She was inspecting the young man through a bejewelled lorgnette, held at an angle which was meant to establish beyond dispute the fact that she was looking down upon him from a superior height. Mr. Bingle Mrs. Sequin eyed him coldly through a silver lorgnette. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill "How you talk!" said the Grand Duchess, suddenly remembering her lorgnette. Her Weight in Gold Again Mrs. Gantry raised her lorgnette to transfix her daughter with her cold stare. Out of the Primitive She hesitated, tapped her lips significantly with her lorgnette, and smiled mysteriously. Miss Gibbie Gault She used all the tricks of a duchess—lorgnettes, for example, with which she stared people into a state of fright. Sylvia's Marriage After a moment she handed the lorgnette to her father, and directed him whither to look. An Original Belle He scarcely noticed that Mrs. Prentice was spending her time studying the occupants of the other boxes through a jewelled lorgnette, or that Oliver was chattering to her daughter. The Metropolis Mrs. Gantry disposed herself upon the comfortable seat that she had selected, and raised her gold lorgnette. Out of the Primitive Her lorgnette, the only one in town except Mrs. Deford's, was held to her eyes, and for a moment she looked at Mrs. Corbin. Miss Gibbie Gault She used it like a lorgnette, and felt her familiarity with it a differentiating mark. The Imperialist A fat matron beside Lorelei elbowed her way forward; in one hand she carried a pair of embroidered silk stockings, with the other she raised a lorgnette. The Auction Block "You are the young man my son speaks of," said Mrs. Harrington when she appeared in the great drawing room, and put up her lorgnette to survey her caller. Two Boys and a Fortune, or, the Tyler Will The baroness, with a bored, pale face, was listlessly gazing through a lorgnette down at the droning, chewing, swarming crowd. Yama: the pit Now when I think of the New Willard, I see frumpily dressed dowagers talking through their lorgnettes to moth-eaten senators. Vignettes of San Francisco Steele thought of his mother, who looked at things through a magnifying lorgnette, and laughed a little cheerlessly. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police I did not see any of them carrying lorgnettes or shower bouquets, but I think, in summer they wear veils. Europe Revised The Duchess arrived in a state of unusual trepidation, declaring that the tortoise-shell of her lorgnette gave forth a crackling sound. South Wind At these Saturday-night dances it was largely feminine; a great babel of middle-aged ladies with sharp eyes and icy hearts behind lorgnettes and large bosoms. Flappers and Philosophers "The violet booth," read the big blot of orange, adjusting her gold lorgnette to the bridge of her globular nose and consulting her catalogue. Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress "There are two tents," said Aunt Caroline lowering her lorgnette. The Window-Gazer She observed that many curious eyes were bent upon her, and ere she had been seated five minutes more than one lorgnette was leveled at her. Beulah The Princess, after a glance at him through her lorgnette, surrendered herself willingly to Andrew's outstretched hands. Jeanne of the Marshes She is a type even to the point of a double chin and lorgnettes. The Hairy Ape All the young men of fashion had directed their lorgnettes toward her box, admiring not only her extraordinary beauty, but the grace and abandon of her attitude, as she leaned back in her velvet arm-chair. Joseph II. and His Court He made a lorgnette of his two hands; the others did so too, and found they saw much better—oh, ever so much better! Peg Woffington The duchess lifted her lorgnette, and surveyed him. The Rosary She was tapping her left hand with a lorgnette she held in her right, and was waiting for an opportunity to speak. Peg O' My Heart I don't mean the lorgnette itself; but the acute accent which she contrives to give to it. On the Firing Line When she looked at you through her lorgnette, you felt as if you were on trial for your life. Cupid's Understudy Oh!—what lovely beginnings—" she continued, examining the sketches with her lorgnette, after the members had made their salutations, "Let me make one. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Mrs. Dunn inspected the visitor through her lorgnette, and condescended to admit that she was “delighted.” Cap'n Warren's Wards Or why does the Fraulein Marie, his sister, pink as Aurora, round as Hebe, suddenly veil her blue eyes with a golden lorgnette in the midst of our polyglot conversation? The Twins of Table Mountain Miss Arthur's lorgnette would be impossible with us. On the Firing Line "There she is!" exclaimed Mrs. Evringham softly, putting up her lorgnette. Jewel "It's not going to be a ghost story?" said he, sitting down beside the princess and hastily adjusting his lorgnette, as if without this instrument he could not begin to speak. War and Peace "She certainly is a fine woman," said Brimmer gravely, borrowing his companion's lorgnette. The Crusade of the Excelsior Mrs. Powless, looming large between the piles of mills and vanes, like a battleship in a narrow channel, was loftily inspecting the stock through her lorgnette. Shavings She put a lorgnette into her little bag, along with her powder-box, handkerchief and smelling salts,—there was even a little silver box of peppermint drops, in case she might begin to cough. One of Ours Mrs. Evringham put up her lorgnette as she greeted the child. Jewel Many a lorgnette I saw turned in her direction, and the croupiers' hopes rose high that such an eccentric player was about to provide them with something out of the common. The Gambler "But she probably didn't use lorgnettes then, and—" "Her nose was just as sharp though—'peaky' I used to call it," nodded the Duchess. My Lady Caprice A lady looking at him through raised lorgnettes turned and whispered something with a smile to her companion—once before he had heard an audible titter from a little group of loiterers. A Millionaire of Yesterday The Duchess of Dorset watched them through her lorgnettes; Lady Carey watched too with an intense eagerness, her eyes alight with mingled cruelty and excitement. The Yellow Crayon Many a lorgnette was raised a second and a third time toward her. Other Things Being Equal "Can I look up the number for you?" the secretary asked as Mrs. Brewster took up the telephone book and fumbled for the gold chain of her lorgnette. The Red Seal Lady Warburton is small and somewhat bony, with a sharp chin and a sharper nose, and invariably uses lorgnette; also, she is possessed of much worldly goods. My Lady Caprice Train your lorgnette upon the hermit and let your eye receive the personal touch that shall endear you to the hero. Options "What common looking people," said Mrs. Rhinelander, surveying the crowd aristocratically with her lorgnette. A Parody Outline of History The Duchess shut up her lorgnettes with a snap, and held out her hand to a newcomer who had come from behind the palms. The Illustrious Prince Should he continue the offence, a severe frown must accompany the next "sh-sh," a lorgnette—if available—adding great effectiveness to the rebuke. Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises Escape was quite out of the question, and in half a dozen strokes of the oar we were alongside and close under the battery of the lorgnettes. My Lady Caprice On this particular evening, Francesca, who wished her to look her best, had prudently hidden her eyeglasses, for which we are now trying to substitute a silver-handled lorgnette. Penelope's Irish Experiences Her lorgnette traveled restlessly over the boxes; she was restless too beneath the apparent calm; fashion tyrannized over her; her box, her bonnet, her carriage, her own personality absorbed her entirely. The Magic Skin All the lorgnettes of the house were pointed at him as he entered, and at the Vicomtesse in her charming toilette. Father Goriot "I really never met with one woman so ready to do justice to the charms of another as yourself," responded Lucien, raising his lorgnette to his eye. The Count of Monte Cristo Elizabeth," proceeded Lady Warburton, making great play with her lorgnettes, "your very shameless, ungrateful letter I received last night. My Lady Caprice Excited talk began in every box, every woman equipped herself with an opera glass, elderly men grew young again, and polished the glasses of their lorgnettes with their gloves. The Magic Skin A young peer of France had come with her; she asked him for the lorgnette she had given him to carry. The Magic Skin This way of using the mental lorgnette is the secret of conversation nowadays, and the whole art of the complete courtier. The Magic Skin "Well." inquired Franz, after the countess had a second time directed her lorgnette at the box, "what do you think of our opposite neighbor?" The Count of Monte Cristo "My dear Lady Warburton," I said, fronting the lorgnettes with really admirable fortitude, "it grieves me to deny you this request, but believe me, it is impossible!" My Lady Caprice |
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