ring up the curtain

Example Sentences

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"Shall I ring up the curtain?" he asked quietly.

From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie

Lay you a sovereign to a sixpence, Mr. Narkom, that I solve the riddle of that glass-room before they ring up the curtain of any theatre in London to-night.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.

Truly, the gods must have created us for their amusement; and when Olympus palls, they ring up the curtain on some such screaming comedy as was that.

From The Deluge by Phillips, David Graham

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)

"That's to ring up the curtain," said Mignon.

From Nine Little Goslings by Coolidge, Susan