| 单词 | backstairs |
| 例句 | Momma and I followed that lane to the backstairs of Dentist Lincoln’s office. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Photograph: National Trust/PA An absolutely filthy painting that hung for decades in the sorry gloom of a stately home's backstairs will today be confirmed as a work of enormous art historical significance. Cracking the Tintoretto code 2010-06-09T06:23:00Z He was known for avoiding the elevator in favor of walking up the backstairs. Napoleon on the Backstairs 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Yes, this is a piece about a headstrong young woman and her ideas, but it is more vividly about passion, betrayal and backstairs intrigue. Music Review: ‘Mrs. President’ Opera Has Preview at Symphony Space 2012-07-10T22:20:10Z But now, here on the backstairs, all ambiguity was washed away by this bad-parent insult. Napoleon on the Backstairs 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Next to it was his study, where he wrote by the light of a single candle and received the “common” people through the backstairs, which he also used to come and go unnoticed. Dostoyevsky vs. Tolstoy: One Family’s Competitive Vacation in Russia 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z When the National Trust took over the Bankes family home it also took on its contents, including the huge oil painting on the backstairs known as Apollo and the Muses. Cracking the Tintoretto code 2010-06-09T06:23:00Z Porter's consists of giggling backstairs gossip, Coward's of snickering observations about physical anomalies and sexual preferences. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Up the backstairs, buzzed in by a security guard, through the parking lot, into an elevator, through a hallway. Tracing a Los Angeles Treasure: Its Glorious Sprawl of Sushi 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z But long before Putin’s backstairs embrace of Trump’s candidacy, Syria had illustrated the limitations of a president who always tiptoed through the tulips. Obama stayed quiet on Russian interference. History will judge him for it | Walter Shapiro 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Instead, his columns were narratives of creation, abandonment and restoration that lovingly highlighted quirky design and backstairs gossip from decades past. Christopher Gray, Architecture Writer and Researcher, Dies at 66 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In the mid-1800s, members of the Wood family and their guests used the grander front staircase, and the backstairs were used by servants responsible for many of the household tasks. EXCHANGE: Tours help students learn the history of Quincy 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z “Zack and I were kind of dancing around all night,” Murphy said, neglecting to add that he ended that dance by shoving the All-Star pitcher down the backstairs. Daniel Murphy Wins Over Mets Fans Even as He May Leave Them 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Standing silent in the sunlight, it served to place into a proper perspective a ramped-up spat on the Trent Bridge backstairs. England’s Anderson and Broad dominate on day three against India 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Lord Butler of Brockwell said what he called "backstairs sniping" showed contempt for the civil service. Maude criticised over leadership 2013-11-30T03:36:20Z Frieda was on the backstairs that night when I came in. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Now, we all know that in the matter of public appointment anything like backstairs influence or indirect canvassing is positively fatal to the success of a candidate. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z But, somehow, it was very unlike Archie to have conceived so backstairs an idea. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Politics did not interest him; but he was averse to this backstairs method of abetting agitators. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z "And backstairs sniping, whichever side it comes from, shows that something is wrong and there's been too much of that backstairs sniping." Maude criticised over leadership 2013-11-30T03:36:20Z It was all highly amusing, a backstairs view of life, so to speak, which somehow bore the stamp of the authentic. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z If they take too much, they will go up by the backstairs to bed.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z Three minutes later I was out of the house, using the backstairs to avoid the company in the library, and had crossed the garden and crawled through the hedge. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z We live in days of backstairs and court favor. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z All the stories and backstairs gossip about him had excited her desire to become a second Madame de Brézé in his life and bring the rustle of silk to this Eveless man. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z What do he and his son, James, now head of UK operations, get from backstairs political schmoozing? Rupert Murdoch's will is likely to prevail over BSkyB buyout 2010-10-12T18:30:00Z Pah! how I loathe this backstairs work, but what can I do? Lady Maude's Mania Keep a good heart, even if you have to knock in vain at many doors, and kick about the backstairs of the house of letters. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. I 'd be ashamed to think that a son of mine owed any share of his success in life to ignoble acts or backstairs influence. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly She was growing significant in the backstairs of politics. The Intelligence of Woman One was sometimes disposed to wonder whether he did not think too much about the backstairs. Studies in Contemporary Biography The minister was pleased that this man did not try to get in by backstairs influence, but came direct by the front entrance. Timar's Two Worlds “For 21 there is one thing certain: that this Gondremark has one foot in the Court backstairs, and the other in the Masons’ lodges. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) He darted across the room and opened the narrow door that led into the backstairs corridor. Officer 666 His intellect was too big to climb backstairs till opportunity came. Amaryllis at the Fair When Mr. Lincoln is cornered, then he makes a Brigadier or a Major General, according to circumstances and in obedience to political or to backstairs influence. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Judge Bording flew after the dastardly barber, who swifter still, was down the backstairs and out of the house into the darkness before the Judge could lay hands upon him. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton All this time he was fighting a desperate battle against backstairs influences, which with true instinct were deprecating and counteracting his schemes of aggrandizement and national reorganization. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Unluckily, just as I was thinking this, Belinda made her appearance through a door leading on to the backstairs. My New Home "Wait, wait, you backstairs prima donna," he hissed, growing pale with rage. The Comedienne Not a single event was immune from malicious backstairs comment. The Goose Man At that moment, Mary Ellen, having heard the voice of her mistress, projected her face above the doorsill of the backstairs. Explorers of the Dawn And the man who invented the backstairs waist, he groaned in his swollen throat. The Book of Humorous Verse This backstairs knowledge does the trick for him. Personality in Literature Probably what he was doing now did not seem to him much worse than any other backstairs method of getting on in the world. Half a Hero A Novel Let me out this way!' and so saying, she darted out of a door that led to the backstairs, and disappeared. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 Then up the cavernous backstairs came the peal of the front door bell. Explorers of the Dawn I do not believe in backstairs diplomacy any more than Dr. Hollweg. Face to Face with Kaiserism It was not here a question of reconnaissance work or of costly backstairs methods in a carefully watched fortified area of prime strategical significance like the environs of the Hellespont. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 "I'll be down in a minute, Carter," she said and ran upstairs, through the hall, down the backstairs, cut through the kitchen and across the wet and springy lawn to the King place. Play the Game! Compared with that, this solitary backstairs arrival seemed tame and dispiriting, and he half regretted that he had not postponed his coming till to-morrow, even in the face of Dr Ponsford’s suggestion. The Master of the Shell Do these backstairs formulators and managers of United States opinion and governmental policies have more respect for the UN than they have for the US? The Invisible Government But I hope one of the results of this war will be the end of backstairs diplomacy. Face to Face with Kaiserism Through this filtered all the backstairs' gossip of the Louvre, and more besides, for the small shopkeepers of the Magasins upheld a reputation as evil as the place in which they plied their trade. Orrain A Romance The road to eminence lay by the "backstairs," the atmosphere of which he could not endure. The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Nevertheless, Comstock neglected no chance to apply his backstairs pressure to the members of both Houses. A Book of Prefaces Morris handed him a quarter and he shuffled off toward the backstairs. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter I will take you in the kitchen door and up the backstairs to my room, and doctor it unknown to anybody.” The Debtor A Novel She had in fact stolen down the backstairs on that account, and gone out the south door in order that her mother should not see her. By the Light of the Soul A Novel Marking their track by a running stream of water, they crept up the backstairs. More William He speaks of secret communications between the executive and members, of backstairs influence, &tc.. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The individuals from whom this suggestion first came were of the class which habitually trades between the Government and the public—the gentlemen of the backstairs. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs They resided more on their estates, and the metropolis was usually resigned to the men of trade in their Royal Exchange, and the preferment-hunters among the backstairs at Whitehall. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 "No use you fellows coming off here when I'm awake; and, you bet, I'm always awake when there's any Muscovite backstairs gentlemen about." Looking Seaward Again Madame followed him out upon the lobby, and added, holding him by the collar, and whispering earnestly in his ear— 'Bring hair ladysheep up by the backstairs—mind, the backstairs.' Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh When a gentleman, through zeal for the public service, undertakes to do the public business, we know that we shall hear the cant of backstairs counsellors. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Intrigue, a sudden dislike, some backstairs piece of gossip, here is the real root of great changes. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Everybody pays a penalty for peeping through keyholes, and the keyhole and the backstairs are essential parts of the method of the modern biographers. Reviews “He wasn't groom of the backstairs to England's queen for nothing.” The Lion and The Mouse A Story Of American Life But Amy was already half way up the backstairs and paused to make a face at her. The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers But we never heard this while the declaimer was himself a backstairs man, as he calls it, but in the confidence and views of the administration, as may more properly and respectfully be said. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The powers of the King are described in terms more suitable to the iron despotism of William the Norman than to the backstairs corruption of George III. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham And Chas, hearing the clatter from aloft, had slipped down the backstairs in his suspenders, and lent a hand with the wiping. V. V.'s Eyes Perhaps," one of the backstairs ambassadors had remarked, "you believe that, in returning and exposing to your countrymen the unreasonableness of the demands of this Government, you will unite them in resistance to those demands. The Conqueror She, having been sustained with turkey and beer in the kitchen, was led by the backstairs up to Vera's very boudoir, that being the only suitable room. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories My father was an earl, and as proud of his titles as if he had won them at Crecy or Poictiers, and not in the campaigns of Westminster, consummated on the backstairs of Whitehall. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 A few moments later she hurried with her bowl into the pantry; there she left it unfinished and crept noiselessly up the backstairs to her room. The Mettle of the Pasture It was a formal meal shared with the two nurses and the two pages of the backstairs. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Later on Kate Cumberland came down the backstairs and slipped into the kitchen. The Night Horseman To the aristocracy of the Church, to the true sacerdotal caste; but we who are in religion are people of the backstairs. The Shadow of the Cathedral His claim to backstairs influence having been challenged, he had resorted to the emotional appeal that is the simplest means of controlling any crowd of men anywhere. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace It were curious to consider what "crabbed old Carlyle" would have done had he suspected the danger of falling into the hands of a literary backstairs Mrs. Grundy like Edmund Gosse! Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 The Jew is everywhere, but you have to go far down the backstairs to find him. The Thirty-Nine Steps Was there a motive at work under this strange reluctance of Arthur's which had a sort of backstairs influence, not admitted to himself? Adam Bede ‘For there is one thing certain: that this Gondremark has one foot in the Court backstairs, and the other in the Masons’ lodges. Prince Otto, a Romance Eight of them she owned, and she kept them in a little place fenced around on her backstairs. The Jungle Never met a man," he was wont to say, "with no backstairs to his mind! The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Half hints became whole, backstairs whispers shouted in the corridors; and all went to swell the feast of sound in the lady's chamber. The Forest Lovers A backstairs way of discrediting a master before his servants. The Road to Damascus Full many insolvents, not bats, to hide so, Nor bushes, nor divers, I happen to know, But even grand seigniors, quite free from all cares, By virtue of brass, and of private backstairs. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The man contrived to escape down the backstairs. Lives of the Necromancers In four or five days, you can tell her the whole story—you'll figure as a sort of hero of romance—" "Yes—penny-dreadful romance—backstairs romance. Affairs of State Craven had once said to himself that Lady Sellingworth could never seek the backstairs. December Love He would never believe it—it was a nasty piece of backstairs gossip! The Metropolis "He wasn't groom of the backstairs to England's queen for nothing." The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life I shall go down the backstairs and around by the porch, and peep in through the library window first. Paste Jewels Very interesting, no doubt," said Collins, dropping his glass, "to those who care for backstairs intrigue. Affairs of State If the old dealer, instead of going down by the backstairs, had taken the front staircase, he would never have heard Henrietta's agony, and the poor child would have been lost. The Clique of Gold Among the musical people he frequented, he found himself on a callow kind of equality with everybody, even the stars and aristocrats, at one moment, and a backstairs outsider the next. Aaron's Rod She was at the other end of the passage, and I expected her to take the turn toward my mistress's room; but instead of that she pushed open the door that led to the backstairs. The Descent of Man and Other Stories Her poor, little, drifting existence floated aimlessly between the kitchen and the lingerie, and all the groping tendrils ofher curiosity were fastened about the doings of the backstairs. Tales of Men and Ghosts I am surrounded by difficulties, by... intrigues by... backstairs influence by... Ulysses I have lived with my uncle for ten years, ever since my poor father died, and I know the backstairs of the business. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa Well, go right upstairs now, up the backstairs, and take off every one of those wet things. Jewel Later he heard Imogene come up the backstairs and, after her, Thankful herself. Thankful's Inheritance I suppose you know what you're doing; appealing through your womanhood to man's weakness—employing "backstairs influence" to gain your private ends, indifferent to the higher issues of the public weal? The Master of Mrs. Chilvers What secret manoeuvring and endeavoring went on unweariedly on royal Sophie's part, we need not say; nor in what bad element, of darkness and mendacity, of eavesdropping, rumoring, backstairs intriguing, the affair now moved. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 All the contests between the Court and the Chamber, showing, as they did, incessant change and constant vacillation, which must injure the prosperity of the country, he scoffed at as backstairs squabbles. Z. Marcas Jewel found the backstairs and ascended them, her little heart hot within her. Jewel Queen's-Reader Abbe de Vermond, unloved individual, was Brienne's creature, the work of his hands from the first: it may be feared the backstairs passage is open, ground getting mined under our feet. The French Revolution Had she been a second-hand clothes dealer, a frequenter of the backstairs of great houses, or had she been merely a courtesan? Father Goriot “I will take you up the backstairs: but I must bandage your eyes first; for I never allow anybody to see those backstairs of mine.” The Water-Babies His mother, starting him up the backstairs, gave him directions how to go, and remained below. Jewel I shall leave the farther door open so the sound of this bell will go right down the backstairs, and one of us will come up whenever you ring. Jewel On serious hearts, of that persuasion, the matter sinks down deep; prompting, as we have seen, to backstairs Plots, to Emigration with pledge of war, to Monarchic Clubs; nay to still madder things. The French Revolution For the rest, if they have any positive industry, it is that of plots, and backstairs conclaves. The French Revolution Only tell us the great backstairs secret, and we will be your slaves; we will make you lord, king, emperor, bishop, archbishop, pope, if you like—only tell us the secret of the backstairs. The Water-Babies |
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