All 12 Uses of
conservatory
in
War and Peace
- Sometimes on his way back from the anteroom he would pass through the conservatory and pantry into the large marble dining hall, where tables were being set out for eighty people; and looking at the footmen, who were bringing in silver and china, moving tables, and unfolding damask table linen, he would call Dmitri Vasilevich, a man of good family and the manager of all his affairs, and while looking with pleasure at the enormous table would say: "Well, Dmitri, you'll see that thingsā¦†
Chpt 1
- When Natasha ran out of the drawing room she only went as far as the conservatory.†
Chpt 1 *
- "Oh, how nice," thought Natasha; and when Sonya and Nicholas had gone out of the conservatory she followed and called Boris to her.†
Chpt 1
- Here, here!" and she led him into the conservatory to the place among the tubs where she had been hiding.†
Chpt 1
- They went into the reception room familiar to Pierre, with two Italian windows opening into the conservatory, with its large bust and full length portrait of Catherine the Great.†
Chpt 1
- The prince went through the conservatories, the serfs' quarters, and the outbuildings, frowning and silent.†
Chpt 3
- Though Mademoiselle Bourienne had been so unsuccessful in her choice of a subject, she did not stop talking, but chattered about the conservatories and the beauty of a flower that had just opened, and after the soup the prince became more genial.†
Chpt 3
- Mademoiselle Bourienne walked up and down the conservatory for a long time that evening, vainly expecting someone, now smiling at someone, now working herself up to tears with the imaginary words of her pauvre mere rebuking her for her fall.†
Chpt 3
- When Princess Mary went to her father's room at the usual hour, Mademoiselle Bourienne and Anatole met in the conservatory.†
Chpt 3
- She was going straight on through the conservatory, neither seeing nor hearing anything, when suddenly the well-known whispering of Mademoiselle Bourienne aroused her.†
Chpt 3
- She had not slept and had stolen downstairs on tiptoe, and going to the door of the conservatory where he slept that night had listened at the door.†
Chpt 10
- The countess was accustomed to this tone as a precursor of news of something detrimental to the children's interests, such as the building of a new gallery or conservatory, the inauguration of a private theater or an orchestra.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(conservatory as in: music conservatory) a school specializing in one of the fine arts -- especially music, dance, or drama