Indeed, whether on carpets, or
curtains, or tapestry, or ottoman coverings, all upholstery of this nature should be rigidly Arabesque.
Behind the
curtain all was ready on the full stage.
In the dim shadow of the
curtain her luminous eyes shone more brightly than usual from the tears of joy that were in them.
From then, until the
curtain went up for the next act, he had only to sit still and listen.
He was called before the
curtain, and with great propriety appeared, leading Hagar, whose singing was considered more wonderful than all the rest of the performance put together.
When I saw "King Lear" played, nobody was allowed to see a scene shifted; if there was nothing to be done but slide a forest out of the way and expose a temple beyond, one did not see that forest split itself in the middle and go shrieking away, with the accompanying disenchanting spectacle of the hands and heels of the impelling impulse--no, the
curtain was always dropped for an instant--one heard not the least movement behind it--but when it went up, the next instant, the forest was gone.
This movement brought his head down to the level of the glazed end of the after skylight--the lighted skylight of the most private part of the saloon, consecrated to the exclusiveness of Captain Anthony's married life; the part, let me remind you, cut off from the rest of that forbidden space by a pair of heavy
curtains. I mention these
curtains because at this point Mr.
He withdrew the
curtains, noticing, to his surprise, the heavy shutters which their folds had partly concealed.
The three men prostrated themselves on the rock, before the
curtain which hid the shrine.
The hillman drew back to the cart and whispered something to the
curtain. There was dead silence, then a muttering.
All you need do to let me know is to undo the cord holding the
curtain of the 'right' gallery window, nearest to the dark closet.
But see!" Barker drew aside the
curtain, and showed that the long, diamond-paned window was open to its full extent.
WELL, all day him and the king was hard at it, rigging up a stage and a
curtain and a row of candles for footlights; and that night the house was jam full of men in no time.
I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen
curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.
She could look at it because the
curtain had been drawn aside.