英语词汇“uncarpeted”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

They heard his slow footsteps going up the uncarpeted stairs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother said comfortable with a faint shudder, and Olanna almost smiled because her mother had Odenigbo’s basic university house in mind, with its sturdy rooms and plain furniture and uncarpeted floors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We rushed through the uncarpeted chambers, candlesticks clutched to our breasts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She leads him up five flights of uncarpeted stairs that creak noisily beneath their combined weight. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The same clothes were strewn on the uncarpeted floors. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two-bedroom cottage offered more than enough space, although the uncarpeted stairs between the bedrooms and living area required careful negotiating. Hotel Review: In Newport Beach, Calif., Bucking the Tide 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

Stomp, stomp up the stairs go the students; slap, slap go their mats onto the uncarpeted floor. Review | How Laura Zigman mines real life to create memorable fiction 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

She lives in a two-bedroom house on the outskirts of Manchester with her 12-year-old son, Harry, and worries that, with its high ceilings and uncarpeted floors, it is too cold. From Liverpool to London, Tighter Wallets and Colder Homes 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

At the Larsons’ home, there are wide expanses of uncarpeted wood floor, the better for Emma, who just turned seven, to zoom around in the wheelchair she calls her race car. A Breakthrough in Genetic Medicine for Rare Diseases 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

The first person walks out of this preview performance about 30 minutes in; over the next hour around another 10 leave, the clomping of their shoes on an uncarpeted floor making them impossible to ignore. Hold on to your hard hats: New York's $475m Shed throws open its doors 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

But they are a necessary evil in my uncarpeted Victorian house. Should slippers shuffle off this mortal coil? | Lucy Mangan and Faye Schopen 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

The new space, which will increase the dining room capacity to 100 seats from 85, will feature avant-garde lighting fixtures of polished steel, uncarpeted smoked-oak floors and custom bentwood armchairs. Culinary Institute to Renovate a Teaching Restaurant 2012-07-02T22:52:56Z

The room was small and uncarpeted; on one side stood a wardrobe and a table, and on the opposite wall hung a large mirror that reflected nearly the whole of the apartment. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z

Then they took each other's hand and went slowly down the uncarpeted white stone staircase. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z

It was a very small room, about 8 feet by 16 feet, was uncarpeted and contained no furniture, so we carried in three cane-bottomed chairs for our accommodation. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z

The uncarpeted floor was thickly strewn with sheets half written over, and torn manuscripts were scattered about. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z

We advanced to a staircase about three feet in width, uncarpeted, but of a rich brown color, like chestnut skins; so also were the balusters. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z

The farmer went down, his clumsy boots making no sound on the uncarpeted stairway, so careful was his tread. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z

The furniture, partly unpacked, with wisps of straw about the legs of the chairs, was piled up in the uncarpeted rooms. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z

Lady Level, in the midst of much lamentation, was conducted to the front entrance, and thence ushered into a long, low, uncarpeted room on the left of the dark hall. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z

Regular chairs there were none, but boxes aplenty, and opening from this kitchen-bedroom-living-room was an uncarpeted, evil-looking room, and in the doorway a giant of a man stood, looking in bleary-eyed bewilderment at Dorothy. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z

As an emergency-room doctor, Dr. Kass knows that a fall down uncarpeted stairs produces more serious injuries than a fall down a carpeted flight. The Hunt: The Hunt - A Holding-Pattern Home 2011-12-15T23:13:47Z

We trod softly as we passed it, and went along the uncarpeted boards of the Musicians' Gallery above the entrance hall. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z

There was a low sound of voices and a sharp noise of chairs being pushed over an uncarpeted floor within; but the knob which Fenton still held and shook did not turn. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z

There was a hideous sound of scraping as chairs were drawn back or pulled forwards over the uncarpeted boards. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z

The table-cloth was spotless; the china unmatched, but brightly clean; the uncarpeted floor had been scoured and the cobwebs were all swept away. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z

A second pull at the bell-rope brought footsteps outside the door, which sounded heavy upon the boards, evidently uncarpeted. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z

The halls and rooms of our dormitory were uncarpeted. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z

Unpainted walls, uncarpeted stairs, and not altogether clean floors met her gaze as they entered the hostelry. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z

He walked reverently up the wide, uncarpeted steps, beside Miss Mary. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z

They clung together sobbing and crying until the sound penetrated to the lower regions, and the maid-of-all-work crept up the uncarpeted stair and listened, agape with horror. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z

He understood now why the corridor was evidently uncarpeted; if by any means he should get out at the door, his steps would sound, and give the alarm at once. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z

In the large, uncarpeted hall, dancing was going on. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z

The stair was uncarpeted, but it was of old and massive oak, and, drawing his sword, he crept cautiously up, Hull following him like a cat. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z

Was it last night she had followed a stranger bearing a candle up flights and flights of uncarpeted wooden stairs? Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z

“Oh, yes; do come in,” answered Molly, rising to meet Miss Steel, who had walked up the uncarpeted steps and along the echoing corridor without making a sound, as usual. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z

Tip lifted his head uneasily, rose, and tapped about the room, his long-nailed toes rattling on the uncarpeted floor. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z

On reading this note, Agnes walked up stairs to the drawing-room, which she found uncarpeted, in preparation for the music of the evening, and a grand pianoforte standing in the middle of it. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z

The stove, the uncarpeted and slippery parquet floor, the impossible chairs, and a ceiling painted to resemble a nightmare of a fruiterer's shop, are all things of the past. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z

A few minutes later there was a patter on the uncarpeted stairs, and Ruth appeared, with red eyes and dishevelled hair. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z

But the sigh was answered by a distant sound, the plod—plod—plodding of weary feet up the two flights of uncarpeted stairs. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z

There was a private party upstairs, and much clomping and stomping on the uncarpeted stairs. | Rahway: Only Missing Ingredient Is a Bit of Quiet 2011-05-01T00:24:50Z

He went back into his room and strode to and fro across the uncarpeted floor, his arms locked, his jaws clenched. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z

Those lovely hot muffins she had dreamed of preparing for him, that wonderful steak, smothered in onions, that delicious— Down the uncarpeted stairs inside she could hear the reluctant thud, thud of footsteps! Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z

She did not see the wall, nor feel the texture of the bedclothes, nor hear the sound of footsteps on the uncarpeted floor. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z

Therefore I was put to sleep in "the Barracks"—two dismal unfurnished, uncarpeted north rooms, without fireplaces, looking into a damp courtyard, with a well and a howling dog. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z

The heavy footsteps went slowly up the uncarpeted staircase, a door opened on the floor above, and the footsteps were heard in the room over the parlour. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z

The uncarpeted floor was of black polished oak, as also were the wainscoting and mantel. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z

I found the convent readily enough, and waited in its uncarpeted but scrupulously clean parlour some time for the Lady Superior. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z

It is uncarpeted, but the boards are white as snow, and on them lies a fine sprinkling of dry sand. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z

The weather soon became bitterly cold, and, to prevent being starved, I had to sit almost all day in the one poor uncarpeted sitting-room with old Madame Barraud herself, who was a most extraordinary character. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z

The long years seemed to have fallen away from her; she slipped across the uncarpeted floor with the agility and silence of a tiger. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z

He remembered the drawn blinds, the weedy walks of Mandeleys; the hasty glimpse which he had had of silent, empty rooms and uncarpeted ways in the higher storeys of the mansion in Grosvenor Square. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z

It was uncarpeted, and its furniture consisted of a broken chair, a box on which stood an enamelled basin, and a bed which was covered with frowsy blankets. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z

There were three or four rush-bottomed chairs, which looked plebeian even on the dusty, uncarpeted floor. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z

The face withdrew, and David crossed the street, entered the hotel, and clattered up the uncarpeted stairs. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z

The handkerchief had become dusty by lying on the uncarpeted floor. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z

The footsteps approached, the sound betraying the fact that the stone floor of the lobby was uncarpeted. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z

I would not try to make you less sympathetic, Brenda, but you must remember that a plain uncarpeted room when properly warmed is not so uncomfortable as it looks. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z

Alex heard her steps receding, rapid and measured, along the uncarpeted corridor outside. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z

There were three doors opening into spacious rooms, and each was uncarpeted and undraped, save for the grey webs which drooped from the cornice, and rosettes of lichen which had formed upon the walls. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z

We went up the uncarpeted front stairs, into the square upper hall which was lighted by an east window over the front door. The Idyl of Twin Fires

The Master clattered down the uncarpeted stairs and returned with an instrument of his own make. The Master's Violin

The oaken floor was uncarpeted, and a very few articles of furniture occupied the walls. The Fortunes Of Glencore

For the first moment or two she sat on the side of her bed, her hands locked behind her head, her bare feet resting upon the uncarpeted floor. The Gambler A Novel

And then a sound of brisk footsteps on the uncarpeted floor just outside the office set his pulses leaping. Under Fire For Servia

The mere flash of electric light upon a hall of chaos and uncarpeted stairs, and on the face of Raffles as he sprang to switch it off, had been enough even for me. A Thief in the Night Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman

I heard his frantic footsteps echoing in the uncarpeted passage. Bye-Ways

The three men entered a narrow, absolutely bare hallway, from which an uncarpeted staircase rose sharply to the left. What a Man Wills

Then suddenly he raised his head, attracted by a sound, subdued and yet distinct, that came to him through the silence of the house—the sound of light, hasty steps on an uncarpeted corridor. The Gambler A Novel

The cabman went straight up the uncarpeted stairs, to pause before the half-open door, as he heard, in a low conversation, the words— “Mamma—dear mamma, pray don’t notice it.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One

You gaze on fields as yet yellow with no ripening corn, meadows as yet uncarpeted by flowers, trees as yet leafless. The Religious Life of London

His clerical coat was old and spotted, his table was of rough wood, the floor uncarpeted; by right, Poverty should have made herself prominent there. Anne

She tried not to run upstairs, as she found only new girls did that, and not to walk heavily on the uncarpeted floor. Helen Grant's Schooldays

Then, perhaps recalling the uncarpeted deck, she recovered and looked haughty instead. Sugar Plum

The new rooms were finely papered and painted and furnished, the old living room is still whitewashed, and its uncarpeted floor is regularly scrubbed and sanded. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl

Through the cracks of its uncarpeted floor chilly gusts of wind swept upward, and sent us hovering quail-like as close as possible to the stone hearth of the broad chimney place. The Portal of Dreams

On the floor, otherwise uncarpeted, lay a bearskin. The House of Fulfilment

The room was a small, low apartment, about ten feet by twelve, the floor uncarpeted and uneven; the walls were damp, and the whole place was like a vault. The Witches of New York

Moving a little listlessly up the broad uncarpeted stairs toward the bedroom she shared with her sister, the girl scarcely noticed the older woman’s presence. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor

The floor was uncarpeted, the furniture scanty and poor: the fire in the grate smouldered miserably, and languished for want of fuel. Under False Pretences A Novel

But at that moment I heard footsteps walking somewhat uncertainly along an uncarpeted floor within. The House by the Lock

Rising from his warm retreat, Mr. Magee took his shivering way across the uncarpeted floor and unfastened the window's catch. Seven Keys to Baldpate

After passing up a flight of broad, uncarpeted stairs, you again see the name of that respectable firm painted on a light of ground glass set in the office door. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It

Upstairs, four flights, the last two uncarpeted or linoleumed, one discovers only an austere establishment from which both Teague and his possible dissipation are long since departed. An Ocean Tramp

The stairway was uncarpeted, and the dust lay thick under the banisters. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales

The two followed Philip to the bare, uncarpeted platform that was to serve as altar. Kildares of Storm

I followed him to the top of a very lofty stair, and there right under the slates were a couple of empty and dusty little rooms, uncarpeted and uncurtained, into which he led me. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

She sprang off the sofa, and taking Matilda's hand they mounted together the second flight of stairs; wide, uncarpeted, smooth, polished stairs they were; to the upper hall. The House in Town

Here they left her, with the salt sea-water dripping in a heavy rain from her garments, soaking the bed and forming dreary rivulets along the uncarpeted floor. A Noble Woman

There she found herself in a bare, uncarpeted room, furnished only with two chairs and a table. The Heart of Thunder Mountain

The barred window was high in the thickness of the stone wall and the uncarpeted floor was of brick. Olive in Italy

He walked slowly up the dark, uncarpeted stairs, and, as he was at the bend below the third floor, he heard a shrill scream—a horrid scream, full of terror, loathing, contempt. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists

Rough it was, uncarpeted, cold with the damp chill of early morning. A Breath of Prairie and other stories

I turned away, and went slowly up the steep wooden uncarpeted staircase. The First Violin A Novel

Heavy footsteps sounded upon the uncarpeted stairs, yet if he attempted to jump from the window he would fall into the arms of the police, who had by this time surrounded the house. The White Lie

Then there came a soft yet heavy patter on the uncarpeted aisle and two black animals stalked majestically forward and seated themselves upon their haunches directly beneath the pulpit. Dorothy's House Party

At length Jack threw back the door, and the bright moonlight pouring down the opening in a flood of silver revealed a narrow, ladder-like stairway descending to an uncarpeted hall. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards

The bare, uncurtained, uncarpeted rooms, the big dormitory with its cubicles, the stone-flagged passages, all appeared to him mean and sordid. Beside Still Waters

The house was large and plain, with uncarpeted floors that were mopped up in the morning for coolness and cleanliness, quite a Virginian fashion. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

The uncarpeted floor was almost as white as snow—and certainly no snow could be purer or whiter than the drapery of her unpretending couch. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.

The long flights of stairs they mounted were dark and uncarpeted. Rose O'Paradise

There is always an uncarpeted back staircase for servants and tradespeople, and for the tenants who inhabit the poorer parts of the building. Home Life in Germany

The noise made by footsteps on the floor showed that it was uncarpeted. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas

The four men tramped in, their footsteps sounding dreary and mournful on the uncarpeted floor, and awakening strange rumbling echoes. The New Tenant

She stole softly through the lower part of the house, and then with a beating heart went up the uncarpeted stairs. Ladies-In-Waiting

But nevertheless his courage gave way all at once, and he crawled up the bare, uncarpeted stairs without any further protest! Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers

The uncarpeted boards of the floor were well swept. Free Air

Tights hung beside it, like pink skins, gold spangles strewed the uncarpeted floor and scent hovered over everything.... The Bill-Toppers

Uniacke moved forward along the uncarpeted pavement, on which his feet, in their big nailed boots, rang harshly. Tongues of Conscience

He had taken off his shoes, that his step on the uncarpeted floor might not disturb his prey, and stole towards him. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer

Gabrielle lighted him to his room, stepping softly along the uncarpeted passage. The Tragic Bride

The portrait has a somewhat depressing air of elegance, cold and polished, like the large uncarpeted room itself, with its sombre curtains and its outlook on a still more sombre courtyard. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877

Miss Folly, in her seven flounces, her beads and flowers, peacock's plume, rouge, ribbons, and all, was half reclining on the uncarpeted floor, engaged in blowing bubbles. The Crown of Success

A minute later Paul heard a heavy step on the uncarpeted stairway, and a tall, angular, hard-featured woman, with cold blue eyes and scanty light hair, entered the room. The Day of Judgment

Silently the three of us stole up the uncarpeted attic stair. Explorers of the Dawn

He disappeared out on to the veranda, leaving a trail of blood across the uncarpeted floor. Queensland Cousins

High vaulted rooms with cool uncarpeted floors, great dogs upon the hearths for the burning of wood in winter-time, and all luxuries befitting the state of a marquis in a luxurious age and country. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11

The floor, of polished hardwood, is uncarpeted and scrupulously clean. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia

The poor furniture of the room was hideous to her eyes, the uncarpeted floor and bleak, stained walls dulled her. Mary, Mary

It was exhausting, and I had had about enough of it when I heard Mary Ellen pounding up the uncarpeted back stairs. Explorers of the Dawn

She heard Clinch's light step on the uncarpeted stair; went on making up Smith's bed; and smiled as her step-father came into the room, still carrying his rifle. The Flaming Jewel

The "paragraphist," according to Willis, was lodging in the most crowded part of Holborn, in an uncarpeted and bleak-looking room, with a deal table, two or three chairs, and a few books. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11

Even a sudden desire for exercise seemed an inadequate explanation in view of the frigid temperature of the uncarpeted rooms. The Man from the Bitter Roots

The floors hid themselves decently under thick red and black carpets, and the margins which were uncarpeted were disguised by beeswax, so that no one knew they were there at all. Mary, Mary

She followed her ugly, faithful guide across the vacant disused nursery, and on down the uncarpeted turning staircase which opens into the square lobby outside the Gun-Room. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance

As I wore spurs, and the steps were of polished oak and uncarpeted, I walked noisily enough to warn anyone of my approach. The Return Of The Soul 1896

It was an uncarpeted, unpainted, unadorned room with pine plank flooring, plank walls, a plank ceiling, a plank table, and a set of plank chairs. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains

In the silence which followed, Miss Vi doing belated chamberwork upstairs sounded like six on an ore-wagon as she walked up and down the uncarpeted hall. The Man from the Bitter Roots

He could hear heavy footsteps on the uncarpeted floor. The Crooked House

He held his pipe behind his back in such a position that it hung over the uncarpeted part of the hallway. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein

The rooms were uncarpeted, just as in summer, but rugs were spread on the floors. The Land of the Long Night

Scarcely had he done so, and was standing on the uncarpeted stairs, when his quick ear caught the sound of Deacon's footsteps receding over the gravel around to the front of the house. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime

A small iron bedstead projected into the middle of the floor, which was uncarpeted except for a slip of matting beside it. A Master of Mysteries

Paul's hob-nailed boots went lingeringly up the uncarpeted stairs to the attic room, and there he spent the long, long afternoon. Despair's Last Journey

It was the barest cabin I was ever in—uncarpeted, with no other seats than the little benches. The Frozen Pirate

My attic is uncarpeted, and its general aspect is sordid. The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)

He set down his glass of sour wine on the table with an emphatic quickness, and his soldierly tread sounded behind me in the uncarpeted passage and up the bare deal steps. In Direst Peril

At one end of the hall there is a bare, uncarpeted stage, with nothing on it save a grand piano and a chair. A Book of Burlesques

“Of course you have,” was the angry retort; and taking no notice of his visitor’s proffered hand, the man stamped his foot impatiently on the uncarpeted floor. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn

The thief had become more cautious and was tiptoeing up the uncarpeted treads of the stair, still sending occasionally a bar of light ahead. Blacksheep! Blacksheep!

Apparently the stair was uncarpeted, as likewise was the corridor along which he presently found himself proceeding. The Sins of Séverac Bablon

The room in which it is held is uncarpeted, and its walls are graced by no higher works of art than the plans and sections of the mine. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines

I have had some curious experiences of a similar nature; one was in an uncarpeted room, the house being deserted at that time. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals

Here the uproar of their voices, and their noisy tread as they rushed up and down the uncarpeted staircases, could not be heard. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys

The man rose, and Odette marvelled how one so tall could move so swiftly, and without so much as a sound, across the uncarpeted hallway. The Daffodil Mystery

Lo! at the winter evening In these uncarpeted dwellings, what a world of comfort! Man of Uz, and Other Poems

The low dropping moon made a square block of light on the uncarpeted floor; outside, the orchard waited for the dawn, and the fields brimmed life up to their very doors. The Lovely Lady

He stepped to the foot of the uncarpeted stairs. The Adventures of Harry Revel

The sunshine fell in pencils of colored light upon the bare walls and uncarpeted floor. Cobwebs and Cables

The floors are uncarpeted, the shelves are plain, as are the counters and the customers’ seats. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City

In the profound hush, footsteps echoed along the uncarpeted corridor, and passed her door. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel

There was a scurrying of light feet down the uncarpeted back stairs, and Penelope, breathless, rosy, and smiling, appeared in the doorway. The Tangled Threads

Knees quivering with the queerness of it all as well as with the icy frigidity of the hallway, I mounted the uncarpeted stairs. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story

She stepped noiselessly across the uncarpeted floor and looked down on the face lying on the pillow. Cobwebs and Cables

The room the doctor entered was small, but cheerful; the floor uncarpeted, but clean, and the window framed a patch of sky over the chimney-pots below. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911

The floor was uncarpeted, and shone like ebony. The Swindler and Other Stories

Mrs. O’Keefe threw open the door of a back room about twelve feet square, furnished in the plainest manner, uncarpeted, except for a strip that was laid, like a rug, beside the bedstead. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World

Something whirled to the floor in David's room, papers rattled, curtains flapped, and there was a metallic patter on the uncarpeted floor of the tent. Sunny Slopes

Turning the knob, he stepped out upon the uncarpeted floor. The Challenge of the North

It is singularly favorable for music, for it contains no heavy furniture, and the floor is uncarpeted. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua

She hurriedly crossed the kitchen to where, through a partly open door, an uncarpeted stair could be seen winding upward. An Alabaster Box

She had a remembrance that he had helped her stand—given her a glass of water—and led her down the uncarpeted stairs out into the street. Told in a French Garden August, 1914

Up the uncarpeted stairs I went, and, from the rail of the landing, looked down into the blackness of the hallway apprehensively. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor

Now the jerking scrape of the rockers on the uncarpeted floor sounded loud. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel

Instead, I stood upon a plain, uncarpeted deck, the white walls and ceiling undecorated. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune

His eyes had followed the slender figure moving after the rotund Timmons up the uncarpeted stairs until it had vanished amid the shadows of the second story. The Strange Case of Cavendish

And that—after noticing—as she had—that, cold as the halls were and uncarpeted, there was neither smell of dirt nor humanity in the air! Told in a French Garden August, 1914

But the uncarpeted stairs stretched up into the darkness, unlit except for the glimmer that came from the room at whose door she was standing.... None Other Gods

When he entered, his footsteps rung hollow on the uncarpeted floors. Sunrise

Her little room with its plain deal furniture, its uncarpeted floor, was the perfection of neatness, her bed already made, her little pots of flowers upon the window-sill, jealously watered. A People's Man

In the middle of the uncarpeted floor was a long wooden box from which the lid had just been pried. The Black Box

The floors of the dining-room were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer p. 44in order to hide the dirt. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses

The floor uncarpeted, but polished after the French fashion. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891

It was the body of the man Kirski lying prone upon the uncarpeted floor, his hands clinched. Sunrise

This chair was also on the uncarpeted space, and Merton observed four small brass plates in the parquet. The Disentanglers

I departed at once, and found my way into a bare waiting-room, hung with a few maps, and with uncarpeted floor. The Betrayal

Mounting the uncarpeted stairs from his room to the floor above, she stopped once or twice, thinking she heard a hansom pulling up in the street. Sally Bishop A Romance

As my eyes became accustomed to my surroundings I perceived that I was standing near the foot of an uncarpeted wooden stairway. Jacqueline of Golden River

As she walked past the dark trunk-rooms and up the uncarpeted stairs, her heart beat fast at the "swish" of her own skirts on the boards. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891

The table stood on an oblong space of uncarpeted and polished flooring of some extent. The Disentanglers

He is always walking up and down, and when he reaches the uncarpeted space near the door I know he is at the end and ready to turn back. Charred Wood

Presently Pete heard some one coming up the uncarpeted stairway—some one who walked with the tread of a heavy person endeavoring to go silently. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

I opened the front door quickly and admitted my companion, then preceded her up the uncarpeted stairs to my little apartment on the top floor. Jacqueline of Golden River

For a moment he smoked in silence, then he removed his cigar from his mouth and flecked the ashes upon the uncarpeted floor. The Voice of the People

The dining-room, billiard-room, office, and bar-room, on the ground-floor, together with the stairs and corridors, were uncarpeted, painted all over a light slate grey. What Necessity Knows

"Yes; I think we know one another, Miss Lawton," he said, meeting them on the uncarpeted floor. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel

Oh! now I praise the discipline I have received from uncarpeted floors through warm summer nights of my boyhood. The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary With an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones

Seated at a breakfast-table, in an uncarpeted parlor, was the clergyman himself, surrounded by his interesting but afflicted family. The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two

The stairs and the landings were grey stone, uncarpeted, for this was the cheapest block of flats in the road. Married Life The True Romance

The room beyond was bare, uncarpeted, and furnished like a workshop. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756

As he said this—or only implied it in saying something else—the broken slats, the dirty windows, the uncarpeted floor, the universal untidiness, whispered in the mind of the hearer, "Amen!" Trumps

The whole of the ground floor proved to be vacant and a broad uncarpeted stair suggested that the floors above were also deserted by their occupants. The Green Eyes of Bâst

No grass or vegetation of any kind impeded their way, and it was like walking over a hard, uncarpeted floor. The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne

He paused, key in hand, before his door, when he heard behind him a light footfall on the uncarpeted floor and the swish of a woman's skirts. The Just and the Unjust

His foot left the last tread and found the uncarpeted floor. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West

Then they parted, and he went out into the cold, with a strange warmth like the fire of youth at his heart, while she ran eagerly up the uncarpeted stairs to the nursery. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage

What he expected to find I had no idea, but his attention seemed to be more particularly directed towards the wainscot and the picture-rails of the empty and uncarpeted rooms which we entered. The Green Eyes of Bâst

A wainscoted, dark, and generally uncarpeted staircase gives access to landings on which abut the outer doors of the "sets," or chambers. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885

A wave of suppressed excitement passed over the crowd; absolute silence followed; and then from beyond the door, and distinctly audible in the stillness, came the sound of a quick step on the uncarpeted floor. The Just and the Unjust

But she had to ring three times before the gardener’s footsteps were heard on the uncarpeted stone floor of the hall. The Lion's Share

Extraordinary noises emanated from those long uncarpeted passages, echoing backwards and forwards, in the ceiling, till they seemed to pertain to the world of spirits. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time

That too was uncarpeted and barely furnished; but the light was low, and I could see nothing distinctly, except the face of the child looking wistfully at me with shy curiosity. The Doctor's Dilemma

That the floors should be uncarpeted except for bedside rugs which are easily removable. Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples

Laurie stood in the center of the uncarpeted boards, with his back turned to her, looking, it seemed, with an intense expectation at the very dull door in the wall opposite him. The Necromancers

The uncarpeted boards gleamed as the guests' feet had polished them; and upon the very spot where the stranger had danced now stood the breakfast-table, piled with broken meats. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales

Every chance movement of a foot on the uncarpeted floor sent an echo through the room. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen

The ceiling was barely whitewashed; the stairs by which we passed were uncarpeted. The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora

I was asleep and dreaming—dreaming dreadful, horrible, soul-shattering dreams—dreams that flung me head-first out of bed, and then flung me back into bed off the uncarpeted floor of my chamber. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891

There was the sound of Mrs. Volsky's voice, raised in an unwonted cry of anguish, there was a trickle of water slithering down upon an uncarpeted floor—as if the wash-tub had been overturned. The Island of Faith

It had an air of privacy, of comfort given by the sunshine only, for it was uncarpeted, and bare like the others. Women of the Country

In the small, uncarpeted study of La Lorraine a new book was planned and begun. James Fenimore Cooper

For a moment he watched the play of fire and candle, then got up and began to walk backward and forward the length of the uncarpeted floor. The Man in Lonely Land

It was uncarpeted and his feet sounded eerily on the steps. The Lilac Girl

It was uncarpeted; a few religious prints were on the whitewashed walls; there were eight chairs, and a table covered with books and papers. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California

His hat, pressing backward the blind, fell off and bounced its hard felt on the floor, which at the edges was uncarpeted. The Roll-Call

When he walked over the uncarpeted floor, you heard him walk, and he meant you should. Yesterdays with Authors

His cane dropped with a loud thud, and rolled away along the uncarpeted floor. The Italians

Its stairs and landings were of stone, uncarpeted, and lighted in the day by a window on each floor and at night by a single gas jet on each landing. The Soul of a Child

The stairs were uncarpeted, and had little feet-worn hollows in the middle of them. Round the Block

There was a heavy step on the uncarpeted floor, the jingle of spurs, and a startled exclamation from the girl. Love under Fire

We found the prince, his wife, and child in very humble quarters; uncarpeted floors, books and papers on pine shelves, wooden chairs, and the bare necessaries of life—nothing more. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

On it went with the passing time, on and on; crossed a bare spot on the uncarpeted floor, and like a live thing, began climbing the wall beyond. Where the Trail Divides

He and his brother searched for it in vain, and came to the conclusion that it had fallen between the boards of the uncarpeted floor. Collections and Recollections

Mr. Caldigate, when he first consented to see Mr. Brown, had expected to be led into an uncarpeted chamber where there would have been half-a-dozen other clerks. John Caldigate

Her footfall on the uncarpeted landings and iron treads sounded hollow and strangely loud. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

The floor was uncarpeted, the walls unpapered, the furnishing of the simplest, yet cheerfulness and homely comfort pervaded the room as with an almost tangible spirit. Russell H. Conwell

The room he entered was bare, depressingly so; bare as to its uncarpeted cottonwood floor, bare in its hard-finished, smoke-tinted walls. Where the Trail Divides

High vaulted rooms with cool uncarpeted floors, great dogs upon the hearths for the burning of wood in winter time, and all luxuries befitting the state of a marquis in a luxurious age and country. A Tale of Two Cities

I followed him to the top of a very lofty stair, and there, right under the slates, were a couple of empty, dusty little rooms, uncarpeted and uncurtained, into which he led me. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Followed quick steps on the steep, uncarpeted stairs, and a knock on the studio's door. The Brother of Daphne

Through the flimsy partitions they heard her mounting the uncarpeted stairs, hustling about upon an uncarpeted floor above, and presently descending. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

A moment the visitor stood silent, listening; then, his heavy shoes clumping on the uncarpeted floor, he moved toward it. Where the Trail Divides

It was as the questioning fall of a child's feet upon the uncarpeted boards in the room beneath them. The Oakdale Affair

They found themselves in a small entry, uncarpeted and dingy. The Cash Boy

We went up a wooden stair, uncarpeted, leaving every room beneath us, as far as I could see, crowded with patients. The Stark Munro Letters

The stairs, uncarpeted, seemed winding up, in the gloom, to nobody knew where! Uncle Tom's Cabin

There had been no time to light lamps, and in the little uncarpeted parlor, in the unnatural darkness, Rowland felt Mary's hand upon his arm. Roderick Hudson

And Smith and myself followed her along the uncarpeted passage beyond. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

It was a large, square room, uncarpeted, and containing only a bed, two chairs and a washstand, all of the cheapest and rudest manufacture. The Cash Boy

An uncarpeted pocket of hall lay deep in absolute blackness. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It

He broke his way in by the window with the loosened shutter and passed through the dimness of long rooms, bare and chilly, his steps loud on the uncarpeted floors. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California

Mark took him first to his uncle's bedroom; a room austere in its simplicity, with bare white-washed walls and uncarpeted floor. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story

He had sneered at the inconvenience involved in uncarpeted floors, but he was beginning to feel the aggravation of that inconvenience. Charlotte's Inheritance

A quarter of an hour after this, she was startled by the creaking sound of a footstep on the uncarpeted floor of the corridor. Run to Earth A Novel

The floor certainly was of uncarpeted stone and uneven, but the place was clean and tidy, and everything in order. The Roof of France

Lady Dudleigh looked around, and saw that the walls were bare and whitewashed; the floor was uncarpeted; an iron bedstead and some simple furniture were around her, and a small grated window gave light. The Living Link

He left the little room without more words, his firm, even tread sounding down the uncarpeted stairs until the door of his own studio was heard to close after him. The Pagans

Meanwhile her hostess took off her boots and began quietly moving about the room, which was uncarpeted, finishing her preparations for tea. Fan : the story of a young girl's life

Dust-clouds rose from the uncarpeted floors and choked me; incontinent Echo coughed answering ricochets to my footsteps in the gathering darkness, and added emphasis to the funereal gloom of the dwelling. Prince Zaleski

Exactly opposite to him across the uncarpeted corridor was a door from which half the varnish had peeled off, on which was painted in white letters—MR. The Profiteers

Then he crawled over the sill and hunkered down on the uncarpeted floor. The Heart of the Range

"You know it would be such a disgraceful thing to have an uncarpeted floor in the city." Marguerite Verne

The windows were all closed, and from the outside it looked uninhabited, and as they went into the narrow uncarpeted hall Fan began to experience some nervous fears. Fan : the story of a young girl's life

Up a long uncarpeted flight of stairs, and into a large lofty room on the second storey, Thord led the way for his newly-found disciples to follow. Temporal Power

The halls were uncarpeted, and, indeed, without the least sign of furniture of any sort. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales

Visitors are always asked to join us: we squat on the uncarpeted floor, round a circular stool, eat hard, and never stop to drink. First Footsteps in East Africa

Just as I reached the study, the door of the bedroom flew open, and the house rang with shouts and the noise of feet on the uncarpeted landing. The Little Nugget

The floor was uncarpeted save for a Persian rug, whose colors had long since dulled to an even grime. The Iron Woman

Up we went, our footsteps arousing a cloud of dust from the uncarpeted stairs, and the sound of our movements echoing in hollow fashion around the deserted rooms. Bat Wing

The Britannia had no deck-houses, the uncarpeted, undecorated saloon was the only place in which to sit, and its furniture consisted of long tables with swinging racks over them, flanked by benches. Here, There and Everywhere

"Follow, follow!" she called out merrily, and flitted up the narrow, uncarpeted stairway. Sara, a Princess

The room was small, and there were few articles of furniture on the uncarpeted floor. Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

The floor was uncarpeted, nearly black with dirt, and usually half covered with fragments of damp straw brought into it by the feet of customers. Castle Richmond

The floor being uncarpeted, in moving the chairs I chanced to make a slight noise, although I did my best to avoid it. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal

Again the cloak touched me, but it was without entirely resigning myself to the compelling influence that I followed my mysterious acquaintance up an uncarpeted and nearly dark stair. Tales of Chinatown

The moon rose in the mean time, and painted on the uncarpeted floor the shape of the cherry bough that stretched across the window. The Stillwater Tragedy

Almost at the moment that he applied the light the sound of steps mounting the uncarpeted stairs outside caught his attention, and he raised his head to listen. The Masquerader

Want was stamped on her thin face, that once had been so full and pretty; poverty in its bitter extremity was unmistakably shown by the uncarpeted floor, the meagre fire, and scanty furniture. Taken Alive

It was large, bleak, and ill furnished; the ample, uncurtained windows; the cold, white pannelled walls; the uncarpeted floor; all giving it an air of uninhabitable misery. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 6

They heard him go headlong across the passage and up the uncarpeted stairs to his bedroom. The Invisible Man

He confidently expected to find them on the floor, but his hand merely swept an uncarpeted waste. The Prodigal Judge

He stopped, hemmed a little and flushed a vivid red as he pointed up the dingy flight of uncarpeted stairs towards which he had led them. Dark Hollow

She stepped lightly down the ladder and without hesitation descended also a flight of uncarpeted attic stairs. The Tempting of Tavernake

Broadly the light fell across the dusty, uncarpeted floor, and on the dingy furniture of the room. Ten Nights in a Bar Room

The uncarpeted floor was spotless, and the single pine table as white as hands could make it. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life

When the luggage had been brought in and the door was shut, he sat down on the edge of the bed and stared at the polished uncarpeted floor. In the Wilderness

Two children, a boy and a girl, the one about six, and the other a little over ten years of age, were seated listlessly on the floor, which was uncarpeted. Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures

In the parlours, the floors of which were all uncarpeted there were a dozen chairs, and a table, and that was all! Home Lights and Shadows

They are crowded into small, ill-ventilated, uncarpeted rooms, eighteen or twenty in each, and pass the night on the floor, with only a blanket to protect them from the severity of the weather. Cast Adrift

Having found the private entrance—a door that stood wide open—and after ringing once or twice without drawing anyone's attention, she began to ascend the uncarpeted stairs. The Crown of Life

To him, about this time, Godwin began to resort, always sure of a welcome; and in the little uncarpeted room where Mr. Gunnery pursued his investigations many a fateful lesson was given and received. Born in Exile

"Be back here at eight," was all he said as he shut the door behind him and clattered down the uncarpeted stairs. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero

Laura gave Jadwin her arm as they made their way across the room—their footsteps echoing strangely from the uncarpeted boards. The Pit

Above this was a fanlight, which fitfully lighted a passage terminating in a flight of uncarpeted stone steps. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl

The last portion of them was uncarpeted, and their footsteps sounded with hollow echoes under the roof. A Life's Morning

Richard entered an uncarpeted room which had to serve too many distinct purposes to allow of its being orderly in appearance. Demos

The floor was uncarpeted, the walls illustrated only with a few maps and diagrams. The Unclassed

Crates and packing boxes encumbered the uncarpeted floor; chairs wrapped in excelsior and jute were piled one upon another; a roll of carpet leaned in one corner and a pile of mattresses occupied another. The Pit

Bertha led the new guest up three flights of uncarpeted wooden staircase, down a long passage to a light, clean, but sparely-furnished room. The Malady of the Century

Uncle Charles dozed in a corner of the half furnished uncarpeted room and near him the family portraits leaned against the wall. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

The narrow, uncarpeted stairway down which he had noisily twisted his enormous figure, with some amusement, as always, had brought him to the dining room. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields

His rusty and worn suit of black was of a piece with his uncarpeted room, the deal table of home manufacture, and its slim unsnuffed candle. Peg Woffington

The floors were as yet uncarpeted, but now that April was come the carpets were hardly missed. The Prospector

The uncarpeted floor of narrow boards is caulked and holystoned like a deck. Heartbreak House

While he was gone in search of the Colonel, Oliver occupied himself for a moment in examining one of the old English sporting prints that ornamented the side-walls of the bare, uncarpeted, dismal hall. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn

The riverman rose silently and led the way up the straight, uncarpeted stairs, along a narrow, uncarpeted hall, to a square, uncarpeted bedroom. The Blazed Trail

The good-natured, hardworked landlady took him up three flights of narrow, uncarpeted stairs and delivered him into his room. The American Claimant

By the slight noise of his footsteps on the uncarpeted floor, she at length imagined that he was approaching the door. Desperate Remedies

The polished floor was uncarpeted save for an archipelago of mats and rugs in the wide circle of light thrown by the four-armed chandelier. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1

Two minutes later there was the sound of steps coming quickly down the uncarpeted corridor, and Vere entered, followed, but not closely, by the Marchesino. A Spirit in Prison

Directly a savory steam floated through the hall and pierced the cracks about the door; then Thekla's footsteps returned; they echoed over the uncarpeted boards. Stories of a Western Town

The lofty walls of his uncarpeted room were free from pictures. Dubliners

Suddenly a black shadow fell on the staring, uncarpeted hall. Colonel Starbottle's Client

He watched Fenn with dull, incurious eyes as the latter crossed the uncarpeted floor of the bare wooden shed, threw off his overcoat, and advanced towards the side of the couch. The Devil's Paw

He unlocked the heavy door, passed through the uncarpeted passage—there are no frills on Government offices—and led the way up the stairs to the suite on the first floor which constituted his bureau. The Clue of the Twisted Candle

These limbs have stretched upon uncarpeted floors, or have been let down suddenly from imperfectly established bedsteads. Urban Sketches

The settle was a fixture, as I afterwards found, and was almost the only article of furniture to be seen on the wide expanse of uncarpeted floor. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair

She led him through the low door into a living room, unpainted, uncarpeted, light and airy. One of Ours

Holmes let the way up the curving, uncarpeted stair. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

For example, the floor was uncarpeted; in France, however, a carpet is frequently dispensed with. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4

The mere flash of electric light upon a hail of chaos and uncarpeted stairs, and on the face of Raffles as he sprang to switch it off, had been enough even for me. A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures

A door slammed outside, followed by steps on the uncarpeted outer office. The Man in Lower Ten

The uncarpeted stone stairs and floors, the old drawers propped on wood, were all scrupulously clean and neat. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2

There was a little passage in front of me, unpapered and uncarpeted, which turned at a right angle at the farther end. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The flooring, of diagonally set narrow boards, was uncarpeted and unpolished. An Unsocial Socialist

Bunker was incapable of observing anything very particularly beyond the fact that the floor was uncarpeted, and as nearly free from furniture as a bedroom floor could well be. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large

The floors of the dining rooms were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer, in order to hide the dirt. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1

The servant preceded Magdalen along an empty passage, and, leading her past an uncarpeted staircase, opened the door of a room at the back of the house. No Name

The others hastened after him, to take advantage of the light, and a moment later their footsteps, clattering down the uncarpeted stairs, resounded through the deserted house. A Voyage to Arcturus

Not only under ground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots, Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. Second April

Up an uncarpeted stair Cyrus Kilfane led the party, and into a kind of lumber-room lighted by a tin oil lamp and filled to overflowing with heterogeneous and unsavory rubbish. Dope

It was a small, low-ceiled place, having two doors, one opening upon the street and the other upon a narrow, uncarpeted passage. Dope

It was uncarpeted and dirty, and the walls were covered with faded filthy paper, the original color and design of which were quite lost. Dope

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例句	uncarpeted They heard his slow footsteps going up the uncarpeted stairs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother said comfortable with a faint shudder, and Olanna almost smiled because her mother had Odenigbo’s basic university house in mind, with its sturdy rooms and plain furniture and uncarpeted floors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We rushed through the uncarpeted chambers, candlesticks clutched to our breasts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She leads him up five flights of uncarpeted stairs that creak noisily beneath their combined weight. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The same clothes were strewn on the uncarpeted floors. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The two-bedroom cottage offered more than enough space, although the uncarpeted stairs between the bedrooms and living area required careful negotiating. Hotel Review: In Newport Beach, Calif., Bucking the Tide 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Stomp, stomp up the stairs go the students; slap, slap go their mats onto the uncarpeted floor. Review \| How Laura Zigman mines real life to create memorable fiction 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z She lives in a two-bedroom house on the outskirts of Manchester with her 12-year-old son, Harry, and worries that, with its high ceilings and uncarpeted floors, it is too cold. From Liverpool to London, Tighter Wallets and Colder Homes 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z At the Larsons’ home, there are wide expanses of uncarpeted wood floor, the better for Emma, who just turned seven, to zoom around in the wheelchair she calls her race car. A Breakthrough in Genetic Medicine for Rare Diseases 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z The first person walks out of this preview performance about 30 minutes in; over the next hour around another 10 leave, the clomping of their shoes on an uncarpeted floor making them impossible to ignore. Hold on to your hard hats: New York's $475m Shed throws open its doors 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z But they are a necessary evil in my uncarpeted Victorian house. Should slippers shuffle off this mortal coil? \| Lucy Mangan and Faye Schopen 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The new space, which will increase the dining room capacity to 100 seats from 85, will feature avant-garde lighting fixtures of polished steel, uncarpeted smoked-oak floors and custom bentwood armchairs. Culinary Institute to Renovate a Teaching Restaurant 2012-07-02T22:52:56Z The room was small and uncarpeted; on one side stood a wardrobe and a table, and on the opposite wall hung a large mirror that reflected nearly the whole of the apartment. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z Then they took each other's hand and went slowly down the uncarpeted white stone staircase. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z It was a very small room, about 8 feet by 16 feet, was uncarpeted and contained no furniture, so we carried in three cane-bottomed chairs for our accommodation. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z The uncarpeted floor was thickly strewn with sheets half written over, and torn manuscripts were scattered about. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z We advanced to a staircase about three feet in width, uncarpeted, but of a rich brown color, like chestnut skins; so also were the balusters. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z The farmer went down, his clumsy boots making no sound on the uncarpeted stairway, so careful was his tread. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z The furniture, partly unpacked, with wisps of straw about the legs of the chairs, was piled up in the uncarpeted rooms. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Lady Level, in the midst of much lamentation, was conducted to the front entrance, and thence ushered into a long, low, uncarpeted room on the left of the dark hall. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Regular chairs there were none, but boxes aplenty, and opening from this kitchen-bedroom-living-room was an uncarpeted, evil-looking room, and in the doorway a giant of a man stood, looking in bleary-eyed bewilderment at Dorothy. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z As an emergency-room doctor, Dr. Kass knows that a fall down uncarpeted stairs produces more serious injuries than a fall down a carpeted flight. The Hunt: The Hunt - A Holding-Pattern Home 2011-12-15T23:13:47Z We trod softly as we passed it, and went along the uncarpeted boards of the Musicians' Gallery above the entrance hall. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z There was a low sound of voices and a sharp noise of chairs being pushed over an uncarpeted floor within; but the knob which Fenton still held and shook did not turn. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z There was a hideous sound of scraping as chairs were drawn back or pulled forwards over the uncarpeted boards. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z The table-cloth was spotless; the china unmatched, but brightly clean; the uncarpeted floor had been scoured and the cobwebs were all swept away. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z A second pull at the bell-rope brought footsteps outside the door, which sounded heavy upon the boards, evidently uncarpeted. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The halls and rooms of our dormitory were uncarpeted. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z Unpainted walls, uncarpeted stairs, and not altogether clean floors met her gaze as they entered the hostelry. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z He walked reverently up the wide, uncarpeted steps, beside Miss Mary. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z They clung together sobbing and crying until the sound penetrated to the lower regions, and the maid-of-all-work crept up the uncarpeted stair and listened, agape with horror. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z He understood now why the corridor was evidently uncarpeted; if by any means he should get out at the door, his steps would sound, and give the alarm at once. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z In the large, uncarpeted hall, dancing was going on. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z The stair was uncarpeted, but it was of old and massive oak, and, drawing his sword, he crept cautiously up, Hull following him like a cat. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Was it last night she had followed a stranger bearing a candle up flights and flights of uncarpeted wooden stairs? Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z “Oh, yes; do come in,” answered Molly, rising to meet Miss Steel, who had walked up the uncarpeted steps and along the echoing corridor without making a sound, as usual. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Tip lifted his head uneasily, rose, and tapped about the room, his long-nailed toes rattling on the uncarpeted floor. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z On reading this note, Agnes walked up stairs to the drawing-room, which she found uncarpeted, in preparation for the music of the evening, and a grand pianoforte standing in the middle of it. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z The stove, the uncarpeted and slippery parquet floor, the impossible chairs, and a ceiling painted to resemble a nightmare of a fruiterer's shop, are all things of the past. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z A few minutes later there was a patter on the uncarpeted stairs, and Ruth appeared, with red eyes and dishevelled hair. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z But the sigh was answered by a distant sound, the plod—plod—plodding of weary feet up the two flights of uncarpeted stairs. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z There was a private party upstairs, and much clomping and stomping on the uncarpeted stairs. \| Rahway: Only Missing Ingredient Is a Bit of Quiet 2011-05-01T00:24:50Z He went back into his room and strode to and fro across the uncarpeted floor, his arms locked, his jaws clenched. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Those lovely hot muffins she had dreamed of preparing for him, that wonderful steak, smothered in onions, that delicious— Down the uncarpeted stairs inside she could hear the reluctant thud, thud of footsteps! Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z She did not see the wall, nor feel the texture of the bedclothes, nor hear the sound of footsteps on the uncarpeted floor. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Therefore I was put to sleep in "the Barracks"—two dismal unfurnished, uncarpeted north rooms, without fireplaces, looking into a damp courtyard, with a well and a howling dog. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The heavy footsteps went slowly up the uncarpeted staircase, a door opened on the floor above, and the footsteps were heard in the room over the parlour. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The uncarpeted floor was of black polished oak, as also were the wainscoting and mantel. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z I found the convent readily enough, and waited in its uncarpeted but scrupulously clean parlour some time for the Lady Superior. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z It is uncarpeted, but the boards are white as snow, and on them lies a fine sprinkling of dry sand. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The weather soon became bitterly cold, and, to prevent being starved, I had to sit almost all day in the one poor uncarpeted sitting-room with old Madame Barraud herself, who was a most extraordinary character. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The long years seemed to have fallen away from her; she slipped across the uncarpeted floor with the agility and silence of a tiger. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z He remembered the drawn blinds, the weedy walks of Mandeleys; the hasty glimpse which he had had of silent, empty rooms and uncarpeted ways in the higher storeys of the mansion in Grosvenor Square. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z It was uncarpeted, and its furniture consisted of a broken chair, a box on which stood an enamelled basin, and a bed which was covered with frowsy blankets. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z There were three or four rush-bottomed chairs, which looked plebeian even on the dusty, uncarpeted floor. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The face withdrew, and David crossed the street, entered the hotel, and clattered up the uncarpeted stairs. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The handkerchief had become dusty by lying on the uncarpeted floor. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The footsteps approached, the sound betraying the fact that the stone floor of the lobby was uncarpeted. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z I would not try to make you less sympathetic, Brenda, but you must remember that a plain uncarpeted room when properly warmed is not so uncomfortable as it looks. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Alex heard her steps receding, rapid and measured, along the uncarpeted corridor outside. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z There were three doors opening into spacious rooms, and each was uncarpeted and undraped, save for the grey webs which drooped from the cornice, and rosettes of lichen which had formed upon the walls. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z We went up the uncarpeted front stairs, into the square upper hall which was lighted by an east window over the front door. The Idyl of Twin Fires The Master clattered down the uncarpeted stairs and returned with an instrument of his own make. The Master's Violin The oaken floor was uncarpeted, and a very few articles of furniture occupied the walls. The Fortunes Of Glencore For the first moment or two she sat on the side of her bed, her hands locked behind her head, her bare feet resting upon the uncarpeted floor. The Gambler A Novel And then a sound of brisk footsteps on the uncarpeted floor just outside the office set his pulses leaping. Under Fire For Servia The mere flash of electric light upon a hall of chaos and uncarpeted stairs, and on the face of Raffles as he sprang to switch it off, had been enough even for me. A Thief in the Night Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman I heard his frantic footsteps echoing in the uncarpeted passage. Bye-Ways The three men entered a narrow, absolutely bare hallway, from which an uncarpeted staircase rose sharply to the left. What a Man Wills Then suddenly he raised his head, attracted by a sound, subdued and yet distinct, that came to him through the silence of the house—the sound of light, hasty steps on an uncarpeted corridor. The Gambler A Novel The cabman went straight up the uncarpeted stairs, to pause before the half-open door, as he heard, in a low conversation, the words— “Mamma—dear mamma, pray don’t notice it.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One You gaze on fields as yet yellow with no ripening corn, meadows as yet uncarpeted by flowers, trees as yet leafless. The Religious Life of London His clerical coat was old and spotted, his table was of rough wood, the floor uncarpeted; by right, Poverty should have made herself prominent there. Anne She tried not to run upstairs, as she found only new girls did that, and not to walk heavily on the uncarpeted floor. Helen Grant's Schooldays Then, perhaps recalling the uncarpeted deck, she recovered and looked haughty instead. Sugar Plum The new rooms were finely papered and painted and furnished, the old living room is still whitewashed, and its uncarpeted floor is regularly scrubbed and sanded. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Through the cracks of its uncarpeted floor chilly gusts of wind swept upward, and sent us hovering quail-like as close as possible to the stone hearth of the broad chimney place. The Portal of Dreams On the floor, otherwise uncarpeted, lay a bearskin. The House of Fulfilment The room was a small, low apartment, about ten feet by twelve, the floor uncarpeted and uneven; the walls were damp, and the whole place was like a vault. The Witches of New York Moving a little listlessly up the broad uncarpeted stairs toward the bedroom she shared with her sister, the girl scarcely noticed the older woman’s presence. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor The floor was uncarpeted, the furniture scanty and poor: the fire in the grate smouldered miserably, and languished for want of fuel. Under False Pretences A Novel But at that moment I heard footsteps walking somewhat uncertainly along an uncarpeted floor within. The House by the Lock Rising from his warm retreat, Mr. Magee took his shivering way across the uncarpeted floor and unfastened the window's catch. Seven Keys to Baldpate After passing up a flight of broad, uncarpeted stairs, you again see the name of that respectable firm painted on a light of ground glass set in the office door. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It Upstairs, four flights, the last two uncarpeted or linoleumed, one discovers only an austere establishment from which both Teague and his possible dissipation are long since departed. An Ocean Tramp The stairway was uncarpeted, and the dust lay thick under the banisters. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales The two followed Philip to the bare, uncarpeted platform that was to serve as altar. Kildares of Storm I followed him to the top of a very lofty stair, and there right under the slates were a couple of empty and dusty little rooms, uncarpeted and uncurtained, into which he led me. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly She sprang off the sofa, and taking Matilda's hand they mounted together the second flight of stairs; wide, uncarpeted, smooth, polished stairs they were; to the upper hall. The House in Town Here they left her, with the salt sea-water dripping in a heavy rain from her garments, soaking the bed and forming dreary rivulets along the uncarpeted floor. A Noble Woman There she found herself in a bare, uncarpeted room, furnished only with two chairs and a table. The Heart of Thunder Mountain The barred window was high in the thickness of the stone wall and the uncarpeted floor was of brick. Olive in Italy He walked slowly up the dark, uncarpeted stairs, and, as he was at the bend below the third floor, he heard a shrill scream—a horrid scream, full of terror, loathing, contempt. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Rough it was, uncarpeted, cold with the damp chill of early morning. A Breath of Prairie and other stories I turned away, and went slowly up the steep wooden uncarpeted staircase. The First Violin A Novel Heavy footsteps sounded upon the uncarpeted stairs, yet if he attempted to jump from the window he would fall into the arms of the police, who had by this time surrounded the house. The White Lie Then there came a soft yet heavy patter on the uncarpeted aisle and two black animals stalked majestically forward and seated themselves upon their haunches directly beneath the pulpit. Dorothy's House Party At length Jack threw back the door, and the bright moonlight pouring down the opening in a flood of silver revealed a narrow, ladder-like stairway descending to an uncarpeted hall. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards The bare, uncurtained, uncarpeted rooms, the big dormitory with its cubicles, the stone-flagged passages, all appeared to him mean and sordid. Beside Still Waters The house was large and plain, with uncarpeted floors that were mopped up in the morning for coolness and cleanliness, quite a Virginian fashion. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The uncarpeted floor was almost as white as snow—and certainly no snow could be purer or whiter than the drapery of her unpretending couch. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. The long flights of stairs they mounted were dark and uncarpeted. Rose O'Paradise There is always an uncarpeted back staircase for servants and tradespeople, and for the tenants who inhabit the poorer parts of the building. Home Life in Germany The noise made by footsteps on the floor showed that it was uncarpeted. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas The four men tramped in, their footsteps sounding dreary and mournful on the uncarpeted floor, and awakening strange rumbling echoes. The New Tenant She stole softly through the lower part of the house, and then with a beating heart went up the uncarpeted stairs. Ladies-In-Waiting But nevertheless his courage gave way all at once, and he crawled up the bare, uncarpeted stairs without any further protest! Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers The uncarpeted boards of the floor were well swept. Free Air Tights hung beside it, like pink skins, gold spangles strewed the uncarpeted floor and scent hovered over everything.... The Bill-Toppers Uniacke moved forward along the uncarpeted pavement, on which his feet, in their big nailed boots, rang harshly. Tongues of Conscience He had taken off his shoes, that his step on the uncarpeted floor might not disturb his prey, and stole towards him. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Gabrielle lighted him to his room, stepping softly along the uncarpeted passage. The Tragic Bride The portrait has a somewhat depressing air of elegance, cold and polished, like the large uncarpeted room itself, with its sombre curtains and its outlook on a still more sombre courtyard. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 Miss Folly, in her seven flounces, her beads and flowers, peacock's plume, rouge, ribbons, and all, was half reclining on the uncarpeted floor, engaged in blowing bubbles. The Crown of Success A minute later Paul heard a heavy step on the uncarpeted stairway, and a tall, angular, hard-featured woman, with cold blue eyes and scanty light hair, entered the room. The Day of Judgment Silently the three of us stole up the uncarpeted attic stair. Explorers of the Dawn He disappeared out on to the veranda, leaving a trail of blood across the uncarpeted floor. Queensland Cousins High vaulted rooms with cool uncarpeted floors, great dogs upon the hearths for the burning of wood in winter-time, and all luxuries befitting the state of a marquis in a luxurious age and country. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The floor, of polished hardwood, is uncarpeted and scrupulously clean. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia The poor furniture of the room was hideous to her eyes, the uncarpeted floor and bleak, stained walls dulled her. Mary, Mary It was exhausting, and I had had about enough of it when I heard Mary Ellen pounding up the uncarpeted back stairs. Explorers of the Dawn She heard Clinch's light step on the uncarpeted stair; went on making up Smith's bed; and smiled as her step-father came into the room, still carrying his rifle. The Flaming Jewel The "paragraphist," according to Willis, was lodging in the most crowded part of Holborn, in an uncarpeted and bleak-looking room, with a deal table, two or three chairs, and a few books. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Even a sudden desire for exercise seemed an inadequate explanation in view of the frigid temperature of the uncarpeted rooms. The Man from the Bitter Roots The floors hid themselves decently under thick red and black carpets, and the margins which were uncarpeted were disguised by beeswax, so that no one knew they were there at all. Mary, Mary She followed her ugly, faithful guide across the vacant disused nursery, and on down the uncarpeted turning staircase which opens into the square lobby outside the Gun-Room. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance As I wore spurs, and the steps were of polished oak and uncarpeted, I walked noisily enough to warn anyone of my approach. The Return Of The Soul 1896 It was an uncarpeted, unpainted, unadorned room with pine plank flooring, plank walls, a plank ceiling, a plank table, and a set of plank chairs. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains In the silence which followed, Miss Vi doing belated chamberwork upstairs sounded like six on an ore-wagon as she walked up and down the uncarpeted hall. The Man from the Bitter Roots He could hear heavy footsteps on the uncarpeted floor. The Crooked House He held his pipe behind his back in such a position that it hung over the uncarpeted part of the hallway. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein The rooms were uncarpeted, just as in summer, but rugs were spread on the floors. The Land of the Long Night Scarcely had he done so, and was standing on the uncarpeted stairs, when his quick ear caught the sound of Deacon's footsteps receding over the gravel around to the front of the house. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime A small iron bedstead projected into the middle of the floor, which was uncarpeted except for a slip of matting beside it. A Master of Mysteries Paul's hob-nailed boots went lingeringly up the uncarpeted stairs to the attic room, and there he spent the long, long afternoon. Despair's Last Journey It was the barest cabin I was ever in—uncarpeted, with no other seats than the little benches. The Frozen Pirate My attic is uncarpeted, and its general aspect is sordid. The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) He set down his glass of sour wine on the table with an emphatic quickness, and his soldierly tread sounded behind me in the uncarpeted passage and up the bare deal steps. In Direst Peril At one end of the hall there is a bare, uncarpeted stage, with nothing on it save a grand piano and a chair. A Book of Burlesques “Of course you have,” was the angry retort; and taking no notice of his visitor’s proffered hand, the man stamped his foot impatiently on the uncarpeted floor. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn The thief had become more cautious and was tiptoeing up the uncarpeted treads of the stair, still sending occasionally a bar of light ahead. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Apparently the stair was uncarpeted, as likewise was the corridor along which he presently found himself proceeding. The Sins of Séverac Bablon The room in which it is held is uncarpeted, and its walls are graced by no higher works of art than the plans and sections of the mine. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines I have had some curious experiences of a similar nature; one was in an uncarpeted room, the house being deserted at that time. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals Here the uproar of their voices, and their noisy tread as they rushed up and down the uncarpeted staircases, could not be heard. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys The man rose, and Odette marvelled how one so tall could move so swiftly, and without so much as a sound, across the uncarpeted hallway. The Daffodil Mystery Lo! at the winter evening In these uncarpeted dwellings, what a world of comfort! Man of Uz, and Other Poems The low dropping moon made a square block of light on the uncarpeted floor; outside, the orchard waited for the dawn, and the fields brimmed life up to their very doors. The Lovely Lady He stepped to the foot of the uncarpeted stairs. The Adventures of Harry Revel The sunshine fell in pencils of colored light upon the bare walls and uncarpeted floor. Cobwebs and Cables The floors are uncarpeted, the shelves are plain, as are the counters and the customers’ seats. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City In the profound hush, footsteps echoed along the uncarpeted corridor, and passed her door. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel There was a scurrying of light feet down the uncarpeted back stairs, and Penelope, breathless, rosy, and smiling, appeared in the doorway. The Tangled Threads Knees quivering with the queerness of it all as well as with the icy frigidity of the hallway, I mounted the uncarpeted stairs. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story She stepped noiselessly across the uncarpeted floor and looked down on the face lying on the pillow. Cobwebs and Cables The room the doctor entered was small, but cheerful; the floor uncarpeted, but clean, and the window framed a patch of sky over the chimney-pots below. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 The floor was uncarpeted, and shone like ebony. The Swindler and Other Stories Mrs. O’Keefe threw open the door of a back room about twelve feet square, furnished in the plainest manner, uncarpeted, except for a strip that was laid, like a rug, beside the bedstead. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World Something whirled to the floor in David's room, papers rattled, curtains flapped, and there was a metallic patter on the uncarpeted floor of the tent. Sunny Slopes Turning the knob, he stepped out upon the uncarpeted floor. The Challenge of the North It is singularly favorable for music, for it contains no heavy furniture, and the floor is uncarpeted. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua She hurriedly crossed the kitchen to where, through a partly open door, an uncarpeted stair could be seen winding upward. An Alabaster Box She had a remembrance that he had helped her stand—given her a glass of water—and led her down the uncarpeted stairs out into the street. Told in a French Garden August, 1914 Up the uncarpeted stairs I went, and, from the rail of the landing, looked down into the blackness of the hallway apprehensively. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor Now the jerking scrape of the rockers on the uncarpeted floor sounded loud. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Instead, I stood upon a plain, uncarpeted deck, the white walls and ceiling undecorated. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune His eyes had followed the slender figure moving after the rotund Timmons up the uncarpeted stairs until it had vanished amid the shadows of the second story. The Strange Case of Cavendish And that—after noticing—as she had—that, cold as the halls were and uncarpeted, there was neither smell of dirt nor humanity in the air! Told in a French Garden August, 1914 But the uncarpeted stairs stretched up into the darkness, unlit except for the glimmer that came from the room at whose door she was standing.... None Other Gods When he entered, his footsteps rung hollow on the uncarpeted floors. Sunrise Her little room with its plain deal furniture, its uncarpeted floor, was the perfection of neatness, her bed already made, her little pots of flowers upon the window-sill, jealously watered. A People's Man In the middle of the uncarpeted floor was a long wooden box from which the lid had just been pried. The Black Box The floors of the dining-room were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer p. 44in order to hide the dirt. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses The floor uncarpeted, but polished after the French fashion. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 It was the body of the man Kirski lying prone upon the uncarpeted floor, his hands clinched. Sunrise This chair was also on the uncarpeted space, and Merton observed four small brass plates in the parquet. The Disentanglers I departed at once, and found my way into a bare waiting-room, hung with a few maps, and with uncarpeted floor. The Betrayal Mounting the uncarpeted stairs from his room to the floor above, she stopped once or twice, thinking she heard a hansom pulling up in the street. Sally Bishop A Romance As my eyes became accustomed to my surroundings I perceived that I was standing near the foot of an uncarpeted wooden stairway. Jacqueline of Golden River As she walked past the dark trunk-rooms and up the uncarpeted stairs, her heart beat fast at the "swish" of her own skirts on the boards. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 The table stood on an oblong space of uncarpeted and polished flooring of some extent. The Disentanglers He is always walking up and down, and when he reaches the uncarpeted space near the door I know he is at the end and ready to turn back. Charred Wood Presently Pete heard some one coming up the uncarpeted stairway—some one who walked with the tread of a heavy person endeavoring to go silently. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River I opened the front door quickly and admitted my companion, then preceded her up the uncarpeted stairs to my little apartment on the top floor. Jacqueline of Golden River For a moment he smoked in silence, then he removed his cigar from his mouth and flecked the ashes upon the uncarpeted floor. The Voice of the People The dining-room, billiard-room, office, and bar-room, on the ground-floor, together with the stairs and corridors, were uncarpeted, painted all over a light slate grey. What Necessity Knows "Yes; I think we know one another, Miss Lawton," he said, meeting them on the uncarpeted floor. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel Oh! now I praise the discipline I have received from uncarpeted floors through warm summer nights of my boyhood. The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary With an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones Seated at a breakfast-table, in an uncarpeted parlor, was the clergyman himself, surrounded by his interesting but afflicted family. The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two The stairs and the landings were grey stone, uncarpeted, for this was the cheapest block of flats in the road. Married Life The True Romance The room beyond was bare, uncarpeted, and furnished like a workshop. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 As he said this—or only implied it in saying something else—the broken slats, the dirty windows, the uncarpeted floor, the universal untidiness, whispered in the mind of the hearer, "Amen!" Trumps The whole of the ground floor proved to be vacant and a broad uncarpeted stair suggested that the floors above were also deserted by their occupants. The Green Eyes of Bâst No grass or vegetation of any kind impeded their way, and it was like walking over a hard, uncarpeted floor. The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne He paused, key in hand, before his door, when he heard behind him a light footfall on the uncarpeted floor and the swish of a woman's skirts. The Just and the Unjust His foot left the last tread and found the uncarpeted floor. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Then they parted, and he went out into the cold, with a strange warmth like the fire of youth at his heart, while she ran eagerly up the uncarpeted stairs to the nursery. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage What he expected to find I had no idea, but his attention seemed to be more particularly directed towards the wainscot and the picture-rails of the empty and uncarpeted rooms which we entered. The Green Eyes of Bâst A wainscoted, dark, and generally uncarpeted staircase gives access to landings on which abut the outer doors of the "sets," or chambers. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 A wave of suppressed excitement passed over the crowd; absolute silence followed; and then from beyond the door, and distinctly audible in the stillness, came the sound of a quick step on the uncarpeted floor. The Just and the Unjust But she had to ring three times before the gardener’s footsteps were heard on the uncarpeted stone floor of the hall. The Lion's Share Extraordinary noises emanated from those long uncarpeted passages, echoing backwards and forwards, in the ceiling, till they seemed to pertain to the world of spirits. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time That too was uncarpeted and barely furnished; but the light was low, and I could see nothing distinctly, except the face of the child looking wistfully at me with shy curiosity. The Doctor's Dilemma That the floors should be uncarpeted except for bedside rugs which are easily removable. Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples Laurie stood in the center of the uncarpeted boards, with his back turned to her, looking, it seemed, with an intense expectation at the very dull door in the wall opposite him. The Necromancers The uncarpeted boards gleamed as the guests' feet had polished them; and upon the very spot where the stranger had danced now stood the breakfast-table, piled with broken meats. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Every chance movement of a foot on the uncarpeted floor sent an echo through the room. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen The ceiling was barely whitewashed; the stairs by which we passed were uncarpeted. The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora I was asleep and dreaming—dreaming dreadful, horrible, soul-shattering dreams—dreams that flung me head-first out of bed, and then flung me back into bed off the uncarpeted floor of my chamber. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891 There was the sound of Mrs. Volsky's voice, raised in an unwonted cry of anguish, there was a trickle of water slithering down upon an uncarpeted floor—as if the wash-tub had been overturned. The Island of Faith It had an air of privacy, of comfort given by the sunshine only, for it was uncarpeted, and bare like the others. Women of the Country In the small, uncarpeted study of La Lorraine a new book was planned and begun. James Fenimore Cooper For a moment he watched the play of fire and candle, then got up and began to walk backward and forward the length of the uncarpeted floor. The Man in Lonely Land It was uncarpeted and his feet sounded eerily on the steps. The Lilac Girl It was uncarpeted; a few religious prints were on the whitewashed walls; there were eight chairs, and a table covered with books and papers. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California His hat, pressing backward the blind, fell off and bounced its hard felt on the floor, which at the edges was uncarpeted. The Roll-Call When he walked over the uncarpeted floor, you heard him walk, and he meant you should. Yesterdays with Authors His cane dropped with a loud thud, and rolled away along the uncarpeted floor. The Italians Its stairs and landings were of stone, uncarpeted, and lighted in the day by a window on each floor and at night by a single gas jet on each landing. The Soul of a Child The stairs were uncarpeted, and had little feet-worn hollows in the middle of them. Round the Block There was a heavy step on the uncarpeted floor, the jingle of spurs, and a startled exclamation from the girl. Love under Fire We found the prince, his wife, and child in very humble quarters; uncarpeted floors, books and papers on pine shelves, wooden chairs, and the bare necessaries of life—nothing more. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 On it went with the passing time, on and on; crossed a bare spot on the uncarpeted floor, and like a live thing, began climbing the wall beyond. Where the Trail Divides He and his brother searched for it in vain, and came to the conclusion that it had fallen between the boards of the uncarpeted floor. Collections and Recollections Mr. Caldigate, when he first consented to see Mr. Brown, had expected to be led into an uncarpeted chamber where there would have been half-a-dozen other clerks. John Caldigate Her footfall on the uncarpeted landings and iron treads sounded hollow and strangely loud. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 The floor was uncarpeted, the walls unpapered, the furnishing of the simplest, yet cheerfulness and homely comfort pervaded the room as with an almost tangible spirit. Russell H. Conwell The room he entered was bare, depressingly so; bare as to its uncarpeted cottonwood floor, bare in its hard-finished, smoke-tinted walls. Where the Trail Divides High vaulted rooms with cool uncarpeted floors, great dogs upon the hearths for the burning of wood in winter time, and all luxuries befitting the state of a marquis in a luxurious age and country. A Tale of Two Cities I followed him to the top of a very lofty stair, and there, right under the slates, were a couple of empty, dusty little rooms, uncarpeted and uncurtained, into which he led me. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Followed quick steps on the steep, uncarpeted stairs, and a knock on the studio's door. The Brother of Daphne Through the flimsy partitions they heard her mounting the uncarpeted stairs, hustling about upon an uncarpeted floor above, and presently descending. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise A moment the visitor stood silent, listening; then, his heavy shoes clumping on the uncarpeted floor, he moved toward it. Where the Trail Divides It was as the questioning fall of a child's feet upon the uncarpeted boards in the room beneath them. The Oakdale Affair They found themselves in a small entry, uncarpeted and dingy. The Cash Boy We went up a wooden stair, uncarpeted, leaving every room beneath us, as far as I could see, crowded with patients. The Stark Munro Letters The stairs, uncarpeted, seemed winding up, in the gloom, to nobody knew where! Uncle Tom's Cabin There had been no time to light lamps, and in the little uncarpeted parlor, in the unnatural darkness, Rowland felt Mary's hand upon his arm. Roderick Hudson And Smith and myself followed her along the uncarpeted passage beyond. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu It was a large, square room, uncarpeted, and containing only a bed, two chairs and a washstand, all of the cheapest and rudest manufacture. The Cash Boy An uncarpeted pocket of hall lay deep in absolute blackness. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It He broke his way in by the window with the loosened shutter and passed through the dimness of long rooms, bare and chilly, his steps loud on the uncarpeted floors. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Mark took him first to his uncle's bedroom; a room austere in its simplicity, with bare white-washed walls and uncarpeted floor. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story He had sneered at the inconvenience involved in uncarpeted floors, but he was beginning to feel the aggravation of that inconvenience. Charlotte's Inheritance A quarter of an hour after this, she was startled by the creaking sound of a footstep on the uncarpeted floor of the corridor. Run to Earth A Novel The floor certainly was of uncarpeted stone and uneven, but the place was clean and tidy, and everything in order. The Roof of France Lady Dudleigh looked around, and saw that the walls were bare and whitewashed; the floor was uncarpeted; an iron bedstead and some simple furniture were around her, and a small grated window gave light. The Living Link He left the little room without more words, his firm, even tread sounding down the uncarpeted stairs until the door of his own studio was heard to close after him. The Pagans Meanwhile her hostess took off her boots and began quietly moving about the room, which was uncarpeted, finishing her preparations for tea. Fan : the story of a young girl's life Dust-clouds rose from the uncarpeted floors and choked me; incontinent Echo coughed answering ricochets to my footsteps in the gathering darkness, and added emphasis to the funereal gloom of the dwelling. Prince Zaleski Exactly opposite to him across the uncarpeted corridor was a door from which half the varnish had peeled off, on which was painted in white letters—MR. The Profiteers Then he crawled over the sill and hunkered down on the uncarpeted floor. The Heart of the Range "You know it would be such a disgraceful thing to have an uncarpeted floor in the city." Marguerite Verne The windows were all closed, and from the outside it looked uninhabited, and as they went into the narrow uncarpeted hall Fan began to experience some nervous fears. Fan : the story of a young girl's life Up a long uncarpeted flight of stairs, and into a large lofty room on the second storey, Thord led the way for his newly-found disciples to follow. Temporal Power The halls were uncarpeted, and, indeed, without the least sign of furniture of any sort. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales Visitors are always asked to join us: we squat on the uncarpeted floor, round a circular stool, eat hard, and never stop to drink. First Footsteps in East Africa Just as I reached the study, the door of the bedroom flew open, and the house rang with shouts and the noise of feet on the uncarpeted landing. The Little Nugget The floor was uncarpeted save for a Persian rug, whose colors had long since dulled to an even grime. The Iron Woman Up we went, our footsteps arousing a cloud of dust from the uncarpeted stairs, and the sound of our movements echoing in hollow fashion around the deserted rooms. Bat Wing The Britannia had no deck-houses, the uncarpeted, undecorated saloon was the only place in which to sit, and its furniture consisted of long tables with swinging racks over them, flanked by benches. Here, There and Everywhere "Follow, follow!" she called out merrily, and flitted up the narrow, uncarpeted stairway. Sara, a Princess The room was small, and there were few articles of furniture on the uncarpeted floor. Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express The floor was uncarpeted, nearly black with dirt, and usually half covered with fragments of damp straw brought into it by the feet of customers. Castle Richmond The floor being uncarpeted, in moving the chairs I chanced to make a slight noise, although I did my best to avoid it. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal Again the cloak touched me, but it was without entirely resigning myself to the compelling influence that I followed my mysterious acquaintance up an uncarpeted and nearly dark stair. Tales of Chinatown The moon rose in the mean time, and painted on the uncarpeted floor the shape of the cherry bough that stretched across the window. The Stillwater Tragedy Almost at the moment that he applied the light the sound of steps mounting the uncarpeted stairs outside caught his attention, and he raised his head to listen. The Masquerader Want was stamped on her thin face, that once had been so full and pretty; poverty in its bitter extremity was unmistakably shown by the uncarpeted floor, the meagre fire, and scanty furniture. Taken Alive It was large, bleak, and ill furnished; the ample, uncurtained windows; the cold, white pannelled walls; the uncarpeted floor; all giving it an air of uninhabitable misery. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 6 They heard him go headlong across the passage and up the uncarpeted stairs to his bedroom. The Invisible Man He confidently expected to find them on the floor, but his hand merely swept an uncarpeted waste. The Prodigal Judge He stopped, hemmed a little and flushed a vivid red as he pointed up the dingy flight of uncarpeted stairs towards which he had led them. Dark Hollow She stepped lightly down the ladder and without hesitation descended also a flight of uncarpeted attic stairs. The Tempting of Tavernake Broadly the light fell across the dusty, uncarpeted floor, and on the dingy furniture of the room. Ten Nights in a Bar Room The uncarpeted floor was spotless, and the single pine table as white as hands could make it. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life When the luggage had been brought in and the door was shut, he sat down on the edge of the bed and stared at the polished uncarpeted floor. In the Wilderness Two children, a boy and a girl, the one about six, and the other a little over ten years of age, were seated listlessly on the floor, which was uncarpeted. Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures In the parlours, the floors of which were all uncarpeted there were a dozen chairs, and a table, and that was all! Home Lights and Shadows They are crowded into small, ill-ventilated, uncarpeted rooms, eighteen or twenty in each, and pass the night on the floor, with only a blanket to protect them from the severity of the weather. Cast Adrift Having found the private entrance—a door that stood wide open—and after ringing once or twice without drawing anyone's attention, she began to ascend the uncarpeted stairs. The Crown of Life To him, about this time, Godwin began to resort, always sure of a welcome; and in the little uncarpeted room where Mr. Gunnery pursued his investigations many a fateful lesson was given and received. Born in Exile "Be back here at eight," was all he said as he shut the door behind him and clattered down the uncarpeted stairs. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero Laura gave Jadwin her arm as they made their way across the room—their footsteps echoing strangely from the uncarpeted boards. The Pit Above this was a fanlight, which fitfully lighted a passage terminating in a flight of uncarpeted stone steps. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl The last portion of them was uncarpeted, and their footsteps sounded with hollow echoes under the roof. A Life's Morning Richard entered an uncarpeted room which had to serve too many distinct purposes to allow of its being orderly in appearance. Demos The floor was uncarpeted, the walls illustrated only with a few maps and diagrams. The Unclassed Crates and packing boxes encumbered the uncarpeted floor; chairs wrapped in excelsior and jute were piled one upon another; a roll of carpet leaned in one corner and a pile of mattresses occupied another. The Pit Bertha led the new guest up three flights of uncarpeted wooden staircase, down a long passage to a light, clean, but sparely-furnished room. The Malady of the Century Uncle Charles dozed in a corner of the half furnished uncarpeted room and near him the family portraits leaned against the wall. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The narrow, uncarpeted stairway down which he had noisily twisted his enormous figure, with some amusement, as always, had brought him to the dining room. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields His rusty and worn suit of black was of a piece with his uncarpeted room, the deal table of home manufacture, and its slim unsnuffed candle. Peg Woffington The floors were as yet uncarpeted, but now that April was come the carpets were hardly missed. The Prospector The uncarpeted floor of narrow boards is caulked and holystoned like a deck. Heartbreak House While he was gone in search of the Colonel, Oliver occupied himself for a moment in examining one of the old English sporting prints that ornamented the side-walls of the bare, uncarpeted, dismal hall. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn The riverman rose silently and led the way up the straight, uncarpeted stairs, along a narrow, uncarpeted hall, to a square, uncarpeted bedroom. The Blazed Trail The good-natured, hardworked landlady took him up three flights of narrow, uncarpeted stairs and delivered him into his room. The American Claimant By the slight noise of his footsteps on the uncarpeted floor, she at length imagined that he was approaching the door. Desperate Remedies The polished floor was uncarpeted save for an archipelago of mats and rugs in the wide circle of light thrown by the four-armed chandelier. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 Two minutes later there was the sound of steps coming quickly down the uncarpeted corridor, and Vere entered, followed, but not closely, by the Marchesino. A Spirit in Prison Directly a savory steam floated through the hall and pierced the cracks about the door; then Thekla's footsteps returned; they echoed over the uncarpeted boards. Stories of a Western Town The lofty walls of his uncarpeted room were free from pictures. Dubliners Suddenly a black shadow fell on the staring, uncarpeted hall. Colonel Starbottle's Client He watched Fenn with dull, incurious eyes as the latter crossed the uncarpeted floor of the bare wooden shed, threw off his overcoat, and advanced towards the side of the couch. The Devil's Paw He unlocked the heavy door, passed through the uncarpeted passage—there are no frills on Government offices—and led the way up the stairs to the suite on the first floor which constituted his bureau. The Clue of the Twisted Candle These limbs have stretched upon uncarpeted floors, or have been let down suddenly from imperfectly established bedsteads. Urban Sketches The settle was a fixture, as I afterwards found, and was almost the only article of furniture to be seen on the wide expanse of uncarpeted floor. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair She led him through the low door into a living room, unpainted, uncarpeted, light and airy. One of Ours Holmes let the way up the curving, uncarpeted stair. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans For example, the floor was uncarpeted; in France, however, a carpet is frequently dispensed with. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 The mere flash of electric light upon a hail of chaos and uncarpeted stairs, and on the face of Raffles as he sprang to switch it off, had been enough even for me. A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures A door slammed outside, followed by steps on the uncarpeted outer office. The Man in Lower Ten The uncarpeted stone stairs and floors, the old drawers propped on wood, were all scrupulously clean and neat. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 There was a little passage in front of me, unpapered and uncarpeted, which turned at a right angle at the farther end. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The flooring, of diagonally set narrow boards, was uncarpeted and unpolished. An Unsocial Socialist Bunker was incapable of observing anything very particularly beyond the fact that the floor was uncarpeted, and as nearly free from furniture as a bedroom floor could well be. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large The floors of the dining rooms were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer, in order to hide the dirt. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The servant preceded Magdalen along an empty passage, and, leading her past an uncarpeted staircase, opened the door of a room at the back of the house. No Name The others hastened after him, to take advantage of the light, and a moment later their footsteps, clattering down the uncarpeted stairs, resounded through the deserted house. A Voyage to Arcturus Not only under ground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots, Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. Second April Up an uncarpeted stair Cyrus Kilfane led the party, and into a kind of lumber-room lighted by a tin oil lamp and filled to overflowing with heterogeneous and unsavory rubbish. Dope It was a small, low-ceiled place, having two doors, one opening upon the street and the other upon a narrow, uncarpeted passage. Dope It was uncarpeted and dirty, and the walls were covered with faded filthy paper, the original color and design of which were quite lost. Dope
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