ring up the curtain
Example Sentences
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"It will cost about twenty thousand cold, before we ring up the curtain," explained Weldon, skillfully calculating with the aid of a pencil and a pad of paper.
From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie
"That's to ring up the curtain," said Mignon.
From Nine Little Goslings by Coolidge, Susan
But not to detain you longer on the threshold, I will ring up the curtain, and travel with you in this varied journey.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870 by Various
"Shall I ring up the curtain?" he asked quietly.
From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie
But even then we were accustomed to ring up the curtain, and so I look upon myself as a mere overture or prelude to the good thing, the word-painting, which will follow.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)
