| 单词 | chest of drawers |
| 例句 | Then there’s the back room with his bed, a rug, a chair in the corner, and a small chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Can’t. I got a chest of drawers in front of the door.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “But look, Jo. If you could climb up there — ’’Thomas pointed to the top of the chest of drawers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of the two bedrooms contained two single beds, a chair, a chest of drawers, and a clothes closet. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I draw the window, the chest of drawers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hedwig and Errol watched interestedly as Harry clamped the struggling book tightly in his arms, hurried to his chest of drawers, and pulled out a belt, which he buckled tightly around it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Two stagehands rolling a chest of drawers on wheels. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I tap my fingers on Dad’s chest of drawers, where his house keys, wallet, and clothes are. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The room contained a twin bed under a sloping ceiling, a brown oval rug, a basin with an exposed pipe, and a chest of drawers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She had smelled oddly musty, like clothes left for years in a chest of drawers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Under the chest of drawers were jugs of genuine moonshine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With slow but firm steps, the Magpie walked over to a chest of drawers that looked much too heavy for its gracefully curved legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At first he slid down a few times from the smooth chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The room contained nothing but a bed and a chest of drawers on which a number of bricks lay carefully arranged side by side, all of them covered with soot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Blocked by the giant chest of drawers, the tapestry still rippled in a phantom breeze. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She sold everything in California— her old Ford, a chest of drawers, a television, the bed she shares with her daughter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Now, Gregor could still do without the chest of drawers if need be, but the writing desk really had to stav. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z They had with them tools and scraps of lumber, and they were prepared, they said, to build for the Imadas whatever was wanted: shelves, a chest of drawers, chairs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Next to the bed was a chest of drawers with drawer handles shaped like teardrops and a mirror attached to the top. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He was scrambling back onto the chest of drawers when Uncle Vernon hammered on the unlocked door — and it crashed open. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My mother hugs the wedding photo tightly against her chest and then places it, along with the book of plants, on our government-issued chest of drawers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My mind closed down and I came immediately back to my bed, my room coalescing around me, my desk and chair, my little chest of drawers, the books and model airplanes suddenly so terribly real. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The boat and the chest of drawers don’t appeal to me, only the pipe cleaners. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I point to the chest of drawers by the wall. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then I went through my sister's chest of drawers looking for a secret diary. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then I went upstairs to my parents’ bedroom, and from my father’s chest of drawers got a pair of flannel pajamas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then she went to her chest of drawers and took out a hankie, unfolded it and gave it to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Ron was buried deepest: Harry and Hermione climbed, as quietly as they could, over all the wreckage to where he lay, trying to prise a heavy chest of drawers off his legs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There is a small chest of drawers, a crude night table between two twin beds, a lamp with a plaid paper shade, two wooden chests in which extra quilts are stored. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Filled to the rafters with beds, sofas, stoves, refrigerators, chests of drawers, desks, tables, and chairs, the hall was locked and boarded up at six P.M. on Sunday evening. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My room is stark—a narrow bed, a small table, a bare lightbulb, an old chest of drawers for my clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching her from the top of the chest of drawers behind the door was Lord Roke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then I notice there’s two of everything—sofa bed, chest of drawers, desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Along one wall was a chest of drawers and a mirror, on the other a writing desk with a chair tucked underneath. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Her room with the sheets tacked up for curtains also had a built-in desk, a chest of drawers, and a record player given to her by her grandparents. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z From there they moved on to the chest of drawers. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z At last, lying facedown on the floor, he spotted what looked like a torn piece of paper under the chest of drawers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The last surface on which Harry spotted a candle was a bow-fronted chest of drawers on which there stood a large number of photographs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She took her rosary beads she kept next to the statue of the Virgin on top of the chest of drawers, then knelt in prayer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He settled into a tiny room off the pantry, into which a narrow bed and chest of drawers just fit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His room is empty but for a bed and a chest of drawers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z No report cards, no baptism certificates in the chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z First she went to the chest of drawers, opened a drawer and shut it again after a moment. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The hotel room was basic: two double beds separated by a wooden nightstand with a gray lamp on it, across from a chest of drawers that doubled as a stand for the TV and coffeemaker. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “I was home, and my St. Anthony statue fell off the chest of drawers.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She turned away from me, and closed the chest of drawers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I went over to the big chest of drawers and took my other set of clothes out and put them in the suitcase too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z There's the tattered mattress Eden's on, and next to it is the scratched-up chest of drawers that I used to doodle on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He opened the tansu—a chest of drawers in one corner of the living room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And he looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The youngest, the one who had come in from the outhouse, walked, painfully slowly, over to a high and ramshackle chest of drawers, and bent over. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But Mom said my idea was too time-consuming, so all we ended up doing was straightening piles of paper into stacks and stuffing dirty clothes into the chest of drawers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Before I went out I opened the little chest of drawers to find clean clothes all neatly folded and right then I forgot about everything except wanting to be clean. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see through the front door to what appeared to be chests of drawers on either side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another coal stove, a bed, a pullout couch where Mom and Dad could sleep, and a chest of drawers painted fire-engine red. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Alex gritted his teeth and began going through his parents’ chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It had one large bed, a detailed tapestry hanging on the wall, a carpet, and a chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He leaned through the doorway and put it on the chest of drawers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The chest of drawers remained where she’d shoved it in front of the passageway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Without making a sound he lifted a chair and put it against the chest of drawers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The foyer is formal, with flocked burgundy wallpaper, a large gilt-framed mirror, and a dark, ornately carved chest of drawers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Matt Drinker lands on Calvin like a chest of drawers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He was just about to get into bed and, indeed, had one foot already in it, when he noticed the compass lying on the top of the chest of drawers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I have to turn sideways as I pass a big chest of drawers and a desk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he walked over to the heavy chest of drawers beside the window and pushed at it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The window was just beyond my left hand, and the chest of drawers was on the other side of the window. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bed and a chair and a radio and a chest of drawers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She put Elinor's first present on the chest of drawers near the door and unwrapped the second. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She had pushed the chest of drawers half the distance to the kitchen. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The tall man picked me up and carried me back into the house, where the short man was finishing his search through the chest of drawers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He put it inside one of the clean socks in his chest of drawers and ran down to start the evening’s work. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Room 133 contains a bed, a chair, a chest of drawers, and a TV fastened to the wall. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He removed the finished pages from his satchel and stowed them safely in the heavy wooden chest of drawers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a little stove there with a few coals glowing and a desk piled high with papers and a carpet on the floor, and some chests of drawers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She stamped over to her chest of drawers, yanked one out, and threw it clattering to the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “We’re going to build you two chests of drawers and a table you can eat on. We’ll have them to you in a few days’ time. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His bedroom, like the kitchen, seemed to have been decorated some time in the 1920s: there was a washstand and a pitcher beside the chest of drawers and mirror. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He stood up and walked over to the pile of clothes which had been left out for him on a chest of drawers. Fancy dress by Kate Horsley 2010-12-26T00:05:12Z It was affixed to the wall, part of the furniture, just like her highboy chest of drawers. ‘Making It on My Own,’ With Mary Tyler Moore as a Guide 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Using plastic molds, he guides their branches to form chairs, bookshelves, chests of drawers, and lampshades. Designer Gavin Munro Casts Trees Into Beautiful Furnishings 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z This violent form of sleepwalking, in which the sufferer acts out his dreams, once compelled Birbiglia to climb a chest of drawers and leap from it. Sleepwalk With Me: His American Life 2012-08-24T04:21:10Z Another woman is described as being “more like a chest of drawers than a companion.” Review: Annie Proulx’s ‘Barkskins’ Is an Epic Tale of Logging and Doom 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z He seems to be dragging a cart containing a chest of drawers. The Customs House by Andrew Motion – review 2012-11-25T00:05:29Z Sanders sat in front of a dark wooden chest of drawers lined with photographs. Perspective | Bernie and Biden have been courting voters virtually, and it’s not going well 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The 55-year-old walked to a second bedroom and opened another chest of drawers. From this Selma house, Martin Luther King made civil rights history 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Let's say you're looking for a versatile first antique, perhaps a chest of drawers. Treasure Hunting in New Orleans 2011-02-15T20:20:04.570Z In just about everyone’s house or office, certain areas become magnets for clutter: the dining-room table, the chest of drawers in the hallway, a chair in the bedroom – not to mention, the “floordrobe”. Seven ways to declutter your life and clear your mind 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z So, I left it on my chest of drawers. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z There’s the Joni, which looks like a chest of drawers; the Patsy, inspired by lunch pails women took into the work force in the 1940s; and the Diana, an accordion sculpture. At Gabriela Hearst, Cashmere and the Carlyle Are Close at Hand 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z If we can extend the image of “nightstand” to include the floor and the chest of drawers across the room, we might be approaching my unfortunate bibliomania and occasional trashophilia. Luis Alberto Urrea: By the Book 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In redoing the White House, Mr. Smith echoed the spirit of Mrs. Obama’s high-low fashion sense, mixing priceless antiques with Pottery Barn candle holders, Crate & Barrel decorative cushions and a couple Walmart chests of drawers. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z A square, green marble fireplace surround in the living room that is almost Art Deco in its monumentality sets off a giltwood mirror and an Italian chest of drawers, both from the 19th century. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Add a chest of drawers for storage for guests or the homeowner. How to create a stylish guest room when space and budget are limited 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z This was a large room with two windows, two beds, two chests of drawers, a green plush sofa, a brown tiled stove and a stand for luggage. The dying world of “Grand Budapest Hotel” 2014-03-07T23:59:00Z They ransack wardrobes and chests of drawers and put on special items to celebrate the day of idleness on which their souls dangle. People on Sunday 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, in Winston-Salem, N.C., just paid an undisclosed sum in the six-figure range for one of the Kentuckians’ most famous chests of drawers. Antiques: Black and Jewish Music, Kentucky Cabinets, Magician Posters 2012-12-06T22:01:49Z The buildings of Montmartre are constructed of armoires, chests of drawers and suitcases, adorned with picture frames and lamps. ‘Amélie’ musical's creators bring to the stage a ‘love letter to imagination’ 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps most affecting is an image of a battered chest of drawers that reveals a beautiful, ornate doll’s house behind. Ry Rocklen's sly sculptures: There's more than what you might see at first 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z In a chest of drawers are a stack of old DVDs. Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z On one side a “Virtual Boy” VR headset sits on display and on another, a chest of drawers invites audience members to explore its contents at their leisure. ‘Liminality’ Is Theater of the Mind That Explores the In-Between 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z On the opposite wall, a chest of drawers supported a flat-screen TV. Hotel Review: D.O.M. Hotel in Rome 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The bedrooms are bijou, with a clean, functional feel: bare brick painted brilliant white, wiring hidden in aluminium tubes, TV, coffee and tea things on a small chest of drawers. Five new London hotels: reviewed 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z This past spring Thibaut introduced a program that offers simple furniture forms such as Parsons tables and chests of drawers wrapped in varnished grasscloth. 6 Furniture Brands Employ Grasscloth and Raffia as Upholstery 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s sitting on a chest of drawers that contains photos and letters from other relationships that ended decades ago. I’ve Shed the Emotional Baggage of Divorce. But What About All This Stuff? 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z She had just purchased a used chest of drawers she wanted to refinish. How much do you know about sandpaper? 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Along one wall, a large Tupperware chest of drawers stored a mixture of auto tools and art supplies. Making art — and still making the mortgage — at a Hollywood auto body shop 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z On the chest of drawers, there is a handmade card from his granddaughter which reads: "You help me to be strong like a tree." What happens in an alcohol addiction detox unit? 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Footage online showed people roaming through the house and swimming in the president's pool, while others emptied out a chest of drawers, picked through the president's belongings and used his luxurious bathroom. Sri Lanka: Protesters 'will occupy palace until leaders go' 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Some could be seen emptying out a chest of drawers. Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa to resign after palace stormed 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Art Drauglis built a towering chest of drawers whose front began as, and retains, the appearance of a large piece of gnarled-edged wood. Review | In the galleries: Artists deliver unique perspectives on found objects 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The officer hit the second victim with a whisky bottle, threw her against a doorframe and a chest of drawers, a Met misconduct panel was told. Met Police: Sgt Paul Storey found to have raped two women 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The rare bowl sat on a chest of drawers at the home of the late couple, who were seemingly unaware of its true worth. Stamford auction house surprise as Ru ware fetches £320,000 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z "It progressed and progressed... he tried to kill me. He threw me against a chest of drawers in the bedroom." Met officer investigated over rape allegations 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Jonatan, 14, the most experienced, uses the electric saw to cut lengths of wood for doll-size beds and full-size chests of drawers. Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardizing gains 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Among the items the program will accept are dressers, bookcases and shelf units, small tables, cabinets, dining tables and desks, chairs and stools without upholstery, and chests of drawers. Ikea Will Buy Back Some Used Furniture to Stop ‘Excessive Consumption’ 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z On Glen Forest Drive off Route 7, a chest of drawers — abandoned by a resident who hoped it would be taken away — was left near the curb. Coronavirus spring-cleaning surge leaves residential garbage cans overflowing 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z His refrigerator sits next to a chest of drawers. Underground Lives: The Sunless World of Immigrants in Queens 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z "This went on for hours until eventually he got a ready-made noose from a chest of drawers and hung me from the door for three minutes." 'My violent boyfriend tied a noose around my neck' 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Thousands of her drawings, stored in a steel chest of drawers, melted into solid black blocks. Lita Albuquerque on losing her home, art studio and Smithsonian-bound archives: 'I have to let go' 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z “We never saw any pictures, although it is funny, as a curious daughter looking through my dad’s chest of drawers I did find one photograph I remember.” Ruth Wilson: ‘It’s daunting, making a drama out of my family’s mysteries’ 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z In a chest of drawers They were arranged in sheaves. Clive James: “The River in the Sky” 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z His refrigerator sits next to a chest of drawers. Underground Lives: The Sunless World of Immigrants in Queens 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z As I passed the building one day, there was a chest of drawers on the curb with 10 beautiful brass-filigree handles. ‘We All Put Our Hands Over Our Heads as the Card Passed From One Person to the Next’ 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z I remember walking into our dining room, going towards a chest of drawers, opening the top one and seeing a pack of photos inside. Sunflowers and Santa Claus: Guardian writers and readers on how their first memory changed them 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Walking along the tunnel’s length in the low glow of a dim LED strip light, past an old chest of drawers and a rusting bicycle rack, feels like being in an art installation. 100 bats and a long, dark tunnel: one neuroscientist’s quest to unlock the secrets of 3D navigation 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z “This year, I was like, I might as well complete the set. So, I made a chest of drawers and the dresser.” EXCHANGE: Dieterich class turning out skilled woodworkers 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The Girl Scout house is already furnished with a bed, a chest of drawers, boxes of Thin Mints, and a framed note for a future occupant, signed by a scout named India. A warm, safe place — with cookies: Tradeswomen build tiny homes for homeless women in Seattle 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Our older son started refinishing the old chest of drawers before he died, and there it sat in the middle of the garage in the weeks after, still crusted on the edges. It's just an old oak chest, too heavy and in need of some TLC. Aren't we all? 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Using a chest of drawers or a small dresser as a bedside table works wonderfully in both small and large bedrooms. Swap your nightstand for one of these cool alternatives | Produced By Advertising Publications 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z One of the design challenges he conquered in his workshop was a chest of drawers whose oak drawer faces he curved to match the spalted maple top’s natural edge. Indiana craftsman enjoys carpentry’s problem-solving aspects 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z They pushed over a chest of drawers and threw chairs. The Towers Came Down, and With Them the Promise of Public Housing 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z I barely dodged the overturning of my chest of drawers. Here's what it was like to live through the terror of the Northridge earthquake, which hit 24 years ago 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z We each had our own tiny room outfitted with a bed, a small table, a stool and a chest of drawers. My Year on "Mars" 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z A painted double chest of drawers upped my storage options. How Digital Wizardry Lets Shoppers ‘Install’ Furniture Before Buying 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z They are dangerous to leave, stockpiling unused in people’s medicine cabinets, closets and chests of drawers. Georgia editorial roundup 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z It’s time for my annual “gifts with meaning” guide, with suggestions for presents that won’t just clog a chest of drawers. Opinion | For the Holidays, Pull a Tooth or Save a Life 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Italian police said she was transported in a car to a house in Borgial, north-west of Turin, where she was handcuffed to a wooden chest of drawers in a bedroom for six days. Milan kidnap case: Chloe Ayling 'held to pay for cancer treatment' - BBC News 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Italian Police say she was transported in a car to a house in Borgial, north west of Turin, where she was handcuffed to a wooden chest of drawers in a bedroom for six days. Milan kidnap case: Chloe Ayling was to be 'sold in Middle East' - BBC News 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z She was handcuffed to a wooden chest of drawers in a bedroom for six days until she was released taken to the British consulate in Milan, they added. Milan kidnap case model returns to UK - BBC News 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z She said her feet and hands were tied to a chest of drawers when in the house. British model Chloe Ayling tells of alleged kidnap ordeal in Italy 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z She was kept handcuffed to a wooden chest of drawers in the bedroom for six days until she was released and taken to the British consulate in Milan. British model kidnapped in Milan 'to be sold in online auction' - BBC News 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z After she was done with the bathroom, she quickly dusted the small chest of drawers, TV, two nightstands, two lamps, and chairs and table, plus the chandelier hanging over the table. “Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest” 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z On top of a chest of drawers next to Nicholas’s bed is a large picture of a dancing creature with horns, sharp teeth, yellow eyes, and a scaly body. Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things 1966-01-14T05:00:00Z Having failed to open the wrapper, the raccoon went into an empty bedroom, opened a chest of drawers and began rooting through clothing. Raccoon rampages around Northampton family's home - BBC News 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z "I got back from that and noticed all the vitamins which had been hidden in my room were on top of this chest of drawers - and I realised I'd been caught out," said Edmondson. Josh Edmondson: Ex-Team Sky rider says he secretly injected vitamins 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Cambridge Police posted a photo of the chest of drawers on Twitter and said the man was found "hiding in an unusual place". Wanted man found hiding in chest of drawers in Cambridge - BBC News 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z In 1962, he spent a painstaking day lettering a note to himself on a chest of drawers at the end of his bed. Los Angeles, lovers and light: David Hockney at 80 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Millions of chests of drawers were recalled by the Swedish firm. Two year old rescues twin brother from fallen dresser - BBC News 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The critter stole a cereal bar from his wife's handbag before running upstairs and opening a chest of drawers. Raccoon rampages around Northampton family's home - BBC News 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Her grandmother was nearby doing the same thing as a man in the background rummaged through a chest of drawers. On the Ground in Hurricane-Wrecked Haiti 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z "Ikea US and Ikea Canada will launch a local recall of chests of drawers in North America only," the company said in a statement. Ikea recalls Malm drawers in North America after child deaths - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z In the latest tragedy, 22-month-old Ted McGee managed to tip a wooden chest of drawers on to himself at his home in Minnesota in February. Ikea repeats safety warning after falling furniture kills child 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Moments later, the chest of drawers falls, trapping one of the boys, Brock, underneath the upended dresser. Two year old rescues twin brother from fallen dresser - BBC News 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z After a fifth circular wave, the electronic wizardry in the 9-year-old's wand triggered a small chest of drawers in the window to open, rearrange its contents and close. With Harry Potter land, Universal banks on merchandising magic 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z I tell people, I have a chest of drawers in my house, and I have seven or eight sets of white sheets in there. ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star John Schneider says Confederate flag controversy hurts show’s reruns 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Ikea is to recall 27 million Malm chests of drawers in North America after the deaths of three children in the United States. Ikea recalls Malm drawers in North America after child deaths - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z I was stacking stuff in the dark on the beds and chest of drawers, and hauling stuff to the attic best I could, thinking it would never stop. A Katrina survivor's tale: 'They forgot us and that's when things started to get bad' 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Fortunately, after some deliberation, he is able to push the chest of drawers off his twin. Two year old rescues twin brother from fallen dresser - BBC News 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z It is a mobile, talking, one-metre-high robotic chest of drawers, nicknamed Chester. Summon the comfy chairs! 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z On the weekends, you’ll find them hiking in the mountains, drinking beer and refinishing a chest of drawers they got from a garage sale or hosting a backyard barbecue with friends. How A Couple Of 'Frugal Weirdos' Are Saving 71% Of Their Income So They Can Retire At Age 33 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Ikea said it would not recall any chests of drawers in the UK and Ireland. Ikea recalls Malm drawers in North America after child deaths - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Ikea said it also knew of three other reports of deaths since 1989 after other models of its chest of drawers tipped over, the agency added. Ikea safety alert in US after two children killed by MALM drawers - BBC News 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z A 1960s reproduction of a Biedermeier desk stands near an authentic Biedermeier chest of drawers, for example, albeit one with non-original hardware. Shopping for vintage, modern and more at new Martin & Brockett 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The court heard a paramedic also prodded Mrs Crown's body and spread her blood to a light switch, before rummaging through a chest of drawers. Una Crown: Coroner criticises police over death of widow 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z A vintage chest of drawers serves as a useful changing table with extra storage. 10 Gender-Neutral Nursery Ideas 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Along the perimeter of the room, try a small chest of drawers or a small credenza instead of a console table to boost storage options. How To Design And Lay Out A Small Living Room 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z He calls his latest introductions — a chair, a sofa, two tables, a cabinet and a chest of drawers, all on display at the Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin, Tex. — a “grouping,” not a collection. Roy McMakin: His Art Is Another’s Furniture 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The European treasures inside the palace include a portrait of Catherine the Great alongside Russian rulers and a chest of drawers designed by Jean-Henri Riesener, who worked for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The Half-Century-Long Renovation of Rundale Palace, the Versailles of Latvia 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z No chest of drawers, no desk, no chair. Haruki Murakami: “Samsa in Love.” 2013-10-21T04:00:00Z Looking incongruous in the computer era, it is a treasure house of commonplace noise-making objects: a car door, rocks, a golf club, chairs, a chest of drawers. Building Blocks: Half Empty but Full of History, Brill Building Seeks Tenants 2013-07-24T19:30:03Z A lavender bottle of women’s body spray sat on a dresser and a cable box was on a separate chest of drawers. A Familiar Roar, Then Sadness and Resolve in Oklahoma 2013-05-21T16:08:14Z Behind them, wardrobes embossed with Disney princesses jostle with chests of drawers. Mexico's vigilante law enforcers 2013-04-17T00:12:47Z He followed the noise to an old chest of drawers on the landing and, as he opened the desk, the sound got louder. 'Beeping sound left us desperate' 2012-10-12T13:02:24Z First conceived in the Soviet Union and the United States during the 1950s, early maser machines were the size of a chest of drawers. First Practical Maser (Microwave Laser) Is Built 2012-08-16T18:15:05.413Z The White House October, 1864 Tonight my watch lies on my chest of drawers. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z A little miscellaneous furniture, including a bed, a washstand and chest of drawers, a table and one or two chairs, lurked in the obscure corners of the den or ventured furtively out into the open. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Mary Prattleton had been for some few minutes trying to move a chest of drawers; the marble top made them heavy, and she desisted and looked at her father. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z And even in her own bedroom the chests of drawers had both of them two locked drawers, containing who should say now what souvenirs of girlhood? Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z On a chest of drawers stand a number of "Dough Viceroys intended for the Next Batch," and the drawers are labeled "Kings and Queens," "Crowns and Sceptres," "Suns and Moons." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The salon, which was to the front, had two handsome wardrobes—wardrobes would seem to be as often placed in sitting-rooms as in bedrooms in Majorca—a chest of drawers, several comfortable chairs. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z She turned to the chest of drawers and was ransacking them hurriedly, when she heard him come back. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z A shop cat, Shop Cat, napped in front of a plastic chest of drawers marked with labels reading, “ball bearings,” “flange bearings,” “regulators,” “pulleys,” “rivets,” “channel locks,” “drills” and “more drills.” The Man With a Plan to Rebuild After the Apocalypse 2012-03-18T00:30:18Z “He has gone away!” he cried, and then caught sight of a letter, pinned fast to the top of a chest of drawers. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z The remaining pieces of furniture were a washstand with bowl and pitcher, a chest of drawers with a small mirror over it, two wooden chairs of ordinary height and two little ones. Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z Old examples of satin-wood furniture, such as tables, bookcases, chests of drawers, &c., are not uncommon, decorated in one or more of these methods. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z When I looked again he was folding the flag and placing it in the chest of drawers, smiling quietly to himself. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z In the front room or parlour, the contents of a small chest of drawers had been emptied out on the floor, and some few articles of little value were strewn about. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z It was the chests of drawers, and boxes, the two girls gave their attention to on the occasion of this search. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z The remainder of the furnishings consisted of four camp-chairs, a plain deal table, a chest of drawers that contained the chinaware and cooking utensils, and a small icebox. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z She lay upon a small wooden bed, in a low-ceilinged little room, the only furniture of which was a small chest of drawers and a chair. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z He rose and took something from the chest of drawers in the corner. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Excepting for a night-light burning on a chest of drawers, the room was in darkness, and he could make out nothing of his surroundings. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Undoubtedly hidden somewhere in these old chests of drawers—or in that tall old desk yonder. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z “For the land’s sake!” gasped Ruth, throwing down a sputtering pen, where she was writing on the chest of drawers in the tent. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z There was also a lovely Charles I embroidered miniature chest of drawers, containing a boar’s tooth, a handkerchief with the royal monogram, and other relics. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Mrs. Drake's bedroom had been opened the day before: George discovered the will, while Kezia made off with the box which had always stood upon the chest of drawers. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z "Restore—give back," screamed the attorney, vainly struggling to dissemble the agitation which convulsed him—"that—that—which you have purloined from the chest of drawers!" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z If he took off his coat, no wardrobe nor chest of drawers was provided for its reception. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z When the new dinette set and the chest of drawers arrived in October at Desire Baez’s apartment, she took photographs and showed them to friends as if they were snapshots of her newborn children. The Neediest Cases: Finding Stability in a Dinette Set 2011-12-07T02:33:46Z The walls were roughly plastered and whitewashed, and underneath were arranged old bureaux and boxes and chests of drawers, filled with such clothing as was not often needed, and under Eppie’s particular care. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z With arms as tough as steel, he lifted up the chest of drawers bodily and dumped it with a crash against the door. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z There were no tables or chairs, no chests of drawers, or washing apparatus, but there was a bench and one or two solid chests. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Into this he put several articles which he took from the chest of drawers. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z I never stayed here before, and please goodness I never will again; the wardrobe in my room is crammed with Mrs. McRory's summer clothes, and the chest of drawers is full of apples! In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z The elephant was a great high chest of drawers. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Gathering his truck back into its bundle, and cramming the magic cap over his eyes, he pulled the chest of drawers away from the bedroom door. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The desk in which he kept his loose cash was at that moment standing on the chest of drawers. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z But, even as he crossed the foot of the stairs, another notion irresistibly possessed him, and up he went three steps at a time, and concealed it behind some clothes in his chest of drawers. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z So her two chests of drawers and her wardrobe were her own; so were much of her cutlery and bed and table linen; and so, of course, were Jimmy's various paraphernalia. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z A small wooden crucifix, on which was placed a wreath of immortelles, stood on a chest of drawers in an alcove, and at its feet lay an open Bible. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z Very strange use for a chest of drawers. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Your very furniture has a kind of automatonic life; you can make an old chest of drawers wink waggishly from the corner, and a boot-jack in your hands becomes a fellow of infinite fancy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Perhaps the same hand that had made them had collected from the other rooms the old swinging mirror with brass rosettes, and the chest of drawers with drop handles, and the quaint painted chairs. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z From the kicked and scratched condition of the front of the chest of drawers she imagined that Dorothy's children must romp all over the flat. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Titania said that Fairies dislike people who are untidy, and I hoped that she hadn’t seen my playbox or my chest of drawers. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z We are rushing along the smooth plain of the chest of drawers, and rapidly nearing the edge. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z Scattered about were all sorts of odds and ends of antiquated furniture, chests of drawers, hair trunks, carved boxes and spinning wheels. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z From an ancient, battered chest of drawers he carefully took a tissue-paper package containing a Union Forever Suit, whose label proclaimed that "From Factory to You, No Human Hand Touches It." The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z So when she saw her visitor she gave a cry of terror, and climbed nimbly up to the top of a broken chest of drawers in the corner of the garret. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z I am going to leave you my chest of drawers with brass handles you used to like—you remember you used to keep chestnuts in the bottom. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z One is pulling a chest of drawers on a cart, and it seems to have a whole house behind it. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Another corner held a tall, brass-bound Korean chest of drawers, which Charlotte had picked up at an auction in Manila. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The shepherd went; and Felix, to pass the time, took a book from an old black chest of drawers, with brass rings and lions’ heads for handles. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Achievements would pave the way toward further education, jobs, or merely attract dust on a chest of drawers, remembering that which no longer existed. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Having convinced myself that I was not likely to be disturbed, and making as little noise as possible, I placed one of the chairs upon the chest of drawers. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z And she loved them, loved the ugly paper on the wall, loved the old daguerreotypes above the chest of drawers, loved the crooked sampler by the never-used fireplace. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Having unpacked Georgina's trunk, and littered the floor with dresses and parcels, she was about to arrange the different articles in the chest of drawers, when she found them all locked up. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z There were two beds in it, the trunk, a chest of drawers, four rush-bottomed chairs, and a tea table before the fireplace. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Mrs. Washington went to a chest of drawers and drew forth some folded garments. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z The furniture was useful, but not luxurious; it consisted of a wash-hand stand, a chest of drawers, a toilet table, two chairs, and the bed upon which I was lying. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z The high chest of drawers, the little dressing table, the delicate chairs.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The opposite side of the cube was composed of a chest of drawers. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z As Peggy placed the candle she had carried to light them up the stairs in the socket of a candlestick on the chest of drawers, Harriet closed the door, and shot the bolt. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z At the foot stood a washing stand, with a jug and basin, at the head a chest of drawers. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Having introduced me, together with several Mormons, to this sanctum sanctorum, he locked the door behind him, and proceeded to what appeared to be a small chest of drawers. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z Just hold a camp-bed and a chest of drawers and a row of pegs.... The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z And upstairs, in an old chest of drawers, lay some little things, tiny shifts and frocks with lavender between them. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z There was gold there that might be more easily got, perhaps, than by making chests of drawers, so the next day I presented myself at the office, and asked for information. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z There she saw ever so many chests of drawers, and when she pulled open the drawers, they were filled with gold and silver, and everything that was rich and rare. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z There were chests of drawers full of the richest female clothing, the fruit of the rarest material and the finest needlework. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z On a broken-legged chest of drawers, held up by a brick in place of the missing leg, stood a row of heavy brass candlesticks. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Take the common male chest of drawers as a case in point. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z After tea, I was shown into a neat room, where stood a nice bed, a chest of drawers, table, chair, &c. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z It was a very small room indeed, with a bed, where the apprentices slept; a chest of drawers, a table, and two chairs:—many a closet is larger. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z For this door was ajar, and a night-light burning on the chest of drawers. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The spirit of the past seems lurking in the corners, with their long forgotten history, and around yonder ancient cupboard and brass trimmed chest of drawers. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Mr Dowler said he could only think she was referring to "something in the bottom drawer of a chest of drawers". Milly Dowler father 'was suspect' 2011-05-16T15:18:24Z The man who stood next myself had made veneered chests of drawers for thirty years, and never had made anything else. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The store-room, where you kept herbs and dried apples, and all sorts of things—where the old chest of drawers stands? Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z I have never been in a cabin of self-respecting colored people where there was not a chest of drawers or a table filled with similar treasures. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z There is a nice chest of drawers and a rocking-chair, and there is a very funny wooden cradle, standing right down on the floor, not at all like Baby's cot. Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story 2011-05-03T02:00:18.093Z It was all brown like the other, a strip of the same carpet in the middle of the floor, and a small cheap chest of drawers, and a table. Little Nettie or, Home Sunshine 2011-04-29T02:00:07.153Z He would turn out two veneered chests of drawers in a week, and the work was faultless. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z A single chair was near it, and close by the door a tall chest of drawers towered into the roof. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The old woman ate, but kept looking away, over the table, toward the chest of drawers. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Last Sunday I was at Largs, on the mainland opposite, and heard an early Mass in a very poor cottage—said in the kitchen on a small chest of drawers. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z In the dimness of one flickering candle they could see that it was fairly well furnished with a big double bed, a rickety chest of drawers, a table and two chairs. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z I was the bondsman of an old arm-chair, and the actual slave of a chest of drawers!' Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z She laid her arms upon the chest of drawers, and her face upon her arms, and stood there until her trembling ceased. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z I am just through with the house-inventory, then-- A chest of drawers! Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z The wife remained in the dressing-room during the play, and when the child grew sleepy he was put to bed in a chest of drawers that held his father’s wardrobe. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Mims had added a chest of drawers, and various articles of costume. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The house is free of furniture, save for one or two chests of drawers. Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z He stood, resting his elbows on the chest of drawers, and his chin in his palms, and watched the candle burn half-way down before he so much as wound his watch. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z This sideboard had been his old mother's, this chest of drawers his wife had brought with her, that little work-table he had given her while she was yet a bride. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Finley, early developing artistic tastes, sketched the teacher's face with a pin on a chest of drawers. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z At that moment Gosławski fancied that he was at home: his wife and children are asleep; the lamp, turned low, is burning on the chest of drawers; his bed is ready for him.... More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z He loves to dwell on the splendour of the humble parlour, on the whitewashed wall, the sanded floor, the varnished clock, the chest of drawers, and the chimney-piece with its row of broken teacups. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Odds and ends of cabin furniture were mingled with well-polished Windsor chairs, and brass decorated chests of drawers. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z There is also an old fashioned combination desk and book case, and a chest of drawers. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z In each domicile was a small camp bedstead, table, chair, and chest of drawers, all manufactured by their ingenious host. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The lower part would have been about the same in design as the dressing-table; the chest of drawers, which it supported, completed by a scroll top. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z I found it hidden behind a worm-eaten chest of drawers; it was constructed, I discovered, when my uncle was a boy; everybody in the house had forgotten all about it. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z She merely dressed as fast as she could, lingering only over the last look in the mirror lying along the top of the tall chest of drawers. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z My sister had the furniture with the exception of the bed on which my mother slept and an old chest of drawers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Some slight effort at neatness, or some modest endeavor at internal decoration, by a little window-curtain or a rickety chest of drawers, were the very extent of these pretensions. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The high chest of drawers enjoyed a long continued popularity in America. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z And the chest of drawers near the door with the bits of sparkling lead ore on top? The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z Finally, she hurried into the garden and gathered a great, tall bunch of blue larkspur, and put it in her best white pitcher, and set it on the chest of drawers. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z It captured the mood at the ground perfectly, but now sits in my chest of drawers like a cotton-mix Greek chorus. Pain of watching sport that I will never die happy 2011-02-03T00:01:01Z His bed-room is furnished just as it was in India—a plain French bedstead without hangings, an India matting on the floor, a few cane chairs, and a small chest of drawers. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z He hesitated an instant; then walked up to a book-case, with a chest of drawers in the lower part. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z There was a small single bed, a wardrobe, a toilet table and chest of drawers, a hard, uninviting-looking sofa, and an easy-chair with a stiff back, and armless. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Moreover, they were always kept carefully hidden in the left-hand corner, at the very back of the top drawer of the chest of drawers in the little sisters' room, and Miss Sophia was still asleep. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Hepplewhite's book of designs, published in 1789, shows models for chests of drawers extending almost to the floor, but it is not probable that they were made in any number after this date. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Formerly, I had a key to a chest of drawers, and I lost it, and had a new one made. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Will one of you gentlemen go to my cottage," she said, "and open the third drawer in the chest of drawers in my bedroom standing opposite to the door? The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z A volume of De Musset chanced to be on the chest of drawers; he turned over some pages, then began to talk about love, about his hopes and his transports. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The only discovery worthy of note consisted of a crude diagram in pencil, on the white wall-paper behind a chest of drawers: three lines intersecting to form a large equilateral triangle. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z The form in common use about 1700 was known as the "scrutoir," being in reality a desk resting on a chest of drawers; the sloping front opened on hinges, and afforded a writing desk. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Joe had traded a shoat for the chest of drawers some six or eight years ago. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z One of the rooms had been furnished as a bedroom with an old cot, a chest of drawers and odd pieces brought from the Parker home. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z So, one afternoon, just as she was stooping down in front of her chest of drawers, he came across to her, and repeated his overtures without a pause. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The spare bedroom was a huge, rather cold chamber, furnished with a giant fourposter bed and a chest of drawers. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z This type was probably fashioned to hold linen, being the forerunner of the high chest of drawers which came into vogue in the later days of the seventeenth century. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Then, with sudden inspiration, he had pointed out that the chest of drawers could be lashed inside the wagon and would be a convenient storage place for the clothes they would need day by day. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Two nightstands, two table lamps, a floor lamp, a chest of drawers, a chair, linens and four pillows were stolen from an apartment. Montgomery County crime report 2010-05-20T04:00:00Z Frederick had in his chest of drawers all sorts of useful things—choice articles, such as a dressing-case. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The youngster was forced to use her chest of drawers as a toilet. Council reviews hanged girl case 2010-04-10T01:58:00Z At first they were little more than unwieldy, unattractive chests of drawers, gradually developing to their best form, with carved front, slender legs, and other details. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Emma was equally proud of an exquisitely made chest of drawers which probably had been brought to Missouri by a trading party sent out by the migrating Mormons. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z I am wearing a pair of navy-blue trousers and a blue shirt that the woman pulled out of the chest of drawers. 2010-02-08T05:00:00Z On the coal-fire a kettle was boiling; and the shade of the lamp, which stood near the edge of the chest of drawers, darkened the apartment. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Between the windows, propped against the birchwood chest of drawers, there was an old bookcase, much scratched and ornamented with paintings. The Undying Past Bureau, a chest of drawers, a dressing-table surmounted by a mirror. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Beside the large chest of drawers in the main attic Hunter found perhaps half a dozen drops of blood, and on the edge of the open drawer there were traces of more. The Window at the White Cat She takes me to a bedroom, at the other side of the stairs, and looks through a chest of drawers. 2010-02-08T05:00:00Z At the right near a cardboard chest of drawers, a man, seated in an armchair, was reading the newspaper, with his hat on. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z On the little chest of drawers there was a Jubilee mug full of the homeliest cottage flowers. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Along the walls under the eaves, sets of drawers were built into the woodwork, thus obviating the necessity of having chiffoniers or chests of drawers to consume already limited space. Remodeled Farmhouses "I found 'em stuffed under the blankets in the chest of drawers in the attic," Heppie shouted at her. The Window at the White Cat In the corner stood a doll's house, a doll's cradle, and a miniature chest of drawers. The School by the Sea While speaking, he took from the chest of drawers a small snuffbox, which he had made himself out of birch-bark, and filled it with tobacco. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History Its sole furniture consisted of a small bed, a chest of drawers, a walnut-tree bureau, four rush-bottomed chairs, and a table; white calico curtains hung from the windows and around the bed. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 I asked twice who was there, but no one answered; I then pushed my chest of drawers against the door, which had neither lock nor bolt. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 In the main attic were two step-ladders, some curtains drying on frames and an old chest of drawers with glass knobs and the veneering broken in places. The Window at the White Cat Even some New Year cards stood on the chest of drawers, bearing greetings and good wishes for the coming season. The School by the Sea "Did you pack those collars that were in the other chest of drawers?" Sinister Street, vol. 2 He found himself continually being lifted out of the way of washstands and skeleton chests of drawers. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Franco placed the light on the chest of drawers, and opened the letter, keeping his back to the bed. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico In the passage outside the door was a chest of drawers reserved for the use of the occupiers of this room. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen "I will come to the point at once," said he leaning against a chest of drawers which stood near the door. The Children of the World Then after making certain that the chest of drawers contained nothing of interest, she hastened down stairs again and washed the grime from her hands. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery The letters from home Ma kept, along with other treasures, in an old chest of drawers that she loved because it had been her mother's. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Then he demanded the key to the chest of drawers. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico The original shop benches and chests of drawers are set around the reconstructed shop and Bertolla's tools and equipment laid out as they had been originally. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 A feeling of exultation thrilled his heart, as he took his old black cloak and cap from the chest of drawers, and thus equipped glided lightly down stairs. The Children of the World The attic contained an old chest of drawers, the footboards of a bed, two trunks, a chair with a broken leg, and several boxes of dishes. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery I found my room a large and fairly comfortable one, containing a great maple bed, a chest of drawers and other furniture of an old-fashioned sort. The Green God The chest of drawers, a piece of rococo furniture, had metal handles to each drawer. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico They recurred everywhere in extravagantly gilt frames; and the original photograph was on the chest of drawers opposite one of Edie wearing a fringe and balloon sleeves. Carnival The room was bare save for the beds, some chairs, and a great homemade chest of drawers. Mothering on Perilous That little chest of drawers is full of his things. A Question of Marriage The ship’s carpenters are engaged in framing chests of drawers, and building dining-tables. Here and There in London The room contained two beds, a sofa, and a chest of drawers. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico At the upper end of the room stood an old-time chest of drawers. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" "And here is the cloth that covered the bureau," continued the landlord, taking it from a paper and spreading it on the old-fashioned chest of drawers. Anne There was a bed there and a very old chest of drawers. Tiger Cat One day she took me up to a large chamber, filled with chests of drawers, in which were stowed away the dresses she had worn for half a century. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 After the writing-desk it was the turn of the chests of drawers, where everything was turned upside down. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Such an attractive-looking assortment of chests, trunks, old presses, boxes, chests of drawers, decrepit furniture, and the like as was set about that garret! The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks She drew nearer, and leaning with folded arms upon the chest of drawers, looked at herself, as if striving to see something hitherto hidden. Anne There is a walnut table, escritoire, and chest of drawers. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Against the opposite wall, near the acute angle, was placed a small chest of drawers of unvarnished wood, which seemed out of place in this vacant spot. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 In the iris-scented chest of drawers everything was arranged with that order which denotes a cultured spirit, and no one was allowed to touch its contents save Franco himself. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Our room was like a town hall, with mediæval bed furniture and sofa, high chest of drawers, and great round table that might have come in with the Dutch when they took Holland. An American Girl Abroad The Captain pointed to a chest of drawers let into the wall, and said,— "Now, Sir, if you will open that lowest drawer, I think you will find what I am in search of." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The rooms are comfortable; there is a small stove with coal provided, and the furniture consists of camp-beds with two blankets each, a chest of drawers and a small table and chair. On the right of the British line A book was lying on the chest of drawers. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Then there was that rude but comfortable old porch, destined to as many uses as the chest of drawers in the tavern of the Deserted Village. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Beyond various drawings, three easels, and a chest of drawers for each, there was no suitable household equipment. The "Genius" An opening in the roof gave ventilation, and a small square window at each side of the chest of drawers gave light in the daytime. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest In an angle by the fireplace was a three-cornered cupboard, and between the front windows stood a chest of drawers with glass knobs. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Furniture, tables, chairs, chests of drawers, everything made of wood, is inevitably attacked, and in a single night a strong trunk is often riddled through and through, and turned into matchwood. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 On the chest of drawers was a box containing the little wreath and veil her mother-in-law had presented her with. An Isle in the Water The bed could stand there, and the chest of drawers facing the window, and—oh, I could have a real writing table by the window. Anxious Audrey The chest was the common receptacle for clothes and valuables, and was the direct ancestor of the “chest of drawers,” which was formed by enlarging the chest and cutting up the front. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" As he spoke, he went to the tall chest of drawers and took out paper, a bottle of pokeberry ink, and a bunch of quills. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge It contains a great chest of drawers, a dressing-table and mirror which were part of the mother's wedding outfit over eighty years ago, a mahogany bedstead and a modern writing-desk and rocking-chairs. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years As there was no table there, she put it on the chest of drawers. The Grandee I will give you another drawer in my chest of drawers. Anxious Audrey We dragged the old tables and chairs out of their corners, and peeped behind the cabinets and chests of drawers where no one could have been hidden. Four Ghost Stories It was a funny little room—very jolly though,—just a bed and a chest of drawers, a toilet-table, and a shelf across a corner for a washhand-stand, and two chairs. The Girls and I A Veracious History The newcomer found himself possessed of a small and plain, but comfortable room, in which a bed, a chest of drawers, a table and two chairs were the chief articles of furniture. The Mark of the Knife So they looked up in considerable astonishment at their boarding-mistress, who seemed entirely unmoved by their ill-humor, and was very calmly putting away her hat and cape in the lavender-perfumed chest of drawers. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 "And what about your mistress's lunch?" he asked, when they had succeeded in getting the chest of drawers safely into the attic. Anxious Audrey Go up to my room, and thee will find a string of yellow beads on the chest of drawers. Peggy Owen and Liberty But when they had recovered sufficiently to take notice, she was leaning against a chest of drawers, deathly pale.’ The Queen Against Owen For the brass foot, which belonged, was found shoved away in the chest of drawers, which was enough, and more than enough, to contain the whole of the owner's scanty wardrobe. When Ghost Meets Ghost There were the bare, sooty, whitewashed walls, the grimy floor, a black stove, clumsy, dark colored chairs, a rough table, a chest of drawers to match, with a soiled crocheted cover on it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 When, though, it came to carrying up the chest of drawers, they all had to give a hand. Anxious Audrey Towards the end of breakfast I found I had no handkerchief, and I jumped up and went to the chest of drawers in the other room to fetch one. The Boys and I Amy had bought a nice bed and a chest of drawers and washstand of light oak, very simple but quite pretty, and these, with one chair and some boxes and pictures, were all her furniture. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends “O, I have not used it yet,” said the determined young lady; “but I know how, and that makes me wonderfully courageous, especially when I barricade my door with a chest of drawers.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Every one likes them and comes knocking at their lodging-house door, while Maria upstairs is writing a letter, standing at a chest of drawers. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen It is too different, whole is covered from dust; the pierglasses side-boards, the pantries, the chests of drawers, the walls selves, are changed of colours. English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest It was in a great muddle, of course, but the bed was in place, and the chest of drawers. The Making of Mona A broken table, a decrepit chest of drawers, and a few rickety chairs completed the complement of furniture. Carmen Ariza His chest of drawers was full of the poems into which he had poured the emotions of twenty, the emotions and longings that well-fed, unoccupied twenty mistakes for soul. The Benefactress An honest chest of drawers with tolerable mountings is worth 1500 francs. Intarsia and Marquetry A little chest of drawers with some difficulty was found, to be had for a few shillings; and a stove. Trading There were pictures here too, and little foot cushions, and a beautiful chest of drawers, and a tall wardrobe for dresses. The House in Town I want you to help me move that chest of drawers and desk out of uncle’s study to the laboratory.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam A tall chest of drawers stood against the wall, and the old woman began to search among its contents as she spoke. Robinetta I saw one woman with a chest of drawers easily poised upon her head, another woman bore a coffin, while another, who was old, carried a small bedstead. The Truth About Woman Gilbert took an armful of shirts from the chest of drawers and dropped them into the trunk. Changing Winds A Novel The little chest of drawers, covered with a white cloth, held a brush and comb, and supported a tiny looking-glass; small paraphernalia of vanity. Diana It creates only as a mechanic creates a chest of drawers, a sideboard, a clock, or a watch. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Every box, trunk, and chest of drawers had been forced open, and nothing of any value remained in any of them. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines There was a chest of drawers and along the walls were low open shelves of books, the shelves topped with a miscellany of pipes and pictures and playing cards. The Innocent Adventuress Afterwards she sat, the paper still in her white hand, staring straight at the old mahogany chest of drawers before her. The White Lie His valise reposed on a rickety chest of drawers. A Nest of Spies In one corner stood a high, old-fashioned chest of drawers, covered with a white cloth worked in red to match the "Sweet Dreams" on the pillows. Treasure Valley When the wardrobe and the chest of drawers and the washstand had at last all merged together into one deep mass of shadow, she got up and peeped through the open window. The Manor House School Meanwhile, Coretti was arranging the pillows behind his mother’s back, readjusting the bedclothes, brightening up the fire, and driving the cat off the chest of drawers. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal In his own room he shut the door and carefully lifted the Mirabelle in its bottle to the place of honor on top of his chest of drawers. Mr. Wicker's Window She laid the manuscript on the chest of drawers. The Time of Roses There was a long table, roughly built but serviceable, in the front with the stove and chest of drawers. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret To obtain distinct ideas of sections, a few models of common furniture, as chests of drawers, bellows, grates, &c. may be provided, and may be cut asunder in different directions. Practical Education, Volume II From underneath where his bed had been he dug up a little box containing several hundred dollars in greenbacks, and from the earth beneath the charred ruins of the chest of drawers he did likewise. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer And she pointed to an ancient chest of drawers. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall The elder turned to a chest of drawers and took out an apron of homespun blue-and-white check, a straight, bag-like garment with plain armholes and a cord run in at the neck. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Straightening the white cover on the chest of drawers Miss Towell shook her head. The Dust Flower She set her candle on her chest of drawers now, and sat down where she could see her handsome, striking-looking figure in the looking-glass. Good Luck Going to a chest of drawers she opened the top one and displayed a store of blankets, different from those Katharine had seen. The Brass Bound Box Both girls went to the chest of drawers and brought out a small box of letters. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall It would be piled with bedding, wooden bedsteads, chests of drawers, and pots and pans; and gay-coloured ribbons would be floating from each point of vantage. Home Life in Germany In the evening part of a chest of drawers and the top of a washhand-stand were found. The Wreck on the Andamans And just to think now that they have not rummaged in the chest of drawers, nor have they seized the tell-tale piece of soap!... Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Two photographs, propped up on the top of a chest of drawers, caught her eye. The Invader A Novel After a while, she looked under the bed, under the chest of drawers: "Nothing," she said. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin A work-girl pays her 6 marks a month for a clean tidy bedroom furnished with a solid wooden bedstead, a chest of drawers, a sofa, and a table. Home Life in Germany She had to live in her boxes because there was no closet or wardrobe or chest of drawers in the room. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius A bed, a wash-hand stand, and a chest of drawers comprised the furniture. Malcolm Sage, Detective Lady Stafford arose and drew from a chest of drawers the doublet, hose and short cloak of a page. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls I moved up to it, therefore, a chest of drawers, 172 putting some things on top, and thus brought the door close. Old New England Traits Confident in the coming of that time, W. Keyse took the brown rifle tenderly from the corner, and replaced the meagre little looking-glass upon the yellow chest of drawers. The Dop Doctor There was, for all other furniture, an old chest of drawers which served also as a washing-stand, having a small basin and ewer and a single towel arranged on the top of it. Mugby Junction I descended into a narrow chamber divided by a longish table and flanked by berths with a chest of drawers beneath each. Great Britain at War There was a narrow brass bed, a chest of drawers, a washstand, and close to the bed a wicker chair, with silk cushions, was drawn up, as if in expectation of a guest. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Others, again, were produced, long after—for my health's sake—I should have been in bed; and these were written on a corner of my little chest of drawers in the Bloomsbury lodging-house. The Message There were some old clothes in the ramshackle deal wardrobe; there was some linen and underclothing in the knobless chest of drawers. The Dop Doctor The cracked American cloth upon the chest of drawers made this a washstand. Anthony Lyveden By this time Honor had crossed to the chest of drawers near her bed and had taken out a small japanned cash-box. Captain Desmond, V.C. A small bedstead and dressing-table of walnut wood, a little chest of drawers, a little wardrobe; it was a wonder how so much could have been got in, but there was room for all. The End of a Coil There we see two long rows of chests, which represent the wardrobe, chest of drawers, washing place, private locker, every piece of furniture, in fact, which a naval cadet possesses. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young It was a small, sordid, shabby chamber, with a fly-spotted paper, a chest of drawers lacking knobs, a greenish swing looking-glass, and a narrow iron bedstead. The Dop Doctor She got up and took from the chest of drawers the first of a pile of dusters to be hemmed. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life He had pulled away a chest of drawers from the wall, revealing what I had never noticed before, the door of a small fireproof safe built into the wall. The Seven Secrets And then there were red curtains and carpet, and on the white spread a dainty little eider-down silk quilt; and on the dressing-table and chest of drawers pretty toilet napkins and pincushion. The End of a Coil Pianos, chests of drawers, and clocks were hurled out through the windows. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man From a neat chest of drawers she drew her best and only white table-cloth and spread it on the table. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley A shell-box adorned the chest of drawers, and on the secretary near the window a bouquet of orange blossoms tied with white satin ribbons stood in a bottle. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life We pulled the chest of drawers, a beautiful piece of old Sheraton, away from the door of the safe, and before placing the key in the lock my companion examined the exterior minutely. The Seven Secrets She opened a chest of drawers and drew out an old leather belt filled with ammunition, and bearing two holsters containing a pair of revolvers. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Tables of various sizes, a great looking-glass, a number of chests, several chests of drawers, and pictures were among the furnishings. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Round the walls of the yurt were ranged one or two tables and chests of drawers. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Beside the flax-wheel stood a superannuated chest of drawers, with dingy brass handles, which had once, no doubt, been a fine piece of furniture. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 She was busy tossing stuff out of the bottom drawer of an old chest of drawers. Jerry's Charge Account A desk, chairs, and a chest of drawers. Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux Return On a low chest of drawers in this room there lay for many years my mother’s parasol, by his orders—I daresay, for long, the only one in Biggar. Spare Hours I blew into the chests of drawers belonging to the daughters, wherein lay the clothes that had become faded and threadbare from being worn over and over again. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales See what a pretty room Dorothy has got ready for you," said I,—"a chest of drawers in it, too; and there's a little closet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The chest of drawers and tall clock were piously dusted, and the frames of the Family Register, “Napoleon Crossing the Alps,” and “Maidens Welcoming Washington in the Streets of Alexandria,” were carefully wiped off. Ladies-In-Waiting She stood still by her chest of drawers with the open book in her hand, gazing at the wallflower in its persistent beauty. A Red Wallflower He stepped into a large bedroom with a double bed, an easy chair, a chest of drawers. It Could Be Anything At the foot of the bed stood the wash-stand and the chest of drawers facing each other, with a very narrow space in between them. To Love She leant against a small chest of drawers, and had barely strength enough to point to a cup, which was half full of spirits, which I handed to her. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 She has got a nice doll, a chest of drawers, and a doll’s cradle. Child-Land Picture-Pages for the Little Ones There’s the chest of drawers, there’s the bunk, and there’s the hook where the Captain’s pipe hung, and many’s the smoke I’ve had in these cabins nearly forty years ago. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria See here, dears," said nurse to the two little girls, "we'll put both boxes up on the high chest of drawers, where they'll be quite safe, and you shall have some every day. A Christmas Posy The chest of drawers had lost most of its handles; the looking-glass which stood on the drawers swung round the wrong way unless it was propped up by a book or by a box. Littlebourne Lock Use a closet and a chest of drawers for your clothes. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men He interlarded archaisms with Highland expressions, and his face was knobby, like a chest of drawers. Miss Mapp Such very pretty white bedsteads; such charming chests of drawers; such nice, clean-looking carpets! Girls of the Forest "Up on the high chest of drawers, where none of the littler ones than Miss Maggie could climb," she said. A Christmas Posy Mary's room had two beds in it, two chests of drawers, two washstands, and so forth. Littlebourne Lock As you have arrived first you can choose your own bed and your own chest of drawers. A World of Girls The Story of a School It was a narrow hotel room, a bed in one corner, a chest of drawers, washstand, and wardrobe opposite. The Dark Tower Finally Polly dragged out an old walnut chest of drawers to see what was stored back of it, that 134 kept it so far away from the wall. Polly's Business Venture Mr. Morgan Griffiths sat beside the fireplace, with his pipe in one hand, the other resting affectionately upon another mahogany chest of drawers, also resplendently polished, standing in a recess at his left. Faces and Places It's under the chest of drawers in our room. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune She presently walked up to the queer old chest of drawers, and drew the rosewood box towards her and lifted the lid. The Herapath Property On one side is a chest of drawers for seeds, &c., and on the other some shelving. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings The space between two tall chests of drawers formed a sort of alcove in which stood a pier glass, whose tarnished frame was draped in white net. Explorers of the Dawn The looking-glass that stood on the table had a drapery of muslin and blue bows round the frame; and the old-fashioned mahogany chest of drawers was richly gilt and ornamented. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 While she told us this she was making coffee with a spirit lamp on the chest of drawers. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions She went into raptures over the shell chest of drawers. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Only one day more," cried Patty Hirst, surveying with deep interest the large new box which stood by the side of the chest of drawers in her bedroom; "just one day! The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life That's what the little boy said when he pulled the chest of drawers over on top of him and lay struggling under it. Mufti Every chest of drawers, and wardrobe, and closet in the house was ransacked, to find bed-quilts and blankets for the army. Mike Marble His Crotchets and Oddities. The dressing table and swing mirror, with its scroll frame of tarnished gilt, was in the window corner, and opposite it was the old chest of drawers. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 He had been several times at Falaise, under the pretence of going there to receive money, and he always came back with little parcels, which he locked up in the chest of drawers. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Each bedroom at The Priory was divided into four cubicles by means of curtains hung on brass rods, and each cubicle contained its own little bed, chest of drawers, washstand, and small wardrobe. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life It was quite comfortably furnished with handsome chairs, lounges, chests of drawers, and other articles taken from the cabin of the stranded ship. A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 There was to be a red mahogany chest of drawers against one wall and a rosewood piano against the wall opposite. Mary, Mary In the morning he found a heavy silver cup, which had fallen behind a chest of drawers. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology In front of the bookcase stood a shell chest of drawers trimmed with plush. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life At twelve years of age he had a rosewood dressing-table and chest of drawers of his own. Renée Mauperin “No beds no chests of drawers, no washstands, no carpets.” The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps And he made a step then toward the high chest of drawers, half bureau, half writing-desk, for a ball of tape he saw lying there. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) With Estelle's assistance, she drew the chest of drawers across it. Chatterbox, 1906 The two principal ornaments were a liqueur-frame in the middle of the chest of drawers, and, in a row beside the glass, daguerreotypes representing his friends. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life I want to see if we can buy a chest of drawers. Once a Week It frequently held, in addition to furniture like that of the hall, a chest or chests of drawers to hold the family linen, and also that family idol—the best bed. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Upstairs in Jane," Helen said, "in the small right-hand drawer of my chest of drawers, there's the lotion—" "It's not only my hands! Moor Fires But for the two very long bolts, strengthened by the chest of drawers, it must have been broken open. Chatterbox, 1906 By knocking a chest of drawers up against it, nails were shaken out; and they found the place gaping open. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life I went into the shop, wrote a cheque for the three chests of drawers, and told the man where to send them. Once a Week They were distinct in shape from what we now call chests of drawers. Customs and Fashions in Old New England She made no show of consulting Notya and, moving with leisurely competence from wardrobe to chest of drawers, she laid little heaps of clothing on the bed. Moor Fires The little one-room dwelling was in chaos, the chest of drawers ransacked and even the two poor beds had been pulled violently apart. The Fifth Ace She set the candle down on the top of the old chest of drawers, and turned around. Cruel As The Grave He might at the very moment have been unpacking his possessions, hanging his clothes in the closet, and stowing away his undergarments in the chest of drawers provided for the purpose. Walter and the Wireless Beyond was a room with litter in it, a chest of drawers, and rubbish of old books and photographs Pancrazio had brought from England. The Lost Girl I shall call, and instead of you, the chair, the cupboard, the chest of drawers, will answer for you. Italian Popular Tales Some portraits of drab people, stiffly posing, had been placed on the mantelshelf, and some dusty wool mats, set off with wax flowers, were lighting the chest of drawers to sudden beauty. Nights in London He went to a chest of drawers in which he found a key. Won from the Waves There's a thing covered with a veneer of mahogany, which I should call a chest of drawers, if Patty and Ide hadn't mentioned it as a "bureau." Lady Betty Across the Water Not even Ailwin could carry a chest of drawers: but she carried down the separate drawers, with the clothes of the family in them. The Settlers at Home She waited a while, but no one appeared; then she called again, and the chest of drawers replied: "Come, come, mother!" Italian Popular Tales The house-gear necessary for me are a good chest of drawers, a desk, a bed and sofa, a table, and a few chairs. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works David lighted a candle and set it upon the high mahogany chest of drawers. Marcia Schuyler As to wardrobes, chests of drawers, dressing-tables, and washstands, nobody knows of such things at that day. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago |
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