| 单词 | wainscot |
| 例句 | They could hear the wood splintering under his teeth—a sound like a mouse in a shed wainscot at midnight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Emma,” said she, “this paper is worse than I expected. Look! in places you see it is dreadfully dirty; and the wainscot is more yellow and forlorn than any thing I could have imagined.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Werner glances around: a trunk, a box of linens, the pale blue of the walls and the rich white of the wainscot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Moreover, its travertine tile floors, wainscot walls and long Edison bulbs are not exactly unique. Boîte: Leave Rochelle Out of It, a New Lower East Side Bar 2014-04-09T20:18:32Z The light-colored wainscot adds additional contrast to the bungalow’s dark wood floors. 2010-02-11T20:44:00Z At the push of a button, the lifts open and close, floor-indicator lights blink, and chimes ping, as if an office tower staffed by Lilliputian drones were hidden behind the wainscot. Art Shines in a François Catroux–Designed Residence 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Install them floor to ceiling or only halfway up as a wainscot, then cap it with a wood chair rail. 28 Ways to Customize Your Kitchen for Less 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Last week, craftsman Mark Hanlon, who hung West St. Mary’s at our house, pasted Floret around the windows and doors and along the wainscot. A Fresh Take on Wallpaper Borders 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z In the public spaces, radiant-heated, fir-inlaid concrete floors are stained a shade that echoes the patinated leather wainscot on the heavy posts, a kids-friendly invention because of the splintering of aged wood. 2010-01-01T05:00:00Z The walls are covered with red silk damask and decorated with wainscot panelling. Stuffed full 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z A wainscot cap is very similar in application to the chair rail. Hosting for the holidays? Dress up your dining room with moulding | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Four bedroom, two baths, 2,300 square-feet; four fireplaces, grand entrance hall, wood floors, high ceilings, wainscot walls, clawfoot tub, walk-in pantry, updated kitchen, ceiling fans, central heat and air conditioning. Inside the Beltway: Mitt Romney’s old Jihadist warning gets a replay 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Conservationists hope to avoid other species going the same way as the Brighton wainscot moth, which was last seen in Wiltshire in 2001 and is now classified as extinct. In Pictures: Ups and downs for UK moths 2013-02-01T02:42:48Z On three sides the dark wainscot rose eight feet from the floor; above, the walls were whitewashed to the ceiling and broken by dim portraits, on stretchers and without frames. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z "This way with him now," he panted, and, drawing aside a blind panel in the wainscot of the near wall, disclosed a low, wide opening, toward which he pulled their prostrate prisoner by the heels. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The dark-blue drugget covered a polished floor, whose slippery, uncovered margin beneath the wainscot has occasioned me many a tumble, though it always tempted me to slide when I found myself alone in the room. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z The wainscot is waist-high, and heavy beams divide the ceiling. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Freemasons held their lodges in the "Maid's Head" so early as 1724, and it is stated that on one occasion a Mrs. Beatson hid behind the wainscot of the lodge-room and heard all the mysteries. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z However, we may see the same sombre wainscots and low ceiling that Sterne knew, and we find the one room which interests us most—Sterne's parlor and study—littleSterne's Parsonage—Study changed. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z He crossed the room again and pulled back the loose panel in the wainscot, pointed to the dark cavity it had concealed. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z And, as she scuttled out of the door, a mouse scuttled back to the wainscot in a state of equal, and perhaps more reasonable, terror. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Age has imparted a rich coloring to the mahogany wainscot and casing of the staircase. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The ancient implements of torture that still ornament the wainscot of the banquet-hall take up their parable, and sing. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It gave into a little cheery room with a wainscot of polished oak, and a fire blazing on the hearth. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Who knows, thought I, but he has come, By Charon kindly ferried, To tell me of a mighty sum Behind my wainscot buried? Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z The light danced wildly from corner to corner of the wainscot, accompanied by the shadows of two geraniums in bow-pots on the window-stool. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The finished work—a confusion of fur caps, boas, tippets, and trimmings—hung over the dirty wainscot between the door and the recess. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z "I am content to let the matter rest for the present," I replied; and crossing the hall, I laid hold of the knife that was still fixed in the wainscot. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The walls and wainscots were of red, glazed bricks to the height of a man, and were bordered by a row of flowered tiles. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Inside the room a death-watch ticked loudly against the wainscot, and without a large white moth beat with futile insistence upon the window-pane in its endeavours to reach the light. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z When sitting in his room one day, he saw an English rat come out of a hole at the bottom of the wainscot; and threw it a piece of bread. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z But the importation of wainscot, or boards for ceiling, panelling, and otherwise finishing rooms, which was generally of oak, commenced three centuries before the time of Harrison. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Now the old house had wainscots behind which the mice were always scampering, and squeaking, and rattling down the plaster, and enacting family scenes and parlor theatricals. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z A sliding panel, by the wainscot hid, Showed, in the unmarked thickness of the walls, A narrow passage and a secret stair That brought us to the level of the moat. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z But the forgery is detected, and he is haled to prison, leaving the diamonds in their wainscot setting. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Several of the rooms exhibit in the wainscot Seat of Earl Ferrers and chimney pieces, armorial bearings and other carved decorations. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Delightful paintings of seductive and voluptuous figures ornamented the wainscot. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z With trembling hands she pressed a panel in the wainscot. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The rooms were large and embellished with carved wainscots and a profusion of chiseled woodwork, giving them an elaborate and expensive aspect. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Without hesitation Miss Garth turned down the stairs till about half down the flight, and then stopped and pressed her hand against the oak wainscot. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z But when I came alive I found I had fallen beside the wainscot of the east wall, where is a secret spring panel made for Mr. Fonda's best books. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Even at a distance one smelt rats in the wainscot within the stuccoed walls. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z The yellow oak wainscot behind them and the scarlet table-cloth contribute the only color to the sombre group. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Remember that I speak German as if I had been dealing in staves, wainscots, and wall plank in Dantzig. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The setting of these two figures was a room paneled with walnut wood, and hung with fine Flemish tapestry above the wainscot; the ceiling, supported on carved beams, was already blackened by smoke. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z I could see it all plainly through the wainscot crack. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z And blows like the devil: our landlord here has shown us the window where we must break in, and tells us the plate stands in the wainscot cupboard in the parlour. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z "The Lauda people know it; for some of them take hemp, wainscots, and pitch to Riga, and there is no lack of such men in my squadron." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z He recollected how he watched a little patch of sunlight as it crept across the floor, saying to himself with a kind of childish irrelevance, "When it touches the wainscot, I must go." Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z One pictures a room in the Tudor style, with oak wainscot, tall mullioned windows and leaded glass, a deep fireplace and black beams above. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Sir Walter Ralegh's study had fine dark wainscot, deep, projecting windows, and a richly carved oak mantelpiece, which rose to the full height of the ceiling. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The approach to this passage from the Queen’s room is concealed by a piece of wainscot, little more than a yard square, which hangs upon hinges in the wall, and opens on a trap-stair. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z On examination, they discovered a spring in the floor, which being pressed down, brought into motion certain machinery behind the wainscot, which was accordingly drawn aside, as already described, so as to exhibit the picture. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z When he rose to go—it was in the exact moment when the patch of sunlight touched the wainscot—Vickars had offered him some practical advice. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z The old place of Culmeny was an ancient and somewhat decrepit edifice, owned for many generations by the Maxwells, and the wainscot of the room was dark with age. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The western side of the room held a great open fireplace, from which a paneled oaken wainscot extended entirely across the room and up to the ceiling. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z The voice comes through their wizen mouths like wind from the crack of an old wainscot. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z The walls of the room are colored a light, cool gray in distemper, with a black oak wainscot about four feet high. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z At last I heard something thrown with great violence, and a loud crack, against the wainscot; after which there was dead silence, and I could for the rest of the night sleep in peace. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Finally it bounced to rest against the cedar wainscot of the hallway, a small, centered hole directly through the bottom. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Behind the wainscot on either side was a spacious closet which I carefully explored with two lighted bedroom candles to show me that the closets were entirely empty. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z It is not equal to the British oak in strength or durability, and it is inferior to the wainscot in the beauty of its markings. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z And on her from the wainscot old Ancestral faces frown, And this has worn the soldier's sword, And that—the judge's gown?' Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z Then comes six feet of soberly painted wainscot and above the greenish blue and yellowish green wall painted into panels. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z A mouse gnaws behind the wainscot; the wind has risen, not into a loud and roaring storm, but into a plaintive piping and muttering and whistling. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z But finding nothing whatever during the whole of the third day, they purposed on the morrow to strip off all the wainscot of that room. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z There was something like defiance in the expression of his face, and even in his attitude, as he stood with folded arms leaning against the wainscot. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Oh, in the little vaulted chamber of the sacristan, with its quaint old wainscot and its one narrow window, dim and many-paned! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Mr. Diamond let fall the blind from his hand so roughly that the wooden roller rattled against the wainscot, and advanced to the table where Mrs. Errington was already setting forth the cards and cribbage-board. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z It had the high wainscots, the broad staircases, the carved cornices, and all the other blessed old peculiarities of the age in which it was built, which we irreverently have improved away. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z So they stripped off the wainscot all round, till they came again to the very place where I lay, and there they lost heart and gave up the search. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z The staircase could not be reached, door and wainscot stood in a blaze. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z All at once a terrible shudder ran through his frame, for a rustling and squeaking behind the oak wainscot startled him. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z The wainscot, brown with age, the gigantic tiled stove, the high-backed chairs, and the heavily-carved oaken cupboards were all plain and simple and showed marks of long years of use. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z The sacristy is an extensive suite of rooms which contain throughout a deep-toned and mellow oaken wainscot. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z I would then answer, she said, from behind the wainscot where I lay concealed. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z Ralph marked that she laid her hand on a particular boss in the carved wainscot, and pressed it in hard, whereon the door sprang open. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z The plastered walls of this room here and there reveal portions of an oak wainscot. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z It went through, and took with it much of the wainscot. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Dull red tiles covered the floor and rose like a wainscot half way up the walls. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Striking the carpet with a thud, it exploded under my feet and knocked a great hole in the wainscot. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z For I like an old house, with its crooks and corners, and bo-peep passages, and closets, and steps, and ins and outs, wainscots, old pictures, and memories of the past. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z A panelled wainscot and dingy red paper covered the walls, and a few cobwebs hung from the grimy ceiling. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z “Kitty Clive, the actress,” he continued, “lodged in the upper floors,”—which was true—“and Dr. Johnson is said to have worn away the wainscot with his wig in the further corner,”—which was not. A Cursory History of Swearing "I wonder if this is one of those beastly castles with secret doors in the wainscot and peep-holes in the pictures," he said nervously to himself. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile When the bell sounded for supper, she felt she would rather creep away and hide somewhere in the wainscot than face him. The Undying Past We were in one of the old houses of the past century, and here no doubt there had been a lady murdered after betrayal, and concealed behind the wainscot. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z You seem to see the sage tossing on his couch of purple under richly panelled ceilings of gold, starting at every sound in the wainscot,53 as he awaits the messenger of death. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The apartment entered, it was easy to discern the manner of men who had placed their mark upon its walls and wainscots. A Cursory History of Swearing The walls were not covered with wainscot, but adorned with arabesques and paintings of agricultural scenes and views of paradise. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) But there was no reply—only silence, and the scurry of a rat behind the wainscot. Deep Moat Grange “Great Scott!” he said jubilantly to the dog; “that would cut enough to wainscot the Damory Court library and build twenty sideboards!” The Valiants of Virginia The wainscot and woodwork throughout the house was unusually good for such a small and unpretentious structure. Remodeled Farmhouses Before he sat down, the Schoolmaster tapped lightly against each of the divisions of the wainscot, that he might ascertain their thickness and power of transmitting sounds. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 It is true they are divided by a wainscot, but divers open windows have been introduced therein, through which they can drink with, speak to, see, and touch each other, as frequently happens. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Tarred canvas, cork, wood, several inches of felt enclosed by painted canvas, and finally a wooden wainscot, promise to effectually keep out the cold. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 The groaning which Concha had heard was stilled, but as El Sarria held up his hand for silence they could hear something scuffling away along the dark passages like rats behind a wainscot. The Firebrand The original wainscot with its molded cap divides the wall surface in an agreeable proportion, and the rather heavy cornice moldings at the ceiling line relieve the emphasis of the great beams. Remodeled Farmhouses The walls were commonly bare, without wainscot or even plaster; except that some great houses were furnished with hangings, and that perhaps hardly so soon as the reign of Edward IV. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The mice trembled with fear behind the wainscots, and the crickets shrunk back into their farthest holes, for they understood well enough that their reign was over for the present. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves I shouldn’t wonder one bit if you dreamed you heard something, when ’twas only the rats behind the wainscot.” The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution It was a square room painted emerald-green above the white wainscot. Plashers Mead A Novel Instead of plastering, the old oaken cross-beams have been left in their original state, and the room is finished with a wainscot painted white, above which is a wall covering of Japanese grass-cloth. Remodeled Farmhouses He opened a door in the wainscot as he spoke, and introduced me into a perfectly-fitted-up little boudoir, where a supper had been laid out for him. Jack Hinton The Guardsman A wainscot of highly polished black walnut surrounded the room, and rich India draperies deadened the walls. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter And with a last switch of white skirts against the dirty wainscot, and a last wave of a white-gloved hand, she disappeared down the staircase. Man and Maid But in an upper chamber over the Islip chapel, reached by a little dark stairway, eleven of these strange figures are still to be seen in wainscot cupboards with glass doors. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History This was because the paneling was originally made from wainscot oak which was well grained and without knots. Remodeled Farmhouses And dear mamma-in-law must set her nose into Peggy's cupboard, and insist upon having the key to your own private locker in the wainscot. International Short Stories American The pews are wainscot, the cieling is an ornamented dome, and the effect of the whole, is remarkably striking. A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811 It is true they are divided by a wainscot, but divers open windows have been introduced, through which they can drink with, speak to, see, and touch each other, as frequently happens. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Round the hall there were large pier-glasses set into the wainscot, which reflected every one of the company. Black Diamonds Wainscot is an inheritance from our early ancestors, for in the manor houses in the mother country there is wonderful woodwork, used not only for wainscot, but for other parts of the interior finish. Remodeled Farmhouses The room was six-sided, and had three large windows looking towards the sea, the three opposite walls being covered with wainscot. The Tower of Dago When the blackness closed in, and I heard in the dark scrambling sounds like a rat running amok in the wainscot, I gave a cry. The Brightener The dado was to be grained, in imitation of an actual wainscot. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Ten years' dust lay on the carpets, on the chairs and tables; cobwebs hung from the ceilings, mice played games in the deep wainscots, for no one ever came here. Black Diamonds Sometimes it is a rare bit of pumpkin pine such as is seldom seen; again it is a fine old wainscot, or a wonderful staircase that has been saved from the ravages of time. Remodeled Farmhouses He then removed the wainscot from the three walls opposite the large windows facing the sea. The Tower of Dago At a sign from his master he lighted a silver lamp which stood near him, and pressed a secret spring in the marble wainscot of the room. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The house is most in character, and properly coeval, if it is in a retired suburb, and strongly built, with wainscot rather than paper inside, and lockers in the windows. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time He took the light, and viewed the wainscot from which the tapestry had been torn away, and some strong boards broken down; one beam projected, and barred the entrance to the niche. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The wainscot was stained dark brown to harmonize with the floors. Remodeled Farmhouses Behind the wainscot were immense concave mirrors of burnished steel. The Tower of Dago "Adieu! adieu forever," said De Beauvais, as he kissed my cheek, and sprang through a small doorway in the wainscot which closed after him as he went. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Not a purr to be heard--deep, deathlike silence, so that the death-watch ticking in the wainscot sounded quite loud. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The table which stood in the way was upset, and immediately there began a hewing, breaking and hammering against the hollow wainscot. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels Inexpensive shelves, made of boards stained to match the wainscot, are fastened along the walls. Remodeled Farmhouses Old paintings on its wainscots, And, in its oaken hall, Old arras; and the twilight Of slumber over all. The Garden of Dreams The white, painted wainscot behind her showed her small, eager head, its waving rolls and crowning heights of hair, black as her gown. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur The New View of London": "Having narrowly escaped the flames in 1666, it was in 1682 beautified, and the curious wainscot screen set up. Old and New London Volume I I cannot deny it," said the Count; "the wainscot and door are so thin, that not a word escaped me. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels An unpaneled wainscot, with simple baseboard and molding at the top, runs around the room, the new part matching the old. Remodeled Farmhouses From the room in which the king slept, a secret passage through one of the lower panels of the wainscot, leads to various parts of the house. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land "No, not an earthquake, worshipful Herr Justitiarius," replied the old man, grinning all over his face, "but three days ago the heavy wainscot ceiling of the justice-hall fell in with a tremendous crash." Weird Tales. Vol. I To find out the cause, Mr. Parsons, the parish-clerk, ordered the wainscot to be taken down; which was accordingly done: but the noise, instead of ceasing, as he hoped, became more violent than ever. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed And, when, one day, she heard a squeaking behind the wainscot, she guessed that the little mouse had now got children; and, from that day, she put two lumps of sugar for her every evening. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories The upper third of the wall above the wainscot is covered with a reproduction of an old-time scenic paper in greens and grays, and the window hangings are of corresponding colors in damask. Remodeled Farmhouses In the good days of that house the apartment had probably served as a library, for there were traces of shelves along the wainscot. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The Justitiarius at once summoned the Freiherr; they proceeded there, and then into the sleeping-cabinet, where Daniel pushed aside the wainscot in one of the corners, and a small lock became visible. Weird Tales. Vol. I Through the hurrying of eager feet and the clamor of glad voices was a tap-tapping on the wainscot and a thumping on the oaken stairs. Happy Days for Boys and Girls She had a comfortable home behind the wainscot in the forester's dining-room, right under the window. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories There is a white unpaneled wainscot carved around the walls and up the stairs, with a similar treatment in the second-floor hall. Remodeled Farmhouses The pulpit and seats are painted wainscot; there is a small modern oak reading desk, and a lectern to match it. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time In the mad hope of reaching the fireplace and creeping into the chimney, Claude wriggled from his corner along the floor, keeping close to the wainscot. The Side Of The Angels A Novel His face was thus supported by his hand and arm, while the side of his head touched and rested against the wainscot of the wall. Amaryllis at the Fair When she talked like that, as she often did, it was hard for the little mouse to sit inside the wainscot and listen and not to be able to defend herself. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories The walls above the unpaneled wainscot are painted white and divided into simple, large panels with narrow moldings. Remodeled Farmhouses But gusts that blew all day with solemn laughter From wide-mouthed chimney-places, 16 And the strange noises between roof and rafter, The wainscot clamor, and the scampering races XIV. Poems Its only ornament was a crucifix suspended from the center of the slightly roughened wainscot. A Romance of the West Indies That panel of wainscot was, in fact, as worthy of preservation as those on which the early artists delineated the Madonna and Infant, and for which high prices are now paid. Amaryllis at the Fair The great hall, the earliest of these buildings, has a characteristic open-timber roof, while its minstrel-gallery, fronted by a wainscot screen, is ornamented with the badge of the Dudleys, the "bear and ragged staff." England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Woodwork was not of the Colonial type in the earliest houses; it was used merely as a wall covering and was called wainscot, the same as it is to-day. Remodeled Farmhouses While the work of destruction was going on, a tobacco pipe of ancient and foreign fashion was found behind the old wainscot. A Walk from London to Fulham Gone my chance! and at the point Of such prime success moreover: scarce an inch above his head Went my ball to hit the wainscot. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning Several accompanying illustrations show it with the dado, while a few interiors of Mount Pleasant, Upsala and Cliveden show it with the paneled wainscot. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The spaces between were paneled with dark wood and an oak wainscot ran round the wall. Partners of the Out-Trail The wainscot was used until about the time of the Revolution and not until a later period were the walls plastered. Remodeled Farmhouses Again, whip-cord, well-dried, may be hung against a wainscot, a small plummet affixed to it, and a line drawn at the precise spot it falls to. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly When a room is newly painted, place three or four tubs full of water near the wainscot, and renew the water daily. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families In this wainscot two panel sections under each closet are hung as double doors opening into small supplementary closets. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The wainscot struck him particularly, as well as the machinery and finish of the windows and sliding shutters. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island Here, as in every room in the house, we find wainscot and the same use of white paint. Remodeled Farmhouses He seated himself in his arm-chair, while my mother busied herself in preparing tea, and each little one took his appointed place around the oval wainscot table. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Dirtied painted wainscots may be cleaned by wetting a sponge in the liquor, then dipping it in a little fine clean sand, and afterwards rubbing the wainscot with it. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families There is the similar ramped balustrade and paneled wainscot with ramped surbase and dark wood cap rail along the wall opposite. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Both floor and wainscot were of white marble, kept shiny by frequent polishing. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel With a high wainscot and cornice painted ivory white, comparatively little paper is needed, which reduces the cost and permits a better paper than if the room had a simple mopboard and a tiny molding. Remodeled Farmhouses They scuttled inside the walls, and squeaked behind the wainscots, and seemed to hold carnival at the back of the oak panelling, often disturbing the girls at night with the noise. The Manor House School When an oak wainscot becomes greasy, and has not been painted, it should be washed with warm beer. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Unlike the plain dado of the main hall, however, elaborated only by a molded surbase and skirting, a handsome paneled wainscot runs around the staircase hall and up the stairs. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Then a gray mouse scuttered along the wainscot of the ship's passageways until it reached a good vantage point from which to see the young sailor on deck. Mr. Wicker's Window The Colonial idea has been carried out here in the wainscot, and the ornamentation of hand-carving on the stairs shows it was done by a stair-builder and not by an ordinary mechanic. Remodeled Farmhouses Though she had had time to grow accustomed to scratchings inside the wainscots at the Manor, she could not overcome her dread of rats. The Manor House School Dirty painted wainscots may be cleaned with a sponge wetted in potato water, and dipped in a little fine sand. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Around it are carried the chaste Ionic cornice with its prominent dentil course; and the paneled wainscot below corresponds to the pedestal of the order. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Remove all woodwork within building: wainscot, railings, bench, window & door casing, etc. The Fairfax County Courthouse Another room, showing wainscot and a quiet yellow and white Colonial paper, has a Field bed with white spread and white muslin canopy. Remodeled Farmhouses But his jump ended in a sickening sideways fall, and his head knocked against the wainscot. Harding's luck Wet the wainscot all over with a brush dipped in the mixture, and when dry, rub it bright: this will give it a fine gloss. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The wainscot consists of a charmingly varied paneling, while the balustrade is lighter in treatment than was usually the case. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia I am aware that the Gothic wainscot and stained glass windows of Enfield Study enshrined a still more exquisite topographical collection! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Panels in the wainscot can be utilized, more especially when they are under the first step of the staircase. Remodeled Farmhouses In allusion to the burning of White's in 1733, flames are seen bursting from the wainscot, but the pre-occupied gamblers take no heed, even of the watchman crying "Fire!" All About Coffee They broke all my wainscots, pulled up the flooring, and almost wrecked the house the last time they came; and I don’t suppose they will be less vigilant this time.” By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Throughout the house the woodwork is of good design and execution, the paneled wainscots, molded cornices, door and window casings all being very heavy, and the broad fireplaces and massive chimney pieces in complete accord. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Of colours, in his furniture, he is very sparing: he considers white shelves, picked out with gold, as heretical—mahogany, wainscot, black, and red, are, what he calls, orthodox colours. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The Living Room At the left of the hallway is the living-room, which is of the simple farmhouse type, lacking a wainscot but containing a simple mopboard and paneled door. Remodeled Farmhouses It was obscurely hid in the wainscot under the wardrobe, where nobody could possibly see them going in and out—just to her liking. Harper's Young People, November 25, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly He procured a squirt, and filled it full of ink; he then bored a hole in the wainscot of the room where he was, quite through into the room where I was. The Adventures of a Squirrel, Supposed to be Related by Himself Two rooms on each side contain handsome mantels, paneled wainscots and other beautiful wood finish. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia I am aware that the gothic wainscot, and stained glass windows, of Enfield Study enshrined a still more exquisite topographical collection! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance In this chamber, as in the other, there is a very plain wainscot of boards placed horizontally. Remodeled Farmhouses The small rectangular plaques with which several cases and many drawers are filled in the British Museum may very well have been used for the decoration of doors, and the panels of ceilings and wainscots. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 He felt his way to the secret door; the wainscot screen stood ajar. The Doomsman The parlor and dining room on opposite sides of the hall, the bedrooms above and also the halls all have beautifully paneled wainscots. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia She had bounded toward the wall and was now on her knees pointing to the bottom of the wainscot, just a few inches to the left of the fallen page. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories The Living Room At the left is the living-room, with dull red hangings and a white wainscot that provides a fitting background for the wonderful old mahogany found in this room. Remodeled Farmhouses My throat grew dry, and the Colonel laughed when once I moved sharply as a rat scurried behind the wainscot. Lorimer of the Northwest The earliest chairs were cumbersome, being fashioned of oak with solid square backs, often panelled, and thus were known as "wainscot chairs." Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Interior woodwork of good design and workmanship everywhere greets the eye, especially noticeable features being the rounding cornices, heavy wainscots and the floors an inch and a half in thickness and doweled together. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The bullet sang across the room, passed through armchair and screen into the wainscot beyond. Border Ghost Stories The wide, shallow old staircase, the high doors, the wainscot, are all of oak coloured by age. Chelsea The Fascination of London There were heads and skins, as well as Eastern weapons—trophies the Colonel had brought home from several of England’s smaller wars—on the cedar wainscot. Lorimer of the Northwest Wainscot Chair While stools and benches were commonly used for seats in the early seventeenth century, a wainscot chair as shown above was in use at Jamestown before 1623. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century She always knew just where a mouse would peep out of the wainscot, and she had her soft-sharp paw on him before he had time to know that he was not alone in the room. Pussy and Doggy Tales Frederick, angry, and out of patience with these interruptions, suddenly turned round, and gave Marcus such a push, that he sent him reeling across the room, and he at last fell against the wainscot. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror He was closeted with her for an hour, when the tap of my Grandmother's cane against the wainscot summoned Mistress Talmash, and she, doing her errand, brought me into the presence. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... The stairs and the well of the hall were of oak, polished as to parquet and steps, but left to age and color naturally as to wainscot, balusters and rails. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley The little door in the wainscot beyond the clock was opened. The Convert By Christmas Day in the following year the building was roofed in; and before three years were over it was floored, plastered, glazed, furnished with desks and wainscot, and stocked with books. The Care of Books Plain tinted walls and ceilings in fresco or wainscot are also frequently used. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The wainscot wants patching up, and so does the parqueted floor. Happy-Thought Hall "Oh no, thanks, I can get on very well now," answered Vixen quickly; whereupon the housekeeper opened the drawers and cupboards in the big wainscot wardrobe, and left Miss Tempest to her own devices. Vixen, Volume III. ‘I suppose all English houses can scarcely be like this?’ said he, looking round at the carved wainscot. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster There was something in his alert, intent expression reminiscent of a bull terrier when he hears rats scuffling behind a wainscot. The Long Trick She had a panel in the oak wainscot of her dining-room, which she tapped upon and opened at meal times, when ten or twelve jolly rats came tripping forth, and joined her at table. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. The wainscot here, in one place, is scored all over with their pencil-marks. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 There was an ancient wainscot wardrobe with brass handles. Vixen, Volume III. Sudden domiciliary visits were made in search of concealed priests, usually in the dead of night: empty beds were examined, walls struck with mallets, rapiers thrust into the chinks of wainscots. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot He has sat on the old chairs and sofas, and rubbed against the old wainscots, and leaned over the old balusters. Picture and Text 1893 A sudden cessation thereof roused her to attention, and she craned her neck over the side of the panelled wainscot which ran round the organ-loft. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Again the silence was broken, this time by a strange hurrying, rustling sound behind the wainscot, followed by a dull thud. Witness to the Deed The wainscot cupboard I had so cunningly devised was swinging wide. The Reckoning She assured him that the noise was nothing, and the little novelties of holes in her dining-room floor and broken wainscots in her drawing-room would be rather amusing than otherwise. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Cold blows the blast:—the night’s obscure: The mansion’s crazy wainscots crack: No star appear’d:—and all the Moor, Like ev’ry other Moor,—was black. Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." Most of these decorations, together with the carved wainscots, were taken to embellish Garswood Hall, near Ashton, a few miles distant, where the family resided after their removal. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 For a long time there was no sound from across the river; then little by little, and softly, he heard them set to work like mice behind a wainscot. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Through the wainscot I could hear the low rustling of paper; and I seemed to sense some heavier movement within, though the solid floor did not creak, nor a window quiver, nor a footfall sound. The Reckoning I fear the noise made by my men, not to speak of the turning about of your chambers by taking up of boards and trying of wainscots, shall greatly incommode you if you tarry.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot This stood, until the time when the transept was thrown open, against the centre of the wainscot that separated the chapel of St. William from the choir. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See But when he returned Binks was still exhaling vigorously at a hole in the wainscot, behind which he fancied he had detected a sound. Mufti It was not louder than the whittling of a mouse behind the wainscot, hardly louder than the scraping of a mole's thin hand in the soil. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy The next moment I had bent, ear flattened to the wooden wainscot. The Reckoning I should like if the panelling of the wainscot could admit of a press on each side of the sideboard. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) Things hidden away for years and forgotten, doors which had remained unopened, or perhaps even had been mistaken for a part of the wainscot for generations. Chatterbox, 1906 Just one short, welcoming lick, and he trotted back to his hole in the wainscot. Mufti The wainscot chairs were all of wood, seats as well as backs, usually of oak. Customs and Fashions in Old New England No crack or seam indicated a hidden door, yet I knew there must be one, and gently pressed the wainscot with my shoulder. The Reckoning It was as maddening as the noise of a mouse in a wainscot. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Under the shadow of the curtains, in the angle of the bay, against the wainscot, Queen Mary's magic ball showed softly luminous. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The woman, at this hint, arose sullenly and took from a wainscot cupboard a plate of hearth cakes which she set before the stranger. The Day of Wrath The following list of varieties of chests is given by Dr. Lyon: Joined chests, wainscot chests, board chests, spruce chests, oak chests, carved chests, chests with one or two drawers, cypress chests. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Well, at this moment—this terrible moment—what should I hear but a tap against the wainscot. Rookwood We stared critically about, and I began to test the wainscot, but the Duke stopped me. The Car of Destiny At the end of that time a door opened in the wainscot, which she had not known was there, and a tall, pale, slender girl of eleven, looking older than she was, came forward. The King's Daughters There was, moreover, a magnificent bay window, which formed a little room of itself, besides a second room much less, which, with carved wood wainscot and ceiling, could have served as an oratory. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Joined and wainscot chests were framed chests with panels, distinguished clearly from the board chests, made of plain boards. Customs and Fashions in Old New England It is a wainscot mouse, and a blood-relation, we believe, to the very mouse that shrieked behind the mouldering wainscot in the lonely moated grange. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Tribunes, stairs and wainscots that formed a strange contrast with the rest of the edifice were added. Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg In the hall paved with black and white tiles, the chasteness of the ivory-colored wainscot set off two stately consoles, on which lamps with cylindrical shades of painted parchment were reflected in antique mirrors. Sacrifice Then opening a door in the wainscot near the fireplace he flung it in. Elsie Marley, Honey The height of the apartment, and the absorbing complexion of the dark oaken wainscot, here and there concealed by falls of tapestry, served to render such an illumination extremely inefficient. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 Part of these lines, in raised letters, now form a pannel in the wainscot at the end of the right-hand gallery, as the church is entered from the street. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency This served to put a match to the explosive wrath of those whose opposition hitherto had been that of rats behind a wainscot. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell For the most part it lay between wall and wainscot. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character There was a large candelabra against the dark wainscot at each end of the room, and little clusters of flame on the table. The Californians But don't you see I am a poor, old rat here, dying in the wainscot? The Confidence-Man In the narrow space between the ceiling and wainscot, the wall was covered with an old-fashioned paper, florid of design, and musty of odor. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Look! that last arrow sticks half its head deep in the wainscot. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection And blows like the devil; our landlord here has showed us the window where we must break in, and tells us the plate stands in the wainscot cupboard in the parlour. The Beaux-Stratagem The screws in the door were driven hard home into the wainscot; the wedges underneath were tightly fixed. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth The carpet was of a biscuit colour and covered the room flush to the wainscot. The Daffodil Mystery If open, I walked round and round the room, brushing the wainscot with my tail. Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain More than once I was certain that I heard the sound of moaning behind the wainscot. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels It was a very small sound—so small that it might have been no more than that caused by the scratch of the tiniest mouse in the wainscot. The Borough Treasurer What was evidently the drawing-room or salon was a spacious apartment with a low white wainscot and a heavy cornice. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work A pistol shot rang out, but David had dodged in time and the bullet was buried in the mahogany wainscot back of him. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls The apertures in the ceiling and wainscot, to which the elegant furniture of this little room of repose had once adhered, are still visible. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. It may have been fancy, but it seemed to me that his departure was the signal for a low moan that came from somewhere behind the wainscot. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels And with a crayon he made drawings on the wainscot of the room. Art in England Notes and Studies But there was a stir on the floor below him—doubtless a mouse gnawing the wainscot. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag It would have been worth while, he says, for Pope to have been hidden behind a wainscot or a half-length picture to have heard it. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series The wainscots of its little cabinets, exhibit only a tablet, upon which are rudely186 penciled, the motley initials, love verses, and memorandums of its various visitors. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. This pyramidal form is emphasized again by the wainscot of the stairway at the left, and the well-sweep at the right. Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation On the next occasion of his sitting to Harlow he wrote with chalk in large letters, on the wainscot, a passage from Sophocles: 'Read that,' he said to Harlow. Art in England Notes and Studies The thickness of one of the remaining walls struck him as singular; it was an abutment behind the chimney of what had been the banqueting-room, the wainscot of which was left in this place entire. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Stow tells us that it was 129 feet long by 31 feet broad; and the Letters Patent of Henry the Eighth add that it had 28 desks, and 28 double settles of wainscot. Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods The Rede Lecture Delivered June 13, 1894 The school is nothing more than an extensive room, with its floor lined with fixed forms, and the wainscot with sculptured names innumerable. Confessions of an Etonian Geoffrey smiled, and rising from his seat walked to the other side of the room and touched a spring in the wainscot. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow The wainscots were of Irish yew, and the ceilings of cypress. The Great Book-Collectors The woman turns upon him her wainscot face and promises amendment. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 I was behind the wainscot in the queen's closet, and this is what I heard: if you stay here, when you wake up to-morrow you will be dead!' The Field of Clover This morning," says he, "while reading in bed, I was suddenly interrupted by a noise similar to that made by rats, when running through a double wainscot, and endeavoring to pierce it. Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match And I didn't quite see why she should put a hand suddenly against the wainscot, and from sickly white go red as fire and then back to white again. Wandering Heath The wainscot is even more curious than the sculptures which ornament the front of the house. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers In the chapel of the château, a miniature cathedral with arches intercrossed and a wainscot of oak mounting as high as the walls, all the hangings have been arranged, all the candles lit. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World The doors did not happen to be painted blue; they were a deep chocolate colour doors and wainscot. Queechy, Volume I So the last vestige of human life forsook this home, taking to the shelter of the attic; and ripples drove into the fireplaces and frothed at the wainscots. Old Kaskaskia Within, the finest sight is the grand old banqueting hall, with its gallery for minstrels, its Elizabethan oak-screen, and wainscots by Inigo Jones. Hertfordshire The painted gaze of dead Presidents and Governors looked down at him from their old-time frames ranged in stately ranks along the oaken wainscot. The Danger Mark The young man rose and walked to the wainscot and back again. Tales of the Chesapeake For the antique hues of old wainscot mix equal parts of burnt umber and brown ochre. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction There were fittings of wainscot along the walls of the side aisles, and all round between the pillars of the inner row, supporting the roof of the nave, ran a wainscot panel. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga Your pity leans toward her strangely, as she feels her way about the old parlor; and her dark eyes wander over the wainscot, or over the clear, blue sky, with the same sad, painful vacancy. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons The wainscot was painted white, with gilt mouldings, and the cornice and architraves of the doors were elaborately carved. Milly Darrell and Other Tales It was in the midst of one of these impotent fits of malediction that the wainscot door was opened and closed softly, and light footsteps tiptoed to my bedside. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady They were well lighted by side windows, and the shelves and wainscots were coloured chiefly in white. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three In places the wainscot was pierced by doors opening into sleeping places shut off from the rest of the hall on all sides for the heads of the family. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga Beside which there are immensely curious bits of old furniture—so black and heavy, and with such curious carving!—and you think of the old wainscot in the "Children of the Abbey". Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons The woodwork of the rooms is oak; the walls are red slate wainscot and Keene cement. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment I made sure she would come, if only to be the sooner quit of me; and so she did, tapping at the wainscot door whilst I was dallying with the breakfast leavings. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The wainscot or sides are walnut and chestnut wood, relieved by beautiful gilt ornaments. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three The whole of the nave within the wainscot, between the inner round pillars, was filled by the hall properly so called. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga The disturbance referred to is that caused by a mouse nibbling at the wainscot; and I venture to say so much in a tone of the deepest conviction. Successful Recitations The wainscots were discoloured, the walls oozed, and part of the roof was broken. The Quest of the Simple Life "You are going to give yourself up," she said; and when I would not deny it, she darted before me and set her back against the wainscot door. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady A green-morocco sofa, beneath a large and curiously cut looking-glass--with chairs having velvet seats, and wainscot and ceiling very elegantly painted and papered--all remind me that I am in a respectable hotel. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Somewhere in the darkness a clock strikes two; And there is no sound in the sad old house, But the long veranda dripping with dew, And in the wainscot a mouse. The Haunted Hour An Anthology If the walls seem to be thick and covered with wainscot, being tried with a gimlet, if it strike not the wall but go through, some suspicion is to be had thereof. Strange Pages from Family Papers On entering the bed-chamber, I found many fresh and fragrant flowers inserted in the chinks of the wainscot. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. She stopped midway to the wainscot door and turned to give me my answer. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady It is a remarkably handsome and cheerful room, divided into three slightly indicated compartments; and the colour, both of the wainscot and of the backs of the books, is chiefly white. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Note the words that indicate changes in domestic customs; such as testers, joint stools, wainscots, house raising. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader It may be noted that in former years our forefathers were extremely fond of hiding away their money for safety, making use of the chimney, or the wainscot or skirting-board. Strange Pages from Family Papers She draws no nice distinctions between a mouse in the wainscot, and a canary swinging in its gilded cage. Americans and Others And so, still crying softly, she let herself out at the wainscot door, and this was our leave-taking. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady He trembled at the scratching sound in the wainscot, though he knew that it was only mice. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales Had she not been taken up with Périne, she would have more quickly caught the impatient scratching like a mouse in the wainscot, with which he summoned her. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V There was a faint scuffling sound behind the wainscot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Every frame and wainscot and panel a study of color and exact workmanship and perfect finish. The Other Girls But I might have spared my blushings for she had turned her back and was opening a secret door in the high wainscot. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Whereupon he pulled away certain strips or pieces of wainscot, and shewed me his book-treasures within the recesses. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One It is a multitude of words about nothing at all, ... this—but I am like Mariana in the moated grange and sit listening too often to the mouse in the wainscot. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Very soon after, almost before any hen had time to look round or think, behold! mice were squeaking in every corner, and there were holes behind every wainscot, plank, and rafter. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men The Councillors were between twenty and thirty, sitting in a semicircle, against a carved wooden wainscot, on each side of the aged Doge, Cristoforo Moro, who had yet one more year to live. Marietta A Maid of Venice All he heard was the scurrying of the rats as they ran, disturbed by the noise, across the room and behind the wainscot in the darkness. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel In one of these intervals, I heard a scratching sound--just such a sound as a mouse makes behind the wainscot. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow The frosty sunshine crept down the painted wainscot and lay at last at their feet, reddening to rosiness…. Come Rack! Come Rope! The visitor found the old man in a room of which the wainscot was panelled, as we still see among us in ancient houses. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions He looked at the floor, and kicked the wainscot. Joanna Godden When he did so, he discovered that the thing his foot had touched was the body of the girl, lying in a heap on the floor close to the wainscot. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel Above the wainscot, the dull tapestried walls reached to a ceiling richly panelled. The Poor Little Rich Girl A single portière, especially if it be of the rag-carpet style, has a greater dust-collecting capacity than a whole houseful of wooden floors, ceilings and wainscots, even when they are moulded and ornamentally wrought. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure There were about 200 muskets hung up against the walls, and some pikes; no wainscot, hangings, nor much furniture. A Voyage to New Holland Certainly there were odd little jagged doorways in the wainscot, and things disappeared at night—especially cheese and bacon. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers The Roly-Poly Pudding But his enthusiasm was suddenly checked by observing the reeve of the forest peeping from behind the wainscot, and earnestly regarding the miller, and he called the attention of the latter to him. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Here I am, just like a rat in the wainscot. Israel Potter We must have 'chair rails,' in every room down stairs that has not a solid wainscot, if I have to make the plans and put them up myself. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure 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 screen of wainscot partitioned off the lobby, carved in panels of grotesque workmanship. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Upon the expression of any shining thought of the poet, or the exhibition of any uncommon grace by the actor, the trunkmaker's blow falls upon bench or wainscot. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Carefully closing the door, and carrying the suit with him, he was returning towards the chimney, when he saw the Squire's silver-headed cane leaning against a corner of the wainscot. Israel Potter And out from under tea-cups and from under bowls and basins, stepped other and more little mice who hopped away down off the dresser and under the wainscot. The Tailor of Gloucester Plain walls or molding may be used, or one of the fine old designs of figured paper, and this must be used with great discretion and is better if there is a wainscot. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today He carefully scrutinised the shape of the rooms, striking the walls and wainscots, measuring the capacity of the chambers, that no space might be left unaccounted for either in one way or another. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 His pen scratched along, echoed by an exactly similar sound from the wainscots, where mice nibbled in the silence. Children of the Mist A rat your utmost rage defies, That safe behind the wainscot lies. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 We must reclothe these walls with wainscots of Irish wood or with high warp tapestries of gold and thread of Arras, so much sought after in that epoch. Là-bas The second ante-room had mirrors, console tables, carved and gilded woodwork, and sometimes tapestry was used above a wainscot. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Their features, in deep masses of alternate light and shadow, looked as if carved out, hard and immovable, from the oak wainscot. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Those who dance seldom sit around a ballroom anyway, and the more informal grouping of chairs in the hall or library is a better arrangement than the wainscot row or wall-flower exposition grounds. Etiquette The table and chairs are, of course, of the same coloured wood used in the ceiling and wainscot, and the rug is an India cotton of dark and light blues and white. Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples It was not like the murmur of day; it was rather like the gnawing of a mouse in the wainscot of some death chamber. The Necromancers This feeling is very strong in many apartment houses where small rooms are overburdened by this kind of wainscot, and to make matters worse, the top is used as a plate-rail. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The wainscot once displayed a profuse assemblage of ornaments, some of which now remain. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 A costly wainscot at the base of the walls, with paper and stucco above, seems to me a great lack of harmony. Homes and How to Make Them The wood-work, including a five-foot wainscot of small square panels, is painted a glittering varnished white which is warm in tone, but not creamy. Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples In the meanwhile Rose opened the wainscot door, and called softly up the narrow stair to which it led. St George's Cross A wainscot should not be too high; about thirty-six inches is a good height, but should form a background for the chairs, sofas, and tables, placed around the room. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today A wainscot cupboard displayed its curiously-carved doors, near to which hung two pictures, or tables as they were called, representing the fair Lucretia and Mary Magdalen. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Above this wainscot the walls were covered with a fascinating paper. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales I listened, fancying it was but the noise of some rat behind the wainscot that had come for shelter into the warm house; but the loud knocking came again. The Pilots of Pomona The wainscot was so heavily finished that the edge running around the room might answer for a shelf. Real Folks It may be used in connection with paneling or cover the wall above a wainscot. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The wainscots were enriched with choice and beautiful carvings, representing bucks' heads, flowers, and portraits of the most distinguished ancestors of the family. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Along the wainscot extended a regiment of dark, leather-cushioned chairs, so straight in the back that they seemed to be standing at attention. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales But finding nothing whatever during the whole of the third day, they proposed on the morrow to strip off the wainscot of that room. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. The doors of these, and the high wainscot around the room, were stained in old-fashioned "imitation mahogany," very streaky and red. Real Folks If any one of these friezes is placed above a simple wainscot, the effect is charming. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today He saw the dark wainscot and timbered roof, The long tables, and the faces merry and keen; The College Eight and their trainer dining aloof, The Dons on the daïs serene. Collected Poems 1897 - 1907, by Henry Newbolt From the wooden wainscot arose slight pillars, which, uniting in the Gothic style, supported the heavy beams of the ceiling. The Amulet So they set a man to work near the ceiling, close to the place where I was: for the lower part of the walls was covered with tapestry, not with wainscot. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. The panelled wainscot is covered with dingy paint and acquires a duskier hue from the deep shadow into which the Province House is thrown by the brick block that shuts it in from Washington street. Twice Told Tales O! if I could, how I would maul His tallow face and wainscot paws, His beetle brows, and eyes of wall, And make him soon give up the cause! The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Against the wainscot were suspended rusty blunderbusses, horse pistols, and a cut-and-thrust sword, with which he had fortified his room to defend his life and treasure. Tales of a Traveller Who knows, thought I, but he has come, By Charon kindly ferried, To tell me of a mighty sum Behind my wainscot buried? The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell So they stripped off the wainscot all round till they came again to the very place where I lay, and there they lost heart and gave up the search. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. It was a long, narrow apartment, with wainscots and floor of polished oak. Strange Visitors The walls were of wainscot, painted white, and were graced with two paintings. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 The parlour will indeed be more elegant; though that is to be rather plain than rich, as well in its wainscot as furniture, and to be new-floored. Pamela, Volume II It was a long, low room with a wainscot of dark walnut, and a single lamp upon the table gave it shadows rather than light. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories The other place behind the wainscot is situated in a chimney stack and is more roomy in its proportions. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. Well, he used a ceiling trap for his materializin'; though the wainscot is a sight better and more up-to-date in my experience. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant The wainscot that had once stretched across the hall was all broken down, both above and below the cross-beam. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Madam!" and she wept, and turned from me, to the wainscot—"Pray, excuse me."—" Pamela, Volume II The inscriptions of Ursus, gloryifying the grandeur of Lords, showed distinctly on the worn-out boards, which were both the wall without and the wainscot within. The Man Who Laughs The original entry was through a panel at the back of a "box bed" in the wainscot of a small, isolated bedroom at the top of the house. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. That floor space was bare; a rug, rolled up, rested against the further wainscot. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant The very basements were emptied, and the floors, wainscots, and iron balconies damaged as far as at the moment they could be. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Now, if you do not know how to draw legs and feet, I will show you,' and taking up a crayon, he drew two on the wainscot of the room. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 541, April 7, 1832 He took a candle to him, and there was nought but the wainscot behind. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Walford, in Greater London, mentions the discovery of some articles of dress of Elizabeth's time behind the wainscot of the old palace of Richmond, Surrey. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. In repairing a corner near the fireplace, it was found necessary to remove the wainscot, when some things were brought to light which greatly astonished the workman. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations The maid of the house with her face upon her folded arms, as she stood leaning against the wainscot, more audibly exprest her grief than any of the others. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 The ceiling was moulded, and the wainscots of oak; against the latter several paintings were hung. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance But the legend goes on to say that, while he was delighting in her charms, she heard the sound of mice behind the wainscot, and left him forthwith to rush after her congenial prey. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel "We'll put it at hokey-pokey, nothin' a lump, if you don't mind, sonny," the boatswain went on; "in a nice airy parlour painted white, with a gilt chandelier an' gilt combings to the wainscot." The Delectable Duchy Now I take him in the nick, ere I done with him, He had better have stood between two panes of wainscot; And made his recantation in the market, Than heare me conjure him. The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother The great apartment is first; painted ceilings, inlaid floors, and unpainted wainscots make every room sombre. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I A third was made, and destroyed because she heard a mouse within the wainscot, and was sure that I should suffer her to be carried away alive. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler This chapel is an exact parallelogram and the frescoes which cover the four walls are thus arranged above the wainscot, which rises about eight feet from the ground. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The porters and the Swiss burned the poles of the chairs, and even the floorings and wainscots intended for the great gallery. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Her heart for the first time sank within her, and she leant against the wainscot, sick and faint. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 573, October 27, 1832 Their nerves shook to the creeping, crackling sounds that came from the wainscot, infinitely minute. The Three Sisters And the king with great despatch, forthwith ordered a strong body of cavalry, for—there was a mouse scratching behind the wainscot. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 564, September 1, 1832 And Sir Bale began to slap the wainscot fast and furiously with his walking-cane with a clatter like a harlequin's lath in a pantomime. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 It was scarcely any wonder if rats had congregated behind the worm-eaten wainscot, to scare nervous listeners with their weird scratchings and scramblings. Fenton's Quest I sate up once or twice in my bed, but could see nothing, so I concluded it must be mice in the wainscot. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1 As he watched it flapping fitfully there came a hollow rattle in the wainscot, and an uncanny sound like the moaning of wind in the chimney. Master Skylark The knotty oak and wainscot old, Within doth eat the silly worm: Even so a mind in envy cold, Always within itself doth burn. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 The oil-portraits of four former presidents looked thoughtfully down on the scene of their former labors; the polished wainscots reflected ragged pictures of the silent fourteen, and all was perfectly in order and perfectly secure. Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 The ticking of an old eight-day clock in the hall had a ghastly sound in the dead silence of the house, and an industrious mouse made itself distinctly heard behind the wainscot. Fenton's Quest The widow therefore sat up, with her handkerchief over her face, leaning her head against the wainscot. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 In the wainscot of the dining-hall there was a carven panel just above the Spanish chest. Master Skylark Some of the wainscot panels rattle a bit, but I imagine the house will stand it unless you go in too much for Wagner. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life With our united strength we rolled it out, and there was a little low wooden door in the wainscot behind it. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard In the course of the day he cruised completely around the parlor in that frail bark, and more than once went ashore against the wainscot, or the closet door, in a very distressed condition. Ten Girls from Dickens As she ceased to speak, there was a rustling behind the screen which stood between her and the door, and some person knocked at the wainscot.' Nicholas Nickleby On the wall above the wainscot the faded hangings wavered in the draught, crusted thickly with strange embroidered flowers. Master Skylark You're really worse than the dripping of a hundred water-butts outside the window, or the scratching of as many mice behind the wainscot. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty You can tell your sister that it was divided from the Manager's room by a wainscot partition.' Dombey and Son I saw the shadow of a woman, in a cloak and bonnet, pass along the wainscot like a breath!' Oliver Twist For behind the wooden wainscots of all the old houses in Gloucester, there are little mouse staircases and secret trap-doors; and the mice run from house to house through those long, narrow passages. The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter The window faced the north, and in the night, wakened by some outcry in the street below, Nick had leaned his log-pillow against the wainscot, and, climbing up, looked out into the sky. Master Skylark The large square hall, with its oak floor, staircase, and wainscot, was lighted by a dim lamp hanging from a beam. The Woodlanders Black as the inky rafters and wainscot except for occasional splotches a few shades less begrimed, where repairs had been made. The Outlaw of Torn There were the pencilled marks and memorandums on the wainscot by the window. Emma And out from under tea-cups and from under bowls and basins, stepped other and more little mice, who hopped away down off the dresser and under the wainscot. The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter No living woman ever showed a paler face, and she stared with a look that was sharp and stern upon the wainscot before her. Wylder's Hand He had ripped up walls and ceilings and torn down irrational matchwood partitions, discovering some fine old oak wainscot and the blackened roof-beams of the original farmstead. The Yellow Streak The wainscot of one of the principal saloons is inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ebony, coral, and ivory; but the workmanship seems harsh and ungraceful. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 And on her, from the wainscot old, Ancestral faces frown,-- And this has worn the soldier's sword, And that the judge's gown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot and went boldly down the front staircase to the dairy to get the butter. The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter The wainscot and ceiling were painted alike, of a light green colour, and were richly carved and gilt. Vivian Grey There are many people who have no hesitation in picking out what to their eye is the wainscot panel with the richest grain: they see it at once. Albert Durer Who had not heard of trap doors, sliding wainscots, and other murderous contrivances? The Adventures of Hugh Trevor My uncle Antony went out with them: but he staid not long, as you shall hear; and they all remained in the next parlour, a wainscot partition only parting the two. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 And then suddenly they all ran away together down the passage behind the wainscot, squeaking and calling to one another as they ran from house to house. The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter Is here no life, nothing but the thin shadow And blank foreboding, never a wainscot rat Rasping a crust? Georgian Poetry 1920-22 In the Tuileries, behind a panel in the wainscot, there was a hole wrought in the wall, and closed by an iron door. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 I concealed my papers in the wainscot behind the picture, where I mean to leave this narrative. Anna St. Ives But the old walls, and wainscots, the air of the room, seemed still to hold the winter. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II In the wainscot ticks the death-watch, Chirps the cricket in the floor, In the distance dogs are barking, Feet go by outside my door. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 A lamp upon the tall mantelpiece feebly lighted the long low room, gloomy with the darkness of old oak wainscot and a heavily timbered ceiling. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Now out of the distance an old timber would relax its fibers, or a scurry die away behind the perishing wainscot. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 As I was covering the table with a blanket before I put on the sheet, there got up all at once behind the wainscot the most uprageous hurry-scurry o' them horrid creaturs. Weighed and Wanting There is no gas even in the offices, and there are as many rats behind the wainscot as there were Israelites in Egypt. The Golden Calf The panels of the oaken wainscot shone with the same uncompromising polish which was on every object within and without the red-bricked mansion. Lady Audley's Secret He found the opening in the wainscot, and the steep stair built into the chimney. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger It is composed of layers of wainscot oak and beech, the direction of the grain being alternately longitudinal and lateral. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 She looked first into the low room to see that it was properly prepared, and was leaving it again, when she heard a strange sound behind the wainscot as it seemed. Weighed and Wanting The wind wailed and screamed, the windows volleyed, wainscots creaked, doors rattled on their locks. The Forest Lovers Then, with a scornful laugh, she turned and went through a door immediately behind her, which closed instantly, and became part of the wainscot, hardly distinguishable. The Flight of the Shadow I would have welcomed even a mouse behind the wainscot. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger If the rats are behind the wainscot, don't stick your own hand into the hole. With the Procession The doors did not happen to be painted blue; they were a deep chocolate colour; doors and wainscot. Queechy My friend and his wife have collected fine old wainscots, sideboards and cupboards of richly carved oak in Friesland and in the Flemish parts of Belgium. Dutch Life in Town and Country They were gloomy, too, from the worn paint of the high wainscots and discoloration of the low ceilings. The Far Horizon At the time of my visit there was some very massive oak wainscot still remaining. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Somewhere in the darkness a clock strikes two; And there is no sound in the sad old house, But the long veranda dripping with dew, And in the wainscot a mouse. East and West Poems The wall behind her is grey with a black wainscot. Modern Painting And here, I suppose, follow osculations between the sisters, and mother's knock comes to the door, who has overheard their talk through the wainscot, and calls out, "Children, 'tis time to go to sleep." The Virginians On one side, nailed against the wainscot in a row, were the four knaves of cards, each Jack putting his best foot foremost as usual. Redburn. His First Voyage In my youth these volumes were kept in a room entirely surrounded with dark oak wainscot, that opened on the shelves where these old books reposed. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 The apartment was still shown which the poet had inhabited, consisting of a sitting-room and small bedroom, with paneled wainscots and Gothic windows. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography The heads of the family usually slept in the aisles, in chambers entered through the wainscot of the hall. Homer and His Age He suddenly started up; and with eyes and face flaming with rage, he caught hold of her and dashed her poor little head, with all the strength he possessed, against the wainscot. The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People The wrench upon it had already pulled the bodkin from the wainscot. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series A few old pictures were paneled in the oaken wainscot; and here and there the horns of the mighty stag adorned the walls, and united with the cheeriness of comfort associations of that of enterprise. Eugene Aram — Complete A few old pictures were pannelled in the oaken wainscot; and here and there the horns of the mighty stag adorned the walls, and united with the cheeriness of comfort associations of that of enterprise. Eugene Aram — Volume 01 I had a boat built of this wood which proved it to be good...this wood has much the resemblance of wainscot with us. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant I like these old embroidered chairs, and the garlands on the wainscot, and the pictures that may be anything. Daniel Deronda To obtain this wall papers with colorful friezes with characters from fairy tale, Mother Goose or Noah's Ark, may be used above a simple wainscot. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration He now worked it eagerly backward and forward, and, to his delight, the crack rapidly widened still further; in fact, the short board was sliding back underneath the wainscot. Archibald Malmaison The rooms were very comfortable, with large cross beams, high wainscots, and small windows in deep embrasures. The History of Pendennis Most part of it is furnished in the old style, as for example, Mama's and my apartment are brown wainscots, and the bed- curtains and hangings are crimson damask laced with gold most dreadfully tarnished. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir "Oh, Gwendolen!" said the small Isabel, in a tone of astonishment, while she held open a hinged panel of the wainscot at the other end of the room. Daniel Deronda The boards are about sixteen inches square, and a quarter of an inch thick: wainscot is the best, as it does not warp. The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age Archibald fixed upon what he considered the most effective positions for his heads--just above the level of the wainscot, and near enough to the mantelpiece not to be interfered with by the tapestry. Archibald Malmaison Is not the wainscot of that long low parlour inscribed with many a famous name? Two Years Ago, Volume I I verily believe the spiders are all asleep in the ivy, and the mice behind the wainscot, and the horses in the stable.' Phantom Fortune, a Novel In shrouds about the cornices already lay the heart of the oak wainscot that the worm had eaten out. The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories She seemed altogether distressed; was ready to sink; and forced to lean against the wainscot, as I kneeled at her feet. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 It was a long and lofty room, with a high wainscot all round it, a carved oak screen at one end, and a broad window at the other. Moonfleet Without paying heed to her he coughed and went to one of the spittoons beside the wainscot. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction The deep rich colouring of the wainscot, the faded hues of the tapestry, the draperies of costliest velvet and brocade, were all sobered by the passing of years. Phantom Fortune, a Novel He sat down to work again, and the rats in the wainscot renewed their gambols. Dracula's Guest When these are all clean and arranged in their places, the housemaid should scrub the floor where it is not covered with carpet, under the beds, and round the wainscot. The Book of Household Management In silence Brutus conducted me into the cold hall and up the winding staircase, where his candle made the shadows of the newel posts dance against the wainscot. The Unspeakable Gentleman But warm, deep crimson is relieved by cool pale green, and sage wainscot meets the dull red of feathery leaves on other walls. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Dudley's excuse was, however, accepted, "that it was for the warmth of his house, and the charge was but little, being but clapboards nailed to the wall in the form of wainscot." Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Up and down behind the old wainscot, over the ceiling and under the floor they raced, and gnawed, and scratched! Dracula's Guest I touch'd the girl's arm, and we made as if to fetch a couple of chairs that stood against the wainscot by the door. The Splendid Spur I went to the farther part of the room, and held my face against the wainscot; and in spite of all I could do to refrain crying, sobbed as if my heart would break. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Its top was composed of naked boards of different colours, and seeming to have been parts of different wainscots. Biographia Literaria The high-moulded wainscot was of red and green porphyry, somberly smooth and shining. The Unwilling Vestal Instantly, strange to say, the noisy scampering of the rats in the wainscot began again. Dracula's Guest It is an old English word, and means overlaid or lined with wood, wainscot, or plank, either roof, sides, or floor.—Ed. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 But the importation of wainscot, or boards for ceiling, panelling, and otherwise finishing rooms, which was generally of oak, commenced at least three centuries before the time of Harrison. The Earth as Modified by Human Action He talked in hollow whispers, he trembled in the limbs, he started and turned pale at a shadow, or the sound of a mouse in the wainscot. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca They did actually beat against the wainscot of his secret chamber, but hearing nothing, they left the spot, but continued to keep guard round the house, shouting out execrations against him. Stray Pearls At the many rat-holes and in the chinks and crannies of the wainscot he saw the rats' eyes; and this aspect, that was purely physical, gave him a gleam of comfort. Dracula's Guest She thinks the hall must be freezing cold in winter, and caught eagerly at my idea that a blazing fire at one end would lighten the sombre effect of the oaken wainscot and lofty ceiling. At Last |
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