lorgnon

Example Sentences

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Then raises to her eyes of blue Her lorgnon, as she looks at you.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

That is no pomander," I replied, "but a lorgnon.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

In fact, like many an actor in the drama of life, he really knew less about the general mise-en-scene than I, who had only reviewed it through the lorgnon of Tennyson and other contemporary writers.

From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis

She even put up her lorgnon and though she was not very tall, she contrived to look Hector through them straight between the eyes.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

This lorgnon trained itself on Archibald at close range.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein