All 7 Uses of
conservatory
in
The House of Mirth
- It isn't a bit hotter here than in Mrs. Van Osburgh's conservatory—and some of the women are not a bit uglier."†
Chpt 1.1 *
- If Lily recalled this early emotion it was not to compare it with that which now possessed her; the only point of comparison was the sense of lightness, of emancipation, which she remembered feeling, in the whirl of a waltz or the seclusion of a conservatory, during the brief course of her youthful romance.†
Chpt 1.6
- She fancied he was the kind of man whose sentimental associations would be stirred by the conventional imagery of a wedding, and she pictured herself, in the seclusion of the Van Osburgh conservatories, playing skillfully upon sensibilities thus prepared for her touch.†
Chpt 1.8
- That both should be missing struck her with foreboding; and she charmed Mr. Rosedale by proposing that they should make their way to the conservatories at the farther end of the house.†
Chpt 1.8
- The latter, however, was not discoverable in the conservatories, and Lily, oppressed by a sudden conviction of failure, was casting about for a way to rid herself of her now superfluous companion, when they came upon Mrs. Van Osburgh, flushed and exhausted, but beaming with the consciousness of duty performed.†
Chpt 1.8
- The scene in the Brys' conservatory had been like a part of her dreams; she had not expected to wake to such evidence of its reality.†
Chpt 1.13
- Scarcely three months had elapsed since he had parted from her on the threshold of the Brys' conservatory; but a subtle change had passed over the quality of her beauty.†
Chpt 2.1
Definition:
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(conservatory as in: music conservatory) a school specializing in one of the fine arts -- especially music, dance, or drama