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He looked cautiously round without advancing, and contemplated in silence the apartment occupied by the master of the horse. Thick carpets covered the floor, and large and splendid hangings concealed the walls of the prison; a bed hung with red damask was prepared, but it was unoccupied.
The next morning I sent my servant to his lordship, with a small present of tea, two pieces of China damask, and four little wedges of Japan gold, which, did not all weigh above six ounces, or thereabouts; but were far short of the value of his sables, which indeed, when I came to England, I found worth near two hundred pounds.
Of the latter, Canova cried out, "Per Baccho, che nomo e questo!" It was considered a marvellous likeness; and without violating good taste he worked into the picture crimson velvet and damask, gold, precious marble, and fur, with a most brilliant effect. Before reaching home in London he was elected President of the Royal Academy.
He felt that he must forthwith get at the papers and set this little matter in order. He paused baffled at the door of the parlor, where satin damask and rosewood furniture, lace curtains and drawn shades, held out no promise of repositories of business papers. On the opposite side of the hall was a sitting-room that bore evidence of constant use.
To tell the truth, two heavy curtains of woollen damask hung on either side of the window, but they were not drawn.
Potiphar's softly-tinted walls, the terrible "mene, mene" of imminent destruction? Venice in her purple prime of luxury, when the famous law was passed, making all gondolas black, that the nobles should not squander fortunes upon them, was not more luxurious than New York today. Our hotels have a superficial splendor, derived from a profusion of gilt and paint, wood and damask.
There was a full levee, and fine smell of great coats. "Oh! would you put your hats on the silk cushions?" said the widow to some men in the doorway, who were throwing off their greasy hats on a damask sofa. "Why not? where else?" "If the lady was in it, you wouldn't," said she, sighing.
They could glisten with affection and brighten with interest, and were the faithful mirrors of a modest, sensitive, and naturally amiable disposition. But Harry thought her, dress and all, the most colourless object, and longed to offer even a damask rose to break the cold, sickly effect.
Have you a damask cheek? Stand out! I wish to consider you impartially. YOU needn't look at ME, you know." "I'm not going to," he assured her, stepping forth obediently. "Basilisk that I am!" she laughed. "How brown you are! How long did you say you'd been here? A year?" "Fourteen weary Voiceless months. Not on this island, you know, but around the tropics."
Aminta's cheeks unrolled their deep damask rose at the abrupt intrusion of the name. "I meet him there." "Lord Adderwood, Sir John Randeller; and the rest?" "Two or three times a week." "And the lady, wife of the captain, really a Lady Fair Mrs.... month of May: so I have to get at it." "She may be seen there." "Really a contrast, when you two are together!
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