"Commode" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Water from the River. They had no sooner spy'd us, but they set up a loud Cry, that frighted us at first; we thought it had been for those that should kill us, but it seems it was of Wonder and Amazement. They were all naked; and we were dress'd, so as is most commode for the hot Countries, very glittering and rich; so that we appear'd extremely fine; my own Hair was cut short, and I had a Taffety Cap, with black Feathers on my Head; my Brother was in a Stuff-Suit, with Silver Loops and Buttons, and abundance of green Ribbon. This was all ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume V • Aphra Behn
... Houston had raised suddenly, was staring in the direction of an old commode in the corner. At the door the wolf-dog sniffed and snarled. Ba'tiste, bending among the lost trinkets that once had been his wife's, did not hear. Houston grasped him by the shoulder and shook ...
— The White Desert • Courtney Ryley Cooper
... flourished. He was made ebeniste of the Regent, and his influence was always to keep up the traditions when the reaction against the severe might easily have led to degeneration. There are beautiful examples of his work in many of the great collections of furniture, notably the wonderful commode in the Wallace collection. The dragon mounts of ormolu on it show the strong influence the Orient had at the time. He often used the figures of women with great delicacy on the corners of his furniture, and he also used tortoise-shell and many colored woods in marquetry, but his most ...
— Furnishing the Home of Good Taste • Lucy Abbot Throop
... respect. La faute en etait en partie a ses representants, en partie a l'esprit general. Un pur formalisme, une etiquette mondaine, telle elle etait: rien de plus. Le systeme etait commode; il est reste tel, d'ailleurs, et non pas seulement ...
— Collections and Recollections • George William Erskine Russell
... tats, Fut un voisin commode, Et, modle des potentats, Prit le plaisir pour code. Ce n'est que lorsqu'il expira Que le peuple, qui l'enterra, Pleura. Oh! oh! oh! oh! ah! ah! ah! ah! Quel bon petit roi c'tait l! ...
— French Lyrics • Arthur Graves Canfield
... be busy, never fear." He closed the door behind us, and, with a glance, I viewed the room and its occupants. It was a small, low ceilinged apartment, containing a table, a dozen chairs, and a high commode. A few coals glowed in the wide fireplace, and the walls were dingy with smoke. Three candles, already burning low, gave fitful illumination, revealing four occupants, all known to me. At an open door to the right stood ...
— My Lady of Doubt • Randall Parrish
... texte italien, devient un obstacle tres serieux quand on a a traduire ces interminables phrases en francais moderne, prototype de precision, de clarte, de logique grammaticale.... Je sais bien qu'il y a un moyen commode de l'eluder...: c'est de couper les phrases et d'en faire, d'une seule, deux, trois, quatre, autant qu'il est besoin. Mais a ce jeu on change notablement la physionomie de l'original, et c'est ce que je ...
— Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) • Cassius Dio
... snapped. "I'll take her in my black wagon up to my place, put her in the tiled basement. I'll pump out all her blood and flush it down the commode. Then I'll feed in Formaldi-Forever Number Zero. Formaldi-Forever, for the Blush of Death. 'When you think of a Pretty Girl, think of Formaldi-Forever, the Way to Preserve that Beauty.' Then I'll take a needle and some silk thread ...
— The Last Place on Earth • James Judson Harmon
... handy at the present day. But when ladies had powdered top-knots, the hairdresser made his harvest, especially when a ball or a rout made the calls for his services many and imperative. When at least a couple of hours were required for the arrangement of a single toupee or tower, or commode, as the head-dress was called, it may be well understood that for two or three days prior to the ball the hairdresser was in demand, and as it was impossible to lie down without disarranging the structure he had raised on pads, or framework of wire, plastering with pomatum and ...
— At the Sign of the Barber's Pole - Studies In Hirsute History • William Andrews |
