| 单词 | cottage |
| 例句 | An elderly man had come hurrying out of the cottage, banging the door behind him so that the dead snake swung pathetically. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Or empty their bomb bays over a sleeping cottage by a railway, without knowing or caring who was there. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He might stumble upon the little cottage in the cove and he would not be happy beneath its tumbled roof, the thin rain beating a tattoo. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z By noon, we were back at the cottage, with the strange contraption Connor had created out of reeds and willow branches. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Not a cottage or a person was in sight, let alone a telephone. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been taking in the surroundings, sort of forgetting Phil for a moment while I imagine how to capture the light around the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z My uncle, who had indulged in blackberry liquor, danced a disjointed jig around the backyard of the cottage, trying to imitate our mothers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Like the day Mouse showed up at our door, whisker thin, and decided the cottage was hers, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As I fitted the hat over my short hair, Mechtild entered the cottage again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was warm in the cottage, but Birdie lit a fire, anyway. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Added a new scent that also doesn’t belong in this little cottage. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z La Chaumiere is not, however, a thatched cottage, but a prosaic, dowdy building like other Toronto buildings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Although a creature of the wilds it had a leaning towards civilisation, and preened and smiled in a jam-jar in some cottage window without resentment, living quite a week if given water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I had expected to awaken in the cottage in the woods, with everything ready for my journey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Their short, erotic honeymoon took place that same night in a white cottage across the street from the tiny Jack Dempsey Museum in Manassa, Colorado. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another day: coffee, grated carrots, cottage cheese, and three containers of yogurt. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It was a tiny, beautiful restaurant with white tablecloths and bay windows opening onto a cottage garden—hedges and trellised roses, nasturtiums bordering the flagstone path. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They came up over a steep hill and down a zigzag track to Sticklehaven—a mere cluster of cottages with a fishing boat or two drawn up on the beach. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They were of very different sizes, some no bigger than mole- hills, some as big as wheelbarrows, two the size of cottages. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Here’s the architect Max brought up with her,” Gerald says at one point, leading him over to a couple interested in building an addition to their cottage. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He and Jakob kept their faces pressed to the window, fascinated by the thatched roofs of the simple country cottages and the sight of farmers plowing with horses. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I ran back to the cottage, with Duuzuu hanging on for dear life. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z "Would you like to come back and have tea at my cottage?" she asked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z First of all it went just south of the fisherman's cottage to the little river which there ran into the sea, and took care to leave in the mud some very plain hoof-marks pointing south. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Wemmick’s house was a little wooden cottage in the midst of plots of garden, and the top of it was cut out and painted like a battery mounted with guns. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He could see such a cottage from where he stood, so he made his way toward it hopefully. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It’s late afternoon when I wake; the sun emerges from the clouds, highlighting the tender greens all around the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Instead they rounded a turn and stopped at a forlorn, ramshackle cottage, gray like chewed-up meat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There were lonely cabins and stone cottages in the heights, and guard towers manned by Ghohg’s soldiers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Every afternoon just at the time school let out, she began pacing the floor of the little cottage. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She slumped to the floor of the cottage. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It led to the beach he knew best, and the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was damp in the cottage, damp and chill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Finally she came to the cottage where her sons lived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lambs in the graveyard and in the cottage.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It would be the same old cottage party; I would get a few generic gifts and then meet the Merritts in the therapy conference room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z For a moment some old, flickering, here-and-gone feeling stirred in the General’s memory—the smell of wet cabbage leaves in a cottage garden, the sense of some easy-going, kindly place, long forgotten and lost. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At this moment a window at the front of the cottage was flung open and a thin voice—her grandmother’s—piped, “Winifred! Don’t sit on that dirty grass. You’ll stain your boots and stockings.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a rack of greetings cards showing men dressed like Prince Philip fishing in rivers saying “On Father’s Day” or foxgloves in a cottage garden saying “For My Dearest Grandmother.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Dunstan touched it to the iron nail on the cottage door, checking for faerie gold, then he bowed low to the gentleman and walked off into the rain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Soon Hazel was inside the kitchen of the tiny cottage, slumped in a hard wood chair, while Lucas spoke in a low voice to his wife. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I expected that somebody at the cottage had flipped out and ruined the day for everyone. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z This time, I don’t need to sing to distract myself, but I know an extended stay at the cottage will be impossible from the plumbing standpoint alone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I left the cottage and took off at a run, down the lane and straight to where the others waited for me, all of us eager to be going now. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I wanted a private word, actually, Harry. It hasn’t been easy to get an opportunity with the cottage this full of people.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Neither of them was aware that just outside the cottage, beside the door that had been left partly open for fresh autumn air, the little girls, wide-eyed, were listening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At that moment, the cottage door opened, and Taisin came outside. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Alyce ran for the cottage, found a bit of bread she had hidden away for the cat, ignored the midwife’s questions and demands, and started back for the cowshed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She washed Emma’s face, smoothed her wet hair, took a deep breath, and sent Matthew back to the cottage for the midwife. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Our neighbor quickly emerged and whisked me into her cottage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Down a hollow, round the bend, I came across a thatched cottage made of sooty bricks and crooked timber. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The president felt as if “he was himself again” when he saw people swimming and walking at the beach, boats sailing on the ocean, and the soldiers pacing the perimeter of the cottage lawn. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until late at night in Mona’s cottage, when Shae was finally resting peacefully, that Taisin saw the other woman. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Shall we go to our cottage in the woods?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I find myself now in the attic room of this small cottage belonging to Mr and Mrs Taylor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was as if they were discovering new land; a cold lake empty of boats, the few cottages nearby all blindly shuttered, locked and empty. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But he continued grabbing and dragging and soon Beetle was inside the miller’s cottage. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The motel is the kind we’re used to: a row of cottages, flimsily built, strung together with Christmas tree lights, yellow or blue or green. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But Mother says the Cotswold cottage we live in needs lots of restoration, and now that I am feeling better, it’s time she began making it livable. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A week later, I went up with my father to our cottage near Peekskill. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Even though I'm glad to hear this, it doesn't hit me until after we step inside his little cottage on the edge of the grounds that this is what we needed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For there, gliding from the cottage, was the woman in the white cloak, carrying her wooden staff. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The path he was interested in started down the side of a bombed house, fairly new, perhaps a railwayman's cottage rebuilt after the last time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Still, the Edifice was magnificent in comparison to the ordinary sheds and cottages of the village. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew that she did not have the right to ask her sister about her new address, or Robbie where the train was taking him, or about the cottage in Wiltshire. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Although bellowing that Beetle was stupid as a woodchuck and clumsy as a donkey in a dress, the midwife allowed the girl to help her into the cottage and onto her straw bed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The midwife had lost another tooth, and was hobbling about on her broken ankle, throwing copper pots and cooking spoons about the cottage in her anger at age and teeth and life. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They wait until she has a mouthful of cottage cheese. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z They break through the sunflowers toward the cottage, stepping through Aaron’s rod, wild carrot, all the leaves browned from frost. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Taran followed the ancient man out of the forge, across the chicken run, and into the white, thatched cottage. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Outside the sky was full of lights, blue and red reflecting off the clouds and the trees and the sides of our cottage. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z By the time I neared the cottage, Mae and Birdie were already heading down the road, calling for me. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Thomas Bilder lives in one of the cottages in the enclosure behind the elephant-house, and was just sitting down to his tea when I found him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “I just want to look in the cottages. For a minute. That’s all.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Not only were they carrying pikes and axes, they were heading for my cottage. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “He can talk quite intelligently if he wants to. He’s probably been in and out of the cottage dozens of times, and did not want you to know.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t any job they hadn’t done during their long lives, it seemed, including working as healers, and their cottage was filled to the brim with potions and herbs, glass bottles and mortars and pestles. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The whole top of an oak tree crashed down, grazing the cottage where we watched. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, she spent many nights at the cottage, and had sailed in every sort of weather. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Alyce backed out of the cottage, then turned and ran up the path to the road, she didn’t know why or where. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused before a small white cottage, snuffling ecstatically the wonderful aroma of cooking drifting out mingled with wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned and went back into the cottage. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat pulsed among the cottages and bushes and children. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Things just have to become different, that’s all. And those cottages wouldn’t make the right kind of difference. The whole plan is as destructive as Pacheco’s pig.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Garfield’s bed was set up in a large open room on the cottage's second floor, positioned so that he could look out the window. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants’ cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z “No ants in my pants, though. Another season of cleaning all of those guest cottages.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z They resided in the part of town called Sugar Hill, and the house was a narrow cottage with a porch and two rooms. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I showed off my twin doll and received a giant card signed by all the cottage residents. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z For safety’s sake I kept away from the road, skirting behind the cottages, moving quietly along the back lanes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z That grey, silent cottage, with the rain pattering on the roof. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The thought of the white cottage in flames, his memory of Dallben’s beard, and the heroic Coll’s bald head touched him all at once. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The golden morning light enters the cottage through the crevices in the piles of wood I’d stacked on the window ledges. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We came to the tumbledown stone cottage where we had met before. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Already missing the wonders of modern plumbing, I walk back to the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Kazi would knock three times on the door if he sensed danger, and we were all supposed to climb out the back window and run to the garden shed behind Kazi’s cottage. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Apples. Cheese. Half a cottage loaf. And a pot of fishpaste. My penknife. I've got a change of underwear, and a couple of pairs of woolen socks. I suppose I should have brought more clothes...." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Alyce turned back to the dark, cold, nearly empty cottage, took a deep breath, and went in. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the privy behind our cottage in Kinvara, so the smell doesn’t shock me, though the seat is cold. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Harry could make out the point where the cottages ended and the lane turned into open country again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mona’s cottage was about an hour’s walk into the Wood, away from the river Nir. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At high tide, the cottage sat so close to the risen sea that it felt nearly like a boat itself. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Madame Ratignolle, when they had regained her cottage, went in to take the hour’s rest which she considered helpful. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z “Gently now,” Miss Maggie said, and they carried him across the sand and into the cottage. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A few days later we had my cottage birthday party. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The cottage did in fact give one the illusion of freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid that cottage place is going to rack and ruin,” I said lightly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “She often went out alone like that. She would come back any time of night, and sleep at the cottage on the beach.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Because both Patrick and Catherine O’Leary worked, they were able to put a large addition on their cottage despite a lot size of just 25 by 100 feet. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “I brought you with all haste to Mechtild’s cottage, and with the aid of a glass, we determined that you still breathed.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then we began to help him, scrubbing pots and tying up bags of rice and lentils that Kazi would either pack for us or take with him to his cottage. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When we arrive at the stone cottage, he directs me to the recliner and disappears into the small back room—a simple kitchenette—and emerges with the first-aid kit. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then the parishioners at St. Mary’s pitched in, donating items to furnish the cottage. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He stopped deep in the campus at the cottages provided for the faculty and we went in to meet Dean Sam Gandy. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The tide would be coming in fast now and running up the beach nearly to the stone cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z July came and brought sweltering heat, and the happy announcement from Dr. Grossman that my father was now well enough to be able to go to the cottage in August and resume teaching in September. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z That evening, a number of ANC people on what was known as the National Reception Committee came to the cottage to draft a statement that I would make the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, we’d better at least stop by the cottage. Did you get your grade on your dress yet?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Actually, it’s called a cottage—kind of like how Lanternwood is technically a town, but everyone calls it the village. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Armed with iron bars and sledges, the companions hurried back to the cottage and, while the enchantresses looked on curiously, Taran raised his hammer. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I then telephoned a number of people from the ANC and the UDF in Cape Town to come to the cottage to prepare for my release and work on my speech. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Strangely enough, the cottage on the O’Leary property would survive with little damage. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Alyce turned back again for the cottage, gathering comfrey leaves and raspberries and the tiny wild strawberries in her skirt as she went. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As we approached the cottages, we found the remnants of a garden, but everything in it had gone wild. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She and her husband followed Lassie to the road that ran by the cottage. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I glance back to steal a final look at our little beach and the pond and then hurry through the trees and beyond the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z "I have a cottage on the edge of my father's land," Dunstan replied. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a clearing in the forest, and in this clearing there was a mug cottage built of stone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the cottage is dusky as the fading light rests at the tops of the trees. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I will find some obscure village or cottage in the woods.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There were blue lakes, glistening as much as the jewels above; and cottages, and small farmhouses. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z On her way back to the cottage, laden with newly washed clothes to spread in the sun, the midwife tripped over Walter the Blacksmith’s second-best pig and fell, left leg twisted beneath her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In Treegap, the same moonlight silvered the roof of the touch-me-not cottage, but inside, the lamps were burning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A cottage, to hide in, a boat, I don’t know what we thought. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z An old woman sobbing that they had burned her cottage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z An enormous oak tree stood overshadowing the cottage. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He had shot her in the cottage in the woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Hurry, hurry, inside,” the Uncle instructed as Thorn and Seven made their way up the stairs and into the cottage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Louie was housed in a cottage with several other athletes, including Owens. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z When astronauts from other countries came to train, new cottages housed them during their visits. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z A driver picked him up and took him not to an office but to a remote cottage outside Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I need to do as I was told,” I said and set off in the direction of Peregrine’s cottage. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Mary Fernandez said when she came to take me to the therapy wing after my cottage cake. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When I get to the cottage where her supply wagon is parked, I step inside. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It was a cottage, although the Wart could not notice this at the time, which was divided into two bits. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me that the cottage at Victor Verster would be my last home before becoming a free man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the weak wicks from fishermen’s cottages, who had risen early to catch a ride in the complicated creeks of the salt marsh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He sends studies for paintings to Émile Bernard: haystacks, fishing boats, a row of cottages, a sower with the setting sun, a harvest scene, and washerwomen at a canal with a bridge. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I helped Grammy check each cottage refrigerator to make sure it was empty, unplugged, and left open so it doesn’t stink in the spring. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z His family lived in their own two-room cottage at the rear of the property. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Before the wagons came to the big house with seven gables they stopped in front of a weather-beaten little cottage in a weed-grown yard. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The cluster of low hills appeared to be uninhabited apart from one small cottage, which seemed deserted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And in the garden, and in the woods, and down in the stone cottage on the beach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When my father’s business had failed, we had traded our comfortable house in the center of the Jewish quarter for a wattle-and-daub cottage on our neighborhood’s outskirts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “What happened to the girl in the cottage?” said Harry at once, as Dumbledore lit extra lamps with a flick of his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Inside, the cottage consisted of one room, undivided. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Were he and Flatnose still lying in the ruined cottage, bound and gagged? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t survive a day if their places were switched, if she got a nice comfortable cottage and two loving parents, and he had to fend for himself in the wilderness. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z After about fifty meters, we reached a small stone cottage that looked as old as the land it grew on, as if it had been here since the beginning of time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Soon we were inside, coats off, helping to set up tables of sandwiches, cake, beans, and cottage cheese. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Soon after this Arthur Goldreich and his family moved into the main house as official tenants and I took over the newly built domestic workers’ cottage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen stepped into Mechtild’s cottage, her leather-shod feet soundless on the earthen floor, the gold strands of her gown reflecting the light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He gets a plate and slops on some salad and cottage cheese. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She flung open the cottage door, and a bit of milkweed whisked in on a rush of November wind, spilling shreds of spidery white down. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When Alyce and the boy, who said his name was Runt, got back to the midwife’s cottage, Jane was out seeing to Kate the weaver’s daughter, who was having trouble with her milk. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel looked back at the cottage, thought of Nina standing behind the gate, eyes full of pain and longing, a longing she could fill. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His crows, his black vultures, had set fire to the homemade chicken run and the one-room cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A strong wind gusted against the cottage windows as Bill and Ollivander set off into the night. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She entered Sam’s cottage through the back door and lit a candle in the kitchen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Their house, the cottage next to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He retreated a short distance from the cottage and beckoned Harry toward him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The marketplace was just across the way, and the village a mile farther on, half a hundred white cottages surrounding a small stone sept. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The sun was only just opening its own eye on the eastern horizon and the cottage was full of silence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She nearly stopped forever just outside Ashton, because she came to a tiny cottage buried in a garden. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He dieted on eggs and cottage cheese three or four times a year. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As we walked across the quad, Ms. Sandnes pointed out the six coed cottages, each housing twelve children, which were spaced around a circular drive. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They had lived in that cottage all their married life and had always been happy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The door slammed shut behind them and once again the companions found themselves outside the cottage. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z We raced out of town in the spitting dark, vague blue outlines of cottages giving way to sloping fields, then charged up the ridge, sheets of water streaming over our feet, making the path treacherous. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She swept the cottage’s dirt floor, sprinkled it with water, and stamped it to keep it hard packed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A lonely peasant cottage stood back from the road, but as yet there was no sign of the White Swan. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z A large, full fairy-tale moon hung in the sky now—though Hazel could have sworn it wasn’t there earlier—showing a cottage that looked like something from a movie. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The next day, after we settled in our cottage, a cardboard box arrived from the captain. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He took her hand and they ran together, lightly, down the road, past other sleeping cottages, into the dim and empty center of the village. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor of our housekeeping cottage is linoleum, with a faded pattern of floral squares. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Had I been offered all the treasure in the world I could not have turned and gone down to the cottage or the beach again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-four hours later I was eager to return to the campus, although after fifteen minutes of the usual cottage commotion, I wanted to be back with the Courters. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I followed him up the walkway to the cottage, and we went inside. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Within a few minutes, some of us had more money than we had been able to accumulate in a year of cottage allowances. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Same place as last time. It’s moving slowly, though, and veering east a bit. The cottage will probably be fine, unless the wind changes. Still, I’m worried sick about the folks over that way...” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And then, in a jarring, disorienting lurch, Taisin felt Mona’s hand on her, shaking her, calling her name, and she awoke on the floor of the cottage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We passed many friendly villages where the cottage windows had a kindly air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But he was to rest in the cottage, not work. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Our cottage had one small lavatory, but no hot water, shower, or bathtub. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a gray house on the corner whose owners were indifferent to their dog’s feral displays, and a line of cottages where the wives stared out of the windows with flinty expressions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Before bed Kazi came to say one last good-bye to us and told us he was going to stay in his cottage when we left in the morning because it was safer. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We went up past the cottage and struck into a path through the woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead I was welcomed by the hum of generators and the glow of TV screens behind cottage windows. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Kaede remembered their whispered conversation in the middle of the night after leaving Mona’s cottage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Immense blocks of black basalt, each as large as a crofter's cottage, lay scattered and tumbled like a child's wooden blocks, half-sunk in the soft boggy soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He returned with my mother and found work in a food factory; on weekends he did domestic work at beach cottages and rentals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I began telling her about the hot sauce, and by the time we reached the cottage, I had revealed more to her in two hours than I had to Mary Fernandez in two years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you didn’t stumble on a different cottage?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The wattle and daub cottages nearly always got burned, and had to be rebuilt afterwards with much profanity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we can see our own breath, even inside the cottage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I want to go back to our cottage, to the way it was when we were man and wife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I thought about the feather on my cheek and the one on the wall of the leper cottage. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The wind rose then, taking the brown leaves in a whirl from the trees, and smoke wafted from the chimneys of cottages as fires were fed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And she seized Winnie’s hand and turned to go back into the cottage. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z This area contained some of the city’s largest, most stately homes, but the fire treated them with the same disdain it did the humblest wooden cottages on De Koven Street. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Naomi winced with each step back to the home economics cottage. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They saw the first house an hour shy of evenfall, a snug little thatch-roofed cottage surrounded by fields of wheat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Both of us were by that time looking forward very eagerly to the quiet month of August when we would be together in the cottage near Peekskill. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z White’s escape took him four miles outside of the city to an unoccupied cottage his brother owned. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The midwife chased Joan’s husband, her young son, two pigs, and a pigeon out of the cottage, bade Alyce wait for her in the yard, and slammed the cottage door. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel pulled the comforter up on the bed so it was nice and neat, and then grabbed her backpack, stuffed the jacket in it, and tiptoed through the dark cottage. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The back garden of the first cottage was just a marsh of triffidy weeds. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Hush now. We’re just going to head to the home ec cottage and then look for somewhere you can talk to me easy.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of going into the cottage, Tommie led Naomi to a bench in a sunny spot on the far side of the cottage, out of sight of the study hall window. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The recent rainfall filled the cottage with the scent of damp soil. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She knocks on the door of a little cottage in a long row of little cottages. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One bite and I am back in Gram’s cottage, in front of her warm Stanley range. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But he remounted his horse and continued along the road he had chosen, in the faint hope of finding some cottage where he might ask for shelter and a meal. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The Nations lived in a small cottage on the grounds of Harewood’s Anglican church. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In search of food, I made myself enter one of the better structures, an empty cottage with half a roof. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “But is he dead?” said Ron, three days after they had arrived at the cottage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We follow it a short way up to a little cottage. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not the crumbling hermitage where Hamlet and I used to meet Slowly the awareness came to me that I was in Mechtild’s cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There are a few other cottages around, most of them empty; there are no other children. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At which point I ducked through the cottage door and asked them what that “something” was. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There seemed to be a cottage a short way away under the wide starry sky, and he thought he saw movement outside it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Because Ms. Sandnes had to be on duty at the cottage, we had to leave after only an hour. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Madame Ratignolle, when they had regained her cottage, went in to take the horn’s rest which she considered helpful. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The cottage, being of small, mean construction, could not withstand their assault. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z No sign of life came from the cottage. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He could see the small cottages, deep in shade, that dotted the wooded area. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The cottage stinks like a midden — baby’s mess everywhere. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I take a blanket and walk outside, spreading it over a grassy patch in front of the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They had names, too, though the couple in the cottage called them Daisy, Lily, Hyacinth, Violet, Dahlia, Jasmine, Poppy, and they did not remember the ones they had before. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Over the treetops the spire of the village church could be seen, and thatched cottages began to appear at the road’s edge. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They murmured words he did not catch; he felt gentle pats upon his back, and then they all traipsed back toward the cottage, leaving Harry alone beside the elf. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dad had the lighthouses moved so that they flanked the cottage. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A muffled trumpet sounded from one of the tithe cottages. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When Mona suggested they bring Shae back to her cottage where she could treat her, he agreed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Walk until you see a building that looks like a little cottage and then turn toward it, then go until you see a stop sign and turn the other direction.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After a few blocks I find myself standing in front of a cottage that’s been turned into an office. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Since our cottage was at the village fringe, the priest and I bore her remains along the narrow, rutted road that led to the cemetery. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z By the time I walk in the cottage door, water permeates my bones and a pain pierces my thigh. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They formed a little colony of their own, living midway between the town and open country in brick cottages with whitewashed walls and red-tiled roofs. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a while since I had stepped foot in an actual house, and the wood and whitewashed cottages back home were nothing like this. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The cottage and lighthouses were situated on a flat stretch of land between the fashionable Cliff and the Bathing Beach. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the dark woods, I made my way by a little-used path until I came to the cottage of the wise woman Mechtild. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But not here, not in the cottage that Byrd and Axel call home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I remembered the carvings on the wall of the cottage on Penikese. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It was bright outside on this clear day after the night’s rain, but the windows of the cottage were small, and woven curtains were drawn across. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Two weeks after we left for the cottage we were back in the city. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s weird being in the cottage without you,” I go on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He couldn’t believe that somehow he would not be working on those cottages earning three dollars an hour. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cottages were fewer here, and their gardens larger; they were walking toward the foot of the mountain in whose shadow Hogsmeade lay. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Lot sizes were small, and owners usually filled them up with cottages, barns, sheds, and outhouses — all made of fast-burning wood, naturally. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “We found a little cottage on the north shore of a lake,” Dad explained. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was always something to find fault with for Shasta had plenty of work to do, mending and washing the nets, cooking the supper, and cleaning the cottage in which they both lived. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Three miles over the Pennsylvania border they risked a visit to the cottage of a colored farmer. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Turner wanted to put more distance between himself and that bombed cottage. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As if the blight was our fault and we wanted the crops to rot in the fields and had planned all along not to pay the rent to the lord of our cottage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Moments later, Patrick emerged from the cottage, still half asleep. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The hall they inhabited was many times the size of the cottage; the floor was of onyx, and the pillars were of obsidian. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Glancing round, I saw I had just passed on the roadside a farm cottage - from which a young woman in an apron, her attention no doubt aroused by the hom, had come running. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z And then I told them how even the floors in the cottages had been pulled up. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z To draw her into the shelter of our little ruined cottage. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Garfield would have to be carried out of the White House, transported to the train, and moved to a bed at the New Jersey cottage. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I found a carving of a lamb in the cottage, like the one on the grave marker but smaller,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Afterward, a funeral train pulled up next to the cottage. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There were many acres of farm and woodland, and a number of cottages for the staff. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As they drew near the cottage, Ivy began to feel dread stirring in her belly. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He was sticking close to Dustfinger, close as a burr, and he didn’t like the gutted cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The door to the cottage swung inward with a creak of its hinges. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Con intended to stop first at Mona’s cottage, in case she was still waiting for them, and the closer they came to it, the more quickly he wanted to ride. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The cottage, as he approached it, showed no light. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I lay back and thought of August, our wedding, and how we’d make a big nest for the storks above our cottage, just like the nest I had seen on top of the barn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Kaede came from the lean-to behind the cottage carrying an earthenware jar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dad had found the pew, disassembled, in the basement of our cottage. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeming confused, he looked around the small cottage, where there was no place for a person to hide. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “See, there, through the trees,” he said, “a small cottage. That must be the place.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Spinning around, I raced back up the hill to the cottage, to the place where everything I needed and loved could be found. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He parked himself in the cottage and kept his mouth shut. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He should have been living with his mother and father in their cottage, rounding off barrels for the cooper or apprenticed to another of the town’s craftsmen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But then, one day, as I came up to the cottage with a pail full of steamers, I overheard him arguing with Miss Maggie and knew it had something to do with me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The new spur enabled Garfield's train to move up to the cottage's porch, sparing him a wagon ride over rough roads. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “That was close. Next time we might not be so lucky,” Connor said as we neared the cottage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She quickly got used to the harness, which we removed as soon as she was safely back in the cottage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z On campus the big event was the Christmas Cantata, a musical program put on by the residents, followed by fancy food served in the cottages. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The Profile House at Franconia Notch had its own private railway line to Bethlehem Junction eight miles away; its grounds held twenty-one cottages, each with up to twelve bedrooms. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z After her days beneath Sam’s cottage, Cora declined the challenge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When finally Ivy could cry no more, she lifted herself up and looked around the empty cottage. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Maxim’s dislike of the cove, of the stone cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We loved our sports pavilion, maybe because it reminded us of those sweet little cottages people always had in picture books when we were young. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not want to think about the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If eugenics was becoming a cottage industry in Germany, it was already a full-fledged national operation in America. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As they made their way to the cottage, Fflewddur looked around with interest. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z After about twenty minutes, a small stone cottage next to a gate swam into view. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But the cottage proved to be not far enough away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I pushed the little gate and went to the door of the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She left the fence and went back into the cottage. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I run into the cottage and shut the door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In one corner of the tank, snuggled in a forest of fake kelp, was a life-sized plastic gingerbread cottage with bubbles coming out of the chimney. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “They have cottages and a house cup, like the one we had for the Murphey Awards. And he’s also an orphan who was abused by relatives.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Do you miss your friend greatly?” asked Mademoiselle Reisz one morning as she came creeping up behind Edna, who had just left her cottage on her way to the beach. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z He must have sensed that it was not concern for the empty cottage that had prompted me to ask these questions, and now he was silent because he was shocked at me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “We left him at our camp up by the burnt-out cottage last night, because we knew it was going to be dangerous,” the boy went on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The cottage was so small it looked more like a doll's house than a human dwelling. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Hazel was supposed to come here and find this couple in their cottage who only had a sad mechanical bird to keep them company. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The rebel passed the first few cottages, so snug and inviting to his comfort-loving soul—smoke rising in the still evening air, and the reassuring smell and sounds of humans everywhere. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be at my grandparents’ cottage again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The farmers, who lived in quaint stone cottages surrounded by broad fields, grew yellow squash and long green beans and bushels of wheat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They took us to the movies, on sightseeing tours to Chinatown in San Francisco, and away for weekends at their summer cottage at Inverness. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They were on their way to the cottage at the edge of the woods where Bryn lived with her fisherman husband and their little girl. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Osh had built our cottage from whatever he could wrestle off the nearest shipwrecks that were slowly settling into the seabed, breaking up in storms, and otherwise disappearing, bit by bit. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Bobby and his guards were given a small cottage at Nagymaros, but he ate all of his meals and spent most of his time at the large family house. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed of a better place, a snug little cottage by the sunset sea. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Was there some premonition, she would wonder, that made that moment so poignant, some foreknowledge that this was the last afternoon the three would ever spend together in the small cottage? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Oakes swept and dusted and talked to the house, locked it and returned home to her cottage. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He subsisted exclusively on rice and eagles’ blood, in a tiny cottage with an underground gymnasium and shooting range, on the stormy coast of Tibet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I did not get back to my cottage until shortly before midnight, whereupon I immediately sent word to my colleagues in Cape Town that I was to be released the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very severly beaten by the cottage mistress, who had called me names and made fun of me in front of all the boys. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z On either side, plain cottages facing the water. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They would go by car; no, for things to be perfect they would go by train; all the way down to Devon and take that cottage again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Hours before Seabiscuit was to undertake his public workout, Howard and Smith retreated to the cottage by the barn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I found the midwife’s cottage where you told me,” he said. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On my way back to the cottage, I took samples of leaves from other kinds of trees. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z In the village he found a replacement gardener and handyman who was not in need of a tied cottage. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was she, then, who was sent to fetch and carry and deliver messages after dark, while the villagers stayed in their smoky cottages. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Above and below the church were our dwelling places, some forty cottages and huts of wattle and daub, thatch and wood, dirt and mud, all in varying shades of brown. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Lisa, who worked in the cottage, steered me into the staff bathroom and poured water over my face to flush out the chemical. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “All right, older sister, I won’t tell,” I said, grinning We ran through the dark, laughing all the way back to the cottage. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The miller grabbed Beetle’s arm—“Then you, Dung Beetle, will have to do”—and off he dragged her by the arm to his cottage. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “He dug holes all over the island and even in the cottages,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z "It was our shepherd's cottage, until he died, two years ago last lammas-tide, and my parents gave it to me." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The cottage was warm and smelled of pea soup. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I crept out of our bedroom and onto the porch of the cottage. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z All they do is expend fuel driving past smoldering cottages and chewed-up artillery pieces and unmarked graves, while Volkheimer passes his giant hand over his close-cropped head, growing more uneasy by the day. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A small cottage on a street they hadn’t laid yet? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So that night, Ivy crept from the cottage and into the heart of the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I did not want to stop any longer in the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger spent most of the time perched in one of the oaks that had once given the old woman a shady place to sit outside her cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And she dragged Beetle out of the room, across the yard, and back to her cottage, by the very arm the miller had used to drag her away. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They would not carry me down that steep path through the woods to the grey cove and the deserted cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he walked into the farm kitchen, and kissed his mother on the cheek, and helped himself to a cottage loaf and a large pat of fresh-churned butter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘You ...’ Johnny muttered out of the corner of his mouth, ‘you trash, you milk pudding, you cottage cheese, slug ... so you’re not above going to work, for them, are you?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Beetle slept on the cottage floor and ate two meals a day of onions, turnips, dried apples, cheese, bread, and occasional bits of bacon. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “As if it would take witchcraft,” she said with a sniff, “to get Solomon Porritt mooning round my cottage.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They rattle down the long gravel lanes, past pit cottages and trash barrel fires, past laid-off miners squatting all day on upturned crates, motionless as statues. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The two days at Mona's cottage had been a reprieve from cold reality, but now, as they made their way down an overgrown trail that surely hadn’t seen human traffic in generations, that reality returned. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The cottage did not seem so remote and sinister at the edge of the wood as it had done before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I closed the door behind me and headed for next cottage. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He pushed through and strode up the path to the door of the cottage. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of his voice made Perial gasp inside the cottage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At the side of the mound, almost a part of the turf itself, rose a low cottage. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They passed a crofter's cottage, deserted and overgown, and skirted a flooded quarry where the still water had a sheen as grey as steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One of his stops was at the shingled cottage of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z All the kids from Lykes, as well as some of my friends from other cottages, met us at a buffet restaurant. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The inn was really no more than a large stone cottage with a room over the big kitchen, a loft above the stable, and tables in the hall good for sleeping on or under. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Winnie, standing at the fence in front of the touch-me-not cottage, could hear the new note in the voices of the birds. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The cottage was warm and Emma Blunt even warmer, what with her efforts to have this baby and be done with it. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Back before Frank had plans for a cottage. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As if Mum and I had wanted to be kicked out of our cottage on our farm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There was only one other rock up there that they might conceivably move; but that was half as big as a cottage, big as a car, a tank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She never left him alone, he said, she was always going down to his house, trying to get him to the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I went past the cottages and across new-plowed fields until I reached the road. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We have our bungalow, and a coop for the chickens, the flower and vegetable gardens, and the cottages where Kazi and the groundskeeper, Mahit, live. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I speed back to the cottage, resolving to face my parents. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, I see,” and then he added, after a moment or two: “That cottage is supposed to be locked, the door has no business to be open.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In the summer the three of them would go to a cottage on the Gulf and he would dress the children in their sun suits and guide them carefully into the green, shallow waves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z If I walk, I can be there and back in an hour, and then I can stay put in the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Somebody called and asked about ordering an ID card, the cottage industry that at fifty bucks a pop will help underwrite their contemplated move to Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen you down at Seaside. Are you staying in one of the cottages?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He bowed to the queen, but his hand touched his sword hilt as he made ready to spring at any sound or movement outside the cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And then, on an impulse, she turned and ran into the cottage, up to her room, to the bureau drawer where she had hidden Jesse’s bottle—the bottle of water from the spring. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never had lobster or cottage fries before, or had a white man play the piano just to make my meal go down easy. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was waiting to see whether she would turn into any of the cottages she was passing, but he knew instinctively that she would not. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This being a thatch-roofed cottage by the roadside, it had looked a conspicuously attractive prospect from the Ford as I had approached in the last of the daylight. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We were glad Lassie was on her way but sorry for the old man and woman, left alone in their cottage, too sad to eat their evening meal. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It seemed to me I stood again by the cottage in the woods, and I heard the drip-drip of the rain upon the roof. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “But perhaps your accommodations—your cottage—your furniture—have disappointed your expectations? They are, in truth, scanty enough; but—” I interrupted— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Then without a word, she turned and pushed past me out of the cottage. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew if I sat down I would fall asleep, so I went outside, behind the cottage, and stripped off my nightshirt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Now I will be glad if I can go to the cottage this summer,” he said, and there was a wry smile on his lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z At this moment the cottage door opened, and in the lamp glow that spilled across the grass, Winnie’s grandmother appeared. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine the cottage feels haunted at night, but surrounded by trees in the spring sunlight, it is beautiful. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly the whole village saw witches and devils everywhere, and fear lived in every cottage. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A cottage like this one was the last place she would have expected to find so many books. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I raised my fist to knock again but just then, from around the line of cottages, came a man. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He had gone inside the cottage as soon as Mona came out, and he had been relieved to see some improvement. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The old crone’s cottage, like most other Stromford dwellings, was built with a few timbers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Leaving the cottage was like leaving something real and moving into dream. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z About an hour later Mrs. Oakes walked up the driveway from her cottage, carrying a string bag with her working shoes and apron, and a little parcel of tidbits for the animals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed back on her bicycle and peddled toward her small cottage in the nearby town of Oxford, where she was known as “Mrs. Brewer,” a refugee from Germany and mother of two. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited until Quinby had eaten her fill of snails, then headed back to the cottage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Taran turned back to the cottage and began pounding on the door. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z So the road went humbly by and made its way, past cottages more and more frequent but less and less forbidding, into the village. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted to see the cottages,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z So they took to keeping her below decks when they passed a lockkeeper’s cottage or a canal basin, or anywhere there were likely to be idlers hanging about. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘She’s spending the night down at the cottage, I expect,’ he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I am only here to help. I saw the wolves yesterday, running past my cottage. I thought that someone might be in need of my assistance.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Halfway to the end she darted to one side and pulled me after her, both of us ducking under a line of sheets and hopping a chicken-wire fence into the yard of a little cottage. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We wheeled the barrow to the back of the cottage and let Quinby leap out. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Wherever Harry went inside the tiny cottage or its garden, he could hear the constant ebb and flow of the sea, like the breathing of some great, slumbering creature. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At the door of a cottage I saw a little girl about to throw a mess of cold porridge into a pig trough. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The main building was called “the house,” to distinguish it from the cottages. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Miss Oliver already honoured me with frequent visits to my cottage. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The casket was placed in the hall, and the public was allowed into the cottage to view Garfield's body. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z So they drove slowly on, passing dunes and cottages. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As I approached the lane leading to the cottage, I glanced down at the riverfront. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Tiflin took up the spoon again and went back to her cottage cheese. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He lived two miles outside, in a cottage his grandfather had built. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Up, Beetle, and to the cottage for cowslip, mugwort, and pepper. By the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Joan will have to sneeze this baby out!” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes and leaned against the wall of the cottage. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Matty blinked, took a deep breath, got to his feet, and hurried on to the small cottage around the next turning, the place where Kira lived. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The little cottage had been very dear to her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z These were the cottages in which the servants lived, and where the blacksmith, tinsmith, and tanner plied their trades. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z And a bit farther along, at the end of the row of cottages, a black spot on the ground where a fire had been, some bones in the ash, some feathers, the gleam of grease. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She waved a hand and, with the other enchantresses, turned to enter the cottage. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They’d brought him to their cottage and nursed him back to health, same as me. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He and Hermione stood at the gate, gazing up at the wreck of what must once have been a cottage just like those that flanked it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Our cottage is on a little hill thirty feet above sea level. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a tidy one-story cottage that looked out on a pasture. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z To outsiders, the campus seemed like a prep school where adorable children lived in cute cottages and had excellent recreational facilities. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The owners were home and busied themselves in their chores, chasing each other in and out of the small cottage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She would take them bathing from the boat, she would have a picnic supper at her cottage in the cove. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He walked down the gallery and across the narrow “bridges” which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Fleur had come out of the cottage, her long silver hair flying in the breeze. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z These are called “housekeeping cottages,” which means they have some kind of a stove in them, a pot or two and a tea kettle, and a table covered with oilcloth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Just before school started, the whole campus—including cottage staff and therapists—moved to the camp that we had attended the year before. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z From time to time, anger at Dumbledore crashed over him again, powerful as the waves slamming themselves against the cliff beneath the cottage, anger that Dumbledore had not explained before he died. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I stood up awkwardly and stumbled to the cottage door. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I found some string in the cottage,” I said to the man. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When he propped two logs against the cottage wall to make a crude ladder, she amused him by climbing nimbly up after him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At the edges of town, ancient-looking cottages stood abandoned and roofless, evidence of a shrinking population, children lured away from centuries-old fishing and farming traditions by more glamorous opportunities elsewhere. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m not going,” I announced as we headed back to the cottage. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Before he could answer, the enchantresses had crowded around the companions and were leading them to the cottage. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z We would sleep in Kazi’s cottage for a few days and then quietly move back into our house. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As we passed one of the other cottages on our way to the school, I heard a shriek followed by a wailing, picked up and echoed by two or three other voices. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “You saw Mrs. de Winter come down to the cottage, and presently you saw Mr. de Winter too. He went into the cottage after her. What happened then? Go on. What happened?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The cottage was bare—it always had been—and chill and lifeless from long disuse. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z From the outside it looked like an oversized cottage, all wood and peaks and log pillars holding up odd angles and juts. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Miles to the south and well away from the fire, Horace White peered from his cottage window. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He was standing out in the grassy place before the cottage while he thought these things. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z For of course, neither in the cottage nor among the nets, had he ever been away from that smell in his life. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The caretaker’s cottage was twice as big as my house back in Queens, and the mansion itself was from a movie. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the road we came to an isolated, whitewashed one-story cottage set behind a concrete wall and shaded by tall fir trees. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t have a proper hearth with a chimney like Mum and I used to have in our cottage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The question was still eating at him later as he sat at his spy post outside Smith’s cottage. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, that was Tom Riddle senior, the handsome Muggle who used to go riding past the Gaunt cottage and for whom Merope Gaunt cherished a secret, burning passion.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The women ran cottage industries, making lace and darning socks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “They are scarcely in season,” said the old man reprovingly, and he walked off in the direction of the cottage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On the outskirts of the capital they built a storybook cottage, two stories, fretted with eaves and little porches and window boxes, an incongruous Alpine look in the tropics. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Tell Robert to cut down to his mother’s cottage, Frank, and bring him back.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z One early morning they persuaded Silver to come with them and traveled over a mile to the outskirts of Kingsclere, returning with a tale of mischief and feasting in a cottage garden. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the same party we had every few weeks for one or another of the cottage kids, so I did not feel particularly special. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Up, now, young master,” he said to Robin, and with that they left the cottage and went on their way. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Ashley, this is Mr. Todd; he’s one of the staff in our cottage.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Her gran waited in front of the cottage, and Ivy threw herself straight into her arms. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was a cluster of cottages, and, taller than the rest, a church of stone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Tristran packed a bag, and his mother brought him six red, ripe apples and a cottage loaf and a round of white farmhouse cheese, which he placed inside his bag. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Play quietly,” said Mrs. Bramble, “and if the manager appears, you’d better go out to our cottage. Or perhaps you could show Brad around. He might like to see the kitchen.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “And a chance to go into the cottages, maybe.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We wear our outdoor clothes indoors, and socks at night, because these cottages with their one-layer walls are supposed to be for summer tourists. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The wind buffeted the little cottage and the fire leapt and crackled, and Bill was soon opening another bottle of wine. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “The boys’ cottage is located in the old maids’ quarters, which is farther from the neighbors.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As for her diet, she had vowed to stick to chicken, turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, and low-fat cottage cheese. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I could just see the stone chimney of the cottage through a gap in the dark trees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed down my unease, stomach twisting, and stepped into the cottage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had drawn the red cotton curtains against the bright, cloudy sky, which gave the room a fiery glow at odds with the rest of the airy, light cottage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Some three years before, he had been born—the strongest of a litter of five—in a burrow outside a cottage garden near Cole Henley. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the pitiless double assaults of her mother and grandmother, the cottage where she lived was always squeaking clean, mopped and swept and scoured into limp submission. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The home economics cottage was on the edge of the school grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The farmhouse, the cottage, the barn, the fence. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The oldest girls serve pumpernickel and goose liver on the house’s last unchipped plates while the portly vice minister and his severe-looking wife inspect the parlor like lords come to tour some distasteful gnomish cottage. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I packed every last possession, said my farewells to Sabrina, the rest of the cottage staff, and the other kids, and headed out the door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “May I take it back to the cottage?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z This time, I carefully stepped between the holes and made my way around the cottage, looking for whatever wanted to be found. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The companions took turns watching the cottage and it was not until almost dawn that the candle finally winked out. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He followed her into the familiar cottage and waited while she reached for her walking stick that leaned against a wall and arranged it under her right arm. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Their houses had been torn down to make room for high-priced hotels and the A-frame cottages that now rented in season for a thousand dollars a week. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "I've been thinking about it all the way back from your cottage and I believe I've got just a tiny little bit of an idea." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” Kira said, “I’ve walked the forest path between this cottage and the center of my village so many times.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Albert Einstein stood on the porch of his rented cottage, looking cool, tan, and relaxed in loose pants, a T-shirt, and slippers. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told her you were sleeping, and she said not to call her back because she was going to her grandparents’ cottage. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Nestled in an undulating patchwork of beech forests, lakes, and clearings were 140 cottages, a shopping mall, a barbershop, a post office, a dentist’s office, a sauna, a hospital, training facilities, and dining halls. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z What had Alyce seen her do from cottage windows all this year when the babe would not come and the mother looked to scream and thrash herself to death? The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, the big ones started to fall: large-scale resorts, fly-in luxury cottages, and wilderness getaways for stressed businessmen and their foreign investors. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her brother and sister, who lived in other cottages, went as well. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The cottage is not a cottage at all. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She might not even have gone for a sail, but just wanted the night at the cottage as a change after London. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Claire thanked him, leaned on her cane, and continued down the path to her small cottage. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At dusk, we came upon a deserted cottage of crumbling stones, which looked like a hermit’s dwelling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Suddenly the Fair Folk halted at one of the cottages, and from a neatly carpentered pen Taran heard a loud “Hwoinch!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Then, with the same regal bearing with which she entered Mechtild’s cottage, she departed, closing the door behind her and leaving in the gloom her lingering scent and the echo of her rustling gown. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I was reminded of a time in Pacific Grove when I was painting the inside of a cottage my father had built there before I was bom. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Gram’s cottage, with its comfy, over stuffed couches and tabletops cluttered with knickknacks, is probably her worst nightmare. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He kept talking to her as he led her through the village to a small cottage just a five-minute walk from the market square. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But as they turned toward the big hospital and the littler cottages, he paused and asked, “When we saw your skiff, we thought maybe it was his. Why are you three here, yourselves?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Where the road branched, we could see in the brush the small white cottage where Robert Sobukwe lived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked on his father's farm and owned nothing save a small cottage in a far field given to him by his parents. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Ellidyr then urged the roan into a gallop, hauled Taran across the turf to the cottage, and there, while chickens scattered in every direction, tossed him roughly to the ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z As the Uncle finished his tale, they sat quietly in the main room of the cottage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Tristran produced the cottage loaf, the ripe, red apples, and round of cheese—hard, tart, and crumbly—that his mother had given him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Dressed again in our soggy things, we walked bowlegged down to the bass stands and across toward our cottage. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “It’s that little cottage right on the edge of the town, the tiny little one....” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It was not far to the ground, for the inn was only a cottage. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z As they reached the thatched cottage that would be her new home, Amari thrilled at the sight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “In these woods and cottages there are no envious eyes, no carping tongues, no gossip or lies,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So I go around to the back of the cottage, though no one is there to spy on me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And yeah, I know it’s weird, but the tribe actually houses all of the teachers in one-bedroom cottages and musty, old trailer houses behind the school. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Whitewashed cottages, quaint except for the satellite dishes sprouting from their roofs, lined a small grid of muddy gravel streets. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Behind her in that cottage was disappointment and failure. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, it was only a cottage, with nobody living in it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Curious, he trained his field glasses on Smith through the cottage window. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the model boats in the cottage in the cove, and the feathery dust. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Coming up on the stone cottage, I inhale the mossy loaminess, and my muscles relax for the first time in weeks, maybe months. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We locked arms and walked between the dark cottages down to the beach. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Beyond those, ringed by bare dirt, stands a pretty cottage with a thatched roof and stucco walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They tied him and Elinor to the trees just behind the burnt-out cottage, only a few paces from their own makeshift camp. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Willard was at her cottage in the Adirondacks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As I stood there, I thought of the cottage that Osh had built. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “This is the leprosarium,” Miss Maggie said as she led us to the steps of the big building among the cottages. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The barn was already engulfed in flames, so Patrick and a group of neighbors began pouring water on the cottage. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Other than a cottage or two, thick woods edged up against both sides of the road. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Hatsue wanted to move from the dilapidated cottage they rented at the end of Bender’s Spring Road, but Kabuo had convinced her the better move was to purchase a gill-netting boat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As she climbed the front steps of the cottage, she thought about what she might give to Beto. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Near our cottage, where the small creek winds under the old wooden bridge, is the most beautiful bed of roses. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He shooed the press out of the barn, slung a rope across the entrance, posted a guard, and retreated to his track cottage, sitting by an oil stove in a cramped room. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re more like cottages sharing walls than apartments, two stories with steep, peaked roofs made of tin. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The white cottage and the three figures grew smaller. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z When she began to throw cooking pots their way, Alyce and the boy lit out and ran all the way to Adam Blunt’s cottage. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The cottage is dark, but I find my way to the flashlight Phil keeps on the mantle. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I also know everyone who follows us back to the cottage from the funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Since Hamlet’s birth we have lived in a stone cottage near the convent gate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was one of the bulletins Fletcher had described in his cottage, with one change. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He ran along the path near the cottage to which she had been assigned, calling to his friends, laughing, his unkempt hair bright in the sunlight. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He lived alone, in a nondescript apartment near his lab in London, and in a spare, white modernist cottage that he had built for himself in Brighton. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We got out of the car and walked over to one of the cottages. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Speaking with European accents that locals couldn’t quite identify, the visitors asked for directions to “the cottage of Dr. Moore.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember too much: my gram’s ample bosom, her small dry hands, the dark cottage with a crumbling stone wall flanking its narrow garden. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z However, their hopes for that night were disappointed, for the rain returned before dusk, settling in on a northwest wind and carrying up the hill the sweet-sour smell of flowering privet from cottage hedges below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been a cottage, a couple, a garden. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But as soon as they were in the middle of the ford it turned upstream and waded till they were about a hundred yards further inland than the cottage. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The room was furnished, and ran the whole length of the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They walked three houses down to a little white cottage under an oak tree. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z With no money and no time to settle, we moved to a different ramshackle rental cottage or boardinghouse every season until I was so pregnant with Rachel that our nomad state seemed disreputable. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ray chases after Axel, down the rock path, and into the cottage. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As we come upon the single-story cottage, I see that there is no glass left in the windowpanes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z There would be stacks of petri dishes next to the cottage cheese and butter. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Women emerged from cottages to stare at us guardedly, keeping their younger children behind their skirts. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They said good-bye to the Diggorys and approached the cottage door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, very. Ours is the coolest cottage on campus.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Con paced back and forth in the clearing outside the cottage, his shoulders taut with worry. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was back at his old cottage with Isaac and the betrayers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z There was a door to the cottage, from which the once-white paint was peeling away. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But I also wanted to keep her quiet enough for me to sneak through the village center and make my way back to Mae and Birdie’s cottage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The cottage was on the other side of town. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The gentleman who was shown in was still fairly young - perhaps around forty or so - tall and thin; tall enough, in fact, that he was obliged to stoop to enter the doorway of the cottage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Most went their several ways, some back to the fields, others to their cottages. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “As I came nigh to the cottage door, I heard your accusations of the king.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was not even sure whether he would be able to see the cottage at all; he did not know what happened when the subjects of a Fidelius Charm died. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In good faith, Dad moved the dining room table, the chairs and his pew out onto the beach grass at the side of our cottage, where the newsreel man said the light would be best. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Coll disappeared inside the cottage to search for Hen Wen’s letter sticks, the long rods of ash wood carved with spells. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A snug cottage and a bit of land? The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Each fall, when the wind swept in from the sea and the leaves fell rustling on the ground, she brought her little companion into the cottage once again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We spent our summers at Nantucket, Massachusetts, where Dad bought two lighthouses, which had been abandoned by the government, and a ramshackle cottage, which looked as if it had been abandoned by Coxey’s Army. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In the cottage, two old women stared, envy and hope mixing in their faces, at a tall, handsome woman with black hair and dark eyes and red, red lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “How do you know all this stuff? I had no idea this cottage was even here.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I barely spoke up in the safety of the cottage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The old gatehouse is now a beautiful rambling cottage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z To that end, I dashed into an alley behind two rows of cottages, where it seemed there would be lots of hiding places, and made for the edge of town. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Outside was the cookhouse, a little white frame cottage not far behind the main house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The blue cottage with the crooked chimney, the green two-story only half painted. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We let Quinby roam the cottage so she could get used to the harness. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He drove me around the grounds in his own car, and pointed out the recreation hall, hospital, school, administrative offices, and the two-story brick buildings he called cottages where the patients lived. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z One neighbor had called them “louts” after they wrested plums from the tree beside her cottage, then squashed them in the path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Shortly before four, we left in a small motorcade from the cottage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two rooms in Kazi’s cottage, a front room with a small kitchen, and a little table with two chairs in the middle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The way he said this seemed to suggest the whole village was aware of my 'mishap' and subsequent arrival at this cottage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Then we were herded back to the cottages, where the staff locked away our loot and doled it out later. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the engine didn't have the power to get the cars up the incline to the cottage. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He doesn’t love the smell of the tiny dugout basement under the cottage, but it keeps him and Byrd protected from high winds and bad storms. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The next day after lunch we ran back to the cottage to brush our hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He finally drank a glass of milk and ate cottage cheese with bananas. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And the next day, we packed up that small cottage we’d been staying in since our apartment in the city had lost power and things had gotten dangerous. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Dimly I saw a hearth fire casting its feeble light upon the uneven plaster walls of a small cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They were shaped the same—cottages with small square lawns. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “That’s all right, Ben,” I said, “no one will put you away. But you must not go to the cottage again.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The small whitewashed cottage was once again in use, with my son now assisting Kenny. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I approached an iron block as big as a farmer’s cottage and broke off a single flake of rust large as a dinner plate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She jerked on the floor of Mona’s cottage, and in the fortress the woman snarled at the baby and threw it, hard, against the edge of the cradle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I went carefully back inside the cottage, retrieved the lantern, set it carefully on my small table next to my bed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Gwin was eating a bird inside the walls of the burnt-out cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Nay,” he began, trying to appear stupid, “’tis na far to the cottage.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z With half a mile to the cottage, the skies open up. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln and his family went to a cottage in northern Washington. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Little Hamlet, his thumb between his lips, toddles from the cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And a pretty little cottage was put up next door for Sophie. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were brought at last to a stone cottage at a fork in the road. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill and Fleur’s cottage stood alone on a cliff overlooking the sea, its walls embedded with shells and whitewashed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She sent Beetle back to the cottage to pack a basket of necessaries. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They comfort me; it looks as though there were little windows in dark village cottages saying that behind them are rooms full of peace. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The little cottage was deep in a thicket of trees, but he had no trouble finding the place where Claire lived. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Meantime, the three enchantresses had returned to the cottage. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She accompanied Alys one morning to Bryns cottage, where the baby girl, now named Elen, was swaddled in layers of woven cloth and warmed in her cradle by wrapped stones made hot in the fire. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But Winnie, though she was half charmed, was suddenly reminded of the stiff black ribbons they had hung on the door of the cottage for her grandfather’s funeral. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about our old compound, the main room, the hallways, our bedroom, Papa’s room, the study, the gardens, Kazi’s own cottage. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then each member of the crew, with a mother on one arm, a father or sister on the other, was spirited off down the street into little cottages or big mansions. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The cottage was full of memories, but it was easier to accustom the mind to new ones and train it to the loss in surroundings that were so different at this time of year. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He tries the cadence of a movie voice-over: “It’s senior year. She’s a beautiful budding filmmaker. He can swim and fix cars. They don’t know where the path beyond the stone cottage will lead.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He lived alone in a rundown cottage on the grounds of the Riddle House. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The doctor would have rung up from some cottage hospital. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He named the cottage The Shoe, in honor of Mother, who, he said, reminded him of the old woman who lived in one. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I was excited when a beautician volunteered to give the girls in our cottage manicures. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Inside the cottage, Gran sat upon a stool by the little fire, whittling something that looked like a crutch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The cottage staff told all the TPRed kids—the obnoxious acronym had somehow become an adjective—that we were going to have our photos taken by a professional photographer for an adoption catalog. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z |
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