| 单词 | fireplace |
| 例句 | The same button that controlled the ignition first dumped the ashes of the previous fire, and allowed for the entrance of fresh wood.—It was a thoroughly domesticated fireplace, you see. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z My grandma Grace sits in a chair in the lobby in front of a non-working fireplace. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The stairs led down into a tall galleried room with a rug spread out over flagstones and a fireplace big enough to park a car in. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The floor-to-ceiling windows curve outward and are covered in dust and grime, and there’s a giant stone fireplace in the wall to the right, but no furniture. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The bed was modern, but the room was old with beams running across the ceiling, a stone fireplace, and narrow windows in an ornate wooden frame. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Albert puffed on his pipe and tended the fire in the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She waved a hand at the scrolls with ink-brushed mountains that hung by the fireplace, the glazed pottery horse on the mantel. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He gestured to a painting hanging over the fireplace. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He just stared straight ahead at the fireplace, like he was waiting for it to flame on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He also invented several useful objects, including a drip coffeemaker, thermal underwear, and a type of range still known as the Rumford fireplace. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There’s a fireplace at one end of the main room with a flashlight on the mantle; the inside is blackened with ash and the charred remnants of logs, as if just used. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Colin, who is from England, tells us about pubs, where there are fireplaces and you can play darts and stroll around and even sing, but none of that is allowed in beer parlors. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Xan sat by the fireplace, twisting her apron this way and that until it was all in knots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Unsure what to do next, he opened a cupboard door next to the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z To her left, a fireplace occupied most of the wall, and as Chaol led her farther into the room, Celaena tried not to stare at the thing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Albert walked to the fireplace and carefully polished a silver object beneath the antique painting of the man with red hair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Me: “That’s great. I mean, you’ve always talked about traveling, ever since we were kids. Remember when we were in fourth grade and we read Heidi and we tried to melt cheese in your fireplace?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He attacked the table with drawers that was setting next to the fireplace, which, in my mind, if he was really looking for clues, was the first place he should’ve looked. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The human girl is kneeling in front of a huge fireplace, sweeping up ash from the grate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was always cold in the tower, for all the carpets and the tapestried hangings and the rich furred clothing and the broad marble fireplaces they had. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Pour some water in the teacup by the fireplace, then you can put the kettle down on the hearth.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We were in an overscaled, Architectural Digest sort of room, big and loft-like, with skylights and a fieldstone fireplace, chairs upholstered in white leather, kidney-shaped coffee table—modern, expensive, Italian stuff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Logs burned day and night in fireplaces despite the oppressive heat, and gunpowder and other noxious chemicals were tossed in frequently. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There was a soft rain falling and a fire burning in the fireplace. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The city was noisy and dirty, the weather murky, the air often polluted with a yellow smog from the new factories and from all the fireplaces burning dirty coal. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I need to go out for the evening. And the house can never be left unattended while any fires are burning, and I mean candles as well as the fireplace here in your room.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The man in the antique painting above the fireplace stared down at him disapprovingly. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had to obey her, so he apologized, looking into the empty fireplace. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, after breakfast, after Mrs. Dudley’s entrance at ten, they came without comment, following one another silently, to the little parlor, and the doctor took his position before the fireplace. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She takes a moment to look around—at the ornate mantelpiece above the fireplace, the decorated oak moldings and brass chandelier. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I venture out into the hall and into the living room, where Hideo is reading by a crackling fireplace. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry thundered, and the powerful voice of Runcorn echoed through the Atrium: The wizards sealing the fireplaces froze. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He wasn’t satisfied till he had got another pesthry-fur blanket on the bed, and more logs into the fireplace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Dame Hannah was sitting opposite the Master in one of the two armchairs beside the fireplace, Lyra on the sofa between them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z On the wall between the bookshelf and the fireplace, a taller bookshelf stood apart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He returned to his classroom position before the fireplace and began slowly, as one giving an account of kings long dead and wars long done with; his voice was carefully unemotional. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace itself was filled with soot and burnt, yellowed news-paper. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z An ornate fireplace dominated the end of the room where they were seated. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The fireplace is roaring with wood crackling, logs shifting and bursting with yellow-red flames. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They carried armloads of dead limbs up the back stairs through the kitchen and into the diningroom and broke them to length and stuffed the fireplace full. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Above the fireplace on a wooden shelf was a beautiful, dusty model ship, its sails billowing in an imaginary wind. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was a crystal chandelier in the dining room, and a big stone fireplace in the living room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The hostess seats us at the window that overlooks the patio, which has a garden and outdoor fireplace. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The inside was horrible; it smelled strongly of seaweed, the wind whistled through the gaps in the wooden walls, and the fireplace was damp and empty. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Right, well, we didn’t have fireplaces in Saudi Arabia. He read to me at night by the fire. I loved the stories. When he died, I was so sad.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Before long they met every day to talk, long, quietly, idly, a little apart from the serving-women who always accompanied Serret, by the fireplace or at the window of the high rooms of the tower. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I gave a shrug and sank in the sofa by the fireplace. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was pretty fancy, with big houses with outdoor fireplaces and big front yards and pillars and stuff. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But as Lyddie’s eyes followed a leather strap upward, she saw, above the fireplace, the mechanism from which hung a huge metal pendulum. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Anyhow, that stove was like a little fireplace with little carved doors on its front and a nice place on it where you could put your feet to dry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He moved closer to the fire and stared up at the man in the painting above the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The fire in the fireplace crackled and popped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a large frame house, with miles of slippery wood floor, a kitchen clad in stainless steel so shiny it burned, a living room with a fireplace and giant TV. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Puzzled, I let her lead me into the living room, where she let go of my fingers and lifted the top of a crystal candy dish on the fireplace mantel. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z When I went upstairs, he was standing alone by the fireplace, staring at the spot where Coach Warner had been sitting. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was rather frightening, this vast sculpture of a witch and a wizard sitting on ornately carved thrones, looking down at the Ministry workers toppling out of fireplaces below them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Caputo stood with his back to our massive fireplace and coughed into his fist. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Harry spun faster and faster, elbows tucked tightly to his . sides, blurred fireplaces flashing past him, until he started to feel sick and closed his eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Roza edged away from the fireplace, from the horrible painting over it, like an animal sidesteps a snake. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But most startling of all was a stuffed horse’s head over the fireplace. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Knives and forks clinked across the china plates, and the fire hissed in the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There were fireplaces in the village and lots of wood and food. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “No! Listen to me. When I was little, my mother took me to visit my grandfather in America, and he had a fireplace.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Would it break when it hit the fireplace? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baxter nodded and placed her small white gloves on the fireplace mantel. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He had been utterly terrified to find a portrait talking to him, though this had been nothing to how he felt when a self-proclaimed wizard had bounced out of the fireplace and shaken his hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z This air made him think of bonfires on autumn nights, of logs crackling in a fireplace, of Mom lighting candles on his birthday cake every single year, every single birthday. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Green shirt, sandy hair. The one nearest to me by the fireplace. Give him something to make him sleep. He’s already been drinking. No one will think twice if he happens to pass out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They stood side by side in front of the corner fireplace. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Kev walked over to an uneven patch of floorboards next to the fireplace, where a mangy dog lay sleeping. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z My host, who stood on one side of the great fireplace, leaning against the stonework, made a graceful wave of his hand to the table, and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z On the fireplace mantel was a long, smallish box, and from within she removed a long, wooden wick. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The painting over their fireplace, by Daniel Aronstein, was a modem depiction of an American flag: strips of frayed muslin layered with oil paints in greens and mauve. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She went over to the fireplace, went up on tiptoes, and lifted it down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z ‘Once when I were sick with the pneumonia I seen God’s face looking out the fireplace at me. It were a large white man’s face with a white beard and blue eyes.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Joseph pointed to the portrait above the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The room was filled with the smell of freshly baked goods, a cozy fireplace crackling, and the heavy perfume favored by some residents of the Hill. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Like the last person in the household to retire for the night, it would be Jefferson’s responsibility to close up the fireplace and “rake the ashes over the coals.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It took three days to get the fireplace worked out so that it didn’t smoke me out of the tree like a bee. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They even have a fireplace and a giant black piano in the living room. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He’s standing by the fireplace; in his hand he’s got an almost-empty drink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a blanket draped over the open door, and light from the fireplace was piercing the evening night. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She could see the empty pot by her fireplace and, low overhead, a few birds in the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace was made of the same black rock as the one downstairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Although it wasn’t warranted, a small fire of pecan logs popped in the fireplace to foster the illusion that summer was well past us. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The Big House was mellow with light, and in a sense, so were the cabins in the quarter, for the flickering light from the fireplaces showed through the doorways—soft, yellowish. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt had retreated to the fireplace and armed himself with the shovel his sister had spurned. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or you might well fall out of the wrong fireplace —” “But don’t panic and get out too early; wait until you see Fred and George.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The sleepy boy and his dog jumped up from the pallet they shared near the fireplace. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She allowed herself a long exhale and then scaled the rest of the way down, landing with a muffled thud in the fireplace. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ross Milton had taken a brand from the fireplace carefully between his long fingers, and he waited until he had lighted his pipe before he answered Jethro’s question. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire in the fireplace had long since gone out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia wanders past the desk and stops in front of the fireplace, watching the miniature pages turning through time on the clock upon the mantel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mom and Lori admired the wide-planked floorboards, the big fireplaces, and the ceiling beams made from locust posts, with gouge marks from the ax that had felled them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With that, the Ocean Being extended his arm and let fall fat drops of water onto the fireplace and the fire was extinguished. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The man poured himself a cup and pulled up a stool on the other side of the fireplace to sit down facing her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Pollux weeps against the mantel of an ornate fireplace. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The balding wizard’s colleagues set up an uproar, under cover of which Ron grabbed Mrs. Cattermole, pulled her into the still-open fireplace, and disappeared. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even though spring sunshine peeked around the closed curtains, there was still a fire in the fireplace. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z There was a black stone fireplace in the center of the room, a pair of chairs, and a small desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They set it atop the crowded mantel of the stone fireplace, next to piles of books and photographs, promise to have it framed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With my fingers too cold to write legibly I huddled next to the fireplace, daydreaming about how several DNA chains could fold together in a pretty and hopefully scientific way. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The main room of the inn, where we supped, was enormous, with a wide fireplace and half a dozen massive tables. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Poring over her childhood memories, she remembered a dark-skinned boy, the library, the fireplace ablaze with enormous pine logs whose perfume filled the room, evening or night, and herself sitting on his knees. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The field- stone fireplace with the black kettle simmering. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The shoe poet sat by the glowing fireplace, polishing his boots with lampblack he had scraped from the hearth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His old babysitter, Tia Callida, had turned out to be Hera and had a nasty habit of putting him down for naps in a blazing fireplace. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Father fills the space she leaves by adding logs in the fireplace and refilling both their brandy glasses. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They all wound up in the great room, near the fireplace. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the room I spotted a giant fireplace. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Two big trunks sat in front of the fireplace. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Next to the fireplace was another table, this one littler, with drawers running down one side and one long drawer running ’crost the top. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Billy Buck worked at the hair rope in the evenings before the fireplace. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a picture of the floor, a picture of the fireplace, a picture of the bathtub. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The room had a fireplace where we could boil water for our tea or an egg in case we ever came into money. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The fireplace not only provided heat in winter, it was the source of light, and it was used for cooking. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The finest of these, two figureheads—solemn women with long, flowing hair—stared at us from either side of our fireplace, never blinking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The only light in the room was a standard lamp beside the fireplace, so the shadow was clear and definite, but it never stopped long enough for Will to make out what it was. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He settles on a blank spot above his fireplace, and he hangs it there, making the tiniest adjustments until the canvas is perfectly set against the wall. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He crosses to the sitting area in front of the fireplace, sinking down into an armchair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A cupboard of heavy walnut put together with wooden pegs stood near the fireplace and held dishes, food, and cooking utensils. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Flames rose at once in the fireplace, crackling merrily as though they had been burning for hours. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A woman got up from a stool near the fireplace, and came and stood beside him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs was a little area with a fireplace and two small couches that faced each other. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He sat down heavily in the armchair by the fireplace. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Commander is standing in front of the fireless fireplace, back to it, one elbow on the carved wooden overmantel, other hand in his pocket. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z This lodging quickly became known as “the shanty,” though it had a large fireplace and an excellent wine cellar stocked by Burnham himself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I tie them together with red yarn and set them on the fireplace mantel and the dining-room table. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Several Ivanov sons were asleep around the fireplace, resting on one another at various angles. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Nigel had lain down on the floor before the fireplace and gone to sleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It reflected the room, creating a shadow world that was just out of reach, where Joseph could see another fireplace, and another fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Frost laced each windowpane, a fire already crackled in the fireplace, and shadows of snowflakes drifted across the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The main floor was a huge open room with a polished stone floor, wooden furniture, a large fireplace, and windows. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The huts were really just tiny log cabins with big stone fireplaces making the whole rear wall. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw some when I was cleaning the fireplace in your room. I remember there was one of two men holding hands.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The living room, paneled in stained pine, served also as a dining room, with a fireplace at one end and a glass-fronted gun case against the side. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to the faded velvet drapes hanging at the windows, the cobwebbed chandelier, the fancy marble fireplace, the high-topped walnut bed, the dusty matching furniture. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Kaira’s suite was bigger than his, with three rooms and a working fireplace. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Indeed, built into one wall was an enormous fireplace, cold and blackened with soot. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Here there was a proper fireplace, richly carved with the arms and supporters of Benwick, and half a tree smouldered in the grate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Propped now before a great New England fireplace, on this quiet old street, he looked to me like an invalid, house-bound. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The slaves were nor required to work—as long as the Yule logs burned in the fireplaces. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace, the beams undergirding the loft, the tools dangling off nails on the walls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z More books were stacked under the tables and teetered on the fireplace mantel. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Mareth pushed him down on a stool by a roaring fireplace. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she motioned at Pond to approach the fireplace in the middle of the hogan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Everything in his uncle’s room was just as he’d left it earlier, except his apron was hanging on a hook by the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The blaze in the fireplace had died down to embers, only whispers and ashen shadows remaining of the roaring fire of a few hours ago. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A few embers were still glowing in the fireplace, turning all the armchairs into hunched black shadows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The drawing room which had transfixed Cecilia that morning with its parallelograms of light was now in gloom, lit by a single lamp near the fireplace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I think I blushed, because it felt like I was sitting in front of a fireplace. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The dining area opened into a sunny library with a generous fireplace. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I said, “I have to go now, Mom. Enjoy your fireplace and all.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she reached in the fireplace for some ashes and went into the backyard for some dirt. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The walls were covered with shelves of polished mahogany except on either side of the fireplace, where there were two glass cases filled with marble ana hard stones from the Orient. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once upon a time,” began Albert, “there was a junk shop in the desert. That’s where your mother and I grew up. That’s the place you visited, Joseph, with the fireplace.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A low parlor stove was built into a black marble fireplace. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d wanted inglenooks, somebody had said, and an overscaled fireplace and alcoves, built-in window seats and wainscoting, a battered porch base and low stone walls along his entrance walk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A plaid, overstuffed couch and matching chairs formed a semicircle facing a massive fireplace. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She blew last night’s coals into a flame and hauled a large pot to the fireplace. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph looked again at the elegant woman in the painting above the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was standing by the fireplace, leaning on the mantel and tapping her fingers, and when she spoke she looked at Eleanor with a bright smile. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z A fire still burned in the old stone fireplace, and the grandfather clock and television set were right where they had always been. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Mom showed them to a pair of chairs next to the fireplace, facing the crowd. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One night that winter, with the big contest only four days away, Baba and I sat in his study in overstuffed leather chairs by the glow of the fireplace. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z All the same it moves us as we stand at the fireplace preparing the good things. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a couple of matches she kept there for when she had to relight Mrs. Caruthers’s fireplace, on the rare occasion it went out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She laid Campbell Junior down on the rug by the fireplace, a clean diaper under his fat face, and he was asleep by time she came back downstairs, carrying a thick book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the evenings, as the frost-tinged night came on, the staff built fires of Elgon olive logs in the fireplaces, and the food in the dining room was horrible, in the best English tradition. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she saw it at the fireplace—a shadowy form. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But her mama only stared at the fireplace, rocking slowly back and forth, her eyes blank and still as though her spirit had gone away and left the body there rocking on and on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Thick books lined all the walls and cluttered a mantelpiece overhanging another fireplace. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z John sat by the fireplace, picking slivers out of his hands. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a fire in the fireplace, shelves upon shelves of books, and two side-by-side reading chairs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I would say more about the houses themselves, but I lack the vocabulary for all the forms of wall finishings, flooring materials, light fixtures, fireplace equipment, porches, and statuary we encounter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A large framed photo adorned with garlands stands on the mantel over the fireplace. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now the faintest stirring of a breeze rustled the display of sedge that stood before the fireplace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was sitting on his bed staring into the cold fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z For instance, two paintings, both of women, one on either side of the fireplace. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man, still carrying the lamp, was standing in front of a picture in a rosewood frame which hung on the other side of the fireplace, opposite the bed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Tired of living in a piano studio, she scouted out a much better apartment, with five rooms, a fireplace, and a sheltered porch where William could tinker and experiment with radios. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He noticed that the interior of the turquoise fireplace was lined with old sooty ceramic tiles, each about the size of his hand. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Near the fireplace sat a wooden table with a lantern and one chair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The fireplace actually works; this is one part of the house that has been finished. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Triphena shook her head at a low stool near the huge fireplace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Jenny took a plate of warm food to her and she ate, slowly at first, then hungrily as she sat beside Matt at the fireplace. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes slowly wandered around the room, moving lazily past the broken tables, the black stone fireplace, the huge oak barrels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pond stared into the fireplace, his face frozen in fear. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I recalled the bare trampled ground around the tree, the fireplace of rocks filled with ashes, the wood chips from the making of my bed, and resolved hereafter to keep my yard clean. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was shaped sort of like a fireplace, with an arched recess at the bottom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Calder was down on all fours looking up into the fireplace. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The reason that Phoebe’s story reminds me of that plaster wall and the hidden fireplace is that beneath Phoebe’s story was another one. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Wet clothes froze solid when you tried to dry them anywhere but right next to the fireplace—but when you dried them there, they sometimes ended up burned. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A row of tiny wooden birds perched on the fireplace mantel, and a fleet of miniature boats rested on top of the bookcase. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Soon, Joseph had a beautiful fire roaring in the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was reached only by a ladder, but was large, comfortable, and had a big fireplace. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the living room is a brick fireplace and a bay window overlooking the yard. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Candles flickered on the fireplace mantel, reflected in the mirrors along the walls. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z On one wall was a fireplace in which the remains of a fire glowed; on the other wall was an iron-bound trunk surrounded by stacks of leather-bound books. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Henry paces over to the elaborately carved fireplace across the room and leans on the mantelpiece. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His shoulders sagged and he turned to stare into the fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a restaurant, too, where cooking was done over an iron stove instead of a fireplace; Jethro had eaten there once when he had come to town with Bill and Shadrach. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hardly move in the kitchen, large as it was, without tripping over the gangly legs of a man or having one of them bar her path to the fireplace with a poker. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I start a small fire in the outdoor fireplace, wrap the primrose and artichoke in maple leaves, and clip some young shoots of a pokeweed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He strode across to his fire, seized a fistful of glittering powder from a jar on the fireplace, and threw it into the flames. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Next moment, thirty or forty letters came pelting out of the fireplace like bullets. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They continued past to the campsites, which had fireplaces, water faucets and flat dirt spaces, where a tent could be pitched or a car pulled in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughs and Mam stares into the dead ashes in the fireplace. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Jesus looked down at us from over the fireplace, as bloody and as broken as usual. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Three picnic shelters had been erected for the pleasure of the people of Noank, three open-sided structures with shingled roofs, tables, and in each shelter a stone fireplace for cooking. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam motions me over to the fireplace, where he holds out his hand. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He makes his living forging wrought iron items like garden gates and fences, railings, stairs, and fireplace tools. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Stoves, tables, clay fireplace—I keep filling my head with thoughts about these things so I won’t think about Frightful. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “They can travel by fire — only you’ve blocked the fireplace — hang on —” He approached the fireplace and called through the boards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A fire roared in the fireplace, but did no good. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Luke and Nigel finished their meal and went to the fireplace to say something privately to Sarah. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He barked at the rest of us, still sitting around the fireplace, “Who was the last person to see Mr. and Mrs. Angel alive?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She searched the room but it was not until she was emptying an ash tray into the fireplace that she noticed the charred curl of paper in the hearth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She set the baby down on a plaited cotton rug by the fireplace and spoke sternly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The boys slept out in the barn accept during the coldest weather, when they made up pallets on the floor in front of the kitchen fireplace. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned colder that night, so after we had eaten dinner I built a fire in the living room fireplace and closed the windows. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Next to the fireplace there was a small stove with four burners close together, a narrow counter with shelves underneath, and a deep sink. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She shined the flashlight around the room again, letting its light play on old paintings, books, an ornate carved marble fireplace. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s a half-hour walk to a hut made of mud and sticks, a cook shack with a fireplace, and a field of millet. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z On the mantel of a fake fireplace in the den of Palmer’s house stood a statue of a pigeon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A fireplace had been blocked up with a metal sheet. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He touched the rough-hewn bookshelves, the mantel above the fireplace, the wall where the guitar had hung. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the fireplace,” he told Percy, which sounded stupidly obvious. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I got some more water, heated it over the fireplace and took a bath, something I haven’t been able to do for a while. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The cookstove is cold, and the fireplace has a heap of ash, but no embers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A screen descends until it covers the top half of the fireplace, including the three oaks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Sammy went behind the boulder and came out holding a big grocery bag, which he set down before the fireplace. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth's well-honed espionage skills kicked in immediately: She managed to conceal Jacob's true identity from the policemen who investigated his death, and she gathered and burned all his many papers in her apartment's fireplace. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A huge, round wooden shield dominated the chimney over the fireplace. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It shone on the clay fireplace Sam had built from riverside clay. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A peat fire burned smokily in the large fireplace against one wall, and the smoke trickled out of the chimney far above. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z So carefully did she work that he heard only the lightest sound when she moved the fireplace stone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure sits in her customary spot in the corner of the kitchen, closest to the fireplace, and listens to the friends of Madame Manec complain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was perfume, and a white bearskin rug in the bedroom in front of the fireplace, and Mollie smoked a goldtipped cigarette— Violet Milo—with her coffee after dinner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I did not remember its having a fireplace, but it did. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The front room had its own fireplace, floors made of pine instead of the usual tile, and wallpaper. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The only reading matter was the country magazines in racks by the fireplace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z These two people standing there, side by side, silhouetted in the doorway, light from the fireplace behind them, seemed to belong in the cabin. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine him sitting at home watching the History channel or reading a massive biography in front of a crackling fireplace. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A vanity table held a washbasin, and a fireplace always roared with light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I was just starting dinner,” the woman said as if in apology as she hurried to stir the stew bubbling over the fire in the stone fireplace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She falls into a cream love seat tufted with multicolored cloth buttons and stares into the fireplace. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I pulled away from the light coming in my door, my eyes fixed on Ma as she stepped to the fireplace. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I stare into what looks like a normal living room with couches, chairs, and a fireplace. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We were in the basement and June sat on the couch while I stood on the fireplace like it was a stage. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The fireplace in this room had been painted a beautiful bright turquoise. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I walked to the red stocking that hung on the fireplace. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The co-ordinator, in his private study, had that medieval curiosity, a fireplace. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In front of the fireplace was a fifteen-foot-long library table stacked with new editions of books on every conceivable topic. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Everything in it was gray—no, not quite everything: something glinted on the floor, something the color of an ember in a nursery fireplace, the color of a scarlet-and-orange tulip nodding in the May sun. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Game Time and Crunch Time engaged in a particularly sweaty and determined fencing match, their improvised swords—a fireplace poker and a snow shovel handle—whizzing and clanking. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The fireplace was just a circle of stones in the middle of the floor. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A workman was building a new fireplace in the living room, and as Dad was escorted through that room he stopped to watch the man laying bricks. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't care!" cried Daisy and began to clog on the brick fireplace. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I avoid my reflection in the mirror over the fireplace mantel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We pulled down walls and found old fireplaces that, with a little fixing up, still worked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I thumped on the first step with the fireplace poker. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A fireplace opposite the bed roared with a warm and inviting fire, and a memory came to him of a strange, dreamlike week visiting his grandfather in America when he was six. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In our house we have a fireplace in Ireland downstairs and a fireplace in Italy upstairs and no sign of a damper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the mornings we sometimes went out on long hikes into the woods, and at night we played Scrabble or listened to records or sat reading in front of his big stone fireplace. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It has two rooms: a cot in each, table, chair, fireplace, cookstove in one. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face looked bloodless, as gray as fireplace ash. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z With a tiny window and no fireplace, it was more cell than room, just large enough for a pallet on the floor and a small wardrobe. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a large room, twice as big as Miss Mary’s house, with two wide fireplaces, one on each of the far walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Purer than many of yours, I daresay. Off you go,” he boomed to the Muggle-borns, who scurried forward into the fireplaces and began to vanish in pairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a crude fireplace with one or two black iron pots standing in front of it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle was a cooking area with a fireplace and stew pots. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The thanes in the meadhall blow out the lights and cover the wide stone fireplace with shields. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound was deafening as she was sitting in one of the tufted chairs in front of the fireplace in my room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The old farmhouse—the heart of the Cottages—had a number of fireplaces where we could burn the split logs stacked in the outer barns. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a large fireplace in the dining-room and she now set about wedging the cage up the chimney and out of sight. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The presents were always nice, but being together—with the fireplace going, and Dad’s favorite Motown Christmas album playing—was the best part. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It clattered on the fireplace stones and fell to the stone floor, ringing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie climbed to her feet, not saying anything, just giving up the warmth and comfort of her spot nearest the fireplace without a fight. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z There was a fireplace built into the cave wall, and a pot bubbling over the flames. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Far away, in the little parlor, the ash dropped softly in the fireplace. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I remember there was a log burning in the fireplace, and that we were doing a play-reading. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided that piece of fluorite would look nice, would even look right, somehow, hanging above the fireplace in the room I thought of as the library. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z There was a pile of Ivans sleeping in front of the fireplace as there had been the other morning, resting on one another at various angles. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He has dictionaries of several kinds on the top shelf to the left of the fireplace. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven glanced over at her coven, and both Valley and Thorn looked like they’d rolled around in a fireplace. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Then he saw Mrs. Weasley and Bill standing in front of the fireplace, beaming at him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z One of them is standing by a marble fireplace. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z By the late innings of the game the rest of the room—a few laggard coals glowed orange beneath the fireplace grate—lay sleeping in soft, quiescent shadows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Every picture on the fireplace mantel was facedown on the ground, as were the line of school portraits my mom had placed on the table behind the couch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In return for a place to sleep in the building, Joe was to chop enough kin-dling and split enough wood to keep the school’s huge stone fireplace stoked day and night. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He turned up the sounds in the walls, stoked the embers in the dining room fireplace, and added another log. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Flames burn low in the gilded fireplace, the tall bookcases stuffed with curios and relics loom in shadow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We’re all still really close, like we’re huddled around a fireplace in a cold forest instead of a dinner table that has no business seating six people. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It has crown molding, a marble fireplace, and grander rooms than they have furniture for. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The Warden turned to face Mr. Sir, who was sitting on the fireplace hearth. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A big chair is in front of the fireplace, and nestled up in it is Fina. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The king sat by the central fireplace, hunched up on a carven stool by the table. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I took off my coat and sat in a place at the middle of the table, with my back to the fireplace. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella’s fingertips stung as she washed up quickly and dashed back inside to the warmth of Mama’s fireplace. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Grandpa prodded the logs in the fireplace with a poker. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As I stepped out of the bedroom, Pa loaded up his plate and John’s from the fireplace, then turned to go out to the barn. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Inside, a fire crackled in the stone fireplace. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z When supper was over, when the family and Billy Buck sat in front of the fireplace in the other room, Jody anxiously watched Grandfather. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “So,” he said, marching over to the fireplace and turning to face Harry as though he were about to pronounce him under arrest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I dug out the embers from the ashes of the kitchen fireplace and laid tinder on them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie was waiting for us in a chair by the fireplace. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The lodge was modern and very warm, with an open lobby dominated by a stone fireplace, and the sort of anonymously comfortable rooms you would find in a Holiday Inn. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Joseph spotted the other earring, sparkling at the edge of the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Miss Volker stood by the fireplace mantel and took a breath so deep it straightened out her curved spine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He sat down in the old ladder-back chair near the fireplace and looked at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Midget trees stood in mossy pots round the unused fireplace. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I look at my clay fireplace, which I now use only for heat and cheeriness, not cooking. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace in the living room, with its plain marble mantel, was blocked off, and we put Tata’s television in front of it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a fire in the fireplace, and students were scattered around in armchairs, talking quietly or reading. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z As he slowly caught his breath, the sound of low prayers could be heard from the other side of the room where Old Cob crouched against the black stone of the fireplace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I turn toward the fireplace, even though the silence is making me itchy. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z There were even more on the low, round table in front of the fireplace. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z If Dad would move away from the fireplace I could light the fire myself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “What’s up, Albert?” said the same balding wizard who had followed Harry out of the fireplace earlier. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The log in the fireplace fell apart, sending a shower of sparks up the chimney. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A low settee stood in front of the fireplace, and a mirror framed in mahogany hung above the mantel, flanked by oil lamps fastened to the walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Was I competing with her as I trod the carpet between the fireplace and the Chesterfield? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Each step was strenuous and cumbersome, but they made it to the fireplace. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z On one side of the hut a crude metal grate stood in the fireplace with a well-worn pot on it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Like the women who sat in front of roaring fireplaces, drinking tea incessantly from silver trays full of scones and crumpets. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked inside and sat down on logs around a fireplace. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z So indeed was the entire mantelpiece around the fireplace in the living-room, a splendid design of fruit and foliage and intertwining branches carved in oak. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z On the wall opposite the bed was a deep fireplace as tall as Anya was; a fire rumbled within it and warmed the room nicely. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There was a fireplace with a little pot warming beside it, a high chair, and the reading desk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She perched on his rustic bedstead and warmed herself by the clay fireplace. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The speaker was seated directly in front of the fireplace, so that it was difficult, at first, for the new arrivals to make out more than his silhouette. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Was she retreating into the living room, to the fireplace and her secret staircase? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I stood by the fireplace, my hands behind my back. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When he refused, she threw a goblet in the fireplace and carried on so loudly that the Master and Colonel Hawkins finally called for the carriage and left for a tavern. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The mother grabbed a poker from the fireplace. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't sure she’d bought my version of the origin of the boots, but the next day she was wearing them as she chased after Slopper through the huge front room with the double fireplaces. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I carefully pushed the coals to the back of the fireplace and covered them with ashes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I got used to the indignity and the smell, I saw the raccoons cavort around my fireplace and dodge past me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But the only thing back there was the lean-to where we kept the wood for the fireplace. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z She left the fireplace and drifted over to the great embrasure of the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a few feet to the side of the fireplace and half as tall, propped up on a small wooden table. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie started a fire in the fireplace, and she took a moment to warm her hands and enjoy the heat after the chill of the day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I see you have been busy. A blanket, new clothes, and an ingenious fireplace—with a real chimney—and say, you have silverware!” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a fire in the fireplace; the drapes are drawn against the heavy November darkness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was drawn into the room by the large, framed poster hanging over the fireplace mantel. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z At night we sat around the fireplace and ate baked apples spiced with sugar and cinnamon and listened to the cuentos, the old stories of the people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was standing on the hearth, my hand resting on the mantel, when I happened to look into the fireplace. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the living room a couch, a fireplace, and a coffee table with the latest issues of Good Housekeeping on it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In an almost formal manner I was invited into a room with a clean chenille-covered bed, an easy chair, a gas fireplace and a table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There are matches by the fireplace in Italy and we have a good fire going in no time. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A good fireplace that actually gave off heat was a luxury! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She glided over to the fireplace mantel, and placed a dollar bill in a glass Mason jar. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z As soon as she left to post the letter, I collapsed in front of the fireplace, sobbing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He turned up the gas lamps on either side of the fireplace and said, “Light the fire.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Calpurnia was sitting in a wooden rocking chair in a corner of the room by the fireplace. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Stung, I stand and walk to her fireplace mantel, leaning my head against the carved stone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A handsome fire was roaring in the fireplace opposite him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He had unsealed the fireplace and kept it laid with pine logs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When I knocked he probably rushed over to the fireplace and propped himself up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But she felt uncomfortable and hot, and would have liked to check her appearance in the large gilt mirror above the fireplace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The DiAngelos’ kitchen is twice the size of our living room, with its own fireplace and glass doors that open onto a patio. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There’s a grand piano in one and a fireplace in the other. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grab the fireplace poker and go down into the basement, and if any of those vermin are twitching hit them with the poker and knock them into the Promised Land,” she ordered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Two blue-striped armchairs flanked a stone fireplace, and a trunk stacked with books served as a table between them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The damp logs in the fireplace make the house smoky and give off a tepid heat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Two lamps are broken near the “goal” of the fireplace. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z A log broke apart and crackled in the fireplace. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z There were stately chairs with the badger arms stamped in gold on their Spanish leather seats—the leather was coming off—and a portrait of the Founder over the fireplace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She brushed as much soot off herself into the hearth as she could and then crept out of the fireplace, through the dining room—careful not to touch anything—and out into the carpeted hallway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Alys turned in the bed and through the dim light of the last embers that glowed in the fireplace, Claire could see her bright eyes, open in surprise. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Old Rit was sitting in front of the fireplace, her head on her hand. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The trophy was filled with some kind of grey dust that looked like ashes from the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And over the fireplace, a huge picture of birds. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z While he fried the plain bamboo shoots in the pot over the fireplace, Minli looked around the bare room. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She stumbled to the fireplace to unlock the secret door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was still standing in front of the fireplace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The decorations, the fireplace, rugs, windows, and curtains were all painted on the metal floors and walls. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z A greenish fire burned in the mouthlike fireplace, and thirteen men sat at a long table, each staring at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Put it in your fireplace,” I told him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Maxim made instinctively now for the chair on the left of the open fireplace, and stretched out his hand for the papers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the table by the fireplace, and stood. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They come armed with shovels and fireplace pokers and baseball bats. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Nathan tried not to think of all the eyes watching him as he walked to the fireplace, closer to Pond, who hocked up a thick clump of mucus. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She raised her wand the moment she entered; Harry and Ron both flinched, but she merely pointed it at the empty fireplace, where flames suddenly erupted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In about half an hour I had a respectable-looking small fireplace, its back about eighteen inches high on the downhill side. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The man loved the opulence of the ship, just as he loved Pullman Palace cars and giant fireplaces, but his foot problem tempered his enjoyment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She pulls her chair over to the fireplace.We all eat our bread and egg and watch her cry till she says, What are ye gawkin’ at? and turns away to look into the ashes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He’d done the framing for all of the rooms, and put in a staircase and a fireplace, but that was it as far as it got, no other decorations or finishes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Papa and Maria by the fireplace, playing viola and piano; a warm dinner, sweet mint iced tea in my glass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The common room was long and drafty, with a row of huge wooden kegs at one end and a fireplace at the other. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As we stood admiring the jar, Mr. Hu took it from my father’s hands and set it on one side of our fireplace. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace was in the corner of the room; the flames blazed up, snapping the kindling and sucking at the wind that came down the chimney. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z So many postcards—from Disneyland, Tijuana, the Golden Gate Bridge—perched among the saints over the fireplaces, in wall crannies, but the boys and the girl were gone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His fireplace is crackling and bright, casting light across the ceiling and the walls. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He waited there, silent, and looked over the small group of people standing between the sofa and the fireplace. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She hated the drafty floors and frigid corners, and the perpetual animal reek of heavy clothes hung about the fireplace to dry. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On the day after he found out she wasn’t returning, he flew to Lewiston, Idaho, and when he came back, he spent three days chipping away at the fireplace hidden behind the plaster wall. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He lit a fire in his fireplace and stretched out on his bed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was all light blues with white furniture and a white fireplace with small stone lions on either side and another vase on a dark table filled with pink roses. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A coal-oil lamp was lighted and placed in the middle of the table when supper was at last ready; gold light filled the kitchen, pouring from the open fireplace and from the sparkling lamp chimney. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Ellen drew a flat loaf of white bread from the ashes of the fireplace and wrapped it in a clean cloth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The grandest thing in the room is the fireplace. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There were painted oil drums for garbage, and picnic tables, and sometimes fireplaces or barbecue pits. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa and Grandpa were sleeping rolled up in blankets on the floor by the fireplace. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Eva instructed the shoe poet to collect any wood or paper he could find for the fireplace. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile an argument was going on by the fireplace. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Suddenly Moreau and the chair vanish and a different scene emerges inside the cage—a fancy living room with plush chairs and a large fireplace. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Thinking back, the signs were there—family photos burned in the fireplace, Mother sewing her best silver and jewelry into the lining of her coat late at night, and Papa not returning from work. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The fire in the fireplace should be dying, but it looks as if it’s been sprayed with gas or more logs added. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He threw himself down in front of the fireplace and closed his eyes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs in the kitchen, the fireplace is big enough to stand in. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Big Harm and two other women are sitting on the sofa closest to the fireplace. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A log cracked and fell in the fireplace. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “The fireplace used up all the oxygen. I’ve got to ventilate this place.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Loud bangings and scrapings were coming from behind the Dursleys’ boarded-up fireplace, which had a fake coal fire plugged in front of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Um, you guys,” said Kyle, standing near the fireplace at one end of the room, “don’t mean to interrupt your breakfasts, but we sort of need your help.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The fire glowed in the fireplace and she had lit the oil lamps. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He was filling a pail with wood ash from the fireplace. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly, as if they heard his thoughts, one of the twins said, “Young Nathan, come near the fireplace.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "Could I have tea? Enough for two. And would you mind lighting the fireplace?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z First they ripped out the boards that covered the ancient fireplace, coming upon the rusty bricks like prospectors upon the mother lode. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He dropped it on the table, walked again to the central fireplace, almost into it, and kicked the flaming logs and beat down the sparks with his hands. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The only light in here came from the fireplace, where a bright blaze of logs settled slightly as she looked, sending a fountain of sparks up into the chimney. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Still chortling, Fudge had thrown some powder into the fireplace, stepped into the emerald flames, and vanished with a whooshing sound. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The rock was flat and narrow and long; it was the answer to my fireplace. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled out a thick volume bound in black leather and propped it open on the mantle above the fireplace, holding it in place with a heavy pewter candlestick. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A yellow ray from the sinking sun fell across the foot of the bed and lighted up the fireplace, where the water in the pan was boiling fast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She describes the narrow house, the gas fireplaces, the dank odor of the bathrooms, eating Weetabix and hot milk for breakfast, wearing a uniform to school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On that “cool September evening,” Compton, Conant, and Lawrence arranged themselves around the fireplace in Compton’s living room. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hicks, finding the girl slow to move, jumped from her bed, seized an oak stick of wood by the fireplace, and with it broke the girl’s nose and breastbone, and thus ended her life. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z He had fake snow and snow globes and stockings hung by the fireplace and lots of wrapped presents from Santa Claus. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They were proper brick buildings with stoves or fireplaces in each room. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A stuffed springbok with horns and glassy amber eyes, stared at me from over the fireplace, and for a moment I forgot what I was going to say. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z In the kitchen is an immense fireplace with two ranges, pots, pans, and kettles—everything, even to a stack of small chopped wood in an outhouse—a regular cook’s paradise. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z This room had a well pump, a fireplace, an oven, and a stove. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But the house has two fireplaces, one in the living room, one in the dining room, and there was about a cord of wood in the woodshed, already cut. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Coffees and brandies are poured and the guests settle on various couches and armchairs around the crackling fireplace. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Two, three years ago, there was another girl here, slave like you. She talked back. Madam called her surly and took to beating her regular-like. One day she beat her with a fireplace poker.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s not a hint of rain in the air, and someone in the valley must have their fireplace going, because I can smell it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He looks at the ancient fireplace, the carved details of the mantel almost as old as the country itself, and it may not be Kensington Palace, but it looks all right. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Harry received a heavy blow on the back of the legs: Another wizard had just flown out of the fireplace behind him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The following morning, Calder and Petra sat down on a bench in the Gracie Hall lobby They were facing a stone fireplace that had a bust of Francis Parker on the mantel. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I try to make eye contact with the black girl standing by the fireplace. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The half-eaten scone still sat on the plate; the shoes, including the muddy ones, were still lined up neatly; and the tiles in the turquoise fireplace gleamed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She planted a kiss on top of Christ’s head, then placed the statue on top of the fireplace mantel, which needed, Sanjeev observed, to be dusted. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He took his place at the table beside the fireplace and, swayed happily by his teacher’s mood, savored the flavor of the food, the beauty of candle and firelight, the joy of close companionship. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she had built a fireplace outdoors and placed her pot beside it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I pass the chimney of the fireplace in the living room. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “You rent a mountain cabin,” he said, “in an area still verdant. It’s rustic knotty pine with a huge fireplace.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A half dozen men sat around the fireplace at one end of the store or leaned against the counters and cracker barrels. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs in the empty sitting room, Harry walked to the fireplace, brow furrowed, trying to think what to do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was in the fireplace, buried up to its hubs in wood ashes. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Violet had the nerve to put it on the fireplace mantel in her own parlor and both she and Joe looked at it in bewilderment. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Samantha’s amazing framed photos of the family decorated the mantel above the fireplace, the only other available surface. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z After everyone left their offerings in the temple, he went in and spread fireplace ashes all over the floor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I think, involuntarily, of the girl in Hollow Hall cleaning Cardan’s fireplace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Did you extinguish all the candles before you left? Did you put out the fire in the fireplace?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “And double-check all the candles and fireplaces before you leave.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The hut was empty, but ashes in the fireplace were still warm. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It can’t compare to Christmas, when they hang stockings on the fireplace mantel, and set out cookies and milk for Santa Claus, and receive heaps of presents, and stay home from school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He reached up, pulled the chain, and next moment had zoomed down a short chute, emerging out of a fireplace into the Ministry of Magic. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A magnificent fire burned brightly in a fireplace, and a sparkling chandelier ringed with candles hung from the ceiling. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And then from a secret place Juana brought a little piece of consecrated candle and lighted it at the flame and set it upright on a fireplace stone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “I fed a fireplace once with seventeen pages about a man who needed to be mutilated. I described the torture lovingly.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A huge vase of fuchsia peonies are set into the fireplace. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The previous tenants said the house was chilled even with the fireplace packed near to overflowing and that there were strange sounds all hours of the night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The chair had been pulled up to the oversized fireplace Carl had built, inside of which stood tall, fluted andirons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z True, the cabin was hot in summer, and filled with cold drafts in the winter, and the smoke from the fireplace half blinded them, but it was still a good place —it was their home. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I went into the cabin and sat down with Alice before the cold fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In a fireplace that filled half one side of the room a bright fire crackled, throwing glancing patterns of light on creamy plaster walls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Burnham looked forward to evenings on the grounds when his lieutenants and visiting architects would gather for dinner at the shanty and converse into the night in front of Burnham’s immense fireplace. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was an electric heater as well as a well-stocked fireplace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s no plumbing and no electricity, but the fireplace still works and there’s a woodpile in the corner that my father and I collected years ago. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Where we had a big fireplace and mantel made out of bricks from the Settlement’s brickyard, they still had a fireplace made out of clay and rocks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He turned to the sandy-haired man who stood swaying slightly by the fireplace, “Could you do me a favor, son?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Teenie showed them the stones that had been dug into the side of the fireplace where bread was baked and the iron grills where food was fried. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled gently away from her and knelt down in front of the fireplace until it burned his stomach. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They were on the beach, gathering driftwood to dry for the fireplace. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At the very far end, just opposite where I stood, was a gigantic fireplace, faced with stone and painted tiles. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z At one end of the Mews there was a little fireplace and a kind of snuggery, like the place in a saddle-room where the grooms sit to clean their tack on wet nights after foxhunting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A large portrait of a woman posing beneath curtains in a theatre hung above a white fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He did not go back into the bedroom immediately, however, but sat down in a chair near the fireplace. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I told him about the glass I had seen lying broken in the fireplace at the twins’ apartment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was full of books and pictures, and there was even a fireplace, although it looked as if no one had used it for at least a hundred years. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When we got back to the hall, she announced, “Forty-two windows and a fireplace in every room. The windows must have cost a trunkful of gold KJs.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He took out his knife and struck the sparker again and again on the rasp, producing a shower of sparks each time, which each time failed to light the paper in the fireplace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But soon the game was over, and the old cook gave her a warm embrace and drew her to a seat by the giant fireplace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z By being careful with the gas, I made it last most of the winter; then I cooked on the fireplace, which is a lot of trouble because it gets the pans so dirty. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Bull turned toward the far wall and, giving a signal to the other pilots in the room, all thirteen of them hurled their glasses into the fireplace already littered with bright shards of glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two working fireplaces, a two-car garage, and an attic suitable for converting into extra bedrooms if, the Realtor mentioned, the need should arise. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A cannonball had landed in his fireplace during the first Battle of Bull Run, at the very start of the conflict. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I grab a red plastic cup from a nearby table, pour myself some cranberry juice, and start dancing alone like the girl near the fireplace. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He shoveled ashes out of the huge stone fireplace and brought in wood for tomorrow’s fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the other end of the dining room was a tall marble fireplace, always lit by the orange glow of a fire in the wintertime. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was going to build a fireplace of clay, even fashion a little chimney of clay. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She might as well be that picture over the fireplace. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He put the poker back and got the cushion out of Mother’s chair and gave it to Ben, and he hunkered down in front of the fireplace and got quiet. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Above a spacious fireplace an oil portrait of the Founder looked down at me remotely, benign, sad, and in that hot instant, profoundly disillusioned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Voices could be heard from inside the blocked fireplace. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even though he had his own hut farther up the mountain, Yishan claimed the seat by the fireplace in Pinmei’s hut as his own. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a great fire burning in the kitchen fireplace and the smell of Johnny cake and hot gravy. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Opposite the fireplace were shelves made of logs split in half and nailed against the wall to hold the books that Shadrach had brought with him from college. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to kick down the door, ask a thousand questions, make them pay for bringing all this into our beautiful home with our books and the fireplace we’d built out of dry river rocks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Hidden behind the wall was a brick fireplace. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z We sat and we looked at the fireplace. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A fireplace with raw brick showing where the wooden mantel and surround had been pried away and burned. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z This room too had a fireplace, and a sofa in front of it, and a huge wooden desk and walls full of books. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go to bed. I need you up early to clean out the fireplace.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “When he is drunk asleep ...” The knife for the meat was lying on the floor near the fireplace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Flames curl and hiss in a stone fireplace, even though it's the end of the warm months. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And not just because houses on Long Island don’t have fireplaces—at least, none that give off heat. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The couch faces a gas fireplace, a light blue flame burning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the science fiction movie, he had biceps as thick as fireplace logs and used them to swat off evil droids. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She fed us cornmeal mush cooked in a pot swung over the fireplace. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother was standing up against the fireplace wall. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I tore the book into several pieces and threw it onto the hot coals in his fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He had once spoken to Lupin out of that fireplace, seeking reassurance about James, and Lupin had consoled him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I went and stood over on the rug beside the empty fireplace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then she leaned her stick against the fireplace wall, sat down, and picked up the needle that was waiting, threaded with green, attached to the fabric. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z A few old, rotting fireplace logs blocked the hole mouth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Inside, after adjusting to the diminished light, they stare at a desk with an inkwell at its top, a soot-stained fireplace, a washtub, a short, narrow bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ben rolled over toward the fireplace and armed himself with a poker. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Taggart handed me my mug and I took it to the mantel over the little fireplace. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The Bull would fly over thirty rooftops before landing on top of someone’s chimney, which would be burning hot even though it was summer and no one was using their fireplace. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was fun to run the whole length of the big room, from the large fireplace at one end all the way to Grandma’s bed, under the window in the other end. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z To the right of the hall was a living room that had a huge fireplace on the end wall; there was no furniture in the room, and the wallpaper was peeling from the walls. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “His lifeline was tied to a stick in a fireplace, and when that piece of wood burned up...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One side of that entrance was stone — a large tan stone fireplace that was open to both rooms. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Instead of arranging the Christmas cards on the fireplace mantel, Ashima glances at the return addresses and then, without opening the envelopes, she throws them away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Why they even had a fireplace in Puerto Rico, Reyna had never understood, but she and Hylla used to pretend the hearth was a secret hideout where their father couldn’t find them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She balled up the evidence, stuffed it in die fireplace, drenched it in ail from her bedside lamp, and lit it afire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Done sweeping up ash in the fireplace, the servant girl stacks new wood into a pyramid with aromatic pine for kindling resting on top. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I read it to him in the living room by the marble fireplace. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She seized a stone from the fireplace and rushed outside, but it was over by then. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw two bucket-size cups and saucers on the wooden table in front of the fireplace when they entered Hagrid’s cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mam sat by the fireplace with the twins on her lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Over the small fireplace in the adjoining handkerchief-sized family room was a row of pictures. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He came to the fireplace and knelt to separate the logs and put out her small fire. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It had a fireplace with a mantel and golf trophies. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Bando went for a walk, I lit the fire in the fireplace and spent the morning creating a feast from the wilderness. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Away from the entrance hall, they wandered through room after empty room of paneled wood, stone fireplaces, tiled floors. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I ran and dumped the bunches in a pile on the bare ground outside the yard fence, then hurried to bring a live coal from the fireplace to start them burning. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I kick a few aside, looking for blackened fireplace rocks or wood that would tell me Alice had camped here. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing in front of the fireplace, drinking coffee. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hens strutted by with one suspicious eye on the deweys, another on the brick fireplace where sheets and mason jars were boiled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I took the map from Rufus’s desk and dropped it into the fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” he said, and he walked away toward the fireplace where his mother stood watching. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This flat stone was what I needed to hold up the funnel and finish my fireplace. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was light-colored, pretty, with a small fire of driftwood burning brightly in the fireplace. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He went to the fireplace, touched a taper to a live coal, and lit the pipe. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The floors were the same, the windowsills were the same, even the tiles on the fireplace were the same color green. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The dragon coiled in front of a fireplace, the flames lighting its ruby scales. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The table was lower, the fireplace smaller, and the place was a mess. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mam is sitting by the fireplace with Alphie in her arms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He came across to the fireplace and rang the bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Each stocking, hanging from the fireplace and swollen fat as sausages, could not have held another item. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Atrium was full of people moving from fireplace to fireplace, sealing them off. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then he looked down at the floor and at the fireplace. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Bull Meecham was the first in line, chugging what was left of his two martinis, then throwing the glasses the length of the room into the brick fireplace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z An ancient green-plush sofa lolled alone in the center, like yet another mossy fallen log, facing a soot- streaked fireplace still deep in last winter’s ashes. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a fireplace built into one wall, and above it hung two pots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Only once a year did the need to dispose of a mountain of wrapping paper and cardboard packaging overrule Desdemona’s objections to using our fireplace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dad stood against the wall drinking his stout between the fireplace and the bed with Eugene. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His grandfather had been very kind to him, reading Joseph stories from old books in front of a fireplace in a room filled with statues and boxes and who knew what else. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was a stone fireplace built into the shelter wall, and some kindly soul had left a pile of twigs and small logs by the side. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Cut-paper snowflakes were suspended from a narrow mantel above the fireplace, which was covered with candlesticks and knickknacks and silver jars. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She had been cooking in the dining room fireplace—that was easier than going outdoors to the old kitchen—and she wanted to join the old kitchen to the house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mam sat by the fireplace with the twins asleep on her lap, and Malachy lay curled up on the floor by her feet. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But even more dazzling to Joseph were the dozens of small blue-and-white Chinese vases and porcelain figures, each one sitting on its own little gold shelf, that covered the wall above the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She got up from the armchair and went over to the fireplace. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I set a match to the kindling in the fireplace and ran and got extra lamps and set them around the perimeter of his blotter like an intimate constellation. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That I wanted to throw the book—no better than kindling—into the fireplace? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I thought I had them in a Prince Albert can under a loose board near the fireplace in there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was a handsome room, with a fine marble fireplace facing the long sash windows, firmly closed against the unseasonable chill. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A plain young woman in a linen apron and cap was busy at the fireplace. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z So they hung their stockings by the fireplace, and said their prayers, and went to bed—Alice and Ella and Mary and Laura all in one big bed on the floor. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman waiting gave him a start, though all he was doing was sitting by the cold fireplace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Harry and Hermione made their way to the back of the room, where there was a small, vacant table between the window and a handsome Christmas tree, which stood next to the fireplace. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry repeated, and he advanced with the picture in his hands as the flames burst into life in the fireplace. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There don't tend to be a lot of crackling fireplaces during the Tennessee summer, and Colin didn't smoke, so no matches were on hand. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The two scholars sat inside a huge hooded fireplace, chewing slowly. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z There is wood in the wood box and the fireplace, and in the darkest corner of the room a can of kerosene which he sprinkles on the wood. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I look as if I have been coated in glowing embers—no, that I am a glowing ember straight from our fireplace. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “What on earth did they want to block up the fireplace for?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Rowan looked at what he wrote and carefully, quietly tore the page out, crumpled it, and tossed it into the flames of his bedroom fireplace. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There was a table and a rocking chair and a bench and a big brick fireplace and maplewood floors and rugs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I sat by the cold fireplace and considered reading a book, but I’d read everything I had. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Zella has made it cozy with two rocking chairs, a patchwork quilt on the bed, colorful posters, and bright copper pots at the fireplace. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit in front of the fireplace, with his arm around me solid as the back of a chair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a huge place, the White House, with 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 28 fireplaces spread out over six floors, all of it stuffed with more history than any single tour could begin to cover. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He moved forward swiftly to where a door near the fireplace led into an adjoining room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Harry shouted at Hermione; he seized her hand and they jumped into the fireplace together as Yaxley’s curse sailed over Harry’s head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a stocky middle-aged woman stirring a kettle that hung over the fire in the fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Since there was no fireplace in Joseph’s playroom, he turned over his toy chest and stuffed it with newspapers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The room they stood in was small but cozy, with a fire burning in a fireplace to their right. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They arranged ten chairs facing the fireplace for the “guests” and another ten chairs off to the side, by the kitchen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One we built inside the fireplace at Calvin’s house. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I would know the smell of it—oil soap and fireplace wood. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The first year I lived here I had only a tree, a bed, and a fireplace. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The holiday for the field slaves lasted as long as the Yule log burned in the fireplace at the Big House. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Chi-Boy walked the perimeter of the room before setting the candle down on a small round table in front of another empty fireplace, on a much smaller scale than those in the great room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I stepped over to him, took the stick from his hand, and threw it into the fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “After school, bring in wood and coal for the fireplaces.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was facing a mirror over the fireplace, a great gilded thing in an intricately scrolled frame. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It offered twenty-one guest rooms, commanding sea views, and a lobby fireplace as big as a truck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I wrapped myself in the blanket, pulled the room’s two chairs together in front of the fireplace, and settled in as comfortably as I could. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They had gone to college and were engaged to pretty, clean girls whose pictures were already standing on the rough cement mantelpiece of Orr’s fireplace. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There was a fire sizzling and popping in the fireplace. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If there were a fire in the fireplace, its light would be twinkling on the polished surfaces, glimmering warmly on flesh. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I built a fire in the fireplace and pulled up my favorite rocker. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The main room is the taproom, with a huge stone fireplace, and barrels full of beer and whiskey and cider. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls them off one by one and sets the board up next to the fireplace. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Standing at the bar, Kvothe filled his mug and began to add pinches of spice from several small containers, then walked toward the great stone fireplace, a thoughtful expression on his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mother pulled our old resolutions out of the Bible and read them aloud to much laughter and then burned them in the fireplace. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She stared for a long time at the blazing embers in Teenie’s fireplace. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He still doesn’t say anything, but he snuggles up next to me by the fireplace and we take long cozy snoozes together. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The walls, the paneling, the pervasive heaviness of nearly new fixtures, the colossal firedogs, the walk-in fireplaces of bright new stone referred back through the centuries to a time of lonely castles in mute forests. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the back of the room was a marble fireplace, big as a sepulchre, and a globed gasolier—dripping with prisms and strings of crystal beading—sparkled in the dim. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Joseph turned, and there was Florent, his hat in his hands, standing on the other side of the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There’s an oriental rug on the floor, and a fireplace without a fire in it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had gone, and shut the door behind him, Maxim came over to me where I was standing by the fireplace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Soon the cameras were rolling in front of the living room fireplace, with Koppel in his crisp blue suit and Morrie in his shaggy gray sweater. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent down over the fireplace; they couldn’t see what he was doing but when he drew back a second later, there was a roaring fire there. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I picked up the sword and hung it over the fireplace. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace had been sealed off with a board, and where the fire would have been, there was a picture, woven like a tapestry, of a strange owl-like bird staring out at you. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two fireplaces, in which the ashy logs of wood turned from grey to red as the sunlight retreated. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved to look at the fire in the fireplace, flickering and changing all the time, burning yellow and red and sometimes green above the logs, and hovering blue over the golden and ruby coals. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Du Barry sits in a high-backed chair, facing the fireplace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Milagro itself was almost hidden in a lax bluish gauze of pinon smoke coming from all the fireplaces and cook stoves of its old adobe houses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood in front of the fireplace and read it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Only a few lingering wisps of smoke remain, along with the sharp smell of charred wood that is slowly changing to the comforting scent of a fireplace, tinged with something like cinnamon or clove. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the parlor a fireplace burns warmth into the long Ohio winter. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The cabin was dark except for a dying fire in the fireplace, but the woman made her way to her bed without trouble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Seconds later, Professor Lupin was clambering out of the fireplace, brushing ash off his shabby robes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A large flat-screen television was mounted over the fireplace; I looked up to see a network newscaster talking about my parents, a picture of Malcolm and Maud floating next to his head. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “My entire house is flammable, and it’s filled with fireplaces and candles, and that’s supposed to make me feel better?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I spilled the fireplace ashes on the kitchen floor, then kicked over the bucket of wash water I brought in to clean up the mess. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A picture on the mantel above their fireplace caught Colin's eye, and he walked over to it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A bright fireplace sends light dancing over the shelves and shelves of books stacked every possible way. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I was used to seeing Dionysus by the fireplace, playing cards and eating grapes and griping at satyrs, but Mr. D was still away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I hope he’s curled up in front of a fireplace right now, with a full belly and a cozy rug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When we were finally ready my mother took a picture of us in front of the fireplace, and then I opened the front door to leave. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Looking somewhat like a British officers’ club, the Marshall was wood-paneled, with plush burgundy velvet curtains, several fireplaces, and oak tables fitted with brass lamps. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then Miss Josephine very calmly walked over to the fireplace and picked up the matches again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There was a fireplace in the room; I saw it now, too late. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We had the voices perfected and the theme song choreographed, and we used to do these performances on the ledge in front of the fireplace. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I make out a table, a long cold stove, a few chairs around a nearby fireplace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The lodge had turrets with round rooms and medieval doors, hand-carved from African olive wood, and the living room boasted an immense fireplace with a carved mantelpiece. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad sits by the fireplace with Oliver on his lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "It seems to me,” he continued in his flat New England twang, "that all you do is pick up a brick, put some mortar on it, and put it in the fireplace.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire in the mouth-shaped fireplace flickered, and green light filled the shadows of the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z |
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