"Polonaise" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... he had finished reading, a stentorian major-domo announced that dinner was ready! The door opened, and from the dining room came the resounding strains of the polonaise: ...
— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy
... cap. He wears his hair down to his collar, and then chopped off in a straight line. His pelisse is of a bluish gray, fits tightly to the waist, and comes to the feet. But the skirt of it is gathered on back and front, giving him an irresistibly comical pannier effect, like a Dolly Varden polonaise. The Russian idvosjik guides his horse curiously. He coaxes it forward by calling it all sorts of pet names—"doushka," darling, etc. Then he beats it with a toy whip, which must feel like a fly on its woolly coat, for all the little fat pony does ...
— As Seen By Me • Lilian Bell
... silver, on the right side of which a veil of the same hung as low as the waist, and the left side of the turban was enriched with pearls and tassels of gold or silver, crested with a feather. The jacket was of the polonaise kind; of white silk with long sleeves, and sashes worn around the waist tied with a large bow on the left side, hung very low and trimmed, spangled; and fringed according to the colours of the knight. But, wilt believe it, Tibbie, instead ...
— Janice Meredith • Paul Leicester Ford
... Polonaise.— Beat the yolks of 10 eggs and 2 whole eggs with an egg beater with 1-1/2 pints Rhine wine (or white wine), 1 cup sugar and the grated rind of 1 lemon and the juice of 4; strain this into a large kettle and beat over a slow fire till nearly boiling; remove the kettle, place it ...
— Desserts and Salads • Gesine Lemcke
... gown, which nearly trailed behind, and showed in front her little, coarsely-shod feet, which toed-in helplessly. The gown was of a faded green color; it was scalloped and bound around the bottom, and had some green ribbon-bows down the front. It was, in fact, the discarded polonaise of a benevolent woman, who aided the ...
— Young Lucretia and Other Stories • Mary E. Wilkins
... tailor, his eye flashing with the fire of genius. "First, a walking costume with a polonaise and a cape a la pensionnaire; bodice, sleeves, and underskirt of ...
— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau |
