| 单词 | straight-backed |
| 例句 | The second lord, the straight-backed old man in the mail bymie, studied Reek with flinty eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had two sleeping cots, a wooden table, two straight-backed chairs, a window, and shelves nailed to the walls where Nana placed clay pots and her beloved Chinese tea set. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It raised her stature to the royal lady which she was, to a straight-backed dowager whose rheumatic fingers flashed with rings, who had ridden the world successfully for fifty years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But other than a rocking chair, two straight-backed chairs, a large table, a sink and stove, there was no furniture. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The room appeared to be a reception area, with rows of straight-backed chairs facing a massive desk and some filing cabinets, all trapped inside tons of ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a straight-backed red leather chair with intricately carved wooden arms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When it was Selena’s turn, she walked out, straight-backed, hands holding her skirt so it was on full display. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Set against the wall was a square table and three straight-backed chairs, chairs without dragon feet. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He sat in his straight-backed, red leather chair and looked at me from behind the desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland sat close to it, leaning forward in a straight-backed kitchen chair with his head cupped in his long, slender hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The light that came from outside made ordinary objects seem important: a quill pen, a pitcher with milk, an earring, the brass buttons that were part of a straight-backed chair. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The chairs are simple straight-backed cane but, inside his special state box, Lincoln likes to sit in the red upholstered rocking chair that Ford’s reserves for his personal use. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Her husband sat straight-backed on the chair beside her, his eyes hard and flat, the lines of his face cut sharp by grief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z To the left and right, various formal-looking sitting rooms full of straight-backed chairs and all manner of couches. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat stiff and straight-backed, tweed suit perfectly pressed, white handkerchief in his breast pocket, hair slicked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “And now you face me, like a man . . . straight-backed and proud, the way your father died. “And now —- we duel.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A bearded man in a dark suit stands stiffly behind a thin woman seated in a straight-backed chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Sandy perched on the edge of a straight-backed chair, adjusted his round wire-framed glasses, repaired at the bridge with adhesive tape, across his broken nose, and told about his children. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat the chaplain in a hard, straight-backed chair that stood behind a small, bare table. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We were sitting in his study, and he was in his straight-backed chair. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A gust of wind blew and parted the drooping branches of the weeping willow like a curtain, and Mariam caught a glimpse of what was beneath the tree: the straight-backed chair, overturned. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The soldiers ignored her and the boy kept his posture straight-backed, as if he could not trust himself to look back at his mother. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The three of us decided to hang around until that straight-backed white Marine gave his talk at 11:00 A.M. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make out the trestle of the sewing machine, and the straight-backed chair behind it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman nearly six feet tall, straight-backed and proud, heading down a cold Columbus street, two small children beside her and a still-crawling baby in her arms. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She went straight to the waiting room of the gynecology clinic, a wide-open space, empty but for rows of long straight-backed benches that looked like church pews. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He was a banker, tall, straight-backed, conservative in demeanor and dress, but he rose suddenly and walked to a window, trembling with emotion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was at his desk, sitting on the straight-backed chair made of dark wood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One of them ordered Shin to sit down in a straight-backed chair. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And on the sofa sits a straight-backed woman with a fur hat and a dark brown coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She would be straight-backed, face forward, and no one behind her would suspect the look on her face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Reb Saunders sat in his straight-backed red leather chair surrounded by books and the musty odor of old bindings. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I sit in front of the desk on one of the carved, straight-backed chairs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Richard watched him walk away, a straight-backed courtier, and thought how different he was from the mercenary. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It's a figure of a man, straight-backed and grim-faced, riding a horse. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The straight-backed grace with which she moves tells her story better than words. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was no ladder, so I pulled over Doc’s straight-backed chair and climbed onto it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes this short, straight-backed young girl hummed under her breath, or sang, while she hoed the com or tugged on the reins when a refractory mule refused to budge. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack’s straight-backed, brown-ink copperplate told her to assume a multiplier of fifty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His set suggests a cozy abstraction of a well-scrubbed single-room wooden house, furnished with straight-backed chairs that hang from the rear wall. Review: ‘The Color Purple’ on Broadway, Stripped to Its Essence 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z He sits on a straight-backed chair rather than a piano bench, and his physical gestures at the keyboard are economical and focused, almost matter-of-fact. 2010-02-03T22:56:00Z He “managed to croak one anti-Semitic ‘Goldberg!’ before he turned to stone, as it were, in his straight-backed chair, his body a rigid half swastika.” Review: ‘Oreo,’ a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z "I will hold this pose for one minute," said Moraes, interrupting the story of her life to stand straight-backed. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-04T23:06:05Z You fling one hand in the air to steady yourself while you squat, straight-backed. Slutdropping: the dancefloor move that's bringing women together 2012-12-01T00:05:00Z Picasso’s version, a straight-backed figure with milk jars for bosoms, is more grotesque than tender. Art Review: Who?s the Voyeur Now, Picasso? 2010-08-26T22:37:00Z He’s cleareyed, straight-backed and so youthful-seeming as to suggest that a lot of hours spent aloft may slow the passage of time. Samuel Hynes Discusses His Book ‘The Unsubstantial Air’ 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The cast members, dressed in period costumes, are seated throughout on straight-backed chairs on the stage’s perimeter. London Theater Journal: Maximally Minimal 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z One is straight-backed and impassive, the other slumped and absent. Silence Speaking Volumes: Artists Confront the Culture of Incarceration 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Much was made of King’s straight-backed stoicism as he reared up and loomed over her. Why does TV give a pass to men accused of sex crimes? 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Once her health declined, she continued to direct her nieces with authority from her straight-backed chair and never gave up her role as teacher and matriarch of the family. Sweet potato and orange are a perfect combination in your new favorite Thanksgiving pie 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z He’s in a white shirt and dark slacks, sitting with one leg crossed, in a straight-backed chair. A Forgotten Star of the Pop Era, Back in the Spotlight 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z And it continues just as strong from then on; a masterpiece of straight-backed deadpan. Reading group: True Grit – a reliable narrator? 2012-11-15T12:49:37Z Tyler is perched, straight-backed, on the edge of a sofa. Bonnie Tyler 'not part of 1980s' 2013-05-13T18:00:00Z Now 90, Kit is still lean and straight-backed, as befits a man who spent a lot of his life clearing trails through mountain forest. Reaching Zen in a Japanese garden — high up in the hills of Vermont I would’ve sat quietly on that little straight-backed chair, because after all, what is a fitting-room chair for if not to be sat on? No Seat in the Fitting Room for Me 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Along a diagonal corridor of light, he slowly advances toward a guitarist at the opposite end, dragging and spinning a straight-backed chair. Review: In ‘Nómada,’ Manuel Liñán Revels in Flamenco Energy 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The old money is plenty visible: confident young men stride around town in freshly pressed khakis and preppy haircuts, vintage sailboats glide into port, and straight-backed seniors sip cocktails in Adirondack chairs. Heads Up: Vibrant Lower Village Neighborhood of Kennebunk, Me. 2011-10-14T18:55:00Z Her Olive is a straight-backed, grim-mouthed, clear-eyed New England woman of the sort who is, for better and worse, being psychoanalyzed, medicated and self-helped out of existence. Deceptively simple 'Olive Kitteridge' unfolds as work of art 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z But Travis Hopson, who wrote reviews for Examiner.com, found that the sound quality and the straight-backed chairs left a bit to be desired. The Middleburg Film Festival, a work in progress, is making progress There are lots of seating options for kids today that don’t look like traditional, hard, straight-backed chairs. These tools will make your kids eager to spend time in their study space 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Our priest, a straight-backed, snow-haired man, is delivering a homily on the attributes of the thunder god. Meet the modern-day Pagans who celebrate the ancient gods 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z There is something about her – her well-organised and formidable intellect, her straight-backed neatness of person, the donnish precision of her conversation – that reduces me to the condition of disorganised undergraduate. Interview: Penelope Curtis 2010-11-30T21:30:00Z As first seen, occupied by straight-backed, chanting girls at their desks in a fleeting, imagistic prologue, this would appear to be a contemporary schoolroom of a dreary institutional nature. Review: In Arthur Miller’s ‘Crucible,’ First They Came for the Witches 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Katharine Hepburn, helplessly luminous, plays Mary with the clipped consonants, straight-backed posture and limited emotional range of a Boston debutante. A Bloody Rivalry for the Throne, This Time With Margot Robbie 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The chandeliers, Formica tables and straight-backed chairs of the Club have remained largely unchanged since it was set up more than 70 years ago. India Club in London: Iconic restaurant to shut after 70 years 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z I have not yet learned detachment, and I’m not handling the secondary trauma with the straight-backed indifference that is expected of physicians. Advice | Why it seems like your doctor doesn’t care about you 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Young and thin, with dark-rimmed glasses and a flop of bleached hair, he sits straight-backed in his seat, occasionally rocking from side to side, eyes fixed on a computer monitor before him. California's esports powerhouse isn't USC or UCLA. Here's a look at UC Irvine Esports 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z A young woman, barely more than a girl really, sits straight-backed, her dark hair pulled up, two strings of pearls around her neck. Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The moment history stops 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Clad in a gray T-shirt and blue gym shorts, he echoed, seemingly unconsciously, his straight-backed dancer’s posture: hand on hip, palm facing outward. In a storied Ukrainian city, a dance with wartime destiny 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z In a smaller space, a traditional straight-backed dining set will fit better. Choosing and caring for outdoor furniture, for the long haul | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The head held high, Spanish style, in bomba, or the straight-backed prancing in cakewalk? Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Why are you loyal to Iran?’” said Ms. Kadhim, seated in the straight-backed ornate wooden chair in which she has greeted a stream of senior Iraqi and other officials who are still paying condolences. ‘There Is Chaos’; Iran-Backed Militias Battle Activists in a Holy Iraqi City 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z A photo of her May 24 appearance released by state media showed her sitting straight-backed in a small courtroom, wearing a pink face-mask, her hands folded in her lap. Ousted Myanmar leader on trial; critics say charges bogus 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Dorothy described staying with her son in the hospital overnight, trying to doze on a straight-backed chair with no arms. Power outages are increasing. Can medical equipment users adapt? 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z She started playing last March, when the pandemic struck, sitting in a straight-backed chair on her porch on 34th Street with her copper-colored cello. More than 1 million coronavirus cases reported in D.C., Maryland and Virginia 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z The ceiling — above rows of Soviet-era wooden straight-backed chairs — is a startling three-dimensional design of spaced cubes that conjure a chess board in the air. Georgian women ruled chess in the Soviet era. A new generation chases the same ‘Queen’s Gambit’ glory. 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z This once straight-backed and imposing presence was now gaunt and hollow-eyed. Gérard Houllier: the man who nearly died making Liverpool great again 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z He punched back – the straight-backed young man easy in his own skin and who knows just how far to push progressive politics. If the Democrats really want to unseat Trump, they must form a credible coalition | Will Hutton 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z He’s a regular presence at Clipper games, regal and straight-backed at 81, still the iconic Logoman but never trapped in the past, always forward-thinking and willing to adapt to a changing game. Elliott: Clippers are so good even NBA legend Jerry West can watch 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z But for much of the day, she was composed, and her voice was precise and clear as she sat straight-backed on the edge of her chair for more than five hours fielding questions. ‘Stand up’: Yovanovitch uses moment in the spotlight to call on U.S. leaders to defend diplomatic corps 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z His bedroom contains an enormous straight-backed wooden chair that he bought from Sotheby’s. The Survival of Iggy Pop 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Modish, persona-heavy metafiction or fealty to a more austere and straight-backed standard: this was not a difference that could be split. John Williams and the Canon That Might Have Been 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Sharply dressed and straight-backed, the retired Army three-star general joked with his attorneys. In the courtroom: Judge lambastes Flynn, delays sentencing 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z He was slender, straight-backed, and youthful in appearance, martially impervious to the cold, with a strict manner that was accentuated by his suit. “Acceptance Journey” 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternities stood straight-backed, waiting for the high-school students. A College Degree, More than Fifteen Years in the Making 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z That Widows finally settles for being “just” a heist movie is no shame, and no slight: it carries its genre credentials with a steely, straight-backed resolve worthy of Viola Davis itself. Widows: why Steve McQueen's slick thriller is an art-pop triumph 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z He was, as he often is, the tallest person present, straight-backed and broad-shouldered but still dainty in manner, with unblinking brown eyes that seem to notice everything. The Life and Art of Wolfgang Tillmans 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z At 44, she is a study in contrasts — straight-backed, composed, contained. Young Jean Lee’s Unsafe Spaces 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Then an unmarked van containing two more straight-backed, watchful young men and a much older one. Ehud Barak on the crisis in Israel: ‘Netanyahu has to resign’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The ashram remained operational for many decades after the band left, housing dozens of straight-backed sadhus, or holy men, in small domed huts. Rebuilding on the Beatles, an Ashram in India Hopes for Revival 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z The old man walked confidently, straight-backed, making his way through the destruction as if he were walking in his garden. After the liberation of Mosul, an orgy of killing 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Ilya, 84, sits straight-backed, eyes fixed forward, while Emilia – sharp, animated, short-tempered in the face of what she considers inadequate questioning – translates our conversation into Russian. 'A paradise inside hell' … the amazing Kabakovs on how art became a weapon in Soviet times 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z What Schaefer Stadium lacked in accoutrements, it made up for in extreme inconvenience and straight-backed metal bleachers. The NFL’s model franchise was once a tear-down project 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Dr. Wilson, the chief surgeon of New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery, was a tall, straight-backed man who wore bow ties and spoke quietly, but with calm assurance and confidence. Remembering My Doctor Who Let Me Walk Again 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The photo, which depicts a straight-backed Evans wearing glasses and a calm, immobile expression, was taken by Reuters freelance photographer Jonathan Bachman. Nurse in U.S. protest photo says she felt she had to face police 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The cadavers are coaxed into a straight-backed dinner-table posture, some duct tape keeping them from slumping. To Protect Soldiers From Bombs, Military Scientists Build a Better Dummy 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z With just a few straight-backed chairs inside the small brick-walled waiting area, Royal Rib House is only a temporary hangout. Bed-Stuy May Be Changing, but There Is Still a Line for Ribs 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z She says she found sitting "incredibly straight-backed" helped. Queen at 90: How Elizabeth II is portrayed on stage and screen - BBC News 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z He’s straight-backed and broad-shouldered, dressed well in dark blue pinstripe suit, pristine white shirt, red tie and shiny black loafers with tassles. Happy Gilmore: on the trail – and at the gun range – with the unknown candidate 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Her great-grandmother was very tall, straight-backed, and carried a cane that she probably didn’t need. Toni Morrison on her novels: 'I think goodness is more interesting' 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z People sat in rows of straight-backed red-and-gold chairs; children in church clothes squirmed in their seats. Playing Handel in Kinshasa 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z There were a few young guys, including one wiry, straight-backed kid who looked to be about my age. Surfing into Adolescence 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z I’d rather sip my whiskey with the lights on in a straight-backed pew. Review: At Le Malt, Food Makes an Appearance but Cocktails Rule 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Outside court, though, he was confident and straight-backed in front of dozens of media cameras — their bright lights on in the gray rain — and posed for photographs with a thumbs-up. Hong Kong Student Leader Joshua Wong Charged 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z She sits, straight-backed in a lemon-yellow jacket, on a wicker sofa in the conservatory. Eve Branson: ‘I was not saved by Kate Winslet!’ 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z "It's rather upsetting.... We've been together all these years, since 1981," said Walter Marshall, who at 89 is almost as straight-backed as the young seaman he once was. A brotherhood born of heroes in Normandy D-day landings 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The Jordanian special ops team stood straight-backed in their red berets, quietly confident in their home-field advantage. Sleep-Away Camp for Postmodern Cowboys 2013-07-19T14:07:01Z Osgood's greatest skills were his delicate touch and ability to discern defensive weaknesses and one can picture him in his straight-backed guardsman's pose, sniffing out faultlines like a Frenchman smelling for ripeness in melons. Chelsea and Manchester City bring rarity value to FA Cup semi-final 2013-04-12T12:09:58Z As he patrolled his extensive area of influence, straight-backed, handsome, head up and eyes sweeping the field like a radar scanner, he was everybody's ideal of the thinking footballer. From the Vault: Remembering the life and football of Bobby Moore 2013-02-22T10:33:45Z They are what we call a straight-backed chair.” Some Schools Buy New Chairs, in a Break With the Past 2013-01-05T02:17:14Z His shadow on the wall behind him was still and straight-backed. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z There was a thick rug on the floor, which muffled the sound of his footsteps, but there was no furniture in the room save a deal table and one straight-backed chair. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Besides its rows of straight-backed pews, it was furnished at one end with a mahogany pulpit, communion-table, and sofa covered with black hair-cloth. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z There was no office, but the sitting-room, with its homely rag carpet, gaudy lithographs, old fashioned rocker, and straight-backed "cane seats," was clean and cool. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z The old lady sat erect and dignified in her straight-backed chair, and the two discoursed at length of days gone by. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z They show that the straight-backed, ultra-focused leader of the world’s largest online social network eats, cooks and likes to spend time with his girlfriend and puppy. Facebook security flaw exposes CEO Mark Zuckerberg?s photos...of his puppy, girlfriend and 2011-12-07T21:21:45Z Here and there are various straight-backed chairs of Dutch origin. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z She had seated herself, at his invitation, in a large, straight-backed armchair covered with a fine brocade, gold on a crimson background, whose age only enhanced its beauty. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z I have visions of barred windows, very small panes of glass, brick floors, frescoed ceilings black with age and smoke, and straight-backed, narrow carved wooden chairs. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z We see her now, sitting a little forward in her straight-backed chair, holding the hand of the reading granddaughter, alert and tense. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Do the school girls move uneasily in the straight-backed benches? The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Before the fire is a small, round, three-legged table; beside it a tall, straight-backed chair. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z He advanced to one of the straight-backed chairs which he remembered so well, and laid an unsteady hand on it, but he did not draw it towards him nor sit down. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z She sighed as she settled herself down on the straight-backed chair which she affected. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z A small iron cookstove stood in one corner, a table occupied the center of the room, and a rocking chair and two straight-backed chairs of ancient design completed the furnishings. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z No carpets on the floors, stiff, straight-backed chairs, precious little fire in cold weather, etc. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z They were a joy to look at, but hard, straight-backed, and unpromising resting places for a large literary man storing energy to deliver a lecture. The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z The old lady sat in one of the straightest of the straight-backed chairs, her hands in her comfortable lap. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Leaning well forward in her high, straight-backed chair, her fat, be-ringed fingers were beating a veritable devil's tattoo against its brocaded arms. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z One evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z She wore a brown merino, that made no noise when she moved, and fell in classic folds about her as she sat in her straight-backed chair. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z “Mercy me!” gasped Agnes, backing away from him and sitting suddenly down in one of the straight-backed hall chairs. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z She saw Aunty Rose sitting in one of her stiffest and most straight-backed chairs on the porch, knitting. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Nothing—nothing!" answered the lady, sinking into one of the straight-backed chairs that stood near the hearth; "I heard you stirring, and so came out. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The tired girl found it wonderfully refreshing as she sat near the bed in a straight-backed chair: she dare not choose one more comfortable lest drowsiness overpower her. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z He was politely proffering a straight-backed chair, and as she sat down she forced a smile. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z She paused, becoming suddenly aware that Helen had entered the room, book in hand as usual, and was taking up her accustomed station on a straight-backed chair situated at a respectful distance from the fireplace. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z If she did not walk to town to attend the Friends’ Meeting House, she sat in a straight-backed chair and read books that—to Carolyn May—looked “awfully religious.” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Before answering Judson peered cautiously around; then, drawing forward a straight-backed chair, he seated himself close to Cyril and folded his hands in his lap. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z They keep also the chair in which he sat—a plain, straight-backed arm-chair, with a haircloth seat, marked, on a brass plate, with his renowned and treasured name. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z He looked so young too, with his active straight-backed figure. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z Of course I invited him to enter and to take a place on the old straight-backed sofa, curious to learn what he could have to say to me. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z It was Deirdre—Deirdre grown very tall and lithe and straight-backed—Deirdre in a dark dress with a necklace of red beads about her neck and a blue ribband round her waist. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z With her stick she indicated a high, straight-backed chair, which had been relegated to a corner. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z The room had two chairs, one a church chair with a rush bottom, the other a straight-backed piece of carved Breton work, but so old that its colour had become a dry dusty grey. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z There were times, at today's extraordinary press conference, when Ferguson remembered who he was: straight-backed, defiant, holding eye contact, he promised that his club would recover "because that's Manchester United". Sir Alex Ferguson goes public on Wayne Rooney's desire to leave 2010-10-19T19:25:00Z Gardner, 49, was strapped into a "black, straight-backed metal chair," according to Associated Press writer Jennifer Dobner, who witnessed the execution—the first by firing squad in 14 years. The Mechanics of an Execution by Firing Squad 2010-06-18T11:00:00Z So that's option one: an uninformed nostalgia for the 1790s as a mythical time when we were a nation of Ayn Rand characters, all six-foot-five, straight-backed, square-jawed, and buying and selling free of encumbrance. What's with conservatives' fetish for the Founding Fathers? 2010-05-11T13:12:00Z At home, the man has pulled a straight-backed chair up to the TV, and tries to figure out what’s happening, what his other self is doing. Ben Loory: “The TV.” 2010-04-05T04:00:00Z When events began to marshal themselves into orderly sequence, the windowpanes of his hotel room were turning a dirty gray with the coming of dawn, and he was sitting in a straight-backed chair. The Law of Hemlock Mountain This room was square and low, with a carved console and straight-backed chairs thinly cushioned in faded blue to match the china. The Valiants of Virginia Anna Maria stood irresolute; she looked over at her aunt, who had already seated herself on the straight-backed, gayly flowered sofa, and pointed invitingly to an easy-chair. A Sister's Love A Novel Four whitewashed walls, with a ceiling to match, or a roof supported by bare rafters; no pictures, no statues; just straight-backed benches, and a high desk or pulpit: it is a lecture-room. Friend Mac Donald The three chairs were all straight-backed, the carpet was moth-eaten and dusty, and a small table still bore a vase filled with shriveled flowers which someone had forgotten to throw away. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery They were narrow, hard, straight-backed, and covered with shiny leather. Campmates A Story of the Plains Joyce sank upon one of the straight-backed chairs, and was just becoming unconscious of all outward things, when the latch-key was fitted into the lock, and Gilbert came in. Under the Mendips A Tale Orr looked about the room, contemplated a wide lounge of black leather, selected a straight-backed chair instead and seated himself, his hat and stick in his hand. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident He winked broadly as Minna, expressionless and silent, followed him in exactly as a shadow would have followed him and sat primly down in a straight-backed chair by the wall. Deadly City A straight-backed old sofa, covered with a vulgar chintz, stood against the wall; an open book, with a broken fan in the leaves, to mark the place, lay on the sofa. That Boy Of Norcott's It was wearisome to sit down on the straight-backed wooden chairs, and not less irksome to walk on the gritty, sanded floor, and so I lounged in one of the windows, and watched the rain. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance One of them motioned casually toward a straight-backed chair almost exactly in the center of the room. Twelve Times Zero She remembered him as she had last seen him—a straight-backed, sturdy-legged youngster, whose inquisitive nature and complete lack of fear had given her so many anxious moments. Warrior of the Dawn In the interior the most astonishing features are the low truncated nave of three bays, the grimness of the walls of the entire fabric,—excepting the well-lighted and aspiring choir,—and the straight-backed pews. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine But the master of the Bar-T had selected a straight-backed, hard-bottomed chair, of a kind that he had been used to for half a century and more. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure He was a fine, straight-backed, rosy-cheeked little fellow, with bright eyes, a cheerful voice, and an obedient spirit. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children The two common groups are the straight-backed and the humped. Health Lessons Book 1 She was sitting upright and demure in a straight-backed chair, with her hands folded quietly in her lap. The Return of the Prodigal One held a cot and a dresser and a straight-backed chair. The Mighty Dead To tell the truth, he had been leaning back against the wall–in a hard and straight-backed chair, of course–taking a “cat-nap.” Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure He took one of the straight-backed chairs by the stove and leaned forward with an absorbed pretense of warming his chilled hands. Old Crow To prove that the straight-backed ones did the harm several of them were allowed to suck blood from a man sick with malaria in Italy. Health Lessons Book 1 The furniture in the hall consisted of several tall, straight-backed chairs set at intervals against the walls, and at one side a massive table covered thick with the dust of years. The Boarded-Up House There was a straight-backed chair, in which he sat, a narrow bed, and a bureau. The Barbarians By this time Captain Dan Rugley was able to hobble out upon the veranda, and was sitting there in his old, straight-backed chair when the cavalcade rode up. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Mrs. Newbolt, sitting very straight-backed, held her lips tight, for she was impressed with the seriousness of the occasion. The Bondboy She sat up straight-backed as a saint in a cathedral window, but she unbent toward June. Claim Number One Above the white panelling, which was carried up as high as the tops of the straight-backed chairs, the walls were covered with canvas, painted green. Skipper Worse She liked her there beside the bed, her big shapeless form totally obscuring the straight-backed chair. The Camerons of Highboro They composed the Flag Committee of the Quarry Troop and as they sat there in the straight-backed chairs they looked to be the most uncomfortable trio in all the State of Vermont. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters There was a straight-backed chair close by, as though she had placed it there for him, and she waved him to it. The Monk of Hambleton "Take this chair," she said, pushing forward a straight-backed armchair. Mrs. Tree He towered over the slender, nervous Travis, but the commandant, straight-backed and arrogant, did not give an inch. Remember the Alamo! No, not in that straight-backed chair, for I want you to listen to all I have to say, and to be at ease while you listen. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs A flat-topped desk, rows of files, a bookcase filled with books bearing formidable titles, and three straight-backed chairs against the wall gave an impression of severity. Highacres He even forgot to pause impressively upon the top step of the post-office those days, as he always had formerly, before he made his straight-backed descent with the pouches slung over one shoulder. Once to Every Man Shortly afterwards, when the office staff had gone for the day, a tall, grey-haired, straight-backed gentleman came in, accompanied by a sweet-faced, motherly lady. The Spoilers of the Valley He sat down by the bedside in the straight-backed chair that had evidently been comfortable enough for the sisters' anxious watch. The Prisoner The interior, with its severely simple galleries, straight-backed wooden pews and high pulpit under the chancel window, has that quaintness to be seen in the earliest country churches of America. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia In the straight-backed chair they gave her Ellen sat like a statue, sweet and still, a thing so obviously good that it seemed even Courtrey himself must weaken to behold her. Tharon of Lost Valley On none of these occasions did he find the girl, who spent that night in a straight-backed chair at the bedside, asleep. The Roof Tree The three tall, broad-shouldered, straight-backed figures sat their horses with constant grace, galloping abreast, neck to neck and heel to heel, without pause or slackened pace. With Hoops of Steel Madame Beattie, enormously amused, sat in the handsome straight-backed chair that became her most, and unaffectedly and broadly smiled. The Prisoner Placing a chair directly in the glow of the fire, she invited Katharine to take it, while she herself sat down on a straight-backed settle beyond. The Brass Bound Box We talked for a time, Paragot sitting primly on a straight-backed chair. The Belovéd Vagabond The great gates of the prison yard rolled back to admit the carriage in which Alban had been driven from the hotel, and a cordon of straight-backed officials immediately surrounded it. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar She had taken out two chairs—a favourite rocker of her own, and the straight-backed, deep chair in which Alden usually sat when he was reading. Master of the Vineyard There were a couple of straight-backed wooden chairs and a leather sofa in the near room. Lease to Doomsday James found Mrs. Jackson sitting bolt upright on a straight-backed chair, convinced, such was her admirable sense of propriety, that a lounging attitude was incompatible with the performance of a duty. The Hero She sat in a straight-backed chair in the sitting-room, in a flowered silk bed-wrapper, and she looked just as glad to see Helen as though the girl were her deadliest enemy. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City "Oh, well," Mrs. Grant sighed, and settled her weighty body into one of the creaking, straight-backed wooden chairs of which the stalls were composed. To Love "Guess you won't see it fur a while," responded the wife, from her straight-backed chair, her arms folded, her body erect. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution A table, long enough to seat ten people at a pinch, runs athwartships, and ranged round it are various straight-backed chairs. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories And Arthur seated himself—as, indeed, he had no alternative—on a straight-backed old horsehair-bottomed chair which stood immediately under a tall black book-case. The Bertrams He parted his coat-tails and perched upon a straight-backed structure of mahogany, usually avoided by every caller. The Opened Shutters Hood sat down close to him in a straight-backed chair, crossed his legs, and thrust his hands into his coat pockets. The Madness of May There was a safe straight-backed stationary chair only ten feet away, but to save his life he could think of no legitimate excuse for rising and possessing it. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World But neither sisters nor cousins, nor Bertha Haughton herself, bore any resemblance to the two young women who now seated themselves on her two straight-backed chairs. Peggy Old folks dozed, babies fretted, young folks twisted and squirmed in the straight-backed benches. Blue Ridge Country The woman who takes a little air in the park in the afternoon with two full-grown men sitting up, straight-backed and impassive, on the box of the carriage, is one example of this. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends She sat primly on the straight-backed, green settee, and he sat on the step at her feet with his hat pulled over his eyes. Mr. Opp College girls in kimonos never sit in straight-backed chairs. Molly Brown's Senior Days She led us into her old kitchen and gave us seats, and took one of the little straight-backed chairs herself and sat a short distance away, as if she were giving audience to an ambassador. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Mrs. Kump drew the straight-backed rattan rocker to the open window, giving it a hurried dusting with her black silk apron, and invited Mrs. Lee to be seated. Peggy-Alone I saw that Gorman was sitting in a huge straight-backed chair with heavily carved elbow rests. Gossamer 1915 My paternal grandmother, a straight-backed, severe looking old lady, was then visiting us. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson There were a number of cushioned straight-backed chairs and a comfortable leather couch under the window. Card Trick "Give the lady a cheer," she admonished William, who hastened to place close by her side one of the straight-backed chairs that stood against the kitchen wall. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories A table and some straight-backed chairs are the principal pieces. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Madame Briande sat in a straight-backed chair at the table; she had a book before her, but her restless anxious air made me doubt whether she had read much of it. The King's Mirror The Colonel, sitting opposite to her in the straight-backed chair such as he always chose, noted, with a curiously disengaged pleasure, the wonderful opaline quality of the impression she made. A Venetian June Mrs. Denny, the housekeeper, had retired to a straight-backed chair stationed against the wall. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance One was a big-chested, straight-backed, clear-eyed, clean-souled sea-dog, with arms of hickory, fingers of steel, and a brain in instant touch with a button marked "Experience and Pluck." The Man In The High-Water Boots It was a square, old-fashioned building, with a low steeple, that had a belfry, but no bell in it, and with a high, square pulpit and high, straight-backed pews inside. The Man Who Stole A Meeting-House 1878, From "Coupon Bonds" A little checked curtain hung from the mantel-shelf to keep away the draught which rushed down the wide open chimney, on each side of which was a straight-backed wooden settle. Our Frank and other stories “I do not completely understand your apparent confidence in the ability of the hypothetical Omega culture to supply massive aid to us, even if its people should be so inclined,” said a straight-backed woman member. Greylorn The room was simply furnished with a table, a divan, three or four stiff, straight-backed chairs, and a bookcase. Paul Patoff A door at the rear opened into a second room that was equipped as a writing room, with a broad table and several straight-backed chairs. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol Neat cattle are domesticated straight-backed animals of the bovine genus. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals It opened to admit the new comers, disclosing Miss Du Prel, in a gown of pale amber brocade, enthroned upon a straight-backed antique sofa. The Daughters of Danaus He was in luck; the straight-backed gray-haired figure in the dark civilian suit, sitting alone at a tiny table in an alcove, caught his eye. Greylorn She had chosen a straight-backed chair which stood opposite a writing table. Priscilla's Spies Mrs Winn had taken up a determined position on a stiff, straight-backed chair in the middle of the room. Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls She sat in erect, straight-backed fashion, her right hand lying on her knee, the fingers of the left rubbing softly up the arm, serenely oblivious of his presence. Flaming June You know, one of these straight-backed, aristocratic old boys that somehow has the marks of havin' been everywhere, seen everything, and done everything. Shorty McCabe on the Job Shortly his mother appeared with the big brown tray, drew up a straight-backed chair to the bed, and lowered the feast to it before his expectant eyes. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The furniture consisted of two single-width beds, two chiffoniers, a study table and two straight-backed chairs. Left End Edwards Eager, straight-backed, bright-eyed, smiling gaily in response to cheer that greets him from at present undivided majority. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, February 4, 1893 But Smith, as he sat in the straight-backed chair, felt very glad indeed that he was about to see the somebody for whom he was waiting. White Ashes Morley was ushered in and given one of the plain, straight-backed chairs with which the room was furnished. The Winning Clue She had taken off her blanket, and sat in one of the straight-backed kitchen chairs, holding Thankful. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know It was tiny and genteel in figure, slim-waisted, and straight-backed. Young Lucretia and Other Stories In front of the fire stood a straight-backed chair and a little spinning wheel. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs And she selected a straight-backed, bedroom chair, as far away as possible from the friendly circle of the lamp-light. The Fifth Wheel A Novel It was straight-backed, and its oaken arms were covered by two plates, apparently of German silver. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Bessy, freeing herself, sat down on the edge of the straight-backed chair near the desk, as though to mark the parenthetical nature of the interview. The Fruit of the Tree George Hill and his wife were tied hand and foot to two straight-backed chairs. The Revolt on Venus III.—D'Artagnan, reclining upon an immense straight-backed chair, with his legs not stretched out, but simply placed upon a stool, formed an angle of the most obtuse form that could possibly be seen. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" I procured a similar straight-backed chair and drew it near enough to converse without too much effort. The Fifth Wheel A Novel One afternoon, about the end of October, Aunt Matilda was sitting in her big straight-backed chair, on one side of her fireplace. What Might Have Been Expected She was sitting in a straight-backed chair,—for Mrs. Dale scorned the weakness of a rocking-chair,—before a spindle-legged table, covered with green baize and with a cherry-wood rim inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ivory. John Ward, Preacher Bronson sat on the edge of a straight-backed chair with Muffin at his knees. The Tin Soldier D'Artagnan, reclining upon an immense straight-backed chair, with his legs not stretched out, but simply placed upon a stool, formed an angle of the most obtuse form that could possibly be seen. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Mrs. Sewall sat just where I had left her in the straight-backed chair. The Fifth Wheel A Novel She was a small, straight-backed woman, full of nervous vibrations. Jane Field A Novel Pulling apart its ferocious jaws, and peering in, I saw the straight-backed chair; but the body which seemed a part of it was much stiffer and more angular. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays There were about forty people gathered in the little room, which was not more than fifteen by twenty feet in size and supplied with the plainest straight-backed benches imaginable. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland A rocking and two straight-backed chairs completed the furnishings. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches She stood straight-backed as an Indian, carrying her head with fine spirit. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story She sat in a straight-backed chair near the dressing-table, and a huge basket of mending of different kinds stood on the floor by her side. The Halo The straight-backed chair looked like a part of the stiff, angular man. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays Lucia seated at the table was watching the work, while Don Paolo sat in a straight-backed chair, his white hands folded on his knee, from time to time addressing a remark to Maria Luisa. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster "Sit down," grunted the ranchman, motioning Bob to one of the straight-backed chairs while he himself sank into the rocker. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches Inside the cottage, the floor was sanded with the whitest sand; lovely old straight-backed chairs stood about; there was an oaken table, and a spinning-wheel. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories "I didn't know artists were ever such practical people," confessed Mrs. Red Pepper Burns, sitting on the edge of a straight-backed old chair in the small kitchen. Mrs. Red Pepper It would be far more comfortable for Eloise than that stiff, straight-backed, hair-cloth rocker in which she had to sit so upright. The Cromptons Then he bowed very formally in his best military fashion, straight-backed from the waist, heels stiffly together. The Palace of Darkened Windows She bowed us into the parlor and brought us two rickety, straight-backed chairs, which, with an old table, were all the furniture there was in the room. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches She sat erect in her straight-backed chair, a tall, dark woman, in a bombazine gown, with white muslin frill and turban. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 And when P. Sybarite fetched them, he sat himself sideways in a straight-backed chair and cheerfully endured the little man's impromptu essays in first-aid measures. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Then she walked slowly down the narrow aisle of the little meeting-house, between its double rows of narrow straight-backed pews. The Little Colonel's House Party Mrs. Singleton Corey sat in a straight-backed chair and stared out of the window that faced the little basin, and waited for Jack to come. The Lookout Man This shock effectually wakened the old gentleman—for, after all, he had only been having an uneasy nap in his straight-backed chair!—and he started to his feet, and fumbled nervously for the match-box. Bressant At heart something of a Puritan, the straight-backed chairs and unreposeful sofa, the secretary with its diamond-paned doors and glass knobs, the quaint old jardinières brought from China a century ago, pleased her fancy. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters But Portia would sit there, slim and erect, in a little straight-backed chair, and whatever perfunctory commiseration she might manage to express, the look of her fine eyebrows would be skeptical. The Real Adventure They sat down in two old straight-backed kitchen chairs. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches So he leaned back in his straight-backed chair and wondered what in the world he should do with "all that money." Doctor Claudius, A True Story Opposite the table stood a chair, straight-backed and severe, in which Professor Valeyon always sat when at work. Bressant I would not exchange our straight-backed chairs, which have been so long in the home-service, for the costly and luxurious ones before me, if the adjuncts were to be exchanged also. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 Even when he was a baby, he was so straight-backed and robust. The Brimming Cup The good souls sat comfortably in their splint-bottomed, straight-backed chairs, and enjoyed this mild attempt at a festival. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches He sighed and leaned back in the straight-backed chair. Doctor Claudius, A True Story And there were four straight-backed dining chairs, and against the wall some shelves well filled with books, as well as many other conveniences and comforts and refinements not usual in the cabins of the coast. Bobby of the Labrador An aged couple were seated in tall high straight-backed chairs. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood These chairs may be used for various purposes between meals, and will not give the room the stiff and formal air that straight-backed chairs invariably produce. The House in Good Taste Selma managed to seat herself on the one straight-backed chair in the room. Unleavened Bread "I believe I am old," said the Doctor, pushing his straight-backed wooden chair from the table, and turning from his books to look out of his small window. Doctor Claudius, A True Story "Thank you, Judge," replied Shrimplin, selecting a straight-backed chair in a shadowy corner of the room, on the very edge of which he humbly established himself. The Just and the Unjust The Arizonan stepped in with his easy, swinging stride, a lithe, straight-backed Hermes showing strength of character back of every movement. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West The young man was sinewy and hard as nails, the girl supple and wiry, of a slender grace, straight-backed as an Indian in the saddle. Mavericks Mrs. Abbot reseated herself in the straight-backed chair she usually affected. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest He relit the candle and drew a straight-backed chair up to the table. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories The ancient pulpit was of the same period as the screen, as were also the old-fashioned, straight-backed, oak pews. From John O'Groats to Land's End "Of course not," she agreed, seating herself in one of the straight-backed chairs. The Street Called Straight He sat down in a stiff, straight-backed chair; it may be he felt the need of holding in reserve all his physical force, of not refusing to rest, even here. Half A Chance He closed the door behind him and sat on a straight-backed chair, his legs outthrust. If Winter Comes The three sat down, Percy on one side, and the husband and wife on a straight-backed settle opposite. Lord of the World "Is—is Mabel at home?" asked I, when I had shaken hands with the professor and seated myself in one of his hard, straight-backed chairs. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Harmer and Mason were seated on opposite sides of the hearth in straight-backed wooden armchairs, and both were smoking. The Sign of the Red Cross The three sons—Alec, James, and Rob—sat on straight-backed chairs; Walter near by, his hand on his grandmother's lap. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Sabre said he sat where she'd left him, in the morning room in a straight-backed chair, with his legs stuck out in front of him, wrestling with it—like hell. If Winter Comes It contained only a writing-table, two simple chairs, a straight-backed divan covered with leather, and a large chest of black oak bound with ornamented steel work. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid Lady Shuttleworth was sitting in a straight-backed chair, her elbows on its arms, the tips of her ten fingers nicely fitted together. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight There were the same straight-backed chairs, the same homemade carpet, more faded and threadbare than ever, the same ugly enlarged photographs within their massive frames which the enterprising agent had sold to Mrs. Duke. Dorian They do not so much enfold the known languages in their embrace as force them down into narrow, straight-backed seats. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Yet, her methodical closure of the house complete, Lesbia Faircloth elected to sit in full inward sweep of it, drawing a straight-backed chair, mounted on roughly carpentered rockers, close to the window. Deadham Hard Thalassa sat in a straight-backed wooden chair listening to the wind and rain raging outside, and occasionally glancing at his wife, who remained absorbed in her patience. The Moon Rock We climbed over our trunks to sit by this imitation of a fire, only to find that there was nothing to sit on but the most uncompromising of straight-backed chairs. As Seen By Me She was in a low, chintz-covered chair; Aunt Merce sat by the window, in a straight-backed chair, that rocked querulously, and likewise covered with chintz, of a red and yellow pattern. The Morgesons Two ladies sat in those same straight-backed chairs, wherein, some fifty hours ago Adam Lambert and the French prince had agreed upon that fateful meeting on the brow of the cliff. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk An antique desk and a few straight-backed chairs were all the other furnishings of the room, but of these it needed none. Strawberry Acres The lithe and youthful figure of a girl is extended upon a straight-backed settle in somewhat of a Récamier pose. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. The room itself was small, the walls tinted red, and contained no furniture except a narrow bed and one straight-backed chair. Love under Fire One was no longer expected to pay court to one's beloved, sitting stiffly on straight-backed chairs in a chill drawing-room in the non-conducting, or non-conducive, presence of still chillier maiden aunts. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Two straight-backed mahogany chairs were drawn cozily near to the hearth, wherein burned a bright fire made up of ash logs. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk An hour later, when his meal was finished, and he sat on a straight-backed chair meditating in the twilight, a rap sounded at his door, and a letter was handed to him. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories At a short distance from him, in an ancient straight-backed rocking-chair, dark with age, and clumsy in its antique carvings, sat his wife. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Sylvia came closer to her and sat down on a straight-backed chair. The Bent Twig One by one the students drop in and take their places,—high and low, rich and poor, all on the same straight-backed pine benches. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 What the door opened upon was a little grey apartment with an arched ceiling, a place devoid of a single article of furniture save a straight-backed chair in the centre. Trailin'! There was a common, straight-backed chair in the room, between the chest of drawers and the wall. Taquisara There were twelve of us, Tom," said the old gentleman; "fine, straight-backed, handsome fellows as you'd wish to see. The Pickwick Papers Lastly, we would drink some beer in the cabin, which was furnished with a wooden table on cross legs, and with black straight-backed chairs—more like a farm kitchen than a ship's cuddy. Falk A Reminiscence Darling being broad, straight-backed, and high in the withers, was well able to carry double, at any rate as far as Hintock, and at a gentle pace. The Woodlanders In each he had set up a white iron bed, a dressing table, and wash stand, and placed two straight-backed and one rocking chair, all white. The Harvester Long and spare of figure, she sat upright in her straight-backed chair, with her large, capable hands on her knees. The Market-Place The big rocker, the straight-backed chairs, and the sofa were beautiful red mahogany wood, and the seats shining haircloth. Laddie; a true blue story Most of the cattle are of the zebu or hump-backed variety, hut there are also two breeds——one large, the other resembling the Jersey cattle—-which are straight-backed. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 No splendors, no gilding, no troops of servants; rather straight-backed chairs. The Europeans "Very well!" said Nesta, rising from the straight-backed chair, and looking very rigid herself as she stood up. The Talleyrand Maxim "You see," she said, and sitting down, on a straight-backed chair, looked at me with lustreless eyes. The Vicar's Daughter Yes—I must mention one thing more I found—a long, sharp-pointed, straight-backed, snake-edged Indian dagger, inlaid with silver—a fierce, dangerous, almost venomous-looking weapon, in a curious case of old green morocco. Wilfrid Cumbermede Delight said this in a high, stilted voice, and as she sat primly in the straight-backed old chair, knitting away at nothing, she presented a funny, attractive little picture. Marjorie's New Friend Mrs. Tree was sitting bolt upright in an ancient straight-backed chair of curious workmanship. Geoffrey Strong His mother was waiting also, in a high straight-backed rocking-chair, with her hands in her lap. The Story of Kennett Patty thanked her, and when she had left the room, Patty sat down in the small, straight-backed rocking-chair to "think herself out," as she sometimes expressed it. Patty Fairfield The straight-backed chairs upholstered in yellow and brown silk stood close sentry under the prints, in their antimacassar uniforms. The Mountebank The simple oil lamp upon the table threw a weird, uncertain light over the old room, flickering upon the carved oak panelling, and casting strange, fantastic shadows from the high-elbowed, straight-backed furniture. The Mystery of Cloomber In front of these there is a solid oak garden-table, with a comfortable chair on the right of it and a straight-backed one on the left. First Plays He is not "easy"; he is not to be read for relaxation after dinner, but in the morning and in a straight-backed chair, with eyes clear and intellect at attention. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived He next produced a short, straight-backed chair which she recognised as brother to the one which used to stand behind their kitchen stove. Lifted Masks; stories Andrew lit a pipe and sat down in the straight-backed arm-chair. The Mountebank The drawing-room in the Verplanck mansion was high of ceiling, a spacious, stately room, and its quaint, straight-backed chairs, stuffed ottomans, and carved mahogany sofas were the acme of elegance of those days. An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott Two straight-backed, leather-covered chairs stood one on either side of the tiled hearth. Hyacinth It faced her, distant not six paces from the door--that shameless little "Corot"!--resting on the arms of a straight-backed chair. Red Masquerade Then, for six mortal hours his aching limbs were glued to a straight-backed chair. Andy the Acrobat On opposite sides of the kitchen stove, which stood in the center of the small house, my mother and her guest were seated in straight-backed chairs. American Indian stories Skim acknowledged the introductions with intense gravity, and then sat down upon a straight-backed chair near the piano, this being the end of the room where the three girls were grouped. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Some oilskins, together with a suit of clothes dangled from wooden pins, while the only other furniture consisted of a straight-backed chair, and a four-legged stool. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" Elizabeth Storer, on page 98 of my Child Life in Colonial Days, is an extreme example, straight-backed indeed, but narrow-chested to match. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) For a moment the lace kerchief folded across the black gown rose and fell tumultuously; then its wearer crossed the room and seated herself with uncompromising discomfort in the only straight-backed chair the room contained. Across the Years "Iye-que, fortunate one!" she exclaimed as she took the straight-backed chair offered her. American Indian stories Picture him, a man in the forties, straight-backed, rather jolly, and with one of those German naval beards. The Secrets of the German War Office The plain mahogany chairs and straight-backed old-fashioned sofa were well preserved. Marguerite Verne The Doctor sat at his desk in a long, gray dressing-gown, with a rug across his knees: around him were ranged several straight-backed chairs on which were spread hundreds of pages of closely written manuscript. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill For a moment she hated the straight-backed, soldierly old man who was standing before her. December Love They use, in some schools, straight-backed chairs to make a girl sit upright, and to give strength to her back: do you approve of them? Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Satherwaite accepted a straight-backed chair with part of its cane seat missing, after a decent amount of protest; then a heavy, discouraging silence fell. The New Boy at Hilltop Gray retired to the patent rocker, Miss Briskow settled herself upon a straight-backed chair and folded her capable hands in her lap; an oppressive silence fell upon the room. Flowing Gold She sat down rather stiffly in the straight-backed armchair beside the fire. Three Soldiers Motioning her guest to a small easy-chair, Miss Prudence Plunkett took her own, one of those straight-backed, calico-cushioned wooden rockers dear to our grandmothers, and drew it up opposite the girl's. Sara, a Princess Certainly not: the natural and the graceful curve of the back is not the curve of a straight-backed chair. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children There were two comfortable armchairs and two straight-backed chairs, the aforementioned table, two bookcases, one on each side of the window, a wicker wastebasket and two or three pictures. The New Boy at Hilltop Punctilious salutes were exchanged, and then the general, accompanied by some of his officers and also those of the regiment, passed slowly between the long files of straight-backed soldiers. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs In secret wonder I saw Adah pause before the same long, straight-backed bench or pew, and Miss Warren take the place where I had first seen my "embodiment of June." A Day of Fate Four straight-backed chairs at the table told a story, as did the burnt matches and cigar- stubs on the hearth. The Desired Woman Minks in a hard, straight-backed chair, firmly assured everybody that he was exceedingly comfortable and really preferred stiff chairs. A Prisoner in Fairyland Of the bedchamber there is but little to say, except that it contained a bed, a washstand, a mirror, two straight-backed chairs and a clothes-press. Jane Cable Sabina was thinking, too, but her thoughts ran in quite another direction, as she sat bolt upright on a straight-backed chair, staring at the wall opposite. The Heart of Rome The place was unlighted, but through the large stone-mullioned window the rays of the full moon poured brightly, and by them, seated in a straight-backed chair, Montalvo saw a draped form. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch He marched over to a straight-backed chair with a cushion in it; glared at Isabel for a moment with his inscrutable topaz eyes, then began to purr. Old Rose and Silver If only Bill knew—straight-backed, honest, stiff-chinned, uncompromising, plain Bill Brown. Told in the East Each had three marble tables and twelve straight-backed chairs ranged against the walls, the only variety being that some were covered with red damask and some with green. Sant' Ilario "Sit here," directed Kennedy, indicating a straight-backed chair, on which the Japanese obediently sat. The Treasure-Train Carlotta," said I, turning to the girl who had seated herself humbly on a straight-backed chair, "you will go with Antoinette and do as she tells you. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel When he got up from the straight-backed chair, he felt that he had never eaten a better meal in his life, and when Mrs. Lane started off down the road, he gladly followed her. The Adventures of a Boy Reporter His mother was sitting in a rocker, reading the evening paper with gold spectacles, and I never saw such a straight-backed old lady in my life, nor any so tall and thin and commanding. Love, the Fiddler The Judge was Wellmouth Centre's biggest gun, rich—at least, that's what everybody thought then—and pompous and dignified and straight-backed as an old-fashioned church pew. Galusha the Magnificent Near the bed was an old-fashioned mahogany dresser, with a diamond-shaped mirror, and in front of it a straight-backed chair adorned with the grotesque carving of an ancient and long-dead fashion. Flower of the North A Modern Romance Across the fireplace sat his wife Anna on a straight-backed chair, looking into the fire with the mute resignation of her sex. Nonsense Novels I'm afraid he has grown very groggy on his pins of late; if he sat on any by a straight-backed chair they would never get him up again. South Wind Jadwin sat down on one of the straight-backed chairs upon the raised platform against the wall and rested his elbows upon his knees. The Pit Galusha lifted himself from the edge of the straight-backed chair upon which he had perched and sat upon the edge of the rocking-chair instead. Galusha the Magnificent The chairs, ten straight-backed, and two easy by the fireplace, of which one was armless, were upholstered in saddlebag, yellow and green. The Fortunate Youth He tossed the cane on the window-seat and sat near me on a straight-backed chair. The Red Planet Sheer panic held her quiet in the straight-backed chair. The Window-Gazer Magda glanced about her curiously—at the plain, straight-backed chairs, at the meticulously tidy desk and bare, polished floor. The Lamp of Fate In the centre of the kitchen stands a large table; to the right and left of this, two straight-backed chairs. Washington Square Plays "We belong to two different social classes, Paul," she said gently, again sitting in the straight-backed chair by the table. The Fortunate Youth D'Artagnan, reclining in an immense straight-backed chair, with his legs not stretched out, but simply placed upon a stool, formed an angle of the most obtuse form that could possibly be seen. Louise de la Valliere She was going to sit at the table in a straight-backed chair, but he sprang at her. T. Tembarom She sat upright in her straight-backed chair before the table, her eyes half closed. All Roads Lead to Calvary His father came slowly up to him, straight-backed and with the gait of the man who has ridden astride a horse more than he has walked on his own feet. Cow-Country The room contained a small bed, neatly made, two straight-backed chairs, a washstand, a bureau—without any mirror—and a small table. Pollyanna It was a young woman of twenty or twenty-five, seated in a straight-backed chair, with her hands encased in black lace mitts and folded in the lap of her striped silk gown. Lavender and Old Lace "The big brute!" she gritted, and got off and went to the cabin door, walking straight-backed and every mental and physical fiber of her braced for the coming struggle. Cabin Fever Upon this five young ladies who had been sitting in five straight-backed chairs, doing five pieces of embroidery, rose, bowed, and filed out of the room. Dolly Dialogues In the hot little attic room Pollyanna dropped herself on to one of the straight-backed chairs. Pollyanna |
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