"Estrade" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... open, all glances were directed towards the marble table. Nothing made its appearance there. The bailiff's four sergeants were still there, stiff, motionless, as painted statues. All eyes turned to the estrade reserved for the Flemish envoys. The door remained closed, the platform empty. This crowd had been waiting since daybreak for three things: noonday, the embassy from Flanders, the mystery play. Noonday alone had arrived ...
— Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo
... An estrade had been erected from Logaorden to the landing-place. Here we were received by the town councillors, whose president, the Governor, welcomed us in a short speech, we were then conducted to the Palace, where, in the presence ...
— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold
... name given to the estrade, or dais, upon which a feudal prince or ruler sat in state. The term literally signifies ...
— Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things • Lafcadio Hearn
... his splendid cradle, which was placed upon a sort of estrade in the centre of the room, dimly lighted by a lamp suspended from the ceiling by golden chains. This slumbering, smiling, childish face, peeping forth from the green silk coverings of the pillows, resembled a fresh, bursting rosebud. It ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach |
