scene

• The unity of place, which had been disregarded in Esther_, is here preserved; the scene is the temple at Jerusalem; and by its impressive grandeur, and the awful associations of the place, the spectacle may be said to take part in the action of the play. —  A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
• Daylight again appeared; but the scene was as forlorn and threatening as that of the previous morning While the first-lieutenant and Harry Shafto, and some of the other officers, were engaged in examining the boats and clearing them of lumber, the purser was busily employed in collecting provisions, and separating those of various description, so that each boat might be supplied with a sufficiency, in due proportion The boats will not carry a quarter of our number," observed Harry to the first-lieutenant No, Shafto," was the answer. —  The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
• This scene is absolutely familiar to me; I seem to have gazed upon it--or upon something precisely similar to it in every respect, thousands of times before. —  Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess
• They looked contented and happy at their work, so that the scene was a very pleasing, as well as a very curious one to see After leaving the frontiers of Tuscany, the party entered the Papal States--a country occupying the centre of Italy, with Rome for the capital of it. —  Rollo in Naples
• I glanced keenly at them from a distance, and passed on to the trading house, entering by the private door in the rear Here, looking from the storeroom into the common room beyond, the scene was a noisy and brilliant one. —  The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada

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