So far, Eugene had only been in the ballroom on the ground floor of the Hotel Beauseant; the fete had followed so closely on the invitation, that he had not had time to call on his cousin, and had therefore never seen Mme.
Lauzun only on fetedays and Sundays and I will scrupulously follow the letter of your instructions.
The first of the great days of the fete was open to all.
At a grand fete given by the Duc de Lesdiguieres, which in the bottom of his heart he was offering to Mme.
In the evening, lamps hung upon the trees were lighted and the fete continued during the night.
Montespan, a fete for which special buildings were created.
On fete days, however, the peasants appear in brilliant costumes, which we represent here (figs.
It is only on fete days that this wretched costume gives place to aprons and shawls, of bright colour, and even embroidered in gold and silver.
On fete days all the components of this motley multitude are drawn together by the performances of the Javanese bayaderes, or dancing girls (fig.
You may fancy what a fete it was when I came back; though I'm sure we cried as much as if it had been a funeral.
The prince de Conde having announced his intention of giving a grand fete at Chantilly, the princesses declared they would not be present if I were there.
Upon my word," exclaimed Louis XV, hastily traversing the chamber, "this fete seems likely to prove a costly one to me.
One scene of pleasure followed another, and one fete succeeded another.
I could not go to Marat's funeral, and I even missed the great anniversary fete in the Champ de Mars on August tenth!
On their way to Paris to be present at the taking of the Tuileries on the 10th of August, the Marseillais had stopped at Vienne to celebrate the Fete of the Federation.
Saturday, the 25th, had been fixed for the fete at Versailles.
The ball was to take place in the famous Galerie des Glaces; the Empress herself had presided at its transformation, which had been inspired by a well-known print of "Une Fete sous Louis Quinze.
The splendour of that fete at the Hotel-de-Ville has only been surpassed once, in 1867, when the civic fathers entertained a whole batch of sovereigns.
The army only appears in uniform upon Sundays and fete days, when the men are drilled; but the troops receive no pay.
The annual emptying of the lake, however, is observed almost as a fete by the surrounding villages.
This is but a slight description of one of the many sights embraced by the enormousfete provided for the Khedive Ismail's world-invited guests, and picture after picture Henty painted of these scenes by night and by day.
Fete succeeded fete, and Henty speaks of a banquet to the juveniles, of receptions galore, and of the Parsee ladies in their wonderful dresses.
Yesterday was a fete day, and the base of the column and half its height are lost in a mass of flowers and evergreens.
As we went down the last descent, the bells of the town were all ringing, for it was the eve of the fete of St. Antonino.
They talked about other things, about thefete that had been arranged to-day.
Woe to you if you don't release the hero of to-morrow's fete in good time!
With regard to the fetehe received a satisfactory answer.
Berger vehemently opposed this resolution; he must force himself to put in an appearance at least for an hour; the fete had reference not only to himself personally, but to a sacred cause, the independence of Judges.
On the evening of the same day the most prominent men of the town met so as to arrange a fete to their Chief Justice before his departure.
In Bolosch new proposals were constantly being made, to have the fete on a magnificent and uncommon scale.
The whole of Bolosch is preparing itself for to-morrow, it will be such a fete as the town has not seen for a long time.
At the Fete when she and Ingolby met face to face, people had immediately drawn round them curious and excited.
That day at the Hospital Fete he looked at you in a way that told me.
Presently Monseigneur Lourde saw Fleda leave the Fete and take the road towards home.
He had seen Fleda only twice since the episode at Carillon, and met her only once, and that was but for a moment at a Fete for the hospital at Manitou, and with other people present--people who lay in wait for crumbs of gossip.
This is in brief the origin of this fetewhich caused such stupefaction in the Bohemian world across the water.
Phemie Teinturiere has asked to be queen of thefete and Schaunard is to bring some ladies of position.
It all came about through a little fete my father gave to which the neighbors and some of the land-owners were invited.
Meanwhile, I can only marvel at the enthusiasm and good will with which you have all worked to make our first agricultural fete the success it undoubtedly has been.
The Barton Bridge Temperance Fete fiasco had proved the greatest sensation that the county had ever known.
Richard Little, whom he had met in connection with the Temperance Fete fiasco at Barton Bridge.
I made a fete for the village people, so they were all in the fields, dancing and feasting and no one saw us go or come from the church.
It was a huge, royal fete champetre, in which the river Elbe seemed to run with champagne.
One day, shortly before the carnival, there was a great fete at the Louvre, and the courtyard was filling up with magnificent coaches.
Monsieur Regnard was with us yesterday, at our fete champetre.
The fete on board the steamer, given by the Prince in honor of his betrothal, had been as much talked of as a sensational first night at the Francais, and it added decidedly to the romantic prestige of Andras Zilah.
The boat advanced very slowly, as if Prince Andras had given the order to delay as much as possible the arrival at Maisons-Lafitte, where the whole fete would end for him, as Marsa was to land there.
This that highly original woman had chosen to be the scene of the fete which was to astonish society next week; but the secret had been well kept, and no one except Reggie Armstrong knew the precise details of the new surprise.
Mrs. Palmer's giving a woodlandfete this week; it will be very complete, and I guess the sea will come and swallow up Newport.
It was, therefore, as he expressed it to the governess, a perfect fete to him to assist at that little dinner, and he was deeply honoured by the invitation.
But you will grace the fete with your high presence.
