| 单词 | masked ball |
| 例句 | The tournament had been the most magical time of her whole life, and there was so much she had not seen yet, harvest feasts and masked balls and mummer shows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Nothing all that special. Just a masked ball that happens to be on Yulemas. And I think you know exactly why you can’t come.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She’d been to masked balls before, but there was still something unnerving about not being able to see the faces of those around her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When we arrived, Father went in straightaway to see to details of the ceremony and of the masked ball that would follow. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A creek wandered through the seven rooms of the masked ball. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a masked ball, but many of the celebrity guest contrived to wear the smallest masks possible. Suzette Field's top 10 literary party hosts 2012-12-12T16:27:54Z The two highlights of the festival are two masked ball: the Bellaria and the Crystal Ball, the festival’s big closing event. In Transit: Baroque Fun at Prague's Carnevale 2011-02-25T11:00:46Z They’re all attending one of two masked balls held annually at the Paris Opéra on the rue Le Peletier — a building that burned down later that year. Perspective | We’re all alone. So let’s get lost in these paintings of parties. 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z If he can make the impossible dreams on her wish list come true, she will give him her tickets to a New Year’s masked ball. | ?New Year?s Eve? : Garry Marshall?s Star-Filled ?New Year?s Eve? ? Review 2011-12-08T23:43:32Z She was notorious for arriving hours late at the masked balls that enlivened the social season in the mid-century. Haute Ticket: Jacqueline de Ribes at the Met 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z But the auction is a masked ball crossed with a gladiatorial show in a secret basement. In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The city, after all, is a masked ball, a place of emergence and submergence, opulent display and clandestine transformation. In "Blade Runner," who are the androids and what do they dream of? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z From there he zipped to Paris for the couture shows and then to Venice, where Dolce & Gabbana hosted a masked ball for 400. Hamish Bowles, He Was Born Dandy 2013-09-06T21:34:19Z Like many productions of “Ballo” these days, this one restores the initial Swedish setting of the libretto, which is loosely based on the historical King Gustavo, who was assassinated at a masked ball in Stockholm. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z Wilderness From the people behind Lovebox and Secret Garden Party, Wilderness offers a quirky, back-to-nature experience: masked balls, woodland happenings, a swimming lake complete with waterfall and eclectic music. The joy of Festival No 6 2013-05-10T23:00:05Z The romance and mystery of a masked ball, Baroque soirées, frolicking in the streets — it must be Carnival time in Prague. In Transit: Baroque Fun at Prague's Carnevale 2011-02-25T11:00:46Z What matters more than the identities of the people in these portraits — both those of Couperin and Fragonard — is the game of discovery and detection, like the thrill of a masked ball. Review | A recently discovered document unlocks the mystery of Fragonard 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the film has forgotten that this party was a masked ball. Beau Brummell: friends without benefits 2012-10-05T13:12:00Z Models wore feathers on their eyelashes in a presentation that almost resembled an extravagant masked ball. Valentino brings poetry to Paris with feast of flowers 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z When the ship holds a masked ball, the jaded, gossiping white passengers all wear flabby porcine masks; Dainah wears beautiful, terrifying, form-fitting headgear made of thin wires that constitute a custom-made cage. Jean Grémillon Retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Jones’s pièce de résistance is revealed when the Act Two curtain rises on a New Year’s Eve masked ball at the Viennese estate of a dissolute Russian prince. The Opulent Sets of the Metropolitan Opera's Die Fledermaus Recreates Fin de Siècle Vienna 2014-01-31T05:00:00Z After dipping a toe into the English Channel on New Year's Eve with a masked ball at Komedia, Guilty Pleasures returns to Brighton tonight. Clubs picks of the week 2011-03-12T00:07:38Z Eavesdropping trickery, a masked ball and a phony death all play their parts in the resolution of this sticky situation. Review: Wrecking Crew puts dusk to good use in 'Much Ado' at Lavizzo Park 2010-08-26T20:51:00Z And Monday night, just hours after its show, Dior is scheduled to hold a masked ball. Paris Fights the Effects of Crimes Against the Very Rich 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Here Schumann depicts the masked ball in the last scene of “Die Flegeljahre” by Jean Paul, the early-19th-century writer he adored. Music Review: Celebrating an Irishman Who Preceded Chopin 2011-03-14T23:00:13Z Some of the ladies got together, about 15 years ago, and gave a masked ball for me at the Plaza. What It Was Like to Be Photographed by Bill Cunningham 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Missions involved everything from decrypting pictograms to infiltrating a masked ball. Deathloop is an intricate mystery that also happens to be an amazing action game 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z This one, with its elaborate sparkle and lacelike detail, looks eerily beautiful; like its wearer is about to attend a mysterious masked ball. Sunday Best: A coronavirus face mask — but make it fashion 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z A young man longs to reunite with a beautiful dancer that he met at a masked ball. Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: 'Alien,' 'Aliens' and more 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The last murder of a Swedish government official was in 1792, when King Gustav III was shot by assassins at a masked ball. Who killed the prime minister? The unsolved murder that still haunts Sweden 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Now, it’s less of a hotel than it was when Eloise romped in the halls or Truman Capote presided over a celebrated masked ball in the 1960s. Every Building on Every Block: A Time Capsule of 1930s New York 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z At a masked ball the narrator reckons that “Between beauty and desperation lies just one word: lust.” The real resonances, and warnings, of Weimar Germany 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Masked revelers danced into the early hours of Tuesday at the soiree event of couture week: Christian Dior’s surrealism-themed masked ball at the Rodin Museum. Chanel’s garden couture delights Paris celebrity guests 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z It fills a month of day and night festivities with parades of allegorical floats, parties and masked balls. Fantastic floats at the Carnival of Viareggio – photo essay 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z It stalked revelers at a masked ball in Heinrich Heine’s “Cholera in Paris” and kills the protagonist in Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice.” Turning the Tide Against Cholera 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Parades, masked balls and other colourful events are held on and along the canals of the Italian city. Carnival of Venice gets under way in colourful style - BBC News 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z And in the masked ball that is social media, the actual number of women denying their gender could be far higher, as I only contacted those currently identifying as female. Female technology journalists report abuse is still the name of the game 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z During the masked ball sequence, the men sport Santa Claus disguises. A Review of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in Madison 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The Carnival of Venice includes a programme of gala dinners, parades, dances, masked balls and music events and runs until 4 March. Day in pictures: 25 February 2014 2014-02-25T13:06:32Z The masked ball is a wonderful dramatic conceit – as guests pass, they comment on my appearance, congratulating me on my resemblance to Atano. Dishonored – hands-on preview 2012-08-17T12:54:00Z I followed them to the Corso, and then to the races; afterwards to the illuminated Pergola, and last of all to a masked ball in the Goldoni Theatre. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z At the office the twins had a great deal to say about the masked ball of the previous night, but Jules hardly heard them. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z Turn to the sketches of the masked ball or the midnight carouse, and all is elegant, becoming, and delightful. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The heiress gave a masked ball in honor of her birthday. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Here, Atano must discover and murder one of the three Boyle sisters during a masked ball at their family's lavish castle. Dishonored – hands-on preview 2012-08-17T12:54:00Z The one you were with at the masked ball? The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z The chronicle of the Religieux de St. Denis describes one of these masked balls, which was held in the court-yard of that venerable abbey, temporarily roofed over with tapestries for the occasion. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z One morning it was announced that the Princess Parlova would give a masked ball formally to open her home to society; and it was this notice that first brought the Princess Parlova under Braine's eyes. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z "I have come to explain," he went on, "why I did not meet you at the Randolph masked ball, as we had planned." The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Last winter a fast English gent left a masked ball at the Redoute, intoxicated. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z At a masked ball he met a very charming Corsican lady. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z In the course of our conversation, Lord Frederick rallied me on the subject of the masked ball, urging me to give my reasons for refusing the tickets. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z She is giving a masked ball formally to open her house on the West Side. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Doctor Walpole dressed Mr. Herbert's wound between two and three o'clock Friday morning following the masked ball. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z He had been over twice for five-o'clock-tea, and a number of pleasant affairs were in prospect—a water party on the Bowl, a day's golf at Pittsfield, a masked ball at Lenox; so it went. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z The danzon was, actually, in a way beyond legislation, a masked ball in black and white, where the unmasking was involuntary and fateful. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z When she was about to retire, she mentioned her masked ball, expressing a strong desire to see me there, and extending the request to Miss Arnold. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Lovely ladies of high rank came from many lands; and it seemed to the uninitiated as if nothing was going on but masked balls, private theatricals, hunting parties, stately dinners, and concerts. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z In that time he had laid bare the facts as he and the police knew them from the incidents of the masked ball at Seven Oaks to the return of Dollie Meredith. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Who but Roqu�, fresh from town, with his experience of Carnival, and his own accounts of the masked ball, the Paseo, and the Se�orita's beaux? A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z I have persuaded Papa to let me give a masked ball before we go back to New York. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z As the masked ball drew near, my eagerness for it had completely revived. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z And Ms. Ullrich’s costumes evoke the period and look great, especially the festive finery for the masked ball. | New Jersey: ?Much Ado About Nothing? at Two River Theater - Review 2011-09-24T03:05:38Z Briefly, this was that a thief, cunningly disguised as a Burglar with dark lantern and revolver in hand, had surreptitiously attended the masked ball by entering at the front door and presenting an invitation card. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Even last night it had happened, at the masked ball, on the eve of this morning's races! The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z The very name conjures up thoughts of revolutions, conspiracies, bloody executions, masked balls, and, of course, grace, wit and beauty! Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z As soon as Miss Arnold and I were alone, she renewed the subject of the masked ball. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z No more brilliant spectacle than this masked ball could be imagined. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z "Where were you on the evening of the masked ball?" The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z I had no right of veto in the matter, and the masked ball took place. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z I was in New Orleans at the time, and as it was in the Mardi Gras season, masked balls were common occurrences. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z "I rather think he'll not content himself with that. �a, you are coming with me to the masked ball at the opera?" Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z From their pulpits the popular preachers thundered against the vices of the day, and especially against the abominable license of masked balls. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z You received an invitation to the masked ball. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z On the occasion of a melancholy event which compelled all the London managers to close their theatres, Mr. E. T. Smith saw in this day of national gloom a tempting opportunity for a masked ball. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z She took endless boxes for the play, and tickets for the masked balls, and gave them away to every body. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z The Count, of course, went to the masked ball, followed by his valet and myself, both in dominoes. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z It was then decided to create a masked ball, access to which should be refused to persons of questionable reputation, and to which only women of the fashionable world should be admitted. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z Stuyvesant Randolph, millionaire, owner of Seven Oaks and host of the masked ball, was able to tell the police only what happened, and not the manner of its happening. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z The Duke of Richmond celebrated a similar occasion with a masked ball and music—the vocal parts performed by many of the nobility, in fancy dress. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z It ends “when half the country is talking of a masked ball given by a gay elf for the 540 most fascinating people he knows.” Bookshelf: When the City Defined Who?s Who 2010-10-08T23:58:00Z He sprang up, bent over her hand, which he eagerly kissed, and began to hum a tune and to light a cigar, talking all the while about the masked ball of the night before. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The first time that a purveyor of amusement spoke of resuscitating masked balls a wag remarked, "He may be going to treat us to an earthquake!" Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z We knew, of course, that it belonged to Nelson Sharp, a guest at the masked ball. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z M. de Montalvan met her at a masked ball, and was captivated with becoming rapidity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 Do say where you heard them speak of the decision they had come to not to have masked balls. Geography and Plays Theatres, masked balls, banquets and coffee-houses, music-parties in villa-gardens, the assemblies of literary coteries, promenades on the piazza, and Carnival processions, obtain their due share of attention from this vigilant observer. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Report says that the masked balls of the Opera were never more fully attended; or the gayety of their Carnival pursued with a noisier recklessness. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. "Will you deny that you saw Richard Herbert on the evening of the masked ball?" The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z The Parisians, who ridicule everything, declared that these members enjoyed themselves greatly at the masked ball during the Carnival, because none of them were recognized. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Mrs. Morris, supposed to be confined to her room with a bad headache, was engaged in dressing for the masked ball, when a small twisted note was delivered to her by her maid. One Of Them The religious services over, the day was given up to magnificent tourneys and rich banquets, and the nights to balls, masked balls, "to hide blushes." Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) The ladies at a masked ball make good use of their disguise, and scatter about their wholesome mischief abundantly. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. I may add that, up to the day of the masked ball, he was protected from casual recognition by a full beard. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z "Are you going to the masked ball--you and Linden?" asked the young wife. Gertrude's Marriage You are to meet her this evening at the masked ball. One Of Them The masked ball of March 16 was about to open. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty All the restraints of religion had been swept away, and masked balls, gambling, and every species of dissipation attracted to the metropolis the wealthy and the dissolute from all parts of Europe. Josephine Makers of History This, then, was the situation on last Thursday—the night of the masked ball at Seven Oaks—except that there had grown up a love affair between Miss Meredith and Mr. Herbert. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z It had become a masked ball, a mad pleasure-place, where intrigue and adventure gave the chief interest to each day. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. I left the room, and did not again see Francezka until that evening when there was a masked ball for the king. Francezka Vague rumors got about concerning a woman who had caused remark at the last masked ball at court. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Josephine, however, accompanied by Eugene, occasionally looked in upon the dancers at the masked balls. Josephine Makers of History "How much is it worth to you to know if Miss Meredith went to the masked ball?" asked the maid cautiously. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z The Duke Lorenzo, young, noble, and the owner of a magnificent palace, is getting ready to receive his guests, to whom he is giving, on this evening, a masked ball. Contemporary Russian Novelists One of the last of the Swedish kings of the line of Vasa, Gustavus III., was assassinated in 1792, being shot by Count Anckarstroem, at a masked ball, March 16th. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 The last masked ball of the season was to be given in the Opera-house on the night of March 16-17, and it was known that Gustavus would be present. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The general effect is that of a large fair, of a great masked ball with very transparent disguises. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Then, in a deadly, forced calm: "She attended the masked ball Thursday evening, didn't she?" The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z It originated in masked balls given by the nobility or at court. An Introduction to Shakespeare What is the good of being penniless—with the trifling exception of twopence—unless you are prepared to accept your position in the spirit of a masked ball at Covent Garden?' Miss Cayley's Adventures Dances, musical evenings, masked balls, sewing-circles were abundant that winter in Weimar, and the pretty Rauchfuss girl was asked to everything--now it was one paying attention to her, now another. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The absolute desolation which terminates "The Masque of the Red Death" is preceded by "a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence." Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews "Did you notice if the card presented at the door by the Burglar on the evening of the masked ball at Seven Oaks bore a name?" he asked. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Come to the masked ball at the palace to-morrow—no, not you. A Diplomatic Adventure The absolute desolation which terminates “The Masque of the Red Death” is preceded by “a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence.” A Manual of the Art of Fiction I particularly regret a masked ball, where I was to have made one in a Scotch quadrille with the three celebrated beauties. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 It is the chosen period for the military reviews, the masked ball, and the bull-fight. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Parliaments and installations and masked balls, with all other secondary splendors in celebration of primary splendors, reflex glories that reverberated the original glories, at length had ceased to shine upon the Irish metropolis. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 An extemporised public masked ball in my private dwelling in the middle of the day! The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Why, that same Dobrzynski who is sitting with his coat on—hey, take off his coat!—last year at the masked ball started that squabble with me. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 But how beautiful Madame Potocka looked at the masked ball yesterday evening! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 On the 16th of June, 1772, a masked ball was given at the Court of Denmark, surpassing the imaginary brilliancy of an Oriental tale. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition His love of dancing, masquerades, masked balls, &c., was so great, that he did not willingly forego an opportunity of joining any one of those assemblies, whether public or private. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. The leading characteristics of a Cuban carnival are the street 'comparsas,' or companies of masqueraders—'mamarrachos' as they are called in the creole vernacular—and the masked balls. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba This telegram arrived one evening when a masked ball 29 was being held at one of the Casinos. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon The masked balls were replaced by other festivities. Chelsea The Fascination of London Then, between Christmas and Lent, at midnight on Saturdays and Sundays, the tables and the chairs are cleared away for the masked ball; and you will see the latest mode of Spanish dance. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia “Did you ever go to a masked ball?” A Woman's Will He was a director of a theatre, a manager of masked balls, and a leader of all the amusements we can imagine. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen She delighted in masked balls, and it was her pleasure to move in the crowd of guests, masked, without being recognized. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon He is like a child who enters some elaborate masked ball in his own gala dress. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations These uncouth peculiarities rivalled those of the Turks of a masked ball, and the travellers had often hard work to preserve their gravity. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century In 1393, when he had somewhat recovered from his madness, a grand masked ball was given to celebrate the wedding of one of the ladies of honour who was a widow. The Story of Paris One evening a fortnight later Godfrey went with two young Englishmen to a masked ball at the Opera. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia To celebrate his Highness's entry into Ludwigsburg, a masked ball had been commanded to take place on the evening following the arrival of the court. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg He had but recently returned from a masked ball, and a domino of salmon-coloured satin still hung loosely over his shoulders. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 As on the occasion of the masked ball, the theatre was illuminated a giorno. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 The chosen one is her own husband.—At this moment Oscar enters with an invitation to a masked ball from the court. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas But I thought," Godfrey urged, "that at masked balls people did play all sorts of tricks upon each other. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia On the morning of the masked ball his Highness attended a stag-hunt, and thus it fell out that he and Wilhelmine did not meet to discuss the vexed question of the letter. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg One day in Florence at a masked ball I asked the waiter at a restaurant if they would be open all night. Renée Mauperin The chance offered itself at a masked ball where the Count appeared in a disguise which was instantly penetrated by Lafayette. The Spirit of Lafayette The first act opens with the masked ball in Capuletti's palace, where the first meeting between the lovers takes place, Romeo being disguised as a pilgrim. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas I went to the Opera-house, never having seen a masked ball before. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia "In view of your fear that you're not Mr. Field, it's rather a coincidence that at a masked ball in Vienna you should just happen to be English, isn't it?" she asked. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) Señor Waring has told me about the masked ball, and how you played Romeo to somebody's Juliet.” The Car of Destiny The reigning sovereign had a predilection for masked balls,—a traditionally favorite amusement at the palace, I was told—and accordingly several fancy dress festivities were enacted on the royal premises during the carnival. The Gray Nun In the second act Benoit, dressed like the finest cavalier, gives a masked ball in his father's gardens. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Crush out carnivals and masked balls and theatres, and lo, you! the disguising and acting and masking show themselves in the whole community. The Gypsies It occurred to me that you might have won a black domino at the masked ball they gave, the Wohenhoffens. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) A masked ball the old Duchess is giving in honour of Princess Ena. The Car of Destiny A week passed, and the court chamberlain issued invitations for the third masked ball at the palace. The Gray Nun At this moment an invitation to a masked ball is brought by the King's page Oscar, and the conspirators resolve to take advantage of this opportunity for the execution of their design. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas But Hermione was bent upon enjoying her first masked ball, and all the freedom of moving about alone. Paul Patoff "Oh, then I am the woman you met at the masked ball?" she cried. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) This was a masked ball, and young Lavater, then in England, was with them. Mary Wollstonecraft Or is it only coincidence that one of the guests at the masked ball happened to wear the costume of the Red Cavalier? 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Sallie said she went home and hated every room in her house separately and specifically; then she had a good cry over “the perfectness of the Percivals,” and issued invitations to a masked ball. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid "I feel as though I were going to a masked ball," I said, laughing. Paul Patoff The fashionable Mrs. G—— gave a masked ball; tickets were presented to persons of quality and fashion; among the rest, three were sent to Miss Milner. A Simple Story Blanka sat in her room, with closed doors, preparing her costume for the masked ball. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania At the masked balls, each paid a dollar for admission. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Shallow-minded people fancy Puritanism to be prosaic, because the laces and ruffles of the Cavaliers are a more picturesque costume at a masked ball than the dress of the Roundheads. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) A description of one of the masked balls would tell you the whole of the night life in Vienna, but until you have become a part of one of them you would not understand them. Europe After 8:15 Two of the Norfolks came down the hill with us, swearing like Billy O. Been up less than a fortnight; and there's a masked ball on at the Club to-morrow. The Great Amulet "I saw your wife at the masked ball last night," the first Mac would say, in his rich brogue. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions And I must avow I found it much more decent than the masked ball. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 These wonderful seventy years indeed had passed to Lady Bellair like one of those very masked balls in which she had formerly sparkled; she had lived in a perpetual crowd of strange and brilliant characters. Henrietta Temple A Love Story The masked balls, which supersede any other feature of the carnival in attraction, were introduced under the reign of the Duc d'Orleans. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants There are few towns where masked balls do not take place, and these usually last all night, so that some of the dancers never go to bed. Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium The masked balls, which are held in the city every winter, are largely attended by impure women and their male friends. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City I lived to see you and Miss Della meet often, after that first meeting at the masked ball, and I lived to see her love you. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans Besides, there are no longer any Turks except at masked balls and in the Champs-Elysees where they sell dates. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter The project succeeded, and the first masked ball at Paris was held on the 2d of January, 1716. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants The Onslows are "great hands" at original entertainments, and the announcement that there would be a masked ball that evening was received with tremendous enthusiasm. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter She has denounced Margot for heresy, and at a masked ball the Inquisition, disguised in a yellow domino, succeeds in separating the young couple, and in carrying off "the sweet Margot" to a convent. Certain Personal Matters One night at a masked ball, given by a nobleman, Handel was present in disguise. The Great German Composers One evening during the carnival, at the masked ball at the Opera, whither she had gone with Marcel, Mimi, Musette had for her vis-a-vis in a quadrille a young man who had formerly courted her. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter "I am going to a masked ball to-night as a Grey Capuchin, and I want a mask that will match my robe." Hearts and Masks No public masked balls are allowed, except one or two on the last nights of the Carnival. Rome in 1860 He went to masked balls and arrayed himself as a woman, and was constantly importuned by suitors. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business One of the oddest sights on earth is a typical "Breakfast" at "Polly's," the "Kitchen" or the "Dutch Oven," after one of the masked balls for which the Village has recently acquired such a passion. Greenwich Village Then came the great masked ball, to which practically all "society" was invited. Fifth Avenue In the next act Renato joins forces with the conspirators, and in the last he murders Riccardo at the masked ball from which the opera takes its name. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. The masked balls, fashionable under the Empire, were occasions for fresh conquests. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 There seemed to be talk of a masked ball.... The Palace of Darkened Windows So it came about that the fascinating innovation of the masked ball struck the fancy of fashionable New York. Greenwich Village To that famous masked ball given by the Brevoorts on the evening of February 24, 1840, in their house at Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue Hone went attired as Cardinal Wolsey. Fifth Avenue You pretend to be so careful of me—you would not even let me go to that masked ball in Paris—and yet you put these horrid pictures into my mind! Verner's Pride The Duke of Mecklenburg, whom she met at one of the masked balls, was extremely anxious to keep up her acquaintance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 He thought of next Friday—and Arlee's return—and the masked ball. The Palace of Darkened Windows Charming visions were woven on his memory from the fading skeins of the past—a ride in a dilapidated, public fiacre after a masked ball in Paris ... at dawn. The Three Black Pennys A Novel But it was also the last masked ball held in the town for many years. Fifth Avenue The scene was changed to Boston, Massachusetts, and the time laid in the colonial period, notwithstanding the anachronism that masked balls were unknown at that time in New England history. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers During masked balls held in the carnival season dancers sometimes changed their costumes two or three times in an evening--one worn under another being revealed by pulling a silken cord. The Story of Versailles It was mid-Lent, and a masked ball was given by my fiancé's friends in one of the old Roman palaces. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill On her first appearance at court, proud of her youth, her beauty, and her brilliant complexion, she had proscribed rouge and patches, saying that life was not a masked ball. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 There, the evening of February 24, 1840, was held the first masked ball ever given in New York. Fifth Avenue How differently he had appeared the happy night of the county assembly, and at the still happier masked ball at the Duke of Rosley's! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Yes, I told you at the masked ball," said I, "that sometime I would see you, masks off. The Way of a Man The grand masked ball at the Casino about this time presents an irresistible attraction to the floating population in Florence. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Mericourt Let me tell you privately, that you are now talking nothing but the nonsense of masked ball chatter, which passes for wit among those who do not indulge in it. Mercadet A Comedy in Three Acts A masked ball—a masked ball at a Cairo hotel! The Fortieth Door We are met with the news that there is to be a masked ball at the château. The Light That Lures Then followed the French Minister's masked ball, amusing as well as splendid, readers of Cooper's "Italy" will find. James Fenimore Cooper How fine masked balls are in sensational novels! how absolutely flat and unsatisfactory in fact! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 I went to the German Artists' ball, where were some pretty costumes, and beautiful music; and to the Italian masked ball, where interest lies in intrigue. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II One night we went to a masked ball given for the benefit of a new hospital which is situated upon the Golden Horn. As Seen By Me The sooner it was done, the sooner he could journey to Paris; and their arrival in Beauvais at the time of this masked ball was fortunate: there need be little delay. The Light That Lures Ankarström, the assassin of Gustavus III. of Sweden, at a masked ball, March 15, 1792, for which he was executed after being publicly flogged on three successive days. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Ha, ha, ha! excuse me, I really have to laugh; for I just happened to remember our meeting at the masked ball last September. The Grandissimes On the 23d of December, after leaving a masked ball, he started post-haste for the frontier of Silesia, where he had collected thirty thousand men. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Every street of Constantinople looks like a masked ball, so this one merely continued the illusion. As Seen By Me "All the world has come to Beauvais for the masked ball at the château." The Light That Lures There is a little sketch by Guardi representing a masked ball in the Council Chamber where the "Paradise" of Tintoretto fills a wall. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts We were last night at the masked ball in the Hay-market. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Tschaikovski, however, had not learned that womankind was not his kind; so he flirted a little with the beautiful niece of one Tarnovski, for instance, and with an unknown at a masked ball. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 That would be a little too much like playing the clown at a masked ball. The Visioning A masked ball was given in celebration of the nuptials. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction In the evening was a masked ball in the Tacon Theatre, a spacious building, one of the largest of its kind in the world. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America A huge masked ball emptied into the streets at daylight; a meeting of all nations on common ground, a pot-pourri of every conceivable human ingredient, but faintly describes it all. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories It was not a masked ball, as some folks wanted to persuade you. Vanity Fair Noble ladies! who drink, and smoke, and carouse, who attend masked balls, and talk slang! Baron Trigault's Vengeance Early in January the widow wrote to Georges, who was in the country, and asked him to take her to the masked ball at the Opera on the 13th. A Book of Remarkable Criminals He was at the masked ball last night and was very nice. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis He was a director of a theater, a manager of masked balls, and a leader of all the amusements we can imagine. Good Stories for Holidays She said: DEAR: Go to the masked ball at the Opera on the night after to-morrow. The Phantom of the Opera In the winter of 1787 he attended a masked ball where he met 'a pretty domino—a plump voluptuous maiden,—who fascinated him. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Who but Roque, fresh from town, with his experience of Carnival, and his own accounts of the masked ball, the Paseo, and the Señorita's beaux? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Having arrived at the time of the carnival, we have been in the midst of masked balls, which are curious to see for once; of operas, dinners, and every species of gaiety. Life in Mexico I remember well that at a masked ball at the Parisian opera, in the year 1785, the very first beau I recognized in the room, parading in a habit de cour, was my own perruquier. Paris as It Was and as It Is By pitying him the other night, the night of the masked ball. The Phantom of the Opera To form one's impression of a masked ball from the attempts at this mode of entertainment in our country, is but to conceive a most imperfect and erroneous notion. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Throughout the second act she put on the same airs of knowledge, watching the masked ball intently, but never once uttering a laugh and hardly ever smiling. The Christian A Story The carnival was not very gay, with the exception of a few public masked balls and very brilliant paseos. Life in Mexico To conclude, the masked balls at the Opera, on the last days of the Carnival, were numerously attended. Paris as It Was and as It Is And then you saw Red Death stalking about at the last masked ball. The Phantom of the Opera They have not yet arrived at the wonderful expedition and despatch observed in Paris, where a half hour is enough to convert the grand opera into the masked ball. Castilian Days Parliaments, and installations, and masked balls, with all other secondary splendors in celebration of primary splendors, reflex glories that reverberated original glories, at length had ceased to shine upon the Irish metropolis. Autobiographical Sketches There were three masked balls at the theatre, of which we only attended one. Life in Mexico She took endless boxes for the play, and tickets for the masked balls, and gave them away to everybody. The History of Pendennis We can imagine its appearance by its resemblance to the domino now worn at masked balls. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Banquets, masked balls, street pageants, Giostre, and musical comedies crowded one upon another. The Tragedies of the Medici Louis was too pre-occupied to talk when we met at the masked ball, and he suddenly left me for a lady carrying violets. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Next night there was a public masked ball, but we did not attend it. Life in Mexico It belonged most especially to masked balls, divine features vanishing under a provocative edge of black satin. Cytherea Not far from the hall in which the Congress was sitting there was a public fete with a masked ball. Public Opinion While grave ministers of finance were puzzling their heads over the deficit, gay Marie Antoinette was buying new dresses and jewelry, making presents to her friends, giving private theatricals, attending horse-races and masked balls. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. A masked ball? a parlor concert? private theatricals? a—what? Self-Raised Or, From the Depths People's politics are their prejudices at a masked ball, and the Conservatives will vote Conservative and the Liberals Liberal, through a cannonade of unanswerable cartoons. Without Prejudice She herself was recognized at public masked balls, where the worst women of the capital jostled the great nobles of the court. The Eve of the French Revolution That masked ball Skiff Mitchell was going to give us has been postponed. Smoke Bellew OF course I should recognize Simpson anywhere, even at a masked ball. The Holiday Round Every maiden knows that a masked ball is a dangerous maze for unprotected hearts. Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 It was consequently no common masquerade, but a grand, elegant masked ball, to which a true lady could repair. Stories by Foreign Authors: Scandinavian I only regret that he is not to see the first masked ball. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Last year at this moment," said Chirac, "I was thinking of only one thing—the masked ball at the opera. The Old Wives' Tale Very generally the wind-up of the season of fun and frolic consists of what is called a "Veglione," or "great making a night of it," which means a masked ball at the theatre. A Siren "That is but proper and reasonable, and I most heartily subscribe to the same," It is a masked ball that occupies the gay throng in the ducal palace. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence At masked balls the chaperon is useless, and everyone, being masked, looks so much alike that mistakes are easy. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo The time too was well-chosen; for the sisters had prevailed on the Reverend Mother to celebrate the saint's day by a masked ball, and the whole convent was engrossed in the invention of whimsical disguises. The Valley of Decision Now, ladies, there is nothing less important on hand than a masked ball. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends To neglect no precaution, he, that very same evening, took Juliette to the theatre, and afterwards to the masked ball at the opera. The Widow Lerouge Oh, that life were a masked ball!" she murmured softly to herself, "mysterious and sweet! where you find more than you seek, and guess more than is known. Frederick the Great and His Family And in the evening a masked ball is to be given. The Bravo of Venice; a romance I am," said he, "much like a stranger at a masked ball, where all the masks are acquainted with each other's disguises and concerted to mystify the visitor. The Valley of Decision The theatres and cafes were open as usual, and the masked balls attended with great enthusiasm: confiding in their hundred and twenty-four forts, the light-minded people had nothing to fear. Burlesques We had arranged to go to the masked ball at the Opera and then to have some supper. The Widow Lerouge Often, as he did her hair, the man offered her tickets for a masked ball. Madame Bovary There was a grand fancy masked ball last night. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Hop-Frog, in especial, was so inventive in the way of getting up pageants, suggesting novel characters, and arranging costumes, for masked balls, that nothing could be done, it seems, without his assistance. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Every Saturday night in winter there is a masked ball at the Grand Theatre of Algiers, just as at the Paris Opera-House. Tartarin of Tarascon There was a big masked ball in the street, and another in the Masonic Hall, while here and there flared the lights of the faker with something to sell. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West They venture forth to masked balls; they take journeys into the provinces; they turn out well dressed on the boulevards when the weather is fine. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The first report announced that a grand masked ball was to be given at the Melani Palace, to celebrate the day on which the heir of the house attained his majority. After Dark One has easily too much of the Carnival, the masked ball, the débardeurs, and the pierrots. Essays in Little After dinner that evening, Felix brought the conversation round to the masked balls of the Opera, remarking that Marie had never been to one, and proposing that she should accompany him the following evening. A Daughter of Eve Quite incapable, in spite of her intelligence, of suspecting such treachery, the Comtesse Laginska committed the imprudence of going with her so-called friend to a masked ball at the Opera. Paz Devoted to masked balls during the carnival, they seek their luck there, though it often escapes them. Bureaucracy In settling all the arrangements connected with his masked ball, the Marquis Melani showed that he was determined not only to deserve, but to increase, his reputation for oddity. After Dark I remember," said my father, "the first masked ball I ever went to when I was a student in Paris. Paul Kelver, a Novel The Count of San-Felice announced a grand masked ball, to which all that were distinguished in Rome were invited. The Count of Monte Cristo What can one do when one is surrounded on every side with roguery, and everywhere there are insanely expensive restaurants, masked balls, and dances to the music of gipsy bands? Dead Souls It was as if we had taken off something that had hindered our view of each other, like people who unvizored to talk more easily at a masked ball. The New Machiavelli Widowers who are true to the departed do not go among all the handsomest single women in a city at a masked ball. After Dark I suppose my nerves are hardly in a fit state yet for masked balls and adventures; the sight of her seems to chill me. After Dark Whenever I try to convince him of his delusion, he invariably retorts by asking me for a rational explanation of what happened to him at the masked ball. After Dark All his mornings continued to be spent alone in the studio, and all his afternoons to be occupied by his clerical duties, until the day before the masked ball at the Melani Palace. After Dark |
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