How To Use secretaire In A Sentence
- M.nsieur le M.rquis," said M. Gandrin, glancing at the card and the introductory note from M. Hebert, which Alain had sent in, and which lay on the 'secretaire' beside heaps of letters nicely arranged and labelled, "charmed to make the honour of your acquaintance; just arrived at Paris? The Parisians — Complete
- His eyes flicked to the secretaire over her shoulder. A Wicked Gentleman
- His offices were variously called huissier des finances du roi, or huissier collecteur des finances, or secrétaire de la Chambre du Roi. Champlain's Dream
- A Louis XV secretaire desk and chest of drawers recently went for $800, a third of what it could have sold for in the recent past; and 19th-century grandfather clocks now sell for as little as $1,500, down from about $3,500 a year ago. New Bargains on Old Furniture
- This project has provided an insight into the history and construction of the secretaire and the working practices of a top eighteenth-century craftsman.
- Another useful clue to a mismatch is that many cabinets made to sit on bureaux and secretaire chests were fitted with a row of small drawers at the bottom.
- Adam Davis was present and secured the secretaire of buhl which the elder Cowperwood prized so highly. The Financier
- She took comfort from the scratching of his pen, folded the note carefully and placed it in her secretaire. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- The tone of these letters and their amusing signatures ‘Orlando Lasso col cor non basso’; ‘Orlandissimo lassissimo, amorevolissimo’; ‘secretaire publique, Orlando magnifique’ show Lassus to have been on terms of easy familiarity with Wilhelm. Archive 2009-06-01
- He took her arm, gently enough, and guided her towards the secretaire in the library. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE