Two were seated at a table facing each other; behind each of these was one of the others, who handed them papers rapidly drawn from portfolios which they carried.
The work was done, however, since Louvois informed the king that the contents of the fourth and fifth portfolios scarcely needed his attention.
On the table there lay five large portfolios bound in purple leather and impressed with a crown and the letters L.
On his head he wears a soft grey felt hat, and he has one or two light portfolios under his arm.
But our country being what it is, the plans that are made in Mile End or Shoreditch have to be adopted by Mayfair or Mayfair's equivalent; otherwise they are apt to find an inglorious tomb in the portfolios that bred them.
They took down the old worn portfolios of Hallin's papers and letters, and looked through them, night after night, as they sat alone together in the great library of the Court.
Such was the party assembled little more than a week before Christmas the last year, when Annie called upon Mr. Arlington and myself to redeem the pledges we had given, and surrender our portfolios to her.
She saw two or three large portfolios distributed on chairs, and one or two drawings already on exhibition.
Emilio went on through the portfolios without ceasing his long prolix explanations.
He drew from the desk a lot of portfolios and showed me the plans, explaining details, and trying to stir up in me the same enthusiasm that animated him.
Should, however, your Majesty not think fit to grant their petition, we, your Ministers, will then have no alternative but to tender the resignation of the portfolios with which you have entrusted them.
He closed his portfolios and, completely disconcerted, again plunged into melancholy.
To while away the interminable hours, he had recourse to his portfolios of prints, and arranged his Goyas.
On the fall of the Freycinet cabinet in December he formed a cabinet in which he reserved for himself the portfolios of the interior and of religion.
Godefroy collection of over five hundred portfolios in the Library of the Institute in Paris.
He pointed, as he spoke, to several portfolios placed near the window, on mahogany stands.
Volumes of letters andportfolios of testimonials, if you like!
He had just moved his portfolios to an unaccustomed place one morning, when a letter, or a message, or something, sent her stumbling into the studio with her usual impetuosity, and over she tripped.
Each new visitor, or letter, or message, was an excuse for her to flounder in among the portfolios on the floor and the bottles of acid in the corner, at the risk of his temper and her life.
They rest their pads or drawing portfolios on a railing in front of them.
The light brocade of the chairs threw out glisteny shades; the little tables set about held books and engravings, and great portfolios leaned against the wall.
Many of the scraps in the portfolios contain mere rude suggestions and early views, now useless, and many of the facts will probably turn out as having no bearing on my theory.
Before beginning on any subject I look to all the short indexes and make a general and classified index, and by taking the one or more proper portfolios I have all the information collected during my life ready for use.
The racks in which the portfolios were placed are shown in the illustration at the head of the chapter, in the recess at the right-hand side of the fire-place.
I began selecting the portfolios containing mounted drawings and etchings.
William Wiehe Collins Five Portfolios of Colour Plates These make good studies and are full of suggestions for everyone doing water colour work.
The five portfolios will be sent, express paid on receipt of $9.
We have been prompted to these remarks by the receipt of five portfolios of color plates, being copies of original water color drawings by English and French water colorists.
This museum is in fact a picture gallery where some of the finest works of the Dutch masters are to be seen, besides nearly two hundred portfolios of rare engravings.
There were fine paintings in the drawing room and exquisite statuary, and portfolios filled with rare Dutch engravings, besides many beautiful and curious things from China and Japan.
At his death his collections comprised more than 150 volumes or portfolios of documents and papers relating to the genealogy of the principal families in France.
For, though one ransacked the portfolios of Europe, not many sets of drawings could be found to equal, and very few to excel them.
For long years he wandered through Asia Minor, filling his portfolios with sketches and his trunks with Oriental robes and weapons.
They have at their elbow disposed in portfolios or spaced on walls the eloquent portraiture, the world's masterpieces, marine views, and landscapes.
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