"Tapis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... clerk in the receipt of six hundred dollars a year. He grasped my hand with an air of frankness and sincerity, that at once installed him in my good opinion. A little pleasure excursion was upon the tapis, and he insisted upon my joining it. I readily consented. There were five of us, and the expense to each, if borne mutually, would have been something like one dollar. Peyton managed every thing, even ...
— Words for the Wise • T. S. Arthur
... marchand was in the habit of visiting our neighborhood whose specialty it was to vend baguettes, or small rods for beating carpets, tapestry and padded furniture. His cry was—"Voila des baguettes! Battez vos meubles, battez vos tapis, battez vos ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 • Various
... circumstance of noblemen, who had even borne arms against the King, boasting that they possessed the Queen's confidence, suggested a fear that further accommodations with individual traitors were on the tapis, and that Oxford would no longer remain a sacred asylum to a persecuted court, where unblemished loyalty was sure of safety and esteem; but a sanctuary to which terrified iniquity might retreat, and, ...
— The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 - An Historical Novel • Jane West
... the same, Feb. 28.-Alarming illness of Lord Orford. Success of the coalition. situation of the Pelhams. Masquerade at the Venetian ambassadress's. Lady townshend's ball. Marshal Belleisle at Nottingham. matrimonials on the tapis—404 ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 1 • Horace Walpole
... did not appear good in my eyes, I asked leave of my colonel to quit the service and return to my beautiful country, accompanied by a recommendation, in order that the Malplaquet affair might not be too much brought on the tapis. The colonel referred me to the Prince do Cellamare, who, recognizing in me a natural disposition to obey, without discussion, any orders given in a proper manner and accompanied by a certain music, employed me actively in the famous conspiracy which bears his name, when, ...
— The Regent's Daughter • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
... quarter if once you be entered. Would you prevent their desires, and give the fellows no wishing-time? Look'ee, Dorinda, if my Lord Aimwell loves you or deserves you, he'll find a way to see you, and there we must leave it. My business comes now upon the tapis. Have you prepared your ...
— The Beaux-Stratagem • George Farquhar
... seemed to be absorbing; and though conversation became more general towards the latter courses, still it was on general subjects, as long as the servants were in the room. But, much to his annoyance, his mistress again came on the tapis [26], ...
— The Kellys and the O'Kellys • Anthony Trollope
... now on the tapis, of fluming the entire river for many miles, commencing a little above Rich Bar. Sometimes these fluming companies are eminently successful; at others, their operations are ...
— The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 • Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
... paons out dresse la rampe occellee Pour la descente de ses yeux vers le tapis De choses et de sens Qui va vers l'horizon, parure vemiculee De son corps alangui En ame se tapit Le flou desir ...
— Confessions of a Young Man • George Moore
... in, the wedding preparations were being discussed. The number and names of the bridesmaids were being settled, the dresses were on the tapis, the invitations to be given were talked over. Sensible as Augusta was, she was not above such feminine cares; she was, indeed, rather anxious that the wedding should go off well. She was a little ashamed of her tailor's ...
— Doctor Thorne • Anthony Trollope
... chaque branche, Poussent leurs feuilles par milliers, La veronique bleue et blanche Seme les tapis a leurs pieds; Sans haleine, a peine irisee, Ce n'est qu'un reflet de couleur, Pleur d'azur, goutte de rosee, Que ...
— French Lyrics • Arthur Graves Canfield
... region, seemed to centre night and day upon the tapis vert, and at the entrance of this salon was that fatal chamber, over which might have been written the famous line of Dante, "Voi che entrate lasciate ogni speranza." The reader will at once understand that I am referring to the gambling-house, ...
— Reminiscences of Captain Gronow • Rees Howell Gronow |
