 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1851 - 314 Seiten
...readily of a morning, to breathe the fresh air, I knock out a pane or two of glass with my boot. 1 lean against the walls in a very old arm-chair there...on the mantel, (using the family snuffers, with one lag broke,) — then, drawing my chair directly in front of the blazing wood, and setting one foot... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1851 - 314 Seiten
...readily of a morning, to breathe the fresh air, I knock out a pane or two of glass with my boot. 1 lean against the walls in a very old arm-chair there...huge pile of oak and hickory placed beside the hearth ; 1 put out the tallow candle on the mantel, (using the family snuffers, with one leg broke,)—then,... | |
 | JK MARVEL - 1851 - 318 Seiten
...for the fire, I keep the little hearth so hot, as to warm half the eellar below, and the whole spaee between the jams, roars for hours together, with white...approaches, I have a huge pile of oak and hickory plaeed beside the hearth ; I put out the tallow candle on the mantel, (using the family snuffers, with... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1852 - 318 Seiten
...lithographic print of some fancy It happens to be the only house in the world, of which I am bona-f.de owner; and I take a vast deal of comfort in treating...the mantel, (using the family snuffers, with one leg broke,)—then, drawing my chair directly in front of the blazing wood, and setting one foot on each... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1876 - 302 Seiten
...keep the little hearth so hot as to warm half the cellar below, and the whole space between the jambs roars for hours together with white flame. To be sure,...tight, between broken panes and bad joints, so that the tfre, large as it is, is by no means an extravagant comfort. As night approaches, I have a huge pile... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1883 - 324 Seiten
...keep the little hearth so hot as to warm half the cellar below, and the whole space between the jambs roars for hours together with white flame. To be sure,...panes and bad joints, so that the fire, large as it may be, is by no means an extravagant comfort. As night approaches, I have a huge pile of oak and hickory... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 498 Seiten
...keep the little hearth so hot as to warm half the cellar below, and the whole space between the jambs roars for hours together with white flame. To be sure,...the mantel (using the family snuffers, with one leg broken) — then, drawing my chair directly in front of the blazing wood, and setting one foot on each... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 Seiten
...keep the little hearth so hot, as to warm half the cellar below, and the whole space between the jambs roars for hours together, with white flame. To be...the mantel, (using the family snuffers, with one leg broken,) — then, drawing my chair directly in front of the blazing wood, and setting one foot on... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 450 Seiten
...keep the little hearth so hot, as to warm half the cellar below, and the whole space between the jambs roars for hours together, with white flame. To be...the mantel, (using the family snuffers, with one leg broken,)—then, drawing my chair directly in front of the blazing wood, and setting one foot on each... | |
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... roars for hours together, with white flame. To be sure the windows are not very tight, between broken panes, and bad joints, so that the fire, large as it is, is by no means an extravagant comfort. As night approaches, I have a huge pile of oak and... 
