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Example sentences for "masqued"

Lexicographically close words:
masochistic; masoned; masonry; masons; masque; masquer; masquerade; masqueraded; masquerader; masqueraders
  1. On the day after the solemnisation of the Grand Feast of the Order of the Garter, a masqued fete of great splendour and magnificence was held within the castle.

  2. Henry's attentions to Jane Seymour at the masqued fete were so marked, that the whole court was made aware of his passion.

  3. No marks of violence appeared on his body, which was the more astonishing; and, to add to the mystery, the masqued lady was not to be found in any of the rooms.

  4. As we have seen, the Prince had always inclined more to the fairy and masqued comedy than to the serious opera, and on this occasion the result was more original and fantastic than had ever before been achieved.

  5. When alone, the Prince seldom dined ostensibly in public; but often appeared masqued at the third table, which was that of the actors and singers.

  6. Then a group of girls in misty drapery, and masqued across the eyes, the same indeed that had carried off Mark, appeared suddenly before the princely group.

  7. Allegory masqued its mode of action: it was at length parts of this great whole, that idolatry represented by statues and symbols.

  8. In the Carnival of 1546 Lorenzino meant to go masqued in the habit of a gypsy woman to the square of San Spirito, where there was to be a joust.

  9. Meanwhile the Dowager-Marchioness of Mantua and the Duchess of Savoy entertained Italian and Spanish nobles with masqued balls and carnival processions in the Manzoli and Pepoli palaces.

  10. But at the masqued balls they let things take their course; and the consequence is, that each lady and gentleman, to the best of her or his ability, indulges in those variations on the quadrille which are collectively objectionable.

  11. A masqued ball is a fete for those who can't go as well as for those who can.

  12. Illustration: W] With that spirit of zealous self-sacrifice which becomes his office, your Correspondent has visited the great masqued ball at the Opera, that terminates the festivities of the Carnival.

  13. On the following day, invitations were issued by Adorni, in his highness' name, to a masqued ball on that day week.

  14. The fashion of masqued entertainments had been recently introduced from Italy into this sequestered nook of Germany; and here, as there, it had been abused to purposes of criminal intrigue.

  15. Under any interpretation, however, nobody amongst the citizens could venture peremptorily to deny, after the issue of the masqued ball, and of so many other public denunciations, that The Masque would keep his word to the letter.

  16. He had resolved to meet the summons with the liveliest expression of defiance, by fixing this evening for a second masqued ball, upon a greater scale than the first.

  17. Their way was the easier because there was just now a great rush towards the middle of the piazza, where the masqued figures on stilts had found space to execute a dance.

  18. It is one of their masqued processions, I suppose," said Tito, who was now alone with Romola, while Bernardo took charge of Bardo.

  19. A 'festino' is the common name for a public masqued ball commencing at midnight.

  20. At a masqued ball no one can recognise anybody else, except by a guess suggested by familiar characteristics which the domino fails to disguise.

  21. The lighting up of a theatre for a public masqued ball would naturally be the highest impression of brightness for a poor man in Rome.

  22. Your brother tells me that we are going to the masqued ball under the direction of the marquis, and I leave you to imagine how glad I feel at the thought of spending a whole night with you.

  23. Has there been any talk of the masqued ball or of the mysterious masquers?

  24. Cantemir was frightened, and glad to get away, for he feared the Abbé's smooth tones masqued treachery, and he slid through the panelling and in very earnest sought the kitchen.

  25. Immediately Lord Cedric was carried to an inner room, and Katherine turned about to look for Cantemir, as did a half-dozen others; he had disappeared and where he stood were a score of masqued figures.

  26. Then on a sudden it came to her who these masqued figures might be.


  27. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "masqued" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.