| 单词 | snuffbox |
| 例句 | Had even sneaked off to the village to have the girl Pilate’s name and snuffbox made into an earring. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuffbox — points were given for how pretty the snuffbox was, but taken away if it had whiskers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I remember Baba climbed halfway up the ladder, hopped back down and fished the snuffbox from his pocket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She loved to please; Charles could count on her to sneak him a pinch of snuff from the snuffbox, and she watched with pleasure as her father indulged his naughty habit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She left a few things inside the hole: a precious box of matches, some glass beads that had come off Aunt Shuvai’s bracelet, some of the copper wire Uncle Kufa used to decorate his snuffboxes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘She told me ... she always said .. Mr. Lyte opened his jeweled snuffbox, took snuff, sneezed and blew his nose. ‘I can go on from there, boy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she made a little hole with her fingers and placed in it Sing’s snuffbox with the single word Jake ever wrote. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a gesture which, if anyone had still thought in such terms, might have recalled an eighteenth-century nobleman offering his snuffbox. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It had been tossed into a sack of rubbish, along with the snuffbox of Wartcap powder and the music box that had made everyone sleepy.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Joseph acquired the snuffbox from his brother and attached the miniature, Ms. Ramsauer said. Are Those Pictures Really Mozart? 2013-02-06T16:16:58Z The same encyclopedic approach prevails in several examples of a kind of snuffbox that is especially associated with Neuber: the Steinkabinettabatiere, or stone cabinet snuffbox, which presents the samples, also numbered, under less distracting circumstances. Art Review: Johann Christian Neuber’s Gold-and-Stone Bonbons at the Frick 2012-07-12T21:49:03Z In the books, this is the rather difficult art of changing one thing into another — a mouse into a snuffbox or a hedgehog into a pincushion. Spellbound by Harry Potter and the Museum of Magic 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “Then he would show you a snuffbox made for Louis XIV and wrapped for years in an old rag, something he just simply had to have and couldn’t live without.” T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z The use of snuff — the dry, granular form of tobacco snorted through the nostrils — was so popular among Europe’s ruling classes in the late 1700s that snuffboxes became an especially favored gift, diplomatic and otherwise. Art Review: Johann Christian Neuber’s Gold-and-Stone Bonbons at the Frick 2012-07-12T21:49:03Z They favored detailed scenery and portraits on their snuffbox lids and walls, which feature harbors, ruins, sheep pastures, assorted royals, dwarfs and pugs. Antiques: Suddenly, Lalique Is Back in Vogue 2011-06-23T21:22:39Z An opposite conclusion was reached regarding a miniature painting on ivory set on a tortoise shell snuffbox. Are Those Pictures Really Mozart? 2013-02-06T16:16:58Z On July 5 the auction house will offer about 75 snuffboxes made in the 18th and 19th centuries, some with plain metal frames added later to replace originals encrusted with garnets and rubies. Antiques: Suddenly, Lalique Is Back in Vogue 2011-06-23T21:22:39Z Pic - A sketch by Rubens of the Apotheosis of James I The collection also features some of Catherine II's personal items, such as snuffboxes, cameos and jewellery. In pictures: Capital hosts Russian collection 2012-07-13T09:43:52Z That is in part due to the nearly 200 works on display, including paintings, snuffboxes, swords and samples of the sumptuously embroidered costumes worn by eminent guests. Met Museum Brings Some Versailles to New York 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Rick Scott, a San Francisco dealer, is bringing about 250 snuffboxes made in Europe between the 18th and 20th centuries. Antiques: Interest Growing in Weavers? Works 2011-04-21T21:52:48Z The profusion of drapes tend to conceal the princely figure, but he was apparently so pleased with the result that, in addition to his fee, he gave the painter a diamond-incrusted gold snuffbox. The Magnificent Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein - review 2011-08-02T13:01:56Z This rare, early-19th-century piece, made in Geneva, doubles as a snuffbox and contains a small clock in working condition. A Piguet & Meylan Butterfly Music Box Smashes its Auction Estimate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z About 80 objects definitely or probably made by Phyfe’s workers are arranged chronologically, along with his snuffbox, spectacles, price book and tools. Antiques: A Portraitist Considered the ?Titian of Louisiana? 2011-12-15T21:47:17Z Viewers will see The Queen Consort present a rare snuffbox from the Royal Collection made from Cornish silver, and a copy of Elegy in A Country Churchyard by poet Thomas Gray. Camilla features in Antiques Roadshow episode at Eden Project 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z When Benjamin Franklin departed as minister to France, King Louis XVI presented him with a snuffbox encrusted with 408 diamonds and inset with the king’s portrait. ‘Father of American Navy’ helmed Russian ship for Catherine the Great Aristocratic diplomats and businessmen competed by exchanging elaborately decorated snuffboxes, often of painted porcelain, sometimes of gold. Why France really helped America's Founding Fathers fight the Revolutionary War 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Ambassador to France, was set to return home, King Louis XVI presented him with a snuffbox decorated with a diamond-encrusted painting of the king. Will Trump Avoid a Constitutional Crisis? 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The Continental Congress in 1786 had consented, after a debate, to Franklin keeping the snuffbox, as it had earlier with a similar gift to envoy Arthur Lee. Trump’s troubling tweet: He would almost certainly be violating the Constitution if he continues to own his businesses 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Duncan Campbell, an expert and silver specialist on the show, said the snuffbox was the first all-English silver he had seen in his career. Camilla features in Antiques Roadshow episode at Eden Project 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson and two other ministers to France were also given snuffboxes. ‘Father of American Navy’ helmed Russian ship for Catherine the Great The elder man gave the sergeant the promised reward, then, turning to his companion, with a low bow, presented him with the snuffbox. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z In order to succeed it is sufficient, as we see, for our stormy history to draw a nightcap over its head, and take a pinch of wisdom out of Kautsky's snuffbox. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z It is nothing more or less than the absurdity and incongruity obvious in a man who, though “wanting a nose,” is extremely curious in the choice of his snuffbox. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Here Mr. Fitzgibbon helped himself to a pinch from my lady's snuffbox. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z "Quite, quite," the other answered slowly, as he took out his snuffbox. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z I stepped toward him, and, although I never take snuff, I put out my hand in the direction of his snuffbox, saying: "With your permission?" Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "Yes, doctor; I have a collection of snuffboxes; but I don't take much pleasure in it." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z The coffee had just been brought, and Aldegonde was filling the cups, when Monsieur Brid'oison offered Monsieur Mirotaine his snuffbox, saying: "Try this, and tell me what you think of it." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Fierce wrath darted from under her squared brows; her high nose grew thinner; a network of small meshes twitched about her mouth; her long fingers tightly clutched the gold snuffbox which usually lay within them. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z I remember the prince saying once that ladies went out of fashion with hoops, and gentlemen with snuffboxes. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z "I should think monsieur was trying to be like you, uncle, when Cousin Anna blew into the snuffbox," she said. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z This was the ancestor that Val took most interest in, even before the revelation of the snuffbox. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z And yet such customs were hardly more ridiculous than those of later times, and more civilized countries—earrings, beauty patches, plume, and snuffboxes. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Here the ghost sighed, and with the saddest air possible tapped her empty snuffbox and went through the act of inhaling a reviving pinch of strong Spanish. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z "To be sure; and I also received the valuable snuffbox you were so good as to send me," replied Mr. Thorneycroft. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z "It's of no use for you to think," continued the man with the snuffbox. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Those neat, polished sentences, snapping like snuffboxes, are often taken from the books that hold what he chose to preserve of his conversation. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z I too automatically stretched out my fingers to the snuffbox, but he pulled it away from me sharply. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z Royalty gave them "gold snuffboxes enough to set up a shop," wrote home the father; "but in money I am poor." Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z One bought a pair of brass buckles, another a crimson riband, a third green garters; the father bought a tobacco-pipe, the mother a horn snuffbox—in short, all had provided themselves with fairings except Merrymind. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z "Monsieur," he said, as he closed his snuffbox, "this is the result of protracted study; and yet, I never studied chemistry!" Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z “What I want to know next is—that is to say, the person I’d like next to interview is this niece of yours who has been deprived of her snuffbox.” Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z "If you look outside," said the owner of the snuffbox, "we'll have to put handcuffs on you." The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z One missed the snuffbox from between his fingers, and the uniform, but there was yet something curiously unmodern in the appearance of this last representative of the Mandeleys. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Their wrists were encircled by brazen bangles, and each carried his snuffbox, a miniature tortoise-shell, with its long ivory spoon appended by a brazen chain. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z I saw that a gentleman had stopped beside me and had taken his snuffbox from his pocket. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z A snuffbox in hand is worth two in the ——” But Aunt Helene wasn’t so sure. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z But she was a woman who cultivated irrational idiosyncrasies as other women collect old fans or ancient snuffboxes. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "Marchand," cried Napoleon, apparently changing the subject, "bring me my snuffbox,—you know which." Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z On the other hand, an old gold watch, a heavy gold snuffbox, both articles of value, remained untouched. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z While speaking, he took from the chest of drawers a small snuffbox, which he had made himself out of birch-bark, and filled it with tobacco. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History She brought back a jeweled snuffbox of antique design which had belonged to her great-grandfather. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z She remained a while absorbed in thought; and then at last, taking an agate snuffbox from her pocket, she strengthened herself with a pinch, before she answered. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales "This" proved to be a beautiful gold snuffbox. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Faller now left the group, and turned along the mountain path to his house, and the others also dispersed in different directions, after each had taken a pinch out of the Pr�bler's birch snuffbox. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. You see it was not a real snuffbox, but a jack-in-the-box. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series You opened the secret wall safe and within it installed the heirloom snuffbox. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Too bad you don't know about tobacco, they could carry snuffboxes and really act the part.... The Buttoned Sky The King presented Miller with a gold snuffbox and a painting was made of the vessel. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran Beautiful apparel, cane, wig, lorgnette and snuffbox were in the discard. Orphans of the Storm Twelve o'clock struck—crash! up sprang the lid of the snuffbox. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series “A beauty, isn’t it?” he continued buoyantly, looking at Jane, but referring to the snuffbox in his hands, lowered for closer inspection into the light of the electric lamp. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z The snuffbox minus its decorations is part of the Gustavus Vasa Fox collection in the Museum. Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] It would seem that the giddy old thing hobbled home from synagogue conversing with Yossel Mandelstein, the hunchback, and sometimes even offered the unshapely septuagenarian her snuffbox as he passed the door of her cottage. Ghetto Comedies It might be said to correspond somewhat to the old custom of offering the snuffbox. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina Will you believe me that four times General Dombrowski has taken a pinch from this snuffbox?” Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Fancy, if public characters had to learn to snuff—a practice happily abandoned—because they occasionally received gifts of enamelled snuffboxes from foreign potentates! Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life Denham's watch, compass, and musical snuffbox astonished them not a little. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century He took out his silver snuffbox and held it shaking. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin The doctor returned his glance rather unsteadily and betook himself to his snuffbox. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 “Vivat!” cried everybody; he bowed to the company, and slowly tapped his snuffbox with his fingers. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 It took my fancy, for I thought it was a snuffbox. Her Mother's Secret He called me into his office and half raised the snuffbox off the desk as though to offer me an unwelcome pinch. Greener Than You Think Mr. Calamity turned round on his cane and took out his snuffbox. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin After descending some distance, he carefully set down his case upon the stones and fumbled in his pockets for his snuffbox, which he found with some difficulty. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 So saying he offered his snuffbox to the old man. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 The old man rose from his chair, laying his snuffbox on the table by him. The King's Mirror His fingers looked for the snuffbox, but found only the cigarettes which he inspected puzzledly. Greener Than You Think As often as he heard the word "independence" on the street his cane would fly up, and after this spasm his snuffbox would come out of his pocket for refreshment. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin And in our little parlour he would sit and rap on his snuffbox, talking all the while, and forgetting to go till it was dark—as gentle and human as any common man. The Dew of Their Youth But the old men, as they drank their mead and passed from hand to hand a bark snuffbox, continued their chat. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 In the distended lobes of their ears were stuffed cigarettes, horn snuffboxes, or flowers from the port town. Sacrifice Still collarless, snuffbox in hand, he napoleonically directed the removal of those valuables without which the newspaper could not continue. Greener Than You Think He liked to pass it around on the street, for he thereby displayed the king's arms on his snuffbox. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Hearing which the neat, shining, dimpling little Advocate turned his bright eyes from one to the other of us, and tapped his tortoise-shell snuffbox with a kind of elvish joy. The Dew of Their Youth Napoleon's snuffbox might be exactly duplicated so far as its physical properties are concerned, but the association with Napoleon's fingers, the sentimental quality which gives it its special utility, is not reproducible. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles The father took his snuffbox from a small bag and offered me a pinch of snuff. The Land of the Long Night But Mr Le ffaçasé's desk was nude except for an enameled snuffbox and a signed photograph of a president whose administration had been subjected daily to the editor's bitterest jabs. Greener Than You Think "I can not ever take snuff again out of a snuffbox like that." True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin “Then am I right in thinking that—that—in fact—you are a Presbyterian?” said the Doctor, playing with the inlaid snuffbox which he carried in his hand. The Dew of Their Youth This message accompanied it: "That his lordship had made a mistake, his intent not being to send me a snuffbox, but his portrait." Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs Then one passed his snuffbox round, each taking a pinch of snuff. The Land of the Long Night He had acquired a certain insipid and limited taste, little above the mosaics on snuffboxes, similar to other mediocre engravers, with which he surcharged his works. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut Mr. Calamity turned around and around, planting his cane down in a manner that left a circle, and then taking out of his pocket his snuffbox. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin "Not since Henry Harland told us the story of the gentle Cardinal and his snuffbox, have we had anything as idyllic as Meredith Nicholson's 'The Poet.'" Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage “By all means, adding an expression of my tender interest in her Majesty’s health and welfare,” said the king, presenting the count at the same time with a magnificent diamond snuffbox containing his portrait. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son This ceremony meant that I was welcome, and I passed the snuffbox to his son who, in turn, offered a pinch of snuff to Pinta. The Land of the Long Night “Why, what was the matter with him?” asked a third, taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuffbox. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 His snuffbox was silver, and on it in gold were the king's arms. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Garrick here bursts into a laugh, which is broken off short by a reproving look from the Dean, who has gotten the snuffbox back and is meditatively tapping it again. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians And their attachment to the horse, donkey, rings, snuffbox, silver-spoons, and all things, except the clothes, of the deceased relatives, is very strong. The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies He bade us in, we were made welcome, and the snuffbox was passed around. The Land of the Long Night But rhetoric belongs to the past as much as the toga and the snuffbox; it is an extinct art, the art of cultivating style according to the mannerisms of a vanished age. Modern American Prose Selections As he passed the snuffbox to the Continentals he met, and showed the royal arms upon it, they turned away from him; they would not take snuff from the royal snuffbox. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Then he takes out his snuffbox and taps it, which is a sign that he is going to say something worth while. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians He withdrew a snuffbox from his semi-clerical vest pocket, and thoughtfully tapped it with a forefinger. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon I had rings on all my fingers and watches in both my fobs, canes, trinkets, and snuffboxes of all sorts. Thackeray And I am well aware that the man who for a quarter of a century industriously collects snuffboxes has a supreme contempt for the man who collects both snuffboxes and clocks. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Old Mr. Calamity used to sit under the great elm tree at Shakamaxon in the long summer days and extend his silver snuffbox to people as they passed. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin He was shown the sword and snuffbox of General Count de Songis, brother of his paternal grandmother. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air The schoolroom walls were hung with lists of texts of Scripture beginning with the same letter, and for globes were substituted the schoolmaster’s snuffbox and balls of yarn. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book I remember the rattling of the bolts on that door, and the tall figure that appeared there, snuffbox in hand. Romance The highest and most valued distinctions were showered on him; orders, jeweled swords, diamond snuffboxes, were poured in from all the courts of Europe. Great Italian and French Composers Philadelphia had a day of jubilee in honor of the repeal of the Stamp Act, and Mr. Calamity with cane and snuffbox wandered out to see the sights. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Ladies and gentlemen went out with gold snuffboxes and hooped petticoats; we are trying to be men and women now, frankly and brutally. The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts We were almost ready, in our thankfulness and joy, to canonize the ship and crew, and cut her up into snuffboxes and toothpicks. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics I then gave up my silver and copper money, my purse, with nine large pieces of gold, and some smaller ones; my knife and razor, my comb and silver snuffbox, my handkerchief and journal-book. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World The old gentleman snapped down the lid of his snuffbox, and at the same moment felt a hand gripping him by the elbow. Hetty Wesley Uncle Ben, mayhap, shakes his snuffbox, and says: "That boy dreamed dreams in the daytime, but he was an honest man." True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Diggle drew from his fob an elaborately chased snuffbox and took a pinch of fine rappee, Desmond mechanically noticing that the box bore ornamentation of Dutch design. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India "Do as you please," I replied, stepping back, and joining the doctor, who held a white handkerchief in one hand and his snuffbox in the other. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia To play this music with just the right spirit, you must put yourself en rapport with the epoch in which it was written—the era of crinoline, powdered wigs, snuffboxes and mincing minuets. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Nearly every night during all those years of changing, for even faithfulness has its tides, I put the snuffbox under my pillow, and Madame de Ferrier's key spoke to my ear. Lazarre Yes; and your Aunt Hannah and Aunt Prudence have come with them, with bandboxes, caps, snuffboxes, and all. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Forthwith, she placed upon her nose The glasses large and wide; And looking round, as I suppose, The snuffbox, too, she spied. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader The Ancien Régime put up his snuffbox and brushed the fallen grains from his old, old red brocade. Lewis Rand "And when you have found her, what then, sir?" cried the Colonel, tapping his snuffbox. Audrey The snuffbox and the missal which had belonged to my family in France I always carried with me. Lazarre "West to the Rockies—" Doctor Ward calmly produced a tortoise shell snuffbox from his left-hand waistcoat pocket, and deliberately took snuff. 54-40 or Fight To-day this collection includes old silks, laces, jewellery, wax pictures, old prints, some pieces of antique furniture, snuffboxes and ornaments in glass, china, silver, etc. The Art of Interior Decoration Something far more amazing than any snuffbox now challenged his astonished eyes. The Red Redmaynes "Far from it, my dear," agreed Mr. Stagg, and closing his snuffbox, went with a thoughtful brow back to the playhouse and the Tartar camp. Audrey The first thing I noticed was a gold snuffbox, set with portraits of the king, the queen, and their two children. Lazarre He sat down on one of the low forms near Mr. Drever's desk, and took from his waistcoat pocket a large silver snuffbox. The Pilots of Pomona There is a little hair-covered trunk in the corner, studded with brass nails, and boots and leggings and canes and a jackknife and a bootjack, and, on the window-sill, a friendly snuffbox. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen The dark brown eye seemed to stare up at him with a human twinkle as he brought out his gold snuffbox and took a pinch. The Red Redmaynes Mr. Stagg nodded, took out his snuffbox, and asked what now was the schoolmaster's opinion of the girl's Monimia last night,—the last act, for instance. Audrey "We have two bags of money and the snuffbox," said the Oneida. Lazarre He tapped his snuffbox and took a large pinch, and leisurely passed the box to the dominie. The Pilots of Pomona She was a Lady of the Old School, and used often to dine with the Lambs and get her snuffbox filled. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women "Father," he says immediately, "I have one more confession: I accuse myself of stealing a snuffbox." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Even Charles, who strutted and plumed himself and offered his snuffbox to every passer-by, must acknowledge that! Audrey I took from my pocket the gold snuffbox with the portraits on the lid, and placed my key carefully therein. Lazarre There was a pause here and a passing of the snuffbox. The Pilots of Pomona There is a costly diamond snuffbox from the Emperor of Russia; and a large bottle of pure attar of roses, three times the price of gold. Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic A gypsy, on his knees to his priest, is tempted by the father's snuffbox and steals it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 He laughed again, and, dismissing the subject with airiness somewhat exaggerated, drew out his huge gilt snuffbox. Audrey I heard her lay the snuffbox on the stone seat. Lazarre I noticed him start nervously as Mr. Duke, putting forth his hand to take up his snuffbox, happened to touch the gun. The Pilots of Pomona The mandarin was made to shake his head—a musical snuffbox played its part—and a variety of other expensive toys were also exhibited. Marriage He stopped, with the snuffbox he had somewhat ostentatiously drawn from his pocket still open in his hand. Frontier Stories The Colonel put up his snuffbox and brushed a grain from his ruffles. Audrey When I could see them no more, I rose, and put my snuffbox in my breast. Lazarre I then threw my snuffbox into the fire, and took to cigars. Lectures on Art I then gave up my silver and copper money, my purse with nine large pieces of gold and some smaller ones; my knife and razor, my comb and silver snuffbox, my handkerchief, and journal-book. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 But, one morning, he walked into the bar, and taking out his snuffbox, says "Chickweed, I've found out who done this here robbery." Oliver Twist "Come and take your snuffbox—if it be yours—from the book where you have left it." Audrey Grandma had put her snuffbox on the door casing above the kitchen door. The Life of Me; an autobiography His precipitancy made him miss his footing, and he rolled like a barrel to the bottom, his snuffbox rolling in front of him. The Woodlanders Twinkling on jewelled snuffboxes, beaming savagely from the crass gold of candelabra, From the white shoulders of girls and the white powdered wigs of men... Young Adventure, a Book of Poems They lay their heads together, with their snuffboxes in their hands, as Mr. Bayes has it, and league it away. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Colonel Byrd took out his snuffbox and studied the picture on the lid, while his daughter sat like a carven lady, with a slight smile upon her lips. Audrey And by leaning way over, she could reach the snuffbox. The Life of Me; an autobiography With two or three snuffboxes, a gold watch and chain, and a few books, these comprised his whole worldly wealth. Casanova's Homecoming As fast as he produced it he put it in a metal box, shaped like a snuffbox, and covertly he showed it to us. A Columbus of Space She put ashes into the teacher's snuffbox, pinned the skirts of her companions together. L'Assommoir As he spoke he put out his hand to take the snuffbox. Audrey It would be difficult to find, however, such gold snuffboxes as were once handed round among monarchs and among wealthy snuffers. Manners and Social Usages The next morning he went out into the garden and dropped the battered snuffbox into the well, and then dismissed the subject from his mind. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret Author's note.—"Mention the old silver snuffbox which I saw at the Liverpool Mayor's dinner." Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance In the pleasant old days he flitted from palace to villa, dining and supping, and flattering the ladies, and tapping the lid of his jeweled snuffbox in all fashionable companies. Venetian Life Books lay upon the table; one of them open, with a horn snuffbox keeping down the leaf. Audrey Having divided the money into two unequal heaps, and added a golden snuffbox to the lesser heap, he desired Mr. Wild to take his choice. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction Well, her husband, eccentric peer with a priceless collection of snuffboxes and a chronic deficiency of humour, had arranged the little dinner to effect a reconciliation, away from the prying eyes of their set. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917 Madame's table, with its basket of chenilles, stood in the same place, and by it was her enamelled snuffbox. A Romance of the Republic General Rochambeau tapped his snuffbox meditatively, like a man in two minds. The Westcotes The trader, his head held very high, drew out a large and bedizened snuffbox, and took snuff with ostentation. Audrey Then drawing forth his snuffbox, he thrust it under the nose of the being to whom he spake. Stolen Treasure Her grandmamma went out one day And by mistake she laid Her spectacles and snuffbox gay Too near the little maid. Types of Children's Literature He paused, tapping his snuffbox, and at that moment the door opened to admit General Vincente. In Kedar's Tents "You shall have your lovely silver snuffbox, all the same," said she. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Off came the hats of the gentlemen; the bows were of the lowest; snuffboxes were drawn out, handkerchiefs of fine holland flourished; the welcoming speeches were hearty and not unpolished. Audrey Thereupon, hauling out his precious snuffbox and rapping upon the lid, he offered a pinch around. Stolen Treasure Forthwith she placed upon her nose The glasses large and wide; And looking round, as I suppose, The snuffbox too she spied: "Oh! what a pretty box is that; I'll open it," said little Matt. Types of Children's Literature "The Mater has a single hair of George Washington's, done up in a gold snuffbox," cried the boy. Hildegarde's Neighbors He opened his snuffbox, and inhaled a long deliberate pinch of snuff. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box The Ancient stared also, but, dissembling his vast surprise, he dealt the lid of his snuffbox two loud, triumphant knocks. The Broad Highway The snuffbox which the Lieutenant had regarded with such prodigious pride as the one emblem of his otherwise dubious virtue was gone. Stolen Treasure Cases have been recorded of clergymen who were kleptomaniacs and in one instance a dying victim stole the snuffbox of his confessor. The Dream Doctor If you'll give me two, I will hunt up a snuffbox. Hildegarde's Neighbors It was a rich snuffbox, not too large for a woman. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 I have lost my snuffbox; I pray you find me another, somewhat more flat, and pray have something pretty written upon it, with a lock of your hair. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon The Wiesbaden "Lohengrin snuffbox" has had a great effect upon me; it was forwarded to me here by my wife. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 In one hand was his diamond snuffbox, in the other a richly laced handkerchief; his clouded cane reposed by his side. Peg Woffington He opened it, and the snuffbox said to him in the Spanish language: "What do you want?" The Junior Classics — Volume 1 Lewis plucked out his snuffbox and trumpeted in his many-colored handkerchief to hide his laughter. The Sleuth of St. James's Square He snapped down the lid of his gold snuffbox—that faithful companion and consoler of so many years—and cast it viciously at the head of one of the oncoming peasants. The Trampling of the Lilies This snuffbox also shall one day figure in my collection of rarities. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 I remember two things about his lectures on surgery, the deep tones of his voice as he referred to his oracle,—the earlier writer, Jean Louis Petit,—and his formidable snuffbox. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 So he took out the snuffbox and opened it, and again it asked: "What do you want?" The Junior Classics — Volume 1 Not until she had opened the padded lid and had seen the snuffbox reposing in a bed of cotton wool did she relapse into a long sigh of relief. The Clue of the Twisted Candle He was himself always occupied: writing his memoirs, solving problems in higher mathematics, turning snuffboxes on a lathe, working in the garden, or superintending the building that was always going on at his estate. War and Peace Then he returned to our bench, shook hands with me while the Left applauded and the Right waxed indignant, and calmly emptied the snuff in Savatier-Laroche's snuffbox into his own. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo He took a huge pinch from his black snuffbox and held his peace. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald One day, as he was walking along, he picked up a snuffbox. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 She had given as security, the snuffbox presented to her husband's father, a doctor, by one of the Czars for services rendered, and was "all blue enamel and gold, and foreign words in diamonds." The Clue of the Twisted Candle "That is probably the work of Vinesse," said Pierre, mentioning a celebrated miniaturist, and he leaned over the table to take the snuffbox while trying to hear what was being said at the other table. War and Peace He said he never took money from distinguished strangers; he suggested a souvenir—a diamond scarf pin, a gold snuffbox, some little trifle of that sort by which he could remember us. Three Men on the Bummel So that, except as consolatory scolding-stock for the rest of his life, Voltaire got nothing of his 76 pounds 10s., "with jewels and snuffbox," always lying ready in the Trunk for him. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 When the young couple woke up they found themselves back in the old castle, without their snuffbox. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 His Ambassadors "get gold snuffboxes;" and return mildly glad! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 He half rose, meaning to go round, but the aunt handed him the snuffbox, passing it across Helene's back. War and Peace He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the center of the lid. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Voltaire demands to have at least his snuffbox, cannot do without snuff; they answer, 'It is usual to take everything.' History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 The princess had told her mother about the snuffbox, which gave them everything they wanted, and the queen bribed a servant to steal the snuffbox. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 The fingers, the watch, the snuffbox, the shoe-buckles, the garter studs, the solitaires of the Count, on high days, all burned with diamonds and rubies, which were estimated, one day, at 200,000 francs. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life The aunt was just speaking of a collection of snuffboxes that had belonged to Pierre's father, Count Bezukhov, and showed them her own box. War and Peace "Ah!" said M. le Marquis, and drew a gold snuffbox from his pocket. Scaramouche Indeed, I saw some of those near me passing their snuffboxes to each other. Child of Storm The following night, when everyone was fast asleep, he crept in and took the snuffbox. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 He pulled up the collar of his shirt with an air, took out his snuffbox, opened it, and offered me a pinch; on my refusing, he took a large one. La Grande Breteche "You know N— N— received a snuffbox with the portrait last year?" said "the man of profound intellect." War and Peace And to heighten the irritation, Andre-Louis—the actor, Scaramouche always—produced his snuffbox, and proffered it with a steady hand to Le Chapelier before helping himself. Scaramouche "Well, my dear Bordin?" said the marquis at last, holding out his snuffbox, from which the old lawyer took a pinch in an absent-minded way. An Historical Mystery She opened the lid and the snuffbox said to her: "What do you want?" The Junior Classics — Volume 1 He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The count, forgetting to smooth out the smile on his face, looked into the distance straight before him, down the narrow open space, holding the snuffbox in his hand but not taking any. War and Peace Her grandmamma went out one day, And, by mistake, she laid Her spectacles and snuffbox gay, Too near the little maid; "Ah! well," thought she, "I'll try them on, As soon as grandmamma is gone." The New McGuffey Fourth Reader Mr. Wilding produced a snuffbox of tortoise shell and gold. Mistress Wilding On he went, away, away, away, but he sought the snuffbox in vain all up and down the neighboring countries, and very soon he came to the end of all his money. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 The manner of his morning walk was with his hands crossed behind him; an umbrella, in figure the express image of himself, always in one hand; a snuffbox in the other. Somebody's Luggage Simon sighed and stooped to straighten the leash a young borzoi had entangled; the count too sighed and, noticing the snuffbox in his hand, opened it and took a pinch. War and Peace Forthwith, she placed upon her nose The glasses large and wide; And looking round, as I suppose, The snuffbox, too, she spied. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader It must have been the fault of the Goblin in the snuffbox. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 He made friends with one of the maids, who told him the history of the snuffbox, and he coaxed her to let him see it. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 An aide-de-camp approached with gliding steps and offered him a gold snuffbox, which he took. War and Peace "To search far," he said, turning back the skirt of his coat to get at his snuffbox. War and Peace When Balashev had ended, Napoleon again took out his snuffbox, sniffed at it, and stamped his foot twice on the floor as a signal. War and Peace Napoleon grinned maliciously and again raised his snuffbox to his nose. War and Peace Now the clock struck twelve-and, bounce! -the lid flew off the snuffbox; but there was not snuff in it, but a little black goblin; you see, it was a trick. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 He put his snuffbox into his waistcoat pocket, took it out again, lifted it several times to his nose, and stopped in front of Balashev. War and Peace "Yes, it has happened luckily for you," he said, raising the open snuffbox to his nose. War and Peace The countess reflected a moment and took a pinch from a gold snuffbox with her husband's portrait on it. War and Peace On retiring to her own room, she sat in an armchair, her eyes fixed on a miniature portrait of her son on the lid of a snuffbox, while the tears kept coming into her eyes. War and Peace |
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