Out of the first thousand we'll have a horse and a buggy for summer, and a cutter and a skin lap-robe for winter." Aleck responded with decision and composure— "Out of the CAPITAL? Nothing of the kind. Not if it was a million!" Sally was deeply disappointed;...
as he peered curiously into the apartment.A gay robe of scarlet and yellow plaid, carefully made and neatly fitted, set off to advantage the dark and rich style of his beauty;and a certain comic air of assurance, blended with bashfulness, showed that he had been not unused to being petted...
Britain's King Charles is pictured in full regalia in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, London. The king is wearing the Robe of Estate, the Imperial State Crown and is holding the Sovereign's Orb and Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross.Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023/Handout via REUTERS...
Kleid: 1. dress, gown, robe | 2. article of clothing, garment Kleider: 1. clothes, clothing Kleidung: 1. article of dress, garment Kleingeld: 1. change | 2. change Kleinigkeit: 1. trifle Kleinigkeiten tadeln: 1. carp at, haze, quibble Kleinod: 1. jewel Kleopatra: 1. Cleopatra Kl...
The park as beautiful now, in its wintry garb, as it could be in its summer glory: the majestic sweep, the undulating swell and fall, displayed to full advantage in that robe of dazzling purity, stainless and printless - save one long, winding track left by the trooping deer - the sta...
and Mrs. Snagsby;consequently, the robe-maker's two daughters,combing their curls at the two glasses in the two second-floor windows of the opposite house, are not driving the two 'prentices to distraction as they fondly suppose, but are merely awakening the unprofitable admiration of Guster...
Charles, wearing the Robe of Estate and a Purple Coronation Tunic made by Ede and Ravenscroft, appeared moved by the crowds’ enthusiasm, and the display, and at one point looked as if he was on the verge of tears. London is packed with people – international tourists and Britons hoping...
1.To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force or without legal authority. 2.To take over or occupy without right:usurp a neighbor's land. 3.To take the place of (another) without legal authority; supplant. ...
(In France a distinction was drawn between the noblesse de la robe, or new nobility, and the noblesse de l’épée, or old nobility.) As capitalist relations developed, some members of the nobility succeeded in adapting to the new system and engaged in bourgeois enterprise. For example, the...
not nearly so frequently as his patience. Shakespeare used both inHenry IV, Part 2(1.2): “I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient.” And Jonathan Swift put it in rhyme (The Beasts’ Confession,1732): “While others of the learned Robe would break the patience of a Job...