card-tables

The family portraits which adorned the walls looked down upon four card-tables, and some sixteen persons gathered about them, chattering over their whist.

The Deserted Woman 2007

He rose like a bull, stung to fury by a shower of darts, and prepared to obey Louise by declaiming Saint John in Patmos; but by this time the card-tables had claimed their complement of players, who returned to the accustomed groove to find amusement there which poetry had not afforded them.

Two Poets 2007

At that season twilight was still shedding its last gleams; there was not a cloud in the sky; the balmy air caressed the earth, the flowers gave forth their fragrance, the steps of pedestrians turning homeward sounded along the gravelly road, the sea shone like a mirror, and there was so little wind that the wax candles upon the card-tables sent up a steady flame, although the windows were wide open.

Modeste Mignon 2007

Gold glittered on four card-tables in the bed-chamber.

A Start in Life 2007

They went back to the card-tables; and before long the light of the candles grew feeble in the dawn.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

He rose like a bull, stung to fury by a shower of darts, and prepared to obey Louise by declaiming Saint John in Patmos; but by this time the card-tables had claimed their complement of players, who returned to the accustomed groove to find amusement there which poetry had not afforded them.

Two Poets 2007

At half-past eight in the evening the two card-tables were set out.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

The family portraits which adorned the walls looked down upon four card-tables, and some sixteen persons gathered about them, chattering over their whist.

The Deserted Woman 2007

When they went back to the others, Florine, Lousteau, Matifat, and Camusot were setting out the card-tables.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

You will see some high play at my card-tables to-night.

The Virginians 2006