But the word parterre, even the idea of a parterre, fit. From Wordnik.com. [Parterre] Reference
"My dear Fleda! if my eyes cannot rest upon that development of elegance, the parterre is become a wilderness to me!". From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
In the centre of the parterre is a figure with a trident, which represents the Morava, the national river of Servia, and is in reality a Roman statue found near. From Wordnik.com. [Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.] Reference
That smiled and died in this parterre, enchanted 15. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Poe] Reference
Thus the tale spread about through the busy parterre. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841] Reference
And lamps like primroses beyond them in planted parterre. From Wordnik.com. [A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry] Reference
In effect, the city would become a giant parterre garden. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
"There is a monk's-hood in that parterre without," said Marguerite. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
India than the lofty talkers who delighted the parterre of Paris or. From Wordnik.com. [Voltaire] Reference
He walked over and read it in the light cast by a nearby parterre of star-flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
When one approaches Boulogne from the sea the beach looks like a parterre of flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
“Why do you remain there,” said the Queen, “as if you were rooted to the parterre?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
She had been sewing for a time, and now, feeling a want of relaxation, she went to her parterre. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
For this garden was not at all like an ordinary garden, still less like a prim English parterre. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
She left them to themselves and was proceeding towards her parterre when her father called out to her. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
The "pigeon house" stood behind a locked gate, and a shallow parterre that had been somewhat neglected. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening] Reference
The square table was a veritable parterre of flowers, and was laid for twelve guests, three on each side. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At the drooping ends of these, were lamps shaped and coloured to imitate the most beauteous flowers of the parterre. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
"I had to promise Teitleman parterre box seats to the symphony to calm him down," Claire said as we got to my office. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
Verbenas from seed has restored this plant to the list of easily grown and thoroughly useful flowers for the parterre. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
It took my breath away to look at the far-reaching parterre of nodding glories, moved by the breath of the south-wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863] Reference
June of that year that the French emperor held court at Dresden, where he played, as was said, to "a parterre of kings.". From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Once more the fountains of the north parterre were illuminated, but this time with electric bulbs instead of oil lanterns. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
From this, marble steps led down to a beautiful parterre, below which the Fountain of Latona played in the white moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
The violets perfumed the air for us with the same rich profusion as in the carefully tended parterre of the wealthiest citizen. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
I have him at this moment before my eyes, as he walked with his hands behind his bent back in the little parterre of Sans Souci. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
Then, suddenly as a tempest gathering across the sun pours quick destruction over a parterre of flowers, black horror swallowed up. From Wordnik.com. [The Counts of Gruyère] Reference
The finest artificial garden in the world would sink into insignificance when compared with this parterre of nature's own planting. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
On the site of the park a great terrace was bordered by a parterre in the shape of a half-moon, where a waterfall was later installed. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
The parterre, or pit, is a mere promenade or standing place, in which the few seats are let at a higher price than the rest of the space. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
At last, after the fourth act, he went to visit her in her box, where he found her alone, the General having descended to the parterre for a few moments. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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