We hear that a matrimonial union is on the tapis between a gentleman who has made a colossal fortune in the Railway World, and the only daughter of a noble earl, whose estates are situated in D-ddles-x.
It has long been known among the select nobility and gentry that a marriage was on the tapis between the only daughter of a Noble Earl, and a Gentleman whose rapid fortunes in the railway world have been the theme of general remark.
I recollect a young Irishman, Mr. Gough, losing a large fortune at this tapis vert.
He passed by the place, all unconscious of its unhappy history, and so on down a broad pathway toward the tapis vert.
The saya is a made skirt tied at the waist with a tape, and the tapis is a breadth of dark cloth, silk or satin, doubled round the waist over the saya.
But, much to his annoyance, his mistress again came on the tapis [26], together with the claret.
The ground occupied was a sort of table land, having for its surface a tapis vert, or green cover.
Tall, dark trees rose in ordered majesty about the chateau, and before it a wide band of lawn, called a tapis vert, ran to the lodge-gates that opened on the highroad.
So formal is the tapis vert, with its blossoming borders of larkspur and daisies and its tall standard roses, you are surprised to find that that part of the garden outside this prim rectangle has mysteries.
Indeed, the tapis vert is like the arena of an ample theater, with the ascending flowers and shrubs and trees representing the ascending tiers of seats.
The tapis vert occupies the greater part of the garden, and it is bordered by gravel walks bordered in turn with white flowerbeds.
President Tapis was aided by padres from many Missions, and the scene was made gorgeous and brilliant by the presence of Governor Arrillaga and his staff, with many soldiers from San Diego and Santa Barbara.
Padres Lasuen andTapis both served here as missionaries, and in 1798 Luis Antonio Martinez, one of the best known of the padres, began his long term of service at San Luis.
Presidente Tapis therefore asked the governor for a larger guard than was generally assigned for protecting the Missions, and a sergeant and nine men were ordered for that purpose.
From the said place, Gienugia, to these Tapis the distance is one hundred and twenty-six miles.
Among the furniture are mentioned "trois tapis de velours" and "deux grands tapis de Turquie.
In the long, sober alleys a few leaves had already dropped from the trees above, marking the greensward and the gravel like a tapis d'orient, red and green and gold.
Stretching out behind the palace are the famous gardens, the parterres, the tapis vert, the fountains and the grand canal, with the park of the Trianons off to the right.
The "tapis d'orient" effect, so frequently quoted by the French in writing of such works, is hardly excelled elsewhere.
Near the Tapis Vert, in the midst of a dense grove, is a magnificent rotunda composed of 32 marble columns, united by arches and supporting a number of marble vases.
The fountains and jets in this section, north and south of the Allee du Tapis Vert (green lawn), are almost innumerable.
It was not until 1828 that the making of tapis de la Savonnerie (pile carpets of a fine velvety character) was transferred to the Hotel des Gobelins.
Louvre; and here in 1604 a workroom was established for making Oriental carpets by the side of that which existed for making tapis flamands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tapis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
