band-stand

The body may be found in the shrubbery lining the path which leads off to the left from the band-stand.

The Minions of Midas 2010

Then the young couple went for a walk in Kensington Gardens, and — the spring afternoon was so warm and pleasant — sat on two attractive green chairs near the band-stand, for which

Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004

It was after its fashion an idyllic spot with a little band-stand out on an island near the center of the lake and on the shore a grave and captive bear in a cage.

An American Tragedy 2004

The wife of an elderly banker, after hesitating between various possible exposures for her husband, had settled him on a folding chair, facing the ‘front,’ sheltered from wind and sun by the band-stand.

Within a Budding Grove 2003

In order to pass from the Vauxhall to the band-stand, the visitor has to descend two or three steps.

The Idiot 2002

There was a band-stand in front of them, and beyond that was a massive building, which Fanny found was Machinery hall.

The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs

A few minutes later Paul stood bare-headed, with May by his side, upon the band-stand; and the guests from all parts of the grounds gathered round, feeling that the squire had something to say to them.

The Village by the River H. Louisa Bedford

At the other end of this we three neophytes were ushered into a large apartment, fitted with rows of desks and benches, arranged in parallel lines, which gave it the appearance of an ordinary schoolroom ashore; the only difference being that there was a harmonium on one side, and a cottage piano on the other, while a large circular band-stand stood in between the two in the centre.

Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

The center of Durford's social, commercial and ecclesiastical life was the village green, a plot of ground on which the boys played ball, and in the middle of which was the liberty pole and the band-stand.

Hepsey Burke

Henry evolved the startling heresy that to get the best work out of troops, and to enable them to undertake great exertions, it was necessary that the soldier should be loosely, comfortably, and suitably clad, that something more substantial than a pill-box with a pocket-handkerchief wrapped round it was required as a protection from a tropical sun, and that footgear must be made for marching, and not for parading round a band-stand.

The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband