In the hall he was instantly lost amid the streaming throng; dancers sprang round him, masksshot by him to and fro, kettle-drums and trumpets deafened his ears, and it was unto him as though human life were nothing but a dream.
The streets were brilliantly lighted up, the snow crackled under his feet, carriages rolled by, and masks in every variety of dress whistled and chirped as they passed him.
How was he to know that once upon a time all of these had gone without masks in the streets and courts of far-off lands and had worn "purple and fine linen"?
In this City of Masks there are hundreds of men and women in whose veins the blood of a sound aristocracy flows.
Reader, do not expect any masks to be raised here--there are no masks; it is only a picture of living people, of passions of our time.
Under this Greco-Parisian disguise it was easy for everyone to discover the true names and to see behind the masks the faces intended.
The repulsive masks and the backward wriggling of the six upon the floor had upset his fighting stomach for the time being, and we could not induce him to return.
As the use of masks throws a sort of mysterious glamour over the performance and at the same time allows the actor to remain unknown, the peculiarly sacred festivals are much oftener celebrated with masks than without them.
Certain of the masks they even regard as guardian spirits and appeal to them for fine weather, help in the chase or in war, and so forth.
Shamans make masks representing grotesque faces of supernatural beings which they claim to have seen.
Amongst the Kwakiutl the masks may not, under the heaviest penalties, be disposed of for four winters, the season when such festivals are usually celebrated.
When the dance had lasted a certain time, the leader gave the signal, and they all trooped down the long flight of stairs to disrobe themselves and deposit the masks and costumes in the chapels where they were usually kept.
At St. Johann the Perchten carry drawn swords; each is attended by a lad dressed as a woman; and they are followed by men clad in black sheepskins, wearing the masks of devils, and holding chains in their hands.
Then others, clad in masquerade dress and wearing masks which represented the heads of animals, mostly wild beasts, danced with antic motions.
The actors personate demons, wearing grotesque masks on their faces, their bodies swathed in cumbrous masses of green leaves.
The dripping head was given to the priest who wore the costume and mask of the goddess and waving it up and down he danced round the platform, followed by all the other priests in the attire and masks of the gods.
The Germans used gas; but the Americans had long ago had their baptism of gas fumes and knew how to utilize their masks and avoid the ravines through which the gas filtered.
The sneezing powder sifts down through the gas masks and causes sneezing when the wearer is forced to take off his mask and receives the full effect of the lethal gases which the Germans had spread abroad.
Yet they continued their peaceful vocations in cellars, their children being protected by gas masks going to school.
Masks of soft leather were used by them at this time on some parts of the Lens front.
Contingents gradually progressed toward the stage closely approximating real warfare by undergoing the ordeal of "gassing" in order to be equal to the quick adjustment of masks when gas shells were fired in action.
The Americans were not daunted; their masks quickly covered them, and few troops were affected.
The objection tomasks of leather was that they could not be put on as easily as those made of rubber, a serious defect when a moment's delay might prove fatal.
The British were compelled to fight for hours with their gas masks on, but despite this drawback they were in high spirits because they were able to create such havoc when the Germans advanced in massed formation.
Many times during these days the Canadians had flooded the city with gas which soaked down into the tunnels and dugouts and stifled men in their sleep, or they died with their masks on if they delayed a second too long.
A troop of our Cavalry in the vicinity of the Vaux-Andigny road put their gas masks on, and were last seen moving along the road in that "get-up.
Officer and man, horse and mule, back almost to General Headquarters to have their box respirators or gas masks put on!
Masks are usually, perhaps invariably, worn at these ceremonies, and the bull-roarer is swung and shown to the lads.
Masks are employed by many peoples during certain ceremonies; their distribution in New Guinea is interesting, as it will be found that in the British Possession they characterise the Papuan as opposed to the Melanesian elements.
Some masksrepresent what appears to be intended for a pig's head; a bird and other forms may also be introduced.
The form and decoration of these masks is so varied that it would be tedious to describe them.
Here the lads who are being initiated into manhood are lodged, here the masks and other sacred objects are kept; they combine the offices of clubs, guest-houses, and religious edifices.
Naked savages dancing in masks beside tropical streams overshadowed by strange trees and flowers that we do not know—and men in flannels and girls in pink and blue, punting in the backwaters of the Thames.
For instance, a peculiarly offensive row ofmasks with open mouths in which pipes are set up.
They are sharply chiselled at the joints, or rusticated, or cut into masks and satyrs' heads, and so set forth and pilloried in the various detestable forms of which the simplest is given above in Plate XIII.
The base Renaissance architects of Venice liked masquing and fiddling; so they covered their work with comic masks and musical instruments.
I happened to remember that it was carnival time in Paris I seemed to see the carriages filled with masks crossing the boulevards.
Once he persuaded me to go out on foot with him, muffled in grotesque costumes, with masks and instruments of music.
Dr Jevons, Masks and the Origin of the Greek Drama.
This chapter had already been written when an important article, by Dr Jevons, entitled Masks and the Origin of the Greek Drama appeared in Folk-Lore (Vol.
Even she guessed that these strange, pathetic, staring faces were the death-masks of those men and women who had fulfilled the awful law which ordains that the murderer shall be, in his turn, done to death.
Andy tells me that you took me and Harry Blossom for the fellows with the green masks and the green hoods," said Joe.
Those fellows with the green masksand green hoods!
He had come out of the cottage hopping on his good limb and flourishing his crutch menacingly at the two individuals in the green masks and hoods.
Wonder if it is possible those fellows with the green masksand hoods had anything to do with this?
They must have some hiding spot in the woods, where they lay off their masks and hoods," said Stuffer.
The same pair, and they still have on the masks and hoods," he said, after calling Pepper.
On a rock lay the green masks and hoods and also a butcher knife, a hatchet, and several other things.
We'll wear masksand gowns, and scare him out of his wits--make him think the Whitecaps or Klu Klux Klan are after him.
Then the men in the green masks and hoods must have been them," cried the young major.
A while after themasks came in, and began with a dance à la comique, performing wonderfully indeed.
They were dressed exceeding rich, and were as beautiful as their mistresses; for none of them had any masks on.
Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back With dying eyes and lolling heads,--those ashen-grey Masks of the lad who once were keen and kind and gay?
As the half-masks were raised, one by one, Milton Derr saw that several members of the band were acquaintances of his, one or two were more intimate friends, while others he knew only by sight and some were strangers.
Their masks were attached by rubber tubes to pipes running from the oxygen storage tanks.
Soon they were dragging off their masks and drinking in the crisp desert air of the upper reaches.
Isn’t it wonderful that they should mould our masks to fit our faces!
He stared, not understanding; but the eyes were not torturers' eyes, and in a moment the masks came off.
Surgical masks--and the faces beneath the masks were human faces.
The custom of wearing masks and helmets or head-dresses of some terrifying form, exaggerating the size of the head, is of purely barbarous origin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "masks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
