kammer

Though other names were used such as, Cabinet's of Wonders, Wunder-kammer, Rariteitenkabinett, and Chamber's of Curiosities.

Archive 2008-09-01 The Nag 2008

“Let them be admitted,” said the governor, turning back in order again to descend to the street, “and bring them into the folter-kammer of the toll-house.”

Anne of Geierstein 2008

“Ha! Scharfgerichter,” said the Knight, as he entered the folter-kammer, “thou art preparing for thy duty?”

Anne of Geierstein 2008

One may think oneself master, married, rich, a kammer-junker, as much as one likes, and at the same time not know what it means.

The Wife 2004

Every one, by the way, calls me “your Excellency,” though I am only a collegiate councillor and a kammer-junker.

The Wife 2004

He maintained that the intelligent people ought to change everything, and was at last even brought to the point of forgetting his position as a kammer-yunker, and his career as an official, and calling Lavretsky an antiquated conservative, even hinting — very remotely it is true — at his dubious position in society.

A House of Gentlefolk 2003

He was only twenty-eight, and he was already a kammer-yunker, and had a very good position.

A House of Gentlefolk 2003

The door opened and Anna Andreyevna walked in, not with the landlord, but with her brother, the kammer-junker.

A Raw Youth 2003

There was not a word about the marriage, however, but the story was adorned with generals, colonels and kammer-junkers, while Zverkov almost took the lead among them.

Notes from Underground 2003

A kammer-junker, and received in the best society.

A House of Gentlefolk 2003