| 单词 | four-poster |
| 例句 | The four-poster bed was covered with soft, moss-green bedding embroidered with every decorative stitch Penelope had ever learned and many she had never seen before. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He and Lyra had slept in servants’ rooms under the attic, not feeling welcomed by the stately four-poster beds in the grand rooms farther down, and it was a long unsteady walk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Aronstein flag painting was down and leaning against the wall, and my parents’ four-poster bed had been stripped bare. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I climb into the big four-poster bed and stare at the ceiling for an eternity until I fall asleep. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As Harry took off his glasses and climbed into his four-poster, he imagined how it must feel to have parents still living but unable to recognize you. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A curtain separated our side of the room from the end where my parents slept in a four-poster bed veiled with mosquito netting. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Before he pulled the curtains of his four-poster shut, Harry set his tiny model of the Hungarian Horntail on the table next to his bed, where it yawned, curled up, and closed its eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The scene whirled, the darkness became complete; Harry felt himself falling and, with a crash, he landed spread-eagled on his four-poster in the Gryffindor dormitory, Riddle’s diary lying open on his stomach. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A four-poster bed, a dresser, silver-framed photographs, a pile of books on the bedside table, a catalog lying open on the rug, its pages full of pictures of old books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Five four-poster beds with deep crimson hangings stood against the walls, each with its owner’s trunk at the foot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But no—behind me is just a four-poster bed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I looked around the room, taking in the enormous four-poster bed and the silk bedspread on the floor. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He grabs the last wing and leans against the four-poster bed. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Adam lay in the four-poster bed where the twins had been born. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her bed is a high four-poster with white sheets and yellow quilt. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I touched one post of my four-poster bed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Just — just prod me or something in future, all right, don’t bend over me like that ” Harry pulled back the curtains around his four-poster, took his glasses from his bedside table, and put them on. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was still wearing his Giants sweatshirt, and he was using a baseball bat to break up his four-poster bed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Six canopied four-poster beds are lined up and draped with rich tapestries the color of our signature flowers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Harry lay awake for a long time, looking up at the canopy of his four-poster and trying to convince himself that his feelings for Ginny were entirely elder-brotherly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She pictures the black iron bars in the windows of her parents’ flat, and Gogol, in his American baby clothes and diapers, playing beneath the ceiling fan, on her parents’ four-poster bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything was pink with a four-poster canopied bed complete with stuffed animals and dolls. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Harry sat on his four-poster and flicked through the blank pages, not one of which had a trace of scarlet ink on it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They reached their familiar, circular dormitory with its five four-poster beds, and Harry, looking around, felt he was home at last. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She would never tolerate a stain anywhere, especially not on the bedsheets of her big four-poster. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Can I sell you a Jacobean four-poster bed? Or do the tax inspectors keep getting younger?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Her four-poster bed and my smaller cot were tucked into a corner of our apartments on the seventh floor of Maison Rouge de la Beauté. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There was a tidy bathroom decorated with peach seashells, a bedroom with a four-poster bed that I suspected belonged to Viviana, and two rooms at the end of the hall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing mysterious to bother him, fell asleep almost as soon as he’d drawn the curtains of his four-poster. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Albert and I erect on top our four-poster bed complete with blue silk canopy, mattress, and two lace coverlets. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pointing at Black, who suddenly crossed to the four-poster bed and sank onto it, his face hidden in one shaking hand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a large room with a four-poster bed and a window looking out onto the fountain. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z There’s tan paisley wallpaper and a queen-sized four-poster bed with a knitted afghan folded and draped across the bottom. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z A four-poster queen-size bed jutted up against the wall opposite the bulletin board. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Harry sat down on his own four-poster and for a moment, they simply stared at each other. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was a triangle of white slipped into a fold in the canopy above the four-poster bed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Upstairs in the dormitory he pulled on his pajamas and got into his four-poster, but he didn’t feel remotely tired. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The girl was stuck under all sorts of junk, a wealth of sea chests and the big four-poster bed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The walls were all heavy wainscoting and damask wallpaper, while the four-poster bed was fitted with fine linen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The bedclothes had been pulled off his four-poster and the drawer had been pulled out of his bedside cabinet, the contents strewn over the mattress. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Periodically, the queen releases a new portrait of her—sleeping soundly in a four-poster bed—to assure the kingdom that their heir is still alive. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Ron crawled to the four-poster and collapsed onto it, panting, his white face now tinged with green, both hands clutching his broken leg. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At just under ten feet wide and eighteen feet long, the room is furnished with a four-poster bed, a table, a bureau, and chairs. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z An antique four-poster bed threw shadowy spires in the darkness, and a pale sliver of light poked through a gap in the velvet curtains. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Clay, for example, slept on a soft, clean feather mattress, with perfumed sheets and silken curtains around the four-poster bed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Quietly as he could, he got out of his four-poster and went to pour himself some water from the silver jug beneath the window. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z On a magnificent four-poster bed with dusty hangings lay Crookshanks, purring loudly at the sight of them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The room was all dark wood and creaky—creaky wood floors, two creaky dark wood four-poster beds, creaky dark wood rocking chair in one corner, a creaky sofa with dark wood armrests in another. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At last, exhausted, Harry climbed into bed, twitched the hangings of his four-poster shut to block out a ray of moonlight, lay back, and felt himself almost instantly drifting off to sleep.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a poor room for a royal one, but at least it had a bed in it— the great four-poster which was used as a throne during the daytime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she first sentenced herself to the mahogany limbo of her four-poster bed, Desdemona complained only of her usual heart palpitations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Goodness,” he said distractedly, looking around my room, at the unmade four-poster bed and my clothes scattered on the rug beside it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Through a gap in the curtains around his four-poster he watched snow starting to drift past the tower window and wondered . Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I know,” said Harry, lying back in his four-poster and staring at the canopy above him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The dead man was tucked in a four-poster bed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z At the foot of the four-poster, the seat of a Chippendale sofa had been so carefully straightened that sitting down would have seemed a desecration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Really, Harry thought, as he pulled the hangings on his four-poster closed, Hagrid had a point. . . they were all right, really, dragons. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The original appeal of four-poster beds was their privacy and warmth. Advice for Renovating Your Home 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Debris encroaches on a four-poster bed covered in a cascading sheer white fabric, which she rinsed to soften. Finally, a Tide of Celebration in the Rockaways 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z This modern-dress vision of the work could hardly be pared down further: some creaky platforms, more or less; a bench; and, for the sensationally sensual second-act trio, a four-poster bed. Review: In ‘Le Comte Ory,’ a Salacious Rossini Comes Through 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z The eye-catching design by the architect Michele Bönan features colorful palettes, stately four-poster beds and common spaces adorned with Berber rugs and a futuristic chandelier. What to Do in Rome 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z The opulent furniture — four-poster beds, glittering glass-front cabinets and chandeliers — is the centerpiece of the collection. Cape Town inspires art in all forms 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z My room was replete with a four-poster bed, a fainting couch and red velvet drapery. The Weird, Mystic Pull of Southwest England 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The home is decorated with glass chandeliers, busts of Roman emperors and a lavender-accented four-poster canopy bed with sequined throw pillows. Meet the GOP operatives who aim to smear the 2020 Democrats — but keep bungling it 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Antique armoires, four-poster beds, richly patterned floor tiles and vintage ceiling lamps fill the space. Next Stop: A Pocket of the Past in Battambang, Cambodia 2011-12-15T21:22:50Z Sleeper Hit: A modern four-poster bed bridges past and present and gives the otherwise contemporary space a dash of Southern romanticism. 2010-02-08T16:51:00Z Is she implying he was a bit of a disappointment in the four-poster? Camelot: episode 10 2011-08-05T21:01:01Z Behind him was a four-poster bed, built in his wood shop. Nick Offerman Endorses Lumberjack Boots and ’80s Funk 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z His friends – who were many – included the dissipated Delaval family, whose Northumberland mansion contained a guest-bedroom in which the four-poster could surprise its occupants by dropping them into a bath of cold water. Mr Foote's Other Leg by Ian Kelly – review 2012-10-05T21:55:04Z Glamping These resorts offer unexpected comforts like en suite baths, electricity and four-poster beds and continue to grow. Going Backcountry, Three Ways 2013-05-17T18:47:13Z But as popularly used in these climate-controlled times, without drapery and a canopy, the four-poster is a purely decorative choice. Advice for Renovating Your Home 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In the dining room his mirrored Cityscape chairs join a similarly spirited table based on one of his designs, while the master bedroom boasts a gleaming four-poster he devised. Tommy Hilfiger's Vibrant Miami Home 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z He is a master of the small detail and the re-imaged past, and is still able to recall the sunlight coming through the patterned curtains that surrounded his grandmother’s four-poster bed. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z Other rooms feature colonial-style four-poster beds and chandeliers, and shared amenities include a swimming pool, a two-treatment-room spa, an open-air restaurant and a sun terrace that overlooks the terra-cotta rooftops of town. Hotel and Tour News: Hollywood History in Puerto Vallarta 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z With heavy Dutch Colonial furniture and a four-poster draped in mosquito netting, it was appealing in a Tatler-colonial way. In Sri Lanka, an Island of Detachment and Desire 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby. ‘Yourself and Yours’ Review: Romance, Alcohol and a Puzzle 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z And interspersed throughout the home are custom-made furnishings by Stuart, including the master suite’s sleek stainless-steel four-poster. A Glamorous Home in the Hollywood Hills 2014-01-28T05:00:00Z Accommodation options cover everything from swanky four-poster suites to free camping and the ticket price includes cinema, indoor swimming pool and sauna. Clubs picks of the week 2013-07-06T05:00:24Z When Caddy and Carruthers first walked round rooms emptied of everything except curtains, carpets, one four-poster bed and three pictures, they had a moment of panic. Lord Lichfield's photographs to go on display at Shugborough Hall 2011-03-18T21:07:03Z Most of the tchotchkes are fun to look at, including the four-poster bed frame that dominates the room and serves as a table. Choice Tables: In London, Great Indian Food Without the Fuss 2012-02-10T18:08:46Z Our room, the Wild Ginger Room, had a four-poster bed with elegant white netting and a fuchsia-pink outdoor garden shower. Explorer: Stand-Up Paddle Boarding in the Virgin Islands 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z This had a rhino horn sticking out of the bedhead of a large four-poster, a mirror on the ceiling and numerous couples in different sexual positions painted around the walls. A new start: Jilly Cooper on the night in a Kama Sutra room that led to her book Riders 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Modern and classical elements meet in guest rooms featuring terra-cotta-tiled floors, Balinese four-poster beds and animal hide rugs, with polished concrete walls and glass-doored showers in the bathroom. Sweet Dreams in Seven Heavenly European Inns 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z I came up with the idea of a four-poster structure with a big pillar in each corner and it looked OK, but it needed to be a little more festive. Serpentine's star pavilions 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z Whether wrought iron, four-poster, straw or “enseamèd,” the bed is where we enact the drama of who may love and how. Review: ‘Wedding Band,’ a Searing Look at Miscegenation Nation 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z A tiger-maple four-poster was adapted to king size, covered in a down mattress cover and fitted with cotton sateen sheets. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Furnishings include mahogany four-poster beds and deep soaking tubs both inside bathrooms and outdoors on terraces. A New Sandals in Barbados 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z More or less naturalistic and dominated by the Governess's four-poster bed, it's full of odd, ugly angles and simply too cluttered to let the drama stand in sharp relief. The Turn of the Screw - review 2010-10-06T13:30:00Z Early morning, I was on a sleep cloud, tucked in on a pillowed four-poster bed, a slow ceiling fan ruffling a pinned-up muslin mosquito net. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Velvety upholstery and lacquer tables shimmer, four-poster bed drapes are gently parted, and sunlight streams onto crystal chandeliers and flowered wallpaper. Antiques: Shahn Art Collection and Home Are for Sale 2010-10-14T21:46:00Z He's on the wall just beyond the foot of my four-poster bed. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z There is a vintage four-poster bed in the background and a few guitars dotted around the room. Marti Pellow on success, songwriting and sobriety: 'Every day I punch addiction in the face!' 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z The child's puppet dolls are miniatures of herself and Miss Jessel, dangled menacingly over the canopy of the big four-poster bed where the virginal new governess endures her fevered nightmares. The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les p?cheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z Your nest is well stocked: the white canvas tent includes a four-poster bed, down duvets, and a fireplace, which is particularly lovely when nights turn chilly. These 6 Wilderness Retreats Will Have You Dreaming of the Great Outdoors 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Pictures of young men jumping into the pool inside the palace and bouncing on the presidential four-poster bed had already gone around the world. Sri Lanka: The fate of a protest that toppled a president 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z We're in London and Boygenius are in LA, perched on a four-poster bed, trading in-jokes, finishing each other's sentences and mercilessly poking fun at each other. Boygenius: Being called a tortured artist is depowering 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z A gilded bed with elaborate hangings replaces the four-poster carved wood bed thought to have belonged to Andrew Jackson, which had been in the room for decades. A first look at how Melania Trump decorated White House’s private rooms 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Over the weekend at the president’s house, protesters jumped into the swimming pool, lounged on a four-poster bed, jostled for turns on a treadmill and tried out the sofas. Sri Lanka cabinet to make way for unity govt amid political and economic meltdown 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z One of the most popular places appeared to be a four-poster bed where a group of young men lounged. Inside the presidential palace now full of Sri Lankans 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Protesters, many wrapped in the Sri Lanka flag, swarmed into his whitewashed colonial-era residence on Saturday, jumped into the swimming pool and sat on a four-poster bed. Calm in Sri Lanka as president, premier to quit over economic collapse 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z For now, we found ourselves in an expansive suite — decked out with sofas, a full vanity set and regal four-poster bed — with a separate entrance where we could park. West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle rewards weekend visitors 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “We’d rigged the four-poster bed in the president’s room so that he could recline and take the drug while he was still alert and giving orders,” Mr. Meadows wrote. Trump’s Blood Oxygen Level in Covid Bout Was Dangerously Low, Former Aide Says 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z They occasionally slept on the stage of the theater, in a four-poster bed sourced for a production. At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Just past the gilded corn-and-breast doorway, a four-poster bed in a small room decorated with a zillion dancing polka-dots features a doll rotating on a spindle above the headboard. Review: The psychosexual madness of Trulee Hall's show at Maccarone Gallery 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z One bedroom had a four-poster bed, the pillars covered by lightbulbs. Karl Lagerfeld, designer who translated the mood of the moment and saved Chanel, dies 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z He also built the dining room table that his family still uses, and he hand-carved the bedposts on the four-poster bed he shares with his wife under plaques displaying the Ten Commandments. Roy Moore disrupts U.S. Senate race in Alabama — and prepares for new level of defiance in Washington 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The best part—and this is as good as it gets—is that there are people who pitch you tents with four-poster beds and Egyptian cotton sheets. Globetrotting Gearhead Jeremy Clarkson on Travel Secrets and Terrible Airports 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The entire street is lined with showrooms selling everything from seven-seater sofas, to large four-poster beds with elaborate fabric canopies, to hand-carved mirrors. Ikea paves way for first Indian store - BBC News 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z For something more traditional, think of book-lined libraries, staircases with balustrades and bedrooms with four-poster beds. 15 Home Design Styles to Motivate a Makeover 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z His “Home of the Cubist” was a life-size four-poster bed and night table constructed out of steel struts and corrugated sheets. David M. Durst, Developer of Manhattan Towers, Dies at 90 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z In the event of a quake, your conspicuously massive four-poster will simply swallow you up whole, letting you getting back to napping while the world itself shatters around you. These earthquake-proof beds will bury you alive in comfort 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z This is the eccentric pleasure of Carskiey, where one sleeps in the sort of bedroom that every aspiring romantic heroine dreams of — four-poster beds, plushly curtained window seats and dressing-room cupboards stocked with vintage potions. Inside a Revamped Edwardian Mansion on Scotland’s West Coast 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z It had a swimming pool, four-poster beds and a wine cellar where, when he took a bottle out, a door opened behind. Playing under Pinochet: How Chile’s stars of the 1970s feared for their lives 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z In his bedroom, a four-poster bed that once belonged to his grandparents has been brought up to date with a swathe of Suzani fabric. Plain English 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The four-poster bed in the salmon-colored master bedroom is haphazardly made, its pillows askew. Home of Cheever, Chekhov of the Suburbs, Is for Sale 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The Visit Britain publication advises against putting people from Hong Kong in historic houses or four-poster beds because they may fear "a ghostly encounter". Quiz of the week's news 2014-01-10T01:08:40Z In came new plumbing, floors, lighting and ventilation, along with exquisite touches like an 1820s chandelier and a four-poster mahogany bed. Homeless Girl in the Shadows 2013-12-09T07:26:35Z Dancers let loose on the “beach,” a sand-covered strip flanked with four-poster beds draped in flowing white fabric. A Place to Be Seen (and Heard) in Upper Manhattan 2013-06-19T00:35:38Z There are ornate, carved, four-poster beds, large oak chests and cabinets, pewter dishes, a dining table and chairs. Antique finds go under the hammer 2013-01-11T17:50:31Z Its flagstoned halls and four-poster beds the perfect setting for a "let's pretend weekend". Car review: Volvo XC90 2012-08-11T23:05:08Z There were two beds in the room—one a large four-poster and the other a sort of couch. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z There were six bedrooms, all of them with large four-poster beds, and all of them haunted by that strange frigidity, that frigidity almost of death which is produced by the least superfluity of china. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z It was a big room, airy and clean, and the bed was a large and cumbersome four-poster, with pink hangings. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z When Napoleon was at Munich he declined the grand four-poster of the Witelsbach family, and slept, as usual, in his little camp-bed. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z She saw lights and a bed--a four-poster, heavily curtained. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Two of them were cots, the third was an enormous four-poster. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z The bed was a walnut four-poster—one of the old-fashioned kind that was “roped”—and the feather-bed lay upon it, covered with an old-fashioned quilt. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Cynthia walked back along the passages to the room where the old man lay in a great four-poster bed. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z I could dimly discern a great four-poster bed. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Gone with the Jim-Aunt Elizabeth idea was going the rag-rug four-poster plan, that had seemed almost indelibly outlined on her whimsical picture plate. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z And in the middle of it all, on a great mahogany four-poster bed, curtained, after the fashion of a hundred years ago, Edith Wimbourne lay dying. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Yet from the royal elevation of the great four-poster, where she now spent most of her time, did Mrs. Gano rule the house as absolutely as before. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z All day long I lie in a four-poster bed, which belonged to a great, great, grandmamma, and is stationed in a big bay-window. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z His bed was a four-poster, deeply carved at the back with the Kenyon arms, the motto underneath rather sarcastically being "For God and Honour." The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z He sat down on the edge of the little four-poster, and opened it at random, skimming the pages. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z If you can possibly find time to go to this house to-day, it will please me greatly, as I want information about the four-poster canopied bed I hear is there for sale. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z Mrs. Gano was sitting propped with huge feather pillows in an ancient four-poster. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z “Oh, Mr. Fabian, excuse me for speaking of it, but did you really own the four-poster I got at the sale just now?” Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Alone in the plainly furnished bedroom, dominated by the great four-poster, which recalled gruesome suggestions of a hearse, Matheson fell to thinking pleasantly about Honor Krige. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Slowly the cold room, the great four-poster, the uneasy sleeper all faded away, and she was alone upon a high balcony in the stillness of a moonlit garden. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z For the staff they found a straight oak rod up in the lumber-room, which had once been used as a curtain-rod to an old-fashioned four-poster. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Heavy with sleep, he threw himself across the foot of the big four-poster. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z “But we have a four-poster in this sale, Mr. Winters,” quickly said one of the floor-men. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Had he, they asked each other, rested on the dignified four-poster bed?—and if so, how considerately he had removed all traces of his little holiday! The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z Judith went with her to her room, and did not leave it until Jacqueline was tucked in her big four-poster, with the ghastly white tester and dimity hangings. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z The four-poster in my room, with its white curtains, was a further assurance of repose. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Without a word of protest Peggy helped her to undress, but she herself climbed into the four-poster without disrobing. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z A carved four-poster, and other rare antiques, drew the attention of the little group. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z I looked into that room which was destined to be the library: formerly it had been a bedroom, and the four-poster bed and noble mahogany bureau were to have vanished upstairs before my arrival. The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z It was a large, old-fashioned room, and Jacqueline’s little white figure, as she sat up in bed, was almost lost in the huge four-poster, with dimity curtains and valance. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z The great, four-poster bed was inexpressibly comfortable, and the splash and patter of the rain as it beat upon the window blinds was as soothing as a lullaby. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z There was the quaint old "four-poster," and, hanging from the top rail, was the body of an old man. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z I saw a four-poster in the show-window before I came in. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z But now, peering past and above and under the d�bris that the avalanche had left there, I recognized the noble mahogany bureau in the far corner, mourning presumably for its departed companion, the four-poster. The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z Jacqueline went off, and in half an hour was tucked snugly in the great four-poster. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z He pinned up the four-poster hangings with a safety-pin, that being the only way he could convey to his amiable little French servant-girl that he didn't want that bed turned down for him of nights. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z But curtains on the four-poster beds with tops provided privacy and warmth. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z Not a sound came from the man who must have heard the baby-voice and seen the occupant of his massive four-poster. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z According to Handelsblatt, quoting an unnamed participant, guests were able to take the women to four-poster beds at the spa "and do whatever they liked". German insurer held orgy for star salesmen 2011-05-19T13:16:19Z By that time the violence of her emotions was spent; Jacqueline lay in the large four-poster perfectly calm and white. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z In the room there were rich woods and tapestried walls, and at the back was a four-poster mahogany bed with heavy satin hangings, brocaded with fleur-de-lis. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z Three of the men who had lingered there had departed to their respective homes, leaving Johnse Hatfield propped up in the "four-poster" alone. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z A great four-poster had the place of honor opposite the fireplace. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Among them was a high four-poster bedstead, that reminded me of the century-old bedsteads in English farmhouses. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z There was a large four-poster bed covered with a patchwork quilt, an old wooden rocking chair, and a heap of clothes on the floor beside the bed. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Cinto and Lucy's cabin is furnished with an enormous four-poster bed and some chairs. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z Mrs. Sansone’s bedroom is furnished with an old mahogany four-poster bed and other pieces she inherited when her daughter was divorced, along with a canary named Ralph and a 100-year-old gold jewelry box. Habitats: Need Any Help? Go Ask Mary 2011-01-27T23:35:58Z This treke-bed and its protecting four-poster, however, probably came later than the built-in sloep-bank, little more than a bunk in the side of the wall concealed by a curtain and softened by thick feather-beds. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z Angel and Faith sat on either side an old-fashioned four-poster bed, often talking at the same time in the way that only feminine creatures can. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z In style, this is a four-poster, and doubtless marks the induction of this, the most expensive but the most popular bed of its day. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z They were certain of it as they viewed rosewood and mahogany chairs, imported mirrors, porcelain ornaments, massive four-poster beds, sofas with damaged coverings, and handsome chests and bureaus. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z Not even taking time to remove their shoes, they made a dive for the big four-poster bed. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z It was a large chamber with a massive four-poster walnut bed, dresser, and the usual chairs. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z This room, with its four-poster bed, blue-painted chairs, light blue shades, and dark blue straw matting, the leafless elms in front, the breeze that swept in from the sea, and even her reception, seemed cool. The Girl From Tim's Place In the Middleton house at Bristol is a most interesting four-poster, done in white, the gift to a bride of long ago. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z But I'm not going to stay in this four-poster. A Poached Peerage The ancient four-poster, hung with chintz and supported by carved pillars, was spread with fine linen and covered with a quilt made of small pieces of silk, lavender-perfumed. The Hillman The bed was a big four-poster, which no bedizenment could bring within the fashion of the day. The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories In some of the rooms there are valuable old pieces of furniture, a four-poster of the Sheraton type, and a highboy with details of the Queen Anne period. Remodeled Farmhouses This is a one-poster, rather than a four-poster, and occupies a corner of the loft in a log cabin. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z I finished undressing and climbed into my bed, a high old-fashioned four-poster with heavy embroidered curtains. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Perhaps that is why, when I perched beside her on the edge of Gertrude's colonial four-poster, I felt an unaccustomed prickling sensation back of my eyes. The Book of Susan A Novel My bedroom had several handsome pictures in it, the bed itself being a large four-poster. The White Chief of the Caffres An unusual wall-paper in black and gay colors forms an interesting background for the four-poster and other old furnishings. Remodeled Farmhouses In another chamber in this same old home is another four-poster that was brought direct from Leghorn. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z We all sat on the bed—it is a mahogany four-poster with green curtains very good for tents, only the housekeeper doesn't allow it, and Oswald said: "This is jolly nice, isn't it?" The Wouldbegoods In the corner opposite the one where the mother lay was another immense four-poster bed, and before it hung a coarse homespun curtain, half concealing it. The Mountain Girl Underneath the four-poster was a trundle-bed with a blue and white checked coverlet. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Quaint, old-time papers and hangings and coverlets on the four-poster beds, matched in rugs and cushions and candle-shades, contrast gaily with the spotless white paint. Remodeled Farmhouses In the revival of colonial fittings, the four-poster has again been restored to favor, and in many modern homes the old four-poster is the chamber's most pleasing feature. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Candle in hand she led the way to the trundle-bed drawn out from under the Judge's empty four-poster, and sat upon its edge. John March, Southerner It was the old four-poster he had packed away in the shed chamber. Old Crow The high four-poster was tossed and tumbled, not, however, as if by a night's sleep, but more as if some one had lain upon it just as it was, twisting and turning restlessly. The Boarded-Up House He stood up and walked over to the great canopied four-poster bed, then he was on his knees again, peering under it. The Eyes Have It Historic through the fact that it once graced the chamber of Oliver Wendell Holmes is the exquisite four-poster now in a Salem house. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z There was a carpet on the floor, a gay coverlet on the four-poster bed, photographs on his dressing-table, and flowers. With the French in France and Salonika At first, not one of the three was willing to be cast upon this desert island of a bed, while the other two were whispering secrets in the big walnut four-poster. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Both girls jumped to their feet and stood listening to the strange sounds that came from under the valance hanging about the bottom of the great four-poster bed. The Boarded-Up House A tall four-poster stood in one corner, with a coverlet apparently hiding a mattress and some pillows. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales One of the bedposts was addressing her, and the big four-poster itself was dancing a regular jig. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island They had to take her off the four-poster and get another feather-bed, before she could die right off. The Broom-Squire I had a mahogany four-poster bed with white draperies, and a dresser to match the bed, and my father bought me a silver toilet set when he was in Lexington, Kentucky, one time. The Gorgeous Girl She led the way to a small room with white curtains at the windows and rag rugs upon the floor and a big silk crazy-quilt on an old four-poster bed. The Wall Street Girl About nine-thirty, the children started up to bed, Betty, enthusiastic at the prospect of a high four-poster, which “you really have to run and give a jump to get into.” John and Betty's History Visit She lay in the big four-poster where once heavy draperies had shut in the slumbers of dead and gone Contessas, and she watched the square of moonlight travel over the painted cherubs on the ceiling. The Innocent Adventuress When all are present he contents himself with the inverted table, his especial four-poster. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand His face beeswax-yellow in the candlelight, he lay under the canopy of Elysée's four-poster, covered to his chest by a quilt. Shaman "We couldn't manage if the bed weren't a four-poster," said Cicely, chuckling in anticipation of the fun to come. The Manor House School So they climbed the rickety stairs, and saw a little bedroom under the eaves, in which stands an old, very forlorn-looking “four-poster.” John and Betty's History Visit It was rather chilly and was also plainly furnished, though the old-fashioned four-poster bed was made up neatly, and the high bureau showed a clean cover. A Dear Little Girl at School The words died away as Dieppe climbed into the big four-poster with a wrinkle of annoyance on his brow. Captain Dieppe She remained a moment rocking on her feet, then wheeled and stumbled toward the quilt-covered four-poster bed in one dark corner of the cabin. The Roof Tree Torpedo James still lay in his four-poster, brown and inscrutable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 Betty declared she had never seen such a “darling old four-poster” as the one which stood in her room, the favorite Number Nine for which all visitors clamor. John and Betty's History Visit There were old highboys of polished mahogany and chaste design, four-poster beds and gate-legged tables, a Sheraton sideboard and Chippendale chairs, a claw-footed secretary with leaded glass doors and secret drawers. The Comings of Cousin Ann That night, alone in the white wilderness of his first four-poster, the poor New England boy missed his mother very hard, more perhaps than he had ever missed her before. The Black Buccaneer Plainly he was in a woman's room, for its clean particularity and its huge old four-poster bed spread with a craftily wrought "coverlet" proclaimed a feminine proprietorship. The Roof Tree It was a bedchamber for a prince, and indeed a royal prince had once slept in the quaint high four-poster with its carved oak pillars and ancient hangings. The New Tenant "It's your little son talking to you," says Ivy, as calm as if she was sitting up in a four-poster. It, and Other Stories The framework from which the nets depend is a frail counterpart of the four-poster of the Victorian age. India and the Indians The bed prepared for Lafayette was a vast "four-poster" of mahogany, on whose posts were inscribed the names of Revolutionary heroes. Lafayette The late Prince Imperial also came for a ‘British Workman,’ and probably it was pinned behind His Royal Highness’ four-poster. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" A soft grey carpet, a deep sofa, a giant four-poster, a mighty press, a pier-glass, chairs, mirrors, table-lamps—all were in beautiful taste. Jonah and Co. I had to get on a chair in order to climb into the four-poster, a cheerful affair that looked like a royal funeral barge. Humorous Ghost Stories Eternal spiritual agony over blue-room taps is too high a price even for four-poster beds. Free Air He inspected the gracious room, its chintz hangings, four-poster bed, low wicker chair by the fireplace, fresh Cherokee roses on the mantel; a room of cheerfulness and open spaces. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sitting on the edge of the huge curtained four-poster bed, he ponders on the events of the evening. Uncanny Tales Under the great mahogany four-poster in the front room was slipped a trundle-bed that she drew out and looked at with fond eyes. Judith of the Cumberlands The poor unlovely wife, lying in the dismantled four-poster in the only bedroom, was too far gone to benefit by the 'nouragement' Mrs Brome contrived to administer. A Sheaf of Corn Climbing now into the old-fashioned four-poster bed, he thought again of his conversation-spree and longed for self-justification. No Clue A Mystery Story The bed was a tall melancholy four-poster, with scantiest draperies of faded drab damask. Vixen, Volume III. At the same moment the object beneath the four-poster began to crawl and soon coming forth, stood erect—the stranger the boys had met at supper. Far Past the Frontier There was a high four-poster bed in one corner, with a chintz valance around it, and pink silk quilled into the tester. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation There is the tiny silhouette of a knife and fork, and four-poster bed, indicating that the tables and beds are of an agreeable excellence. The Automobilist Abroad So they took him into another bedroom, where there was a fine four-poster with a dais, and everything worthy of a noble to sleep upon. Europa's Fairy Book In the four-poster bed Johnny Appleseed built, Autumn rains were the curtains, autumn leaves were the quilt. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany Their money was between them in the big four-poster and each had a pistol within reach. Far Past the Frontier Provided with two candles apiece, the girls followed Miss Aurora to a large bedroom on the second floor, which also boasted its carved four-poster and chintz draperies. Patty's Summer Days The items mentioned included a mahogany four-poster bed, and other old bits. Polly's Business Venture The day after the finding of the Treasure, Mary Ellen told us that she had seen Captain Pegg drive away from his son's house in a closed cab, before we had emerged from the four-poster. Explorers of the Dawn A big four-poster, hung with dimity curtains, stood in the farther corner. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood A candle sputtered on the table, and in its light he saw the wide, four-poster bed that had been his mother’s, and in it the frail figure of little Miss Kippy. Mr. Opp And Pomp appeared by the bedside of the ponderous, old-fashioned four-poster, in which I had slept, bearing a tumbler containing that very favorite Southern 'eye-opener,' a mixture of peach brandy and honey. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy There were four large square rooms on the second floor and in each one, stood a wonderful four-poster bed—two with canopy-tops and two without. Polly's Business Venture Came bedtime at last, and the three of us in the big four-poster; the door shut upon the world of Mrs. Handsomebody, and the windows firmly barred against burglars and night air. Explorers of the Dawn There was a door by the big four-poster bed. The Green Rust She would start a school, she thought, as she turned off the light and climbed into her four-poster. Tutors' Lane The bedstead, a big mahogany four-poster, had to be mounted like an omnibus. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson It was most exciting to see Mrs. Halford pull it out from under the big four-poster. Chicken Little Jane Mary opened one of the many doors of the long hallway, and Hortense followed her into a large old-fashioned room with a great four-poster bed. The Cat in Grandfather's House Dr. van Heerden sat by the side of the big four-poster bed, where the girl lay, and his cold blue eyes held a spark of amusement. The Green Rust The bed was a big four-poster, which no be-dizenment could bring within the fashion of the day. The Phantom Of Bogue Holauba 1911 That question settled, she thought any other room would do, and chose the large front room across the hall with its high four-poster and the little ball fringe on the valance and canopy. Marcia Schuyler It was a novel bed, and required some slight stretch of the imagination to fancy it a four-poster; but I was too tired to be particular, and slept soundly. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Phyllis need have had no fears, for there was not a moment spared in regret for the four-poster bed. Phyllis A Twin Some are nearer the earth, like old-fashioned four-poster bed-steads; and there the dead sleep well. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska Then, as my eyes got accustomed to the faint light caused by the candle, I observed at the further end of the chamber a large four-poster bedstead. A Master of Mysteries When the evening was over and she went upstairs to get her wraps from the high four-poster bedstead, she had almost forgotten Hannah and her ill-natured, prying remarks. Marcia Schuyler They had laid him upon a narrow bed, an old, single four-poster, with tester and valance. The Long Roll "Uh-huh," says I. "And this four-poster with the pineapple tops and the canopy," she goes on. The House of Torchy Having reached this point, Mrs Gaff was seized with a fit of laughter, which she stifled on her husband’s breast, and then, flinging herself into the four-poster, she burst into a flood of tears. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn The owner of the property is not only born there, as a rule, but also breathes his last in the old four-poster, the most extraordinary, wonderful old bedstead you ever laid eyes on. A Master of Mysteries An hour later the Major was carried upstairs to his own room in the Castle, and laid gently upon the old four-poster bed. Pixie O'Shaughnessy Almost in the middle of the room stood the big "four-poster," with canopy and counterpane, the fringe of which reached almost to the rag carpet that covered the floor. The Corner House Girls at School It was the last night they were to spend in the old house, and they felt a little sad as they climbed into the mahogany four-poster bedstead, for the room looked desolate. Peggy in Her Blue Frock Stephen says he never did sleep in a four-poster, and often wondered what it would be like—no more did I, so I would like to take him by surprise, you see. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn A loose wrapper lay at the foot of the bed, which was a tall old four-poster, heavily curtained. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo Flora swept aside the clothes that streamed across it and throned herself on the edge of the high, white plateau of Ella's four-poster. The Coast of Chance The matter was talked over, and Dr. Mackey was later on taken to a garret room and tied fast to an old four-poster bedstead, a piece of furniture weighing considerably over a hundred pounds. Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier The girl looked anxiously toward an inner room, where Fairchild could see faintly the still figure of a man outlined under the covers of an old-fashioned four-poster. The Cross-Cut No carpet, dirty boards, a large four-poster bed canopied with faded draperies against the wall facing the window. The Hippodrome Instead of my single four-poster were two mahogany sleigh beds, spread with expensively embroidered linen. The Fifth Wheel A Novel At once she led him into the room where, upon the four-poster bed lay the sheeted figure, and with a deeply reverent hand, lifted the covering. A Pagan of the Hills One imagined him just the other side of that thin door-panel, lying very still and silent in the great four-poster bed with his face towards the hills, and the light falling. The Four Feathers And then a strange thing happened, as I lay prone between the lavender-scented sheets spread on the four-poster bed of my foremothers, ready to drift off into another "bone resting" nap. The Heart's Kingdom She made his bed on the roof of the four-poster, and widdershins, as he ordered; and they slept that night, the wife as usual, and Joby up close to the rafters. Wandering Heath Now, have you, or have you not, a four-poster, in which I can sleep?” Polly A New-Fashioned Girl He had gone idly and thoughtlessly before the emergency arose, and the man lying on the four-poster bed tried to argue for him, in extenuation, that he would have returned had he known the need. A Pagan of the Hills The standing four-poster of the country offers only cross-planks covered with the thinnest matting. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The room was aglow with a phosphorescent light, and in the depths of the glittering mirror he saw a startling reproduction of the phantasmagoric four-poster. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter I still sleep in a Hepplewhite four-poster that he wheedled out of an old Pennsylvania Dutch woman for a mere song. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches I must have a four-poster with curtains all round, and plenty of dark drapery to the windows. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl Just now in a room whose hearth was wide, upon a four-poster bed, lay the master of the place gazing upwards at the rafters with eyes harassed, yet uncomplaining. A Pagan of the Hills His four-poster was supported by pillars of black oak, carved into strange forms, and surmounted by the Ashleigh coronet and coat of arms. The Black Box In such a house, in such a room, with the shadow of that old four-poster winding its long fingers over him, Merriton began to perspire. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame "That is just what I was wondering myself," and Dexie stood regarding the high, old-fashioned four-poster. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces He was taken up to his room, the one with the four-poster bed in which the old Squire had died, with the wide view of the rolling fields. Secret Bread Across the end of the great four-poster bed hung the black lace gown she had worn the previous evening, but the bed itself was undisturbed. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories Quest signed to the keeper to bring Craig to the side of the four-poster. The Black Box His bed was a huge four-poster, girt about with plush hangings like over-ripe plums, that shut him in as though he were in some monstrous Victorian trinket box. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame She lay quietly beside Father in the old four-poster and planned all about that room. The Witness There were a great many books, a few oil-portraits, mahogany sideboards and tables and four-poster beds, candles in sconces and in branched candlesticks. The Gay Cockade All these things, combined with the delightful feeling of security from capture, and the glorious prospect of a good night's rest in a four-poster, wound one up into an inexpressible state of jollity. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha In the far corner of the large room was the four-poster, and underneath the clothes a silent figure. The Black Box I was thankful to see a pretty iron bedstead with a brass ring and blue chintz hangings, instead of the four-poster I had dreaded. Uncle Max The old stock of Edom had early learned not to part with any massive claw-footed sideboard with glass knobs, or any mahogany four-poster, or tall clock, or high-boy, except after feigning a distressed reluctance. The Seeker There was a massive four-poster bed with faded blue satin curtains, and there was a fireplace with fire-dogs and an Adam screen. The Gay Cockade He saw it in the pillows on the lounge, in the curtains dropping from the windows, in the counterpane on the old four-poster. A Splendid Hazard Entering one of the sleeping-rooms, he discovered the celebrated beauty, sound asleep, in the four-poster. Best Short Stories I have chosen for him the upper southwestern room with the sunset effect and the pineapple four-poster. A Woman Named Smith She was very glad to get back again, to sleep in her father's old four-poster bed looking out on Ben Grief. Captivity Accordingly, after I had safely anchored myself in the middle of my old four-poster bed I slashed myself. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance The head of the large four-poster rested against the opposite wall. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh A "terribly-strange bed" indeed was the old four-poster, which swayed and shrieked at the slightest touch, and myriad the enemies which there lay in wait for our blood. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 The silk quilt on the four-poster was falling to pieces, the linen was as yellow as beeswax, and the sheets made one think of the Flying Dutchman's sails. A Woman Named Smith She scrambled out of the high four-poster and shrugged her feet into slippers. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod The old four-poster rested like an ark in a holy of holies, its carved posts of oak gleaming as the faces of watching angels on those whose weary limbs were stretched thereon. Lancashire Idylls (1898) "Yes, and so did I," said Bob, not to be outdone, as he emerged, also with leveled weapon, from the other side of the four-poster. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border "A man must feel it, boys," the hostess said, "wi' a rale four-poster hung wi' yaller on purpose to suit his wife's complexion, an' then to have no wife arter all." I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales She put the tray on a table near the big four-poster bed, and leaned over to look at the sleeper. Sandy It was a four-poster, but posts would be a misleading term applied to the four fluted pillars that carried the high canopy. Through stained glass The bed is a high, draped four-poster, plain and solid, evidently made by a ship-carpenter who had ambitions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen And he pushed the two behind the hangings of a great four-poster. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border We crossed a hall and a court where ferns and palms were growing, and were ushered into a room containing a number of four-poster beds. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mr. Johnston slept in a four-poster, under a patchwork quilt that aroused poignant memories. The Purple Heights It, too, was a four-poster; but so pompous a name overweighted its daintiness. Through stained glass Spinrobin, curled up in the middle of the big four-poster, slept like a tired baby. The Human Chord Jack, who was peeping from behind the four-poster, sprang into the room, and slapped his chum resoundingly on the back. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border The furnishings consisted of a wardrobe, a table, a washstand, several chairs, and a Filipino four-poster bed with a mattress of plaited rattan such as we find in cane-seated chairs. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Lord Almeric, in the gloom of the green moreen curtains that draped his huge four-poster, had fallen into a drunken slumber. The Castle Inn In the bedrooms were four-posters and the things of four-poster days. Virginia: the Old Dominion The sleeping figure in that big four-poster moved a little as the tide of sound played upon it, fidgeting this way and that. The Human Chord A grand chamber it was, wi' a great four-poster, wi' flowered silk curtains as tall as the ceilin', and foldin' down on the floor, and drawn close all round. Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton She had just finished remaking the bed—an old maple four-poster, the wood a soft and mellowed orange, fine and colourful against the white quilt, the lace-edged pillow slips. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 It was in the little bed in the corner that she used to sleep; it was in the old four-poster that her nurse slept. Vain Fortune She looked very still and white as she lay there in the big, old fashioned four-poster bed! Wild Wings A Romance of Youth It was the very opposite of the little white enameled beds they were used to sleeping in at their apartment in New York, being a great old-fashioned four-poster with a canopy almost touching the ceiling. The Wonderful Bed The old Marquise, during the cold weather, always sat in her bedroom; and there, between the tapestried four-poster and the fireplace, the family grouped itself around the ground-glass of her single carcel lamp. The Custom of the Country If those eyes of yours were bed-winches," returned Miss Pross, "and I was an English four-poster, they shouldn't loose a splinter of me. A Tale of Two Cities It was a low four-poster, shelving downward in the centre like a trough, and the room was crowded with impracticable tables and exploded chests of drawers, full of damp linen. Martin Chuzzlewit So Rekh-mara was taken up to the box-room and made as comfortable as possible in a snug nook between an old nursery fender and the wreck of a big four-poster. The Story of the Amulet One of the panelled rooms was half-filled with presses and a four-poster bed. Tono Bungay The room was small, and the big cherry four-poster was very large, and all of them were talking, so no one paid the slightest attention to me. Laddie; a true blue story At ten o'clock he went in from under the peering little stars and fell asleep in an ancient four-poster. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Our hostess slept in a large, curtained four-poster, occupying a corner of the kitchen. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" That is what I say to myself, as I draw a chair to the bedside.—The bed is an old-fashioned, dark mahogany four-poster. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 He showed his cousin the room in which her grandfather and grandmother died—an immense apartment, wherein stood, grim and tall, a gigantic mahogany four-poster, draped with dark green velvet. The Golden Calf The girls went up the short turning staircase, and into a quaint old-fashioned bedroom, with four-poster bed, chintz hangings, and fine old carved furniture. Marjorie's New Friend The bed in which the political philosopher slept is a broad four-poster, not with slender and finely carved posts, like Fénelon's, but severely simple. Two Summers in Guyenne The bed was a high four-poster, and there were steps for climbing into it. The Ghost of Guir House His father lay on his back in an old high four-poster. Fortitude But so far he could see no such thing There was the tall four-poster, with its square cornice, a ponderous mahogany frame with fluted damask stretched across it. The Golden Calf As formerly, it contained a huge four-poster, a chest of drawers, a dressing table and a wardrobe. Tales of the Wilderness And Phronsie came in and perched on the foot of the four-poster, gravely watching it all. Five Little Peppers Grown Up So she took her up, and carried her into the bedroom, and laid her on the big four-poster, and came out and shut the door. The Adventures of Joel Pepper The great four-poster, draped with a chintz of roses on a black ground, awed her. Gone to Earth That grandiose four-poster, with the carved ebony columns, cut velvet curtains, and plumes of ostrich feathers, had been built for Elizabeth, when she deigned to include Rood Hall in one of her royal progresses. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Bobby dragged himself forward until he stood at the foot of the four-poster bed. The Abandoned Room "I can wait," said the doctor, moving down to the foot of the four-poster, where he stood looking at the feeding process, "and I can go in and see Mr. Loughead meanwhile." Five Little Peppers Grown Up It is a big apartment, and well furnished in the grand style, with a huge four-poster, which stands with its head to the end wall. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder But she must be in his house; she must sew for him, share his daily doings, sleep in the big four-poster, and not in the small virginal bed at the Mountain. Gone to Earth She was lying on one side of the great four-poster, straight and motionless as a recumbent figure on a tomb. The Bars of Iron Billie was regarding the dingy woodwork, now almost black with age, and the huge four-poster with its funereal canopied top, and the large pictures of dead and gone ancestors that adorned the walls. Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners "Send that dunce of a doctor to me as soon as you can," said Pickering, rolling back suddenly once more, into the hollow made in the center of the four-poster. Five Little Peppers Grown Up The bed was a mahogany four-poster covered with a spread of lace, and the rug on the floor was a faded oriental. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way At the same instant the beautiful Greek stuck his head of black curls through the curtains of her four-poster bed. Venus in Furs Then, like a hunted creature, almost distracted by the panic of her dream, she slipped back to the gloomy four-poster, and cowered down again. The Bars of Iron They found another room just as clean as the other one, and also with a canopied four-poster in one corner. Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners Upon this bed, a low walnut four-poster, lay the dying President; the blood oozing from the frightful wound in his head and staining the pillow. The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth Presently, from the depths of a huge four-poster bed, she descried a pair of keen eyes - the face of Mrs. Harrington. The Grey Lady I cannot see her herself; she is invisible behind the curtains of the four-poster bed. Venus in Furs She viewed the ancient and immense four-poster with misgiving and wondered if Queen Elizabeth had ever slept in it. The Bars of Iron It was all modern, of course, made in Baltimore, but I found him a genuine Sinurette four-poster which was very fine. The Net It seemed to William King, thinking of the forlorn old man in his big four-poster, that such a vision of maternity and peace would be pleasant to look upon. The Awakening of Helena Richie She recognised our last enemy in the grey face beneath the canopy of the four-poster. The Grey Lady In the middle of the night, while I was tossing sleepless on the big four-poster bed, a drunken man who had gone wrong fell into my room with the door and a candle. The Making of an American In the bedroom they found a huge four-poster of old time, with a lengthy bolster and imposing pillows, and they were shown into another and a similar room. Spring Days There was a huge four-poster feather bed of mountainous proportions, leaving the occupant scant space in which to move about the room. Viola Gwyn It hopped self-consciously on to the dressing- table, fluttered next to the arm-chair, and the same second dropped out of sight behind the end of the four-poster bed. The Extra Day There was a four-poster bed of some dark wood, with a canopy over it and draperies at the side, and a man in the bed, sitting propped up with pillows. 100%: the Story of a Patriot The yellow canopy sinks and swells over the great four-poster. Jacob's Room There was not much in the room—you know how these bedrooms are—a sort of four-poster bedstead under a mosquito-net, two or three chairs, the table I was writing at, a bare floor. Lord Jim The most striking feature of the room was an immense four-poster bed which stood in the center of the cabin, with a couch at the foot and one or two chairs at one side. An Adventure with a Genius Yes, it was a primitive four-poster, with the leaves of the palm-tree spread upon it instead of down, and horsehair and my bearskin spread over this serving me in place of linen. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The bed was a four-poster, with heavy crimson curtains, and the top was pushed against the wall, near the window. Madame Midas The meals, of course, were served on the dining-table; but no apology seemed necessary for the presence of a four-poster bed and a washing stand in the reception-room. We of the Never-Never By this time a new set of castors was needed for the maple four-poster, which was obtained at the expense of two dollars. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper Second, nobody mistook their pew for their four-poster during the sermon. It Is Never Too Late to Mend This time she conducted him to a well-appointed bedchamber, off which gave a smaller room, containing a little four-poster draped in dimity. Australia Felix There was a great four-poster bed with hangings and curtains of damask, a basin and ewer and other costly novelties such as never before had been seen in these lands. This Country of Ours Imagine an immense four-poster bed-net, ten by ten by twelve, swung taut within a larger room, and a fair idea of the dining-net will have been formed. We of the Never-Never This room was strange and cheerless with bare boards, a large four-poster bed with faded blue hangings, two old black prints with eighteenth-century figures and a big standing mirror. The Captives Presently the latter ceased to be heard, and a wooden moan of protest from the four-poster upon which the good lady reposed, announced that she had drawn the curtains and wooed the rulers of Nod. The Two Vanrevels My crib stood near a window overlooking the street; my parents' ancient four-poster, a relic of the eighteenth century, hid me from the door, but I could see the rest of the room. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments In the next few days, while the minister was slowly recovering in the great four-poster in Henry Roberts's guest-room, she listened to Hannah's speculations as to the cause of his attack, and expressed no opinion. The Voice Foremost among these was the big four-poster which occupied a large space at my right. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair And the bones of my great- grandmother who had slept in the four-poster presented her by Lord Byron. On the Makaloa Mat Twin brass bedsteads occupied the site of the old four-poster from which I had first beheld the light. A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures I lay in my clothes on an old four-poster bed. Dead Men Tell No Tales His four-poster, the huge couch at the foot of his bed, and all the furniture about the room, was of the Queen Anne period. The Vanished Messenger A table stood near the bed, and a lamp burning low stood on it; the bed was a great four-poster with white curtains, and the quilt was of rich crimson satin. The Story of an African Farm, a novel This contained an exquisite Colonial four-poster, with a lowboy and dresser to match, and was papered and carpeted in accordance with these, its chief ornaments. The Riverman There was the four-poster cedar bedstead that I bought before we were married, and Mary was rather proud of it: it had 'turned' posts and joints that bolted together. Joe Wilson and His Mates |
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