In the centre of the
conclave of the passed masters of pickpockets, one had some difficulty in distinguishing the King of Argot, the grand coësre, so called, crouching in a little cart drawn by two big dogs.
Elizabetha Prokofievna sometimes informed the girls that they were a little too candid in this matter, but in spite of their outward deference to their mother these three young women, in solemn
conclave, had long agreed to modify the unquestioning obedience which they had been in the habit of according to her; and Mrs.
I left the
conclave at the picture-dealer's forthwith, and purchased at the nearest druggist's a bottle containing a certain powerful liquid, which I decline to particularize on high moral grounds.
Doctor Wybrow lit his cigar, and looked round him at his brethren in social conclave assembled.
The members constituted themselves into a club conclave on the church steps.
Felicity and Cecily took her to the spare room and then left her in the sitting-room while they returned to the kitchen, to discuss the matter in family
conclave.
Be this as it may, the boys were recalled from house- window, garden, stable, and cow-yard, and the school were assembled in full
conclave, when Mr Squeers, with a small bundle of papers in his hand, and Mrs S.
Schemes have indeed been laid in the vestry which would hardly disgrace the
conclave.
Your Rambouillet is in full
conclave," he said, looking round at all the party; "the graces and the muses.
He put both his hands out as if to ward off the reproach of a defiling truth; and, instantly, the appalled
conclave of unreal men, standing about mutely beyond the clear lustre of mirrors, made at him the same gesture of rejection and horror.
The board were sitting in solemn
conclave, when Mr.
Still,
conclaves in the past have elected liberal leaders.
