A little later, as Irma and Marion passed the marquee on their way to the carriage, they paused to glance within, where Margherita sat, talking with much animation, the centre of a circle of ladies.
Near it was a large marquee into which they looked as they passed, with a table handsomely spread and decorated with flowers and bright streamers.
Ample provision had been made for their reception, a large marquee capable of seating 1500 persons being erected in a field adjacent to the homestead.
When the Royal party had been conducted to the marquee where the ceremony was to take place an address was read to the Princess of Wales by Dr.
He also received in his own marquee a numerous deputation from the Agricultural Society of France.
At the entrance of the town, the Mayor and Corporation met the Royal party, and conducted them to the marquee which was to be the scene of the ceremony.
On the arrival of their Royal Highnesses the pupils sang the old Hundredth Psalm, the National Anthem having been previously played by military bands as the procession moved towards a dais, beneath a marquee on the lawn.
Baram Singh hurriedly finished his work and left themarquee by the passage leading to the kitchen.
Then the man moved towards the marquee and Thresk followed him.
But the sound had reached into the big marquee and coming after the silence it wrung Thresk's heart.
She went out into the garden; she had fancied the fête would mean music and refreshments and fireworks; she now suddenly saw that the marquee was prepared for dancing.
So they whiled away the time on the veranda, looking down into the garden, where a large marquee had been put up for the dancers, with a music-tent and strings of Chinese lanterns.
He threw himself down in the marquee and slept till daybreak, not even wakened by a still more furious attack delivered, later on, against the French flank--an attack which was only repulsed after very heavy losses.
They went, dodging their way between chattering groups and impeding chairs, but when Perry peered through the doorway of the marquee he was met with a chilly look from a waiter on guard there.
Chairs dotted the lawn and a big marqueewas nearby.
Perry fortunately avoided all pitfalls and was leading by six yards when he reached the top of another flight of steps and saw the marquee and the dancing platform and the gay lights at his right.
Even a large tent or marquee is not considered altogether desirable for refreshments, as under a burning sun the air within becomes over-heated and oppressive, while in the case of a downpour the results are almost disastrous.
Occasionally a large marquee is erected in which to serve refreshments, but more frequently the refreshments for the general company are served in the house, and only cool drinks dispensed in a tent to the cricketers or lawn-tennis players.
My marquee was about half full of people, and more swarming in every minute, when the expected happened.
High above the marquee the Stars and Stripes waved gloriously in triumph of the day of first formal military unfurling.
For the formal surrender of General Burgoyne to General Gates a marquee had been erected near the latter's old quarters.
The opening ceremony commenced with a procession of carriages over the bridge and embankment, and concluded with a dinner in a marquee erected near the works.
Van Amburgh's Circus and Menagerie were exhibited in a large marquee erected in Chapel Field, Norwich.
Dinner was served for 2,000 in a marquee which extended the length of the field.
Butler's side of the story could never be told; fatally wounded while heroically exhorting his men, the poor man was carried to his marquee under an oak, by his brother, Captain Edward Butler.
Under that oak my brother's marquee was pitched and there you will find his bones which you can identify by a fracture of one thigh bone.
An awning protected the porch, red cloth carpeted the steps, a marquee filled the lawn, and a stringed band from Birkshaw had been engaged to play the latest dance music.
The few people in the marquee whom she knew were too far away or too occupied to speak to her, so she stood alone, and heartily wished herself at home.
Between the two divisions of the marquee some of the servants of Napoleon had carved a huge crown in the green turf, on which the Emperor was obliged to step as he passed through.
Betsy, pointing to the spot where the marquee had stood.
They passed from the great marquee into the hall, the strains of the waltz making Glen long to go to Marie and ask her to be his partner for that dance.
Then running to the marquee he drew a knife from his pocket, and cutting through one of the tent cords, returned with it in his hand to the now silent quartette.
Now for the plan," he muttered, and rising, he closed every door of the marquee in turn till the tent was plunged in gloom.
From the marquee behind a man emerged, his white apron and sleeves splashed with blood, and joined Macpherson, who was now alone, Glover and Newton having ridden away together.
Though twelve miles distant, I saw the church on Barren Hill from the observatory, hereafter to be noticed, which stands upon the site of Washington's marquee at Valley Forge.
Upon the brow of the hill, on the spot where Washington's marquee was planted on the day of his arrival there, * Mr. Charles H.
In the centre of the Brownie camp were three large tents, the officers' headquarters, the hospital tent, and the marquee of the Sanitary Corps.
They stole through the camp, passed the rear of the hospital, and paused before the marquee of the Sanitary Corps, which they took to be the officers' headquarters.
The Hospital Tent andMarquee of the Sanitary Corps.
Hasten to the marquee and bid Faith and Sophia come to the aid of these poor fellows.
When the body of Mrs. Fairfax was laid out under the marquee of the commander in chief, and a line of sentinels was established around its limits, Wyanokee was the sole living tenant of the apartment.
Before taking leave of his comrades in arms, he entered the marquee containing the honoured remains.
Having thus spoken, he hastily left the tent and sought the marquee occupied by the higher grade of officers and the more aristocratic of the Cavaliers.
There were two great marquee tents, with nurses flitting about quietly--like angels they seemed to me, for the moment.
He was received by the French officer in advance with the usual formalities, and immediately accompanied to a distantmarquee of the renowned soldier who led the forces of France.
It was during these moments of deep silence, that the canvas which concealed the entrance to a spacious marquee in the French encampment was shoved aside, and a man issued from beneath the drapery into the open air.
The Lancashire Fusiliers were in camp, and the men had thronged the marquee all day, turning up in great force for the service that Sunday evening.
He said nothing, but took in everything, and when the marquee closed for the night and the dusky hero warriors retired to their tents, he spoke to the Indian secretary in charge.
They appear on a tiny marquee and close to it a big dug-out, measuring 30 by 19 feet, in which the Red Triangle carried through its programme of friendliness and good cheer, always under shell-fire.
Hospital, too, grown larger; five big marquee tents; began visit there this morning; disturbed by arriving patients and doctor.
Kerkeraads vergadering" in tent this afternoon; six Elders to discuss Sunday services; the grumblers would not rest until they too had their own big marquee tent on the old site.
The whole party breakfasted together in a marquee on the lawn, and from that moment till after the ensuing midnight were engaged ohne rast with a prodigious quantity of hast in a continuous social effort.
The weather was extremely hot, and in consequence dinner was served in the greatmarquee on the terrace.
The officer's next words showed, however, that his gaze had passed over Nehal Singh's head to the brightly lighted marquee on the other side of the compound.
The sides of the marquee banked with flowers, the music, the brilliant dresses and uniforms, were all calculated to impress a mind as yet curiously unspoiled by the pomp and magnificence of the East.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "marquee" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: arc; canopy; cover; flood; floodlight; gelatin; lights; limelight; medium; spot; spotlight; tent
