| 单词 | high-backed |
| 例句 | The king and queen sit in their high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Du Barry sits in a high-backed chair, facing the fireplace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z No one speaks up until the last lady-of-honor pokes her head out from behind a high-backed chair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Looking very small behind a high-backed chair, the old man stood for a moment with his clear, childlike blue eyes closed and his bps moving, then drew out his chair and sat down. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His female attendants take their places at high-backed chairs set in the corners of the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z King’s in the middle in a high-backed chair, his throne, puffing on a cigar. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I tuck myself behind one of the high-backed chairs and burrow inside thick drapes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At the local coffee shop, hunched in one of the secretive, high-backed booths with hundreds of people's names gouged into the wood, we drank cup after cup of black coffee and talked frankly about sex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Reyna walked behind the table and sat in one of two high-backed chairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She goes back to her throne, sinking into the plush red high-backed chair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Justice Wargrave was sitting in his high-backed chair at the end of the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She sat on a high-backed armchair he hadn’t noticed in the corner of the room. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them, and several Slyth- erins were silhouetted around it in high-backed chairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He was sitting behind the desk in a high-backed chair. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sophia bounces up and down in a high-backed chair, sipping from two goblets while a woman fans her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Silver chains loop around their wrists like bracelets, and jeweled collars tether them to high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The water glasses are already filled, plates and forks and paper napkins set on the dining room table they use only for special occasions, with uncomfortable high-backed chairs and seats upholstered in gold velvet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a high-backed wooden chair in front of it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A high-backed choir bench in the center of the room towered above them. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z One wall was lined with high-backed leather booths opposite a long counter with twelve stools. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So, it’s still surreal that Alex is cruising somewhere over the Atlantic, snacking on pistachios in a high-backed leather chair with his feet up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z On either side of the aisle sit high-backed chairs filled with undeniably elegant women dressed in colorful silks, taffetas, satins, and crepes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A figure rose from the high-backed chair that stood in front of the hearth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in a high-backed chair near the fire, while Lady Constance sat at her embroidery frame with a small girl leaning against her knee. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z His more natural domain was a high-backed booth near the rear of Day’s Restaurant on University Way where he sipped coffee and read his history. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z All eight of them sit in high-backed chairs, and hold Belle-rosebuds in their hands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Instead of his personal treasure chest, which is full of his action figures, Lego sets, and collection of obsolete computer parts Dad has given him, there’s a fancy-looking high-backed chair and ottoman. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Sitting in a high-backed leather armchair in Grandpa Sorenson’s study, Kendra wondered if grandfather clocks got their name because only grandparents owned them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The smell of fried garlic and cooked rice fills our kitchen when the family takes their usual places around a mahogany table where we each have our own high-backed teak chair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen's court and ministers look on from plush high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Chaises and high-backed chairs and claw-footed sofas circle the game tables, which spill over with candles, desserts, and pastel-colored gambling chips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The show’s cast members each sat at specially assigned, high-backed booths with their guests, while feature players were at A-minus tables throughout three downstairs rooms. When the ‘Saturday Night Live’ Show Ends, Lorne Michaels and the S.N.L. Cast Start the After-Party 2014-01-31T21:06:14Z Unbelievably, this high-backed simple wooden armchair, dated from about 1300, has been used at every coronation since, and will be again, for the next monarch. Centuries of history come to life on a verger tour of Westminster Abbey 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z In the dining room, scrolling ironwork, ceramic tiles and splashes of tropical color play against the aged-rum hue of high-backed booths clustered like barrio storefronts along a faux cobblestone alley. La Isla brings a taste of Puerto Rico to Redmond 2013-06-27T21:24:07Z Sometimes his subjects were middle-aged white businessmen wearing glasses and looking comfortable in suits, ties and high-backed swivel chairs. Robert Weber Dies at 92; His New Yorker Cartoons Twitted the Overprivileged 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z So perhaps it should be no surprise to find Bruce Wagner sitting inside, neatly ensconced in a high-backed chair, contentedly tapping at an iPad. Bruce Wagner’s ‘Maps to the Stars’ shows dark side of sunny Hollywood 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Its new incarnation is cozily elegant, with dark-stained exposed beams, cushy high-backed chairs, and coppery fixtures shedding warm light. With two new restaurants (and some old favorites), eating on Vashon Island is better than ever 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z At Skinner, the Andrewses’ high-backed rocker from Mount Lebanon Shaker Village in upstate New York, a few miles from the Hancock community, is now estimated at $12,000 to $15,000. Antiques: Shaker Artifacts Are on the Move 2014-03-20T23:23:41Z Patrons on high-backed chairs unsheathe boiled peanuts at the bar or cluster around aluminum empties in padded banquettes. The Drift, a New Dive Bar in Greenpoint With Campy Touches 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z This is a place to linger, to sit in a high-backed armchair by a real fire. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Framed portraits of Seattle favorites AJ Suede, Prom Queen and DoNormaal hang high above cushy, high-backed booths on the main floor, reasserting Cafe Racer’s dedication to local artistry. Cafe Racer reemerges on Capitol Hill, grunge vet hits late-night TV and other music news 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Before drafting his design, Mr. Jouin visited the Richelieu and saw a mix of seating in various rooms, including rows of high-backed caned chairs. A Panorama of Design 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The intimate scale and deliberation of his high-backed objects set the tone. Art In Review: ‘THE MYSTERY TREND’ 2012-07-26T20:01:19Z Also here is the “Graceful Writing Set” he sold through Marshall Field’s department store in Chicago, a rotating desk and high-backed chair intended perhaps for the home offices of 19th-century aesthetes like Oscar Wilde. Art Review: A Marriage of Design, Aged in the Wood 2011-01-06T22:47:38Z She holds court with tourists in the Interpretive Center on a stage set of sorts — a high-backed chair, a portrait of a young George and a candle flickering on a small table. Historical interpreters serve as time travelers in a tech-crazed modern world 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z I was not allowing my wound to heal because I was sitting up all day in the high-backed chair next to the incubator. ‘For five years we dreaded every meal’: my infant son’s struggle with food 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Passengers who are unable to walk are transferred to a narrow, high-backed aisle chair with security straps. Flying Tips for Wheelchair Users, From Wheelchair Users 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z In the lobby, attendees wait in line for portraits in a high-backed ivory cushioned chair placed in front of a red curtain backdrop. This marijuana-smoking, Confederate flag-burning Senate candidate is having a ball 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z A high-backed settle painted a restful grey occupies one wall, comforting old oak, inviting chairs and a real fire, another. Hotel review: The Spread Eagle, Sawley, Lancashire 2011-01-01T00:05:59Z The windows on West 11th Street are still impressively wide; the tablecloths are still white; the chairs are still black, high-backed and convincingly Secession-ish. Schnitzel and Strudel and Other Favorite Things, at Wallsé 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The high-backed booths are as comfy for two as they are for four. Seek and you shall find Spicy Talk Bistro 2011-09-15T19:18:05Z Seen from above, the dining area composition looks like a tulip—six high-backed green chairs circling a round table, like petals around the center of a flower. Blue Horizon 2010-08-01T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the night he was lowered onto the stage in a high-backed throne, and for the duration of the show gold-winged lions flanked the stage, standing at attention. Music Review: Romeo Santos, Going Solo, at Madison Square Garden 2012-02-15T23:59:52Z Those lucky enough to get one of the 25 tickets on sale are ushered into the door-lady's front parlour, lined with uncomfortable high-backed dining room chairs that occupy much of the tiny space. Spain's microtheatres provide lifeline for actors as public subsidies dry up 2013-02-28T17:09:06Z A comfortable high-backed chair in front of the bookshelf completes a cozy corner. How to make the most of a long, narrow farmhouse living room 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z A high-backed “throne of power” from 19th-century Zanzibar is one of the exhibition’s eye catchers, with fiber-caned seats and inlays of ivory and mother-of-pearl. Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z In recent coronations the high-backed gothic chair has been left uncovered, but he says in the Tudor and Stuart eras it would have been covered by a lavish cloth of gold. Extremely fragile coronation chair being restored 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z His crown-shaped lapel pin shimmered with gold and diamonds as he settled into a high-backed leather chair draped in leopard-print fabric, keeping his guests standing until he decreed the interview could begin. A Royal Family Feuds Over Who Should be King of the Zulus 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The main attraction is a section of stadium-style seating with rows of high-backed gray chairs, similar to what you’d find in a high-end movie theater, each with its own tray table. These D.C. area sportsbooks take watching the big game to a whole new level 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z For the first week, his high-backed black chair at the left end of the bench sat empty. SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Don’t stand so close to us 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Cage settled into a high-backed chair at the front of the courtroom, her feet dangling above the ground, as the wooden seats in the gallery filled. The national eviction moratorium is officially dead. In some parts of the country, it has been for a while. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The closest would be that gentleman right up there,’ Trump said from his perch on a high-backed stool, pointing at the imposing marble statue of martyred president Abraham Lincoln in the background. White House faces bad news on lockdown results 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z “I can take it or leave it,” she said, sitting in a high-backed chair in her dining room in Hillside. Black Families Came to Chicago by the Thousands. Why Are They Leaving? 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z The marble-topped bar, 40 feet and lined with high-backed bar stools, sits across from a row of deep booths with red leather cushions. These D.C. area sportsbooks take watching the big game to a whole new level 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z It still looked beautifully of that era when it shut down on New Year’s Day of 2018 — all retro tones of brown, the famously upholstered-for-assignations booths, the high-backed captain’s chairs along the kitchen counter. Wish we were there: 9 great Seattle restaurants we lost in the last decade 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Prince’s security detail had reserved a high-backed banquette toward the rear, facing the stage but hidden from the dance floor. The Book of Prince 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z A conference room features high-backed chairs upholstered with faux leather. Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex. 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z On Friday, Miller presided over the daily legislative session from his high-backed leather chair in the Senate chamber. In Annapolis, Bill Clinton toasts an ailing Maryland Senate President Mike Miller 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z That’s because lining the perimeter of a spacious basement were a collection of high-end gaming computers and high-backed leather chairs, the tools of professional competitive video gaming. Bare walls, little furniture and big dreams: A year inside D.C.’s esports house 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z At its head and foot were high-backed chairs, for the father and mother. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z With a bit of time before her talk, she sat in a high-backed chair and spoke with undergraduates about her work. The Philosopher Redefining Equality 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Guests arrive to an oversized copy of the poem opened beside a high-backed red velvet chair. ‘Twas the Night before Christmas’ is theme of Pence holiday 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z He was offered a rigid high-backed chair but refused, as he felt it removed his independence. Paraplegic man to drop airport legal action 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z At the airport, staff offered to push him through the terminal on a high-backed wheelchair - an option he rejected as degrading. Paraplegic man drags himself through airport 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps modern, low and sleek is your style, or high-backed and comfy? How to pick the perfect sofa for your space | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z “The idea here is to try to have a conversation for 90 minutes,” he told the candidates, who were seated on stage on either side of his high-backed chair. Candidates for Va. congressional seat tangle over residency in first debate 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The dining table, doing double-duty as desk space for a bank of computers, is hemmed in by a set of outsized, high-backed leather chairs. 'It's hidden history': the race to save one man's black Americana 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z As well as fears about independence, Mr Levene, from north London, was concerned about pressure sores from using a rigid high-backed chair. Paraplegic man to drop airport legal action 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Burger pointed to the Justices’ nine high-backed black leather chairs. The Supreme Court’s extreme makeover: How rearranging the furniture increased civility 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The focal point of the memorial is a pair of sleekly curving high-backed pews, carved of white marble, that would welcome visitors from Calhoun Street like outstretched arms. Plans Unveiled for Memorial at Site of Charleston Church Massacre 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The interior felt downright dated, in a not-cool way that bordered on tacky tech, and the high-backed seats could be punishing on long excursions. The 2019 Mercedes G-Wagen is where past and present meet under the hood 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Two years later, for her Argyle Street tea rooms, Mackintosh produced a piece of furniture that would evolve into a design icon - his high-backed chair. Mackintosh and the rooms that inspired Europe 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Inside, Edison bulbs weakly illuminate high-backed velvet chairs, tabletops covered in faux alligator skin, a zinc-topped bar and a bartender in a Jacquard vest. You’re going where? Greenville, S.C. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Arguments proceeded for nearly an hour before the judge, perched on a high-backed wooden chair, suggested a solution: Mr Zhang should withdraw his lawsuit and the police cancel their punishment. For some plaintiffs, courts in China are getting better 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The high-backed bar stools neatly arranged around the large marble island catch Hall’s attention. DeAngelo Hall may become a broadcaster or a GM. But first, one more Redskins season. 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Inside, a row of girls, ranging in age from 10 to 16, sit lined up in high-backed oak kitchen chairs outside a riding ring, cheering on rider Abby Donahoe of Clinton and her mount, Ivy. Riding to rescue: Girls learn to train troubled horses 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z “It’s a nightmare,” he said, presiding in a high-backed leather wing chair off the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel. He helped bring down Richard Nixon. Now he thinks Donald Trump is even worse. 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It looked a bit like a private movie theater — dark, with cushy, high-backed chairs. Perspective | Betsy DeVos has invested millions in this ‘brain training’ company. So I checked it out. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z He shared a laugh with his seatmate, Sotomayor, and sat ramrod straight in his high-backed chair all the way to Roberts’s left. Hearing first arguments as member of the Supreme Court, Gorsuch jumps right in 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Four shadowy figures sit on high-backed chairs, like guests at a strange, gloomy dinner party. Alicia Keys: ‘I want to make sure all the issues about race are addressed’ 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z The court opened two weeks of oral arguments with Scalia’s high-backed leather chair at the right hand of Roberts draped in black. Supreme Court reconvenes without Scalia, ‘our man for all seasons’ 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z A high-backed chair draped in black cloth announced the absence of one of the court’s more flamboyant and rambunctious characters. Supreme court justices return – but begin with tribute to Antonin Scalia 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The other side of the restaurant offers individual high-backed booths. Review: At ToA, a Family’s Latest Foray Into Asian Fusion 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z “Women, customers, would drink that punch” — as powerful as it was colorful, apparently — “and they’d have to be carried down the stairs in those high-backed Hawaiian chairs they had,” she said. At the Ready as New Yorkers Got Unbundled 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z In the center of the room are tables surrounded by impressive, high-backed, red leather chairs. Restaurant Review: Great Neck’s Lola Reopens, With a Middle Eastern Flair 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The visit produced some extraordinary scenes, among them an utterly comfortable woman sitting in a high-backed chair opposite the baron of congressional Republicans, Senate GOP leader Bob Dole. Hillary Clinton, First Lady: Newsweek's 1993 Cover Story 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z “He’s been developing those for a while,” Hill said with a laugh, gazing across a conference table at Bill Raftery, their 73-year-old source lounging against a high-backed chair. Raftery brings ‘Onions!’ to Final Four broadcast crew 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The court, the state’s highest, is usually staffed by seven judges, selected by the governor, confirmed by the State Senate and seated in high-backed leather-cushioned chairs. Down Two Judges, New York’s Court of Appeals Carries On 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z On a recent weekday afternoon, one of the newest members of the Los Angeles Athletic Club sat in a high-backed chair in the club's plush Olympic Lounge. Venerable Los Angeles Athletic Club aims for more youthful look 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z District Judge James R. Spencer and the jurors he is trying to spare from repetitive testimony, “ridiculous” questions and unnecessary hours in their high-backed, black-leather chairs. McDonnell judge presides with humor and impatience Industry experts point to how the high-backed, padded seats form a compartment around riders. Missouri bus riders to buckle seat belts 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The waiting room for men, which I visit every three months, is long and narrow with seven uncomfortable benches made from high-backed blocks of gray-laminate chipboard padded with blue wipe-clean vinyl cushions. Waiting With HIV 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Formal conference rooms with mahogany boardroom tables and plush, high-backed leather seats don't necessarily inspire casual ideation and relaxed collaboration. 5 Must-Have Spaces for Your Office 2013-07-31T16:04:12Z But she decided that she should view her high-backed chair as a sign. The iEconomy: Signs of Changes Taking Hold in Electronics Factories in China 2012-12-27T02:58:05Z It was not clear when Russia Today recorded the interview with Mr. Assad, who was shown speaking to an interviewer, Sophie Shevardnadze, sitting in a high-backed chair against the background of a carved wooden doorway. Bashar al-Assad Warns Against Foreign Intervention in Syria 2012-11-08T14:47:13Z A gouty patient occupies a high-backed arm-chair, and an array of boxes and bottles is seen at the back of the stage. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z One end of the big cool kitchen was partitioned off with high-backed settles, and right on the middle of the floor of the "cosy corner" thus formed a pile of logs was glowing. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The old woman had seated herself in an old, high-backed chair, and, with her elbows on her knees, looked earnestly at Edith. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z The book laid open on the high-backed settle that flanked one side of the hearth, and masked the door of an inner room, had been laid there by his hand. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Eight heavy, high-backed chairs of black carved oak were set about the white oasis that the table made on the dark floor. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Then he sank back in one of the high-backed chairs and I watched him, frightened. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Used, I suppose, to a jumble of faces and forms, in this human kaleidoscope, he evidently did not observe the quiet figure in the high-backed chair. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z As she sat upright in a high-backed chair, with the forgotten candle in her hand and her gaze fixed on vacancy, she seemed to be gazing at the Skeleton of the House. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z A high-backed chair, before which a sheep-skin rug was spread, and two or three stools made up with a great oak chest the main furniture of the room. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z In the high-backed chair before the hearth the hermit sat, his chin dropped forward on his breast. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z The tables were all narrow and the high-backed oak chairs gave the room the look of an old monastery. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z It isn't very convenient, as we are just at the head of the big staircase, but I have put a high-backed arm-chair between me and the passers by. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The room was panelled and ceilinged in oak, with blue curtains to the windows and blue cushions on the high-backed settle by the fire. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z To R. of it, a high-backed winged armchair. Green Stockings A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-01-28T03:00:24.297Z Their host did not appear to notice them at first, but paced a turn up and down, then seated himself in the high-backed chair and gazed into the embers. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z On his right hand there was a great fireplace with a peat fire burning in the grate, and a high-backed horsehair sofa in front of it. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The three friends entered a long, low-roofed room, furnished with a large number of high-backed leather-cushioned chairs, of fantastic shapes, and embellished with a great variety of old portraits. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z She dropped her husband a mock curtsey and went over to a high-backed armchair, stretching out a dimpled hand to draw it forward. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The dining room, with dark wooden tables, tile floor and high-backed, comfortable booths, is casual and welcoming. | Peekskill: Quiet Man Public House, a Real Irish Pub ? Review 2012-01-07T00:26:09Z There he smoked his pipe in his high-backed, cane arm-chair, while I sat near. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z II Mr. Librarian Amber—very conscious of Sorrow crouching there, but busy, busy—is writing at a table behind the drooping figure in the high-backed chair. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z He hastened to place the high-backed armchair for the lady. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z But she could just sit by the fire in her high-backed chair, and do knitting, while Jeannie attended to the housewifery. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Near the fire, in a high-backed chair, is Harvey’s mother. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z I came to-night, because of a promise I made—” Jean had been sitting all this time in the shadow of her lather’s high-backed chair, a little out of sight. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Long-buried ancestors of the village had carved their rude initials over each high-backed bench and battered the bottoms of the great tankards into unexpected dents by many rollicking choruses in the merry dead past. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z My father’s study—properly dusted and disinfected in order to thoroughly exorcise the ghost of Colonel McReady’s cigars—became our schoolroom, the high-backed armchair our prim preceptor’s throne. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The judges' seat and the high-backed benches still form a quadrangular enclosure within a room of the same shape. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In a room overlooking the sea, in high-backed cushioned chair, sits a lady,—but little past the prime of life, perhaps, though her hair is like the snow. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z I found beautiful things, but all large, cassoni, high-backed, carved arm-chairs and Venetian mirrors, but the prices were awful and the things much too big. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z The interior is blocked, on the ground floor, with high-backed, unpainted deal pews. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z She removed a bundle of papers from a high-backed easy-chair, placed herself in it, and motioned to Gregers to sit down also. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z Opposite the fire-place stood a large table, upon which was a beautiful bronze lamp with a large blue glass shade, and the high-backed chairs and sofas were covered with dark blue silk. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z The house-door opened straight upon a large, low, raftered kitchen, with a cavernous fire-place at the further end, flanked on each side by a high-backed settle. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z The draperies are so wonderfully done, one can almost touch the gorgeous stuffs, heavy with gold and silver embroidery; and there are one or two high-backed, carved arm-chairs which are a marvel. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z His Eminence drew a breviary from his pocket and settled himself more comfortably in the high-backed chair. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z "Assistance!" his victim gasped, sinking inertly back in the high-backed Windsor arm-chair. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Three high-backed chairs were arranged in a row. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The door to the next room had been left open, but Mary did not notice a small, dapper man sitting there in a high-backed cretonne chair. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z He glanced curiously at the girl in the high-backed arm-chair, first scanning her tenacious little face, but quickly dropping his shifty eyes to the carelessly crossed shoes. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z He was sitting near a table covered with writing materials, and in a large high-backed tapestried chair, which further enhanced the ponderous dignity of his appearance, whilst helping to envelop his face in complete shadow. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z In return for the high-backed chair, his father presented him, when Christmas came round, with a turning lathe. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z It is not generally realized what draughts our ancestors were obliged to accept as unavoidable, even when they sat partially screened by their high-backed seats, as in old inn kitchens. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z At one side, in a high-backed chair, sits a lady still young and beautiful. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The room was lighted by a lofty lamp that stood on an ancient high-backed oaken piano, throwing a flood of light over all the apartment. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Then he turned back to the audience chamber, where he found His Eminence sitting placidly in a high-backed arm-chair. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Upon an old high-backed settle set on rockers slept Reuben Jencks, Jr., the deposed king of the family. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Theodosia Linden sat in the high-backed, plush-covered seat of the sleeping-car, with her hands folded in her lap, looking out of the window at the flat landscape as it sped past her. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z She let the work that she had resumed drop once more in her lap, and gazed up at him as he bent over the high-backed chair. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z A tall desk, a book-case, three high-backed chairs and a filing cabinet, all of carved mahogany, completed the furnishings, plus one broad-seated chair, leather cushioned, and with a rounding back. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z The governor was seated in a high-backed, elaborately carved mahogany chair before a highly polished mahogany table. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The same old lady, with spinning-wheel and high-backed chair, formed the subject of a picture titled "Grandmother's Memories." John Pettie, R.A., H.R.S.A. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work 2011-08-16T02:00:44.287Z How pleasant it was to see her at her work, in the warm days of summer, as she sat in her high-backed chair on the piazza which overlooked the River. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z “You may read to me now,” she added, re-seating herself in the high-backed chair, “and it can be all about war if you like.” Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z She sat on her high-backed chair, her golden hair falling in a shower over her shoulders, her grey eyes wider than ever as she stared transfixed at this extraordinary spectacle. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z On each side of the room were three high-backed, massive oak benches. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Sir Andrew pushed his high-backed chair well away from the desk and helped himself to a cigar. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z The high-backed pews shielded their occupants from drafts, and some people had their servants bring in little stoves of perforated tin containing coals, or hot bricks to place under the feet. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Peggy sank obediently into the high-backed 179 chair that the nurse pulled forward, and waited with some trepidation for the summons to go to her cousin. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z With a smile of contentment, she sat down in one of the high-backed chairs. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Fronting this construction sat a long, high-backed bench. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z There were high-backed benches here, and Judith led the way to one of them. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z He laughed, moving his head on the cushions of the high-backed chair. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Windows sunk deep into the wall, ponderous chairs, and a capacious, high-backed sofa with crimson cushions, and embroidered footstools standing before it,—all had an air of comfortable ease. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z At last I was strong enough to sit part of each day in a high-backed chair, and after that I saw little of Ellen. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z But when I was settled in my ample, high-backed section, and the train began to move slowly out of the station and through the tunnel, I felt more at ease. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The tables and booths are amply spaced, though the high-backed black leather chairs overwhelm the otherwise gentle furnishings and block the lovely evening light. | Atlantic Highlands: Southwestern Fare, Inspired and Varied 2011-05-28T22:34:26Z She took Nan’s hand and led her to a high-backed oaken chair where Nan seated herself for a moment. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z Captain Bainbridge sat at the head of the table, in a high-backed oaken chair; he was dressed in a blue uniform coat, with the gold-braided lapels thrown back over his wide chest. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z In front of the window is the “high-backed chair studded with brass nails like a coffin,” and on the right “a chest of carved mahogany drawers” and “a looking-glass in a filigreed frame.” The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z There was a deep fireplace, a table with a big lamp, a sofa, high-backed arm-chairs with worsted-work cushions and tidies, and windows filled with blossoming plants. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z The view is bounded there by a mighty high-backed fell; and in the other direction brown moorlands meet the horizon, all looking glad in the glorious sunshine. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Their animals are well calculated to turn the point of a sword, and are of the high-backed fluted pattern, very glossy at the joints. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Here and there, traces of stone-benches were visible; while a high-backed chair, likewise of stone, and resembling a bishop's seat in old churches, stood beside the window. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z She ushered them silently through a broad, dark hall with stiff, high-backed chairs ranged against the wall, to the drawing-room. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z The neon mood lighting found on Virgin planes is mirrored in the lobbylike ticketing area, where pods of those high-backed, Danish-designed Egg chairs are clustered around sculptures and paintings by local artists. Renovation of an Airport Terminal, Keyed to San Francisco 2011-04-11T19:18:27Z His wig was perched on the top of a high-backed chair, and over his bald head hung a torn piece of red flannel. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z I was seated upright in a high-backed chair, strapped securely in position, strapped in such a way indeed that I could move only my fingers and my toes. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z At the upper end, in a large high-backed chair, sat a female figure, behind whom a tirewoman appeared in waiting. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z In the church we sat in a stiff, high-backed seat, where I was required to be very still through a tedious discourse of which I comprehended nothing whatever. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z My lord sat in a large high-backed chair, which nearly hid his diminutive figure from view, except on the side of the fireplace. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z "Begin, sir, begin," he said, with a sweep of his hand toward Dan, and at that he sat down in the high-backed oak chair at the head of the table. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Later, as they sat in the high-backed pew which they shared with the Somersets, Miss Theodora would notice the boy's fair head moving restlessly from side to side. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z Old lavender perfume, ottomans, high-backed chairs, chintzes that look as though they came out of the ark, and a few mouldy daguerreotypes. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z The grandmother sat in her high-backed arm-chair, in snowy cap and kerchief, knitting and smiling, smiling and knitting, as happy and contented as a grandmother could possibly be. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Lord Seely seated himself once more in the high-backed chair, but in a very different attitude from his former one. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z Polly—who was now sixteen, and who had grown up a very dear, loveable girl—was seated between us, in a high-backed, old-fashioned chair, with her feet on a low stool. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z The wainscot, brown with age, the gigantic tiled stove, the high-backed chairs, and the heavily-carved oaken cupboards were all plain and simple and showed marks of long years of use. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z The high-backed chair, which suited the Marquis so well, was an unfamiliar article of furniture to him, and he sat upon it stiffly and without ease. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Fritz, Karen's husband, who was skilful with tools, had ornamented the high-backed chair, the press for clothes, and the baby's oaken cradle, with beautiful carving, of which little Karen was exceedingly proud. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z You can take the old carpet, and mahogany table, and the high-backed chairs, and put 'em among your valuable presents. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z She sat at one corner of her library fire, in a carved high-backed chair, and the young minister at the other end. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z Ben David was seated in a curious soft-cushioned, high-backed chair, with the intersecting triangles making a carved apex to it, but otherwise there was no mark of what Yarchi would have called charlatanism. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z He watched the lighting of a huge lamp which Gossett silently placed in the middle of an ebony black writing table, to the side of which he had already drawn up two high-backed chairs. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z There was little furniture: one tall cabinet, a few high-backed Dutch chairs, and some portraits hanging on the walls. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z She’s going to talk to me—” She rose from her high-backed, gilded chair, trying to do so without haste. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z For there was the queer high-backed piano; and there was the picture of people hunting; and there were the old-fashioned heavy ornaments. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z My eyes fell first upon Odile, seated at the head of the table in a high-backed oaken chair. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z He was seated in a high-backed chair, the Bible upon his knee, reading to himself slowly and with great distinctness the Ten Commandments. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Later, these developed into the high-backed settles, which are so much used in a modified form to-day. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The figure in the high-backed arm-chair bowed slightly, and without uttering a single word, motioned the stranger to a seat at a short distance. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z In the chimney-corner, and in his grandfather's high-backed chair, sat his father. The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z In an inner apartment of the ground-floor was seated on a high-backed oaken chair, a female of some thirty years of age. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Old Baumann stood straight, like a taper, his napkin on his arm, behind one of the two high-backed, richly carved arm-chairs, and waited for some acknowledgment of his signal merits and for further orders. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Sunshine or rain, all the year round, the solicitor sat in his high-backed chair before his great table. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z It was a plain little apartment, with high-backed wooden settles nearly up to the ceiling, which gave an old-fashioned air of comfort to the place. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z In the center of the room are tables surrounded by high-backed red leather chairs. | Great Neck: Film on the Back Wall, Food on the Table 2010-12-19T00:54:17Z Anon, he smiles and pauses; then he rises from his high-backed chair, takes a turn through the room, and gives utterance to the conceit which has suddenly struck him. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z He replaced the Mavericks’ bench with thick, high-backed leather seats. Mikhail Prokhorov Is White Knight for Nets 2010-04-27T01:28:00Z Every senator, from the most senior to the least, sits in a handsome high-backed burgundy leather chair. 2010-02-10T03:33:00Z Lord Cartavon sat stiffly in a high-backed chair by the fire. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Grim and severe in his high-backed chair, Stephen Strangewey sat with his eyes fixed upon the curtained window. The Hillman A massive oaken table stands near the fire-place; a high-backed chair on either hand, and two more in the embayment of the window; and an antique cabinet occupies a place directly opposite the chimney. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z She read the letter, which was open in her hands, and he listened thoughtfully, leaning back in the high-backed oak chair, and watching the blue smoke from his cigarette curl upward to the ceiling. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 She was sitting in a high-backed chair by the bed, and, as I came nearer, rose and drew aside the curtains for me to look at the girl. A Sister's Love A Novel A high-backed oak settle, as though afraid of the cold moonlight, has turned its back on the window and warms its old timbers at the fire. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors The old baroness sat in her high-backed chair, gazing at the beautiful blue sky as if her thoughts were far away. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History Stark and bare of any occupant, the high-backed chairs loomed in the funereal gloom, while on the table, toward which I inadvertently glanced, stood a decanter with a solitary wineglass at its side. X Y Z A Detective Story I remember that on this very morning I was seated in a high-backed arm-chair of carved oak, in a reflective mood. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Presently he was back with the old, high-backed victoria, and they started. Cinderella Jane He drew one of the high-backed chairs away from the table, and with that slight air of deliberation which characterized all his movements, seated himself. The Missioner At the flattened apex stood a richly carved, high-backed chair of dark wood. The Return of Tharn Louis was seated in a high-backed chair, his head resting upon his hands, his eyes cast down, and his whole face bearing an expression of anger and uneasiness. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. A tall straight-legged table and one straight high-backed chair, both lacquered in crimson, were the only furniture, except for a slender crimson-lacquered perch, down right, to which was chained a yellow, green and crimson macaw. The Book of Susan A Novel Seated in a corner of the high-backed oak settle, Isobel looked with eager curiosity round the old farm kitchen. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story Your college learning’s of no earthly use in these days,” said the father of David Bushnell, returning from the door, and sinking slowly down into his high-backed chair. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution She rose for a moment from the high-backed elbow-chair in which she sat; she did not offer her hand but, with a slight inclination of her head, indicated a chair. The Great Miss Driver Our people are getting ashamed of the high pulpit and high-backed pews, since Mr. Corlis has been with us. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation He came up close to the high-backed chair and placed his hand upon his daughter's head. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel A dozen or two high-backed chairs, dating probably from the time of Philip the Fourth, made up the furniture. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 In the centre of this apartment was placed a large oblong oaken table, covered with crimson velvet, and surrounded by a circle of high-backed chairs, with cushions covered with the same material. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Both women sat upright in the high-backed chairs, the neat, gray-clad Quaker lady, tranquil and rosy; the black figure of the Huguenot dame, sallow, with grave, unmoved features, a strange contrast. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington We were next to a sort of alcove, furnished with a table and two high-backed benches, and she sat down. The Huddlers It stirred from out the depths of the huge high-backed chair, and from out the gloom there came a little cry of surprise and of joy which was as the call of bird or angel. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Clement drew himself up with a great effort in his high-backed chair, and placed two large books on the floor before him that his visitor should not notice that he was barefooted. The Golden Age in Transylvania With what a shrewd humorous expression he sits in that high-backed arm-chair, surmounted by lions' heads, which figures in so many of Rembrandt's portraits at that time. Great Masters in Painting: Rembrandt van Rijn When he was ninety and the years of his wanderings over, Silas Dickerson died one morning as he sat in a high-backed Venetian chair in his private museum. The Medici Boots The dozen members of the council were all old men, gray-beards who seemed dwarfed by the high-backed chairs in which they sat. The Golden Amazons of Venus Nothing real on earth could be so exquisite as that subtle vision which he had of her now, sitting in the high-backed chair, leaning slightly forward toward him. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Mrs. Delansing, seated in her straight, high-backed armchair, was on the watch for her grandniece, and scrutinised her as she came through the long room. Hildegarde's Harvest With the ladies were two little boys covered with diamonds, mounted on huge fat horses, and ensconced in high-backed Mameluke saddles made of silver gilt. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant The Warden, in his high-backed chair, looked the very impersonation of Oxford. The New Warden Saddles are of the high-backed pattern universally used in Afghanistan, with a long wooden croup, which helps the rider to retain his seat. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches She was there at the end of the hall, sitting in one of the high-backed chairs, her hands in her lap, her head bent sweetly as she listened. Rose MacLeod Jenny had been left in the hall, seated on one of the high-backed wooden chairs, while her protector told his tale. A Life Sentence A Novel At the head of the table was a high-backed seat resembling a throne. A Prince of Good Fellows He was in a dead sleep, leaning upon his high-backed wooden chair. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III He stood there quite still, leaning over the back of the high-backed oak chair emblazoned with the De Vaux arms, and making no motion towards taking it up. A Monk of Cruta They found Barbara sitting in a high-backed Spanish chair, against which, in her bridal array and her extraordinary beauty, she made a picture that unaccountably deepened the new depression in Rodney's soul. The Girl in the Mirror An oak chest or two, and some high-backed chairs on the landings, picture to one a suitable habitation for a ghost. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land In an old-fashioned high-backed sleigh, drawn by an ancient white horse, sat a little old man so wrapped in furs that only the tip of a frosty nose could be seen. The Wooing of Calvin Parks I began playing, but, gradually overcome by drowsiness, I fell asleep, my hand still on the keys of the organ, and my head resting against the edge of the high-backed chair I was sitting on. Ellen Middleton—A Tale As she seated herself in the high-backed arm-chair beside the fire, her dark, refined face was turned towards me, while the little lad stood huddled up against her, as though half afraid of me. The Count's Chauffeur She approached the bed cautiously and softly; but she started back so hastily that the high-backed chair she knocked against fell over with a loud noise. The Son of His Mother That evening, when the harvest-moon lifted its bright face to the bosom of the east, Grandma Ellis sat in her old-fashioned high-backed chair thinking. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Fireplace, R., with high-backed settles on each side; in front of these, and facing the audience, R., a small table laid with a cloth. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV To him the Japanese screens, the huge blue vases, the ponderous high-backed chairs crawly 127with meaningless carvings, the mantels full of jars and pots and statuettes, brought no comfort. In the Heart of a Fool There was the stately sofa of honor flanked by throne-like armchairs, with high-backed ones next in line, all once of bright crimson satin and now frazzled and stained. The Missourian The furniture consisted of half a dozen rough tables and high-backed benches ranged about the sides. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts There are four high-backed chairs covered with the same work in smaller patterns. Needlework As Art It was then that in spite of Rosita's efforts to avoid his attention he caught sight of her as she hid behind Don Pedro's high-backed chair. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly As for Jemima, she rode a long-limbed, slender-bodied horse, and sat him in grim dignity, as the dames of old occupied their high-backed chairs. A Noble Woman There was a high-backed chair, and a velvet-covered dais for the high-backed chair. The Missourian Two men in a high-backed, low-set cutter were driving into the yard. The Shepherd of the North The inevitable motor launches came out by scores, and with them high-backed tugs; launches and tugs were covered with flags and people bearing flags, both flags and people being damp but enthusiastic. Westward with the Prince of Wales There were little round tables with high-backed chairs that seemed to shut them off in a corner by themselves. Cloudy Jewel Parkinson was carried into one of these, and was placed in a high-backed metal chair. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 The ancient coronation-chair, which is probably the greatest curiosity in the abbey, is a most unpretentious and uncomfortable-looking old high-backed chair with a hard wooden seat. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Sarah was seated in a high-backed Windsor chair. The Hound From The North In the centre of the hall, a heavy square table, with three high-backed upholstered chairs round it and a vase of white flowers on it. Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts Although the room is so small, there are numerous long tables, and old-fashioned, high-backed settles. John and Betty's History Visit What was to prevent his strapping this being into the high-backed chair to which he had been secured some time before? Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 And then Joan Parker slumped into a high-backed chair that stood in the ancient paneled hall. Wanderer of Infinity Brand drank from the long Venetian glass, and afterwards sank gratefully into the high-backed chair to which she motioned him. The Traitors Chris raised startled worried eyes to the dark penetrating ones watching him so quietly from the high-backed chair. Mr. Wicker's Window Catherine motioned to her daughter to be seated on a low stool, and taking herself a high-backed chair, smiled with her usual bland and treacherous smile. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 A tall, high-backed metal chair in its center was its mark of identification. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Two rows of high-backed pews faced each other on either side of the throne. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel On the old-fashioned, high-backed sofa, before a table spread with fine linen, sat old Saul and sipped his fragrant tea. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story In fear and trepidation I entered yet another room on the same floor, but it was dusty and neglected—a kind of sitting-room, or perhaps boudoir, for there was an old-fashioned high-backed piano in it. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London Milly threw off her white shawl and seated herself on the old, high-backed sofa. The Invader A Novel You couldn't have been all the time learning to sit upright on a high-backed chair; and I am trying so hard to think what your home was like. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Ugolini had sat down in the high-backed chair behind his work table. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Kneeling on a high-backed and curiously carved chair, which he leaned over pulpit-fashion, was seen the lean, lanky figure of Fleetword. The Buccaneer A Tale There were all the high-backed chairs—fourteen, we counted, with those already carried down. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm While she spoke his eyes traveled curiously to the high-backed organ and the what-not beyond. El Diablo Sir Philip pointed to where his late host was standing a little away from the others, his hand resting on the carved knob of his high-backed chair, and his eyes fixed wildly upon them. The New Tenant With these two escorts, both the same height, the contessa tottered to a high-backed, cushioned seat on the right side of the altar. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel "Ah, Morrison! the Jew is too much for ye," said another youth, who was just roused from a half slumber in a high-backed chair.—"Where got ye yer wit?" The Buccaneer A Tale She pulled round a heavy, high-backed chair and leaped into it, leaning over the back and looking up as if the painted ceiling glowed with the stars of an Italian night. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel There were Aunt Barbara and Aunt Mary sitting in the wide hall doorway as if they had never left their high-backed chairs since she saw them last. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls At the far end a huge carved writing-table loomed out of the shadows; six high-backed chairs reared themselves here and there against the walls; between prodigious windows a gigantic press lifted its massive head. Anthony Lyveden A fair young woman was by her side in a high-backed chair, and gentlemen with flowers in their buttonholes were talking to ladies round the fire. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life The old man edged heavily round the table till he came to the high-backed, rigid armchair that had always been his seat in this room. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies On the point of rising from a high-backed chair before this table was a man wearing the red robe of a Cardinal. The Orchard of Tears Mr. Leicester sat down in the high-backed wooden rocking-chair, and looked about the quaint little place with evident pleasure. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls Here the General was taking a nap in a high-backed easy-chair. Major Frank She put them on the table and drew up a high-backed wooden chair for Anne. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony There is a large stove and one or two high-backed settles in each ward. Chelsea The Fascination of London Straight high-backed chairs were pushed against the walls on either side; in front of an open fireplace with a low wooden mantel two small cushioned divans were drawn up, with a claw-footed table between them. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk The Pombo, in his yellow coat and trousers and four-pointed hat, sat on a high-backed chair in the centre of the tent. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet The cat enjoyed the black haircloth sofa in the sitting-room, afternoons, but she greatly preferred the kitchen for evening use; it made a change, and the high-backed cushioned rocker was then vacant. Ladies-In-Waiting Little black pigs, thin and high-backed, rooted about, and chickens clucked noisily as they picked at the refuse scattered here and there. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands As soon as the gown was completed, another group of the clever little creatures clambered up to the top of the high-backed chair in which Betty was seated, and began to arrange her hair. Cornwall's Wonderland It was a somewhat high-backed sitz bath, which had seen some service in the family. The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks It was in reality the wooden frame of a very high-backed saddle, like a Mexican saddle. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet She could find everything else in the world—old clocks, spindle-legged chairs, a high-backed, mahogany sofa, and a spinning wheel. The Windy Hill Miss Arthur advanced a step and stood beside the high-backed chair, one hand still resting upon the door. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter He seated himself in one of the high-backed chairs, his vacant eyes staring at the chair opposite; then his lips began to move quickly, as if he were addressing some one. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales In her high-backed pew, provided with the luxury of the cushion, sat fine old Lady Wiggleworth, all in silks, satins, and plumes. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin A high-backed chair and reading-desk of black walnut were the only pieces in sight. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall She looked now as if she might be the original of one of these old portraits herself, as she sat there in the high-backed chair, with the griffins carved on its teakwood frame. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation She threw off her air of listlessness and arose, crossing over and standing before him, leaning upon a high-backed chair, and speaking rapidly. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter A great four-post bedstead, with heavy hangings, stood in a deep recess; a round oak table and two high-backed chairs were in the centre of the room. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales A high-backed settee stands on the right of the fireplace; near the settee is a fauteuil-stool; facing the settee is a Charles II arm-chair. The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts With glances neither to right nor left, she slowly advanced, mounted the rostrum, and solemnly seated herself in the high-backed chair of polished walnut. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall For some little while after her aunt had sailed out of the room Crystal remained where she was sitting on the low stool beside the high-backed chair just vacated by the Duchess. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Taking up the book, he stole round behind a high-backed chair, which was placed against the table. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good She sat in a high-backed chair, 216 hands along the arms, head resting back, eyes half-closed, in that perfect stillness of which the animal and the savage are alone entirely capable. The Branding Iron Another high-backed settee fills the space between the windows, and in each window there is an arm-chair of the same period as the one at the fireplace. The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts And on each side of the “stoop” which was reached by three steps, was a high-backed wooden seat, with funny low arms at the outer ends. Polly's Business Venture Twin columns of swirling silver flanked Emperor Charles Davis where he sat in the rather plain, high-backed wooden chair that was the Throne, on its meter-high marble dais. Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel It opened behind draperies; when the three stepped through those, Corina found they were on the Throne's marble dais, two meters behind the plain, high-backed wooden chair. A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel The neck of Sir Tobias craned painfully round the corner of a high-backed chair. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Wayland indicated an old high-backed chair of oak, quaintly embellished with ancient leather in faded blue and gold. Barbarians Directly opposite the chimney was a long, high-backed settee, with haircloth covering. Polly's Business Venture There was a dark table in the middle and a high-backed chair against the wall. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 As she had chosen the large high-backed chair, Clavering, knowing her love of comfort, hoped that her discourse was to be brief. Black Oxen Each of the three sisters was sitting in a high-backed chair, her arms hanging lifeless from her sides. The Goose Man And as he hurriedly turned to go, the ancient carving on the high-backed chair caught him between the buttons of his leather coat, tearing it wide open over the breast. Barbarians The centre of the churches is always vacant, and round this space there is always a row of high-backed seats. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Something—was it a breath? a sigh?—made me look back into the attic where Lucy's clothes clung to the high-backed chair, like flower petals blown against a wall. Explorers of the Dawn Half arising from his high-backed chair at the head of the table, he had doubled up his fist and struck her below the cheek-bone. Hunters Out of Space Before a long narrow table, near the bed, and on a high-backed oaken chair, sat the young pretender. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Before the empty fireplace, in a high-backed, cane-bottomed chair, slept an old negress, with head bowed, moaning and muttering as she slept. Mr. Opp Inside, the three small rooms are crowded with sets of delft and willow china, old candlesticks, clocks, andirons, fenders, high-backed chairs and the like. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science It was a benign house, like a sleepy mastiff, and seemed to tolerate with lazy indifference the presence of its two narrow, high-backed neighbours, which with their cold, unblinking windows, looked like sinister, half-fed cats. Explorers of the Dawn He sits in an upright and determined manner upon an uneasy-looking high-backed chair. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 He is seated in an old high-backed, cushionless arm-chair, but an easy one, nevertheless, to him, who from dawn till sunset, has been engaged in ploughing, thrashing, ditching, or mowing. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Could Elinor have but glimpsed the high-backed tin tub in which Arethusa had bathed all of her life at the Farm! The Heart of Arethusa The girls all sat round the room on wooden chairs, and Miss Polehampton occupied a high-backed, cushioned seat at a centre table while she read the portion of Scripture with which the day's work concluded. A True Friend A Novel He dropped into the high-backed chair beside the fireplace, and, putting his arm about her, drew her near to his side. A Little Girl in Old Boston Not without considerable exertion he rolled forward a couch—wide, high-backed, legless, mounted upon little wheels—to the vicinity of the fire. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance She sat in her high-backed chair wrapped in furs listening to his reading aloud or appearing to, though she often drowsed off. A Little Girl in Old Quebec The faded upholstery on the tall, high-backed chairs had been covered over with slips of rose-colored chintz, and in each little recess had been placed a matching sofa. The Heart of Arethusa On one side of the wood fire, in a stiff, high-backed chair sat a young woman, in her hat and wrap and gloves, "jest a settin' and a waitin'." The Sheriffs Bluff 1908 Before the fire was a rug of generous dimensions, and a high-backed chair stood on each of the nearest corners. A Little Girl in Old Boston The lamp had a rosy shade; and its glow wreathed her in perpetual blushes, made her appear wonderfully young as she sat before me in a deep, high-backed armchair. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Her godmother was sitting very upright in her high-backed chair, a frown on her brow, and the parrot on her shoulder. A Pair of Clogs There's a high-backed sofa upholstered with black horse-hair, and the springs have evidently been pressed by generations of Trowbridges who have been born, and reared, and died in the old Valley Farmhouse. Lady Betty Across the Water A huge fire-place, an antique spinning-wheel, a bench, and two settles, or high-backed seats, a table, a cradle and a baby very wide awake, complete the inventory. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses She was sitting in a high-backed chair, very straight and prim. A Little Girl in Old Boston They had her in a big chair now, with a high back which peaked over her head and Nancy had another high-backed chair, and Richard standing on the hearth-rug surveyed the two of them contentedly. Mistress Anne Behind this table was a huge, high-backed chair of elaborate antique workmanship resembling the throne of some Asiatic sovereign of the remote past. Monte-Cristo's Daughter Such as they are, they will always be at my lord’s service,” replied Leoni, and he slowly resumed his seat in the high-backed chair, in obedience to a commanding gesture from the King. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France She knew not where she was jumping, and fell head first against the master’s high-backed chair. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel With a spring he concealed himself behind a high-backed chair in the corner. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win In this condition of things, the high-backed settle in front of the blazing fire was a cozy seat. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 He was a queer figure, that old man, in the high-backed, high-fender sleigh. The Rainy Day Railroad War The church was on the East Side, and had high-backed pews, and here were delivered sermons that were as long as they were full of strength and wisdom. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt A high-backed chair, before which a sheep-skin rug was spread, and two or three stools, made up, with a great oak chest, the furniture of the room. In Kings' Byways We sat in torturous high-backed benches so narrow that our knees rasped the boards before us, and sleep in Master Gordon's most dreary discourse was impossible. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn She did not answer, and, following her, he found that she had entered one of the high-backed, old-fashioned pews, and was on her knees. Glory of Youth And he waved to the high-backed haffit chair Miss Mary had so sparely filled an hour ago. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure It was merely the wooden frame of a very high-backed saddle. In the Forbidden Land In the cooler and darker parts of the room stood high-backed chairs littered with a dozen articles which spoke of a woman's presence; here a fan and silk hood, there a half-mended glove. In Kings' Byways On that knot in the green hemlock, he sits with his tail spread out over his head, for all the world like a young miss in a high-backed, old-fashined easy-chair. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 The pretty chintz couch laughed at the oaken, high-backed chair, stiff with a century of worm-eaten state. Olive A Novel The high-backed chair compassed her figure so fully that she seemed to shrink to a child's size. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure It was in reality the wooden frame of a very high-backed saddle, from the back of which some five or six sharp iron spikes stuck out horizontally. In the Forbidden Land He had an official, high-backed chair on the sidewalk and asked me to use it till he returned. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel He quickly ran his long arm into the opening of the log and with a snap of his teeth drew out the high-backed toad. Tess of the Storm Country As Beverley passed in, Clo caught a glimpse of a man's figure comfortably seated in a high-backed armchair in front of the window. The Lion's Mouse He pointed to a narrow high-backed chair, placed on a platform; by the side of the chair was a machine of curious construction, from which protruded a long wire. Pickwickian Manners and Customs Seated in a very high-backed, elaborately-carved, and Gothic chair, supported on all sides by pillows, sat the attenuated figure of my father. Rattlin the Reefer Sit down, pray do, after your walk,” and he pointed to a high-backed oak chair, of very doubtful stability and covered with dust. Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade Large sofas, numberless card-tables, high-backed chairs, huge, badly gilt picture-frames, enclosing daubs of most incomprehensible subjects, mirrors of all shapes and sizes, not one condescending to give a correct reflection of the human face. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar We went into the drawing-room, where we found Aunt Deb seated in a high-backed chair. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures On a high-backed chair near him hung his cloak and rapier, while at his side he had a short dagger, with a jewelled hilt, ready for use. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham The cloud-compelling meerschaums were produced, and they sat in high-backed chairs, watching the thin wreaths of smoke as they curled upwards to the skylight. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Opposite to her was the high-backed chair in which Pennie had spent so many weary hours, bending with a frown over Kettles’ garments. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children There was no dust to be seen anywhere, and a special, high-backed arm-chair, which was not in general use, was now drawn up to one side of the tea-table. Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls She had just finished this arrangement when a noise in the room below warned her of Mrs Greenways’ approach, and running downstairs she found her seated breathless in the high-backed chair. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Such was the only couch which the unhappy sufferer had to lay him down upon at night, or when weary of sitting in the high-backed, creaking armchair. Amos Huntingdon The General drew his eyebrows together and stared scrutinisingly at the girlish figure seated on the high-backed oak chair. Betty Trevor What a long time it seemed since she had sat sewing in that high-backed chair! Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children She thought of the Professor’s little feast prepared so carefully, the flowers, the high-backed chair standing ready for the guest who never came. Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls Lilac saw with dismay that her own little stool and the high-backed chair were left out. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May She glanced at Aunt Maria reseating herself in her high-backed chair, and taking up the inevitable knitting. A College Girl Bridgie sat demurely on a high-backed chair, a sweet-faced nun, with her golden hair hidden from sight, and her dark-lashed eyes looking lovelier than ever when contrasted with the white bands across her forehead. Pixie O'Shaughnessy At the end of this gallery Addie Tristram had used to sit when she was well, in a large high-backed arm-chair by the big window that commanded the gardens and the river. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House There were two large high-backed easy-chairs, and I prepared to take possession of the one recently vacated by Jackson's wife. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 The grey Auld Licht, to whom love was not even a name, sat in his high-backed arm-chair by the hearth, Bible or "Pilgrim's Progress" in hand, occasionally lapsing into slumber. Auld Licht Idylls She was well advanced in years, but the high-backed oaken chair in which she sat was not more upright than she. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Its small pulpit, perched high upon one side, and close to the wall, concealed the preacher’s body, while the heads of the congregation were just seen rising above the square high-backed pews. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Beds afford a good place for a romp or play, but high-backed chairs should be placed at the side to prevent a fall. The Mother and Her Child There was a luxuriously cushioned, high-backed chair—would Jeannette, by any possibility, recognize the blue silk of those cushion covers? Under the Country Sky It was Mis' Bates, who, from the high-backed plush rocker, rapped with the blue glass paperweight on the red glass lamp and, in the absence of Mr. Bates, called the meeting to order. Christmas A Story Quaint high-backed chairs dragged in from the shadowy parlor circled the table. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs An Echtstein grand piano, with the action purposely lightened to suit the pianist's touch, stood in the centre of the stage, and a large, comfortable looking high-backed chair was placed in front of it. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques At an angle to the fireplace was a broad-seated, high-backed oaken settee, covered with cushions. Ambrotox and Limping Dick Miriam, retreating also a little, sank into a high-backed, old-fashioned chair that stood two or three yards from the picture and reclined in it, her head on one side, looking at the rough resemblance. The Tragic Muse This masterpiece, which resembles a large, high-backed chair, is entirely covered with sculptured ivory, delicate carvings of scriptural subjects and ornament. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Tilted momentarily back in a leather chair, behind a high-backed hardwood desk, the visitor caught a glimpse of one of those nervously alert, youngish-old figures which always seemed to him so typically American. Phantom Wires A Novel Sunk in the high-backed chair, his chin fallen on his breast, it was in his eyes alone, peering from below bent brows, that he seemed to live. The Long Night She seated herself in a judicial attitude on one of the high-backed hall chairs. The Story of the Big Front Door It was fun to sit in the high-backed chair before the shining silver and the flowers and to choose81 between grapefruit and frosted orange juice. Red-Robin With this idea paramount, she sat down in a high-backed porch rocker and waited. Jane Allen: Right Guard The man behind the high-backed desk paused in his task of checking a list of typewritten names, and motioned Durkin to a seat. Phantom Wires A Novel About them in other rooms, in small recesses made by the high-backed seats, were other students. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery And then she went down and tented over the crib with an old woolen shawl, and set a high-backed rocking chair to keep the draft from Herbert, and opened the window "a teenty crack." Faith Gartney's Girlhood It was a high-backed, crimson velvet chair, with a footstool for the child's feet to rest upon. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 He was already leading Angela to one of the nearest of the high-backed chairs that stood ranged against the dark-green wall of the hall. The White Sister But the long table, the high-backed chairs, the side serving-table, and the two tall cabinets of china were fine enough pieces if one cared for the massive. Ralestone Luck By the bedside sat, in a high-backed chair, an old woman with more wrinkles in her face than moons in her life. Alec Forbes of Howglen Opposite the secretary, a plain mahogany table; and eight high-backed, claw-footed chairs ranged stiffly around the room. Faith Gartney's Girlhood She took the young man's hand again in hers and led him to a high-backed mahogany settee. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Gligor Tobicza, coming all the way from Rezpatak, appeared at the fair at the same time, with twelve high-backed horses and six Gipsy musicians, ribbons and coloured kerchiefs fluttering from every horse and every cap. The Poor Plutocrats With a tiny shrug of her shoulders, she settled herself down then in a big, high-backed chair before the fire and stretched out her overshoed toes to the shining edge of the fender. Molly Make-Believe They had left her sitting in the high-backed rocker by the window, the great family Bible and her spectacles on the little light-stand beside her.... Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It "Sit down there, Suzanna, in that high-backed chair and tell us what you have to say that's so important," suggested Mr. Bartlett. Suzanna Stirs the Fire It was a little too early to go down, and we drew some high-backed chairs together and sat down to look at one another in our wedding garments. A Court of Inquiry The whist party sat in high-backed chairs about a square mahogany table, whose shining top betokened much muscle on the part of Sally. John Ward, Preacher He thrust the paper into her hand, and sat down in the high-backed chair. A Crooked Path A Novel Fifteen minutes later peace had descended on the troubled homestead, and Samantha went into the sitting-room and threw herself into the depths of the high-backed rocker. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Mrs. Davenant was sitting in a high-backed chair, on one side of the great fireplace, in which a pile of logs was blazing. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick Oscar, hunched up in a high-backed Chinese chair, was white and miserable. The Trumpeter Swan The face against the high-backed chair was very pale. Told in a French Garden August, 1914 There, in his high-backed chair, sat the solitary old man, prematurely old, worn out by labour and sorrow before his time. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 A Novel About ten minutes later she returned, more heated than ever, and threw herself for the second time into the high-backed rocker. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It She put them out before her and seemed to grope her way to a stiff, high-backed chair near to her. Great Possessions She drew the little lady beside her on the high-backed couch which faced the fire. Contrary Mary His mother sat in her high-backed rocker, fast asleep, her sharp eyes closed, her thin mouth gaping, an expression of vacuous peace over her whole face, and all her wiry little body relaxed. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel He came, and found her sitting on the high-backed chair whose cover had been worked by his grandmother. The Helpmate Mr. Montgomerie warmed himself before the fire, quite shielding it from us, who shivered on a row of high-backed chairs beyond the radius of the hearth-rug. Red Hair The sole occupant was a man in evening dress, seated in a high-backed leather chair, facing the entrance, a small stand beside him, containing a half-filled glass, and an open box of cigars. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune And there, sitting stiff and straight in a high-backed chair, with her throat dry, her pulses throbbing, she laid the case before Roger Poole. Contrary Mary On the other side of the bed the old Don, lost in a high-backed armchair, remained plunged in that meditation of the old which resembles sleep, as sleep resembles death. Romance But Anne, sitting on a high-backed chair, uttering tremulous absurdities, Anne, protected by the unconscious humour of her own ill-temper, was adorable. The Helpmate His work done, the messenger lighted his pipe, settled himself in his high-backed canvas camp-chair, and put his feet up on his box for a good smoke. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories She sat up straight in the comfortless, high-backed pew. The Adventures of Ann Stories of Colonial Times This room was nearly empty, matting covered the floor and a round table stood in the center, while two or three high-backed chairs, with hard seats, were placed at intervals round the walls. A Little Mother to the Others Her hands were folded in her lap, and she was rocking gently back and forth in a high-backed rocking-chair, with her eyes closed. The Story of Dago Tallente silently admitted his identity, waved the inspector back to his seat—the one high-backed and uncomfortable chair in the room—and took an easy-chair himself. Nobody's Man The gentleman declared to the presiding justice that he was chosen foreman, and stepping over the feet of each other, the jury again seated themselves in the two rows of high-backed chairs. The Awakening The Resurrection Some high-backed chairs, a pair of brass candlesticks with snuffers, a book or two, a few old hats, and a lanthorn, on various pegs, completed the furniture of the place. The Astonishing History of Troy Town She was seated in an elaborately-carved high-backed chair, near a table on which were the remains of a dessert for one person. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 With a little sigh she sank down in the corner of a high-backed easy chair. The Betrayal He sat upon a straight, high-backed chair by her side and his face seemed as though it were carved out of stone. Nobody's Man Nekhludoff sat on the high-backed chair in the front row, second to the aisle, and without removing his pince-nez looked at Maslova, while his soul was being racked by a fierce and complicated struggle. The Awakening The Resurrection Lord Arranmore leaned back in his high-backed chair and looked round at the empty places. A Prince of Sinners Mark sat down in his high-backed chair, and placed the light upon the table in such a manner as fully to reveal the pale agitated features of his son. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers Kut-le stood holding the bridle of a sedate little horse on which he had fastened a comfortable high-backed saddle. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The furniture was very simple, consisting of a large writing-table, a few high-backed chairs, and the Cardinal's own easy-chair, covered with dingy leather and well worn by use. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The front room was the eating parlour, and was only furnished by a long table and benches, with one high-backed armchair at either end. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot He was still sitting in exactly the same position, one hand upon the arm of his high-backed chair, the other upon the table before him. A Prince of Sinners The high-backed sofa, upholstered in red velvet, stood stiffly against the wall, awaiting the "guest of honour," who never arrived. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year A high-backed easy chair is above the fire, a kitchen elbow-chair below it. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Then, in obedience to a gesture, the priest sat down upon one of the high-backed chairs. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The furniture was simple but solid, the roomy high-backed davenport luxurious with its many pillows. Mrs. Red Pepper Lord Arranmore sat a little forward in his high-backed chair, one hand grasping the arm, the other stretched flat upon the table before him. A Prince of Sinners So Tourtourelle perched herself on a high-backed chair and stretched her eyes wide open. The Curious Book of Birds They loved to walk under high-backed clouds that the wind carried horizonwards in pursuance of some feud of the skies. The Judge He sat down in one of the high-backed compartments, and, glancing indifferently at a man sitting opposite to him, he recognized the editor of the Illustrated Universe. In Friendship's Guise Besides this were the splint-bottomed, high-backed chair, two Sheraton chairs, and a Chippendale mirror,—all relics of a luxurious old home. Mrs. Red Pepper Still he sat back in his high-backed chair, and still he spoke in measured, monotonous tones. A Prince of Sinners A round table, before which stood two high-backed, black oak chairs, and which was lit with softly-shaded candles, stood in the middle of the room. The Lighted Way She was leaning forward in a picturesque pose against the arm of her high-backed chair. The Little Colonel's House Party On this side were precisely as many high-backed chairs as on the other. The Poor Little Rich Girl And Ellen established her guest in a high-backed, cushioned wicker chair by the window, and sat down close by. Mrs. Red Pepper He then improvised a screen from a high-backed chair and an extra blanket, and again betook himself to bed. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure On one side of the chimney was a high-backed settle, and above it a book shelf. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters In those high-backed, square pews were other generations wont to sit. Charles Duran Or, The Career of a Bad Boy By the author of "The Waldos" And between the two, filling the high-backed chairs on either side of the table, were strange men and women. The Poor Little Rich Girl It is furnished with magnificent hand-carved, high-backed chairs without upholstery, lounging not being apparently encouraged here. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Presently, desisting from this quest of his, he stood and stared curiously for some time at a recess immediately behind one of the high-backed chairs drawn up to the supper table. The Green Eyes of Bâst For a moment she couldn't remember where she was, then with a finger in her book she peeped around the clock case, which with a high-backed chair screened her corner. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters Her mother and Mrs. Jake had wrapped her in blankets and drawn the high-backed wooden rocking chair close to the stove, and here she was just established when Mrs. Martin opened the outer door. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Mr. Bellingham arose from his high-backed throne of carved oak, bowed, and extended a hand across the table. Lady Good-for-Nothing His lodgers occupy the comfortable seats, whilst he perches himself on the edge of a straight high-backed chair and converses with us, not lighting his pipe until urged, then deprecatingly smoking in little smothered puffs. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls I made myself known to him in turn, and with a sort of stately courtesy he set a high-backed chair for me and himself resumed his former seat. The Green Eyes of Bâst Celia sat in one corner of the high-backed settle alone this afternoon. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters There was no excuse for a longer absence from the parlor, where Mrs. Fraley was throned in state in her high-backed chair, and was already calling the loiterers. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches She did not even turn around when the kind lady behind them dropped a peppermint over the high-backed pew for her. The Child's World Third Reader But the person who distinguished himself from everybody else by some nameless attraction, was a man perhaps forty years old, who sat in a high-backed settle at a table near the fire. Lazarre Two high-backed chairs were set to the table—and the table was laid for supper! The Green Eyes of Bâst Then I examined the furniture of the curious interior,—the high-backed chairs, mahogany table,—one leg replaced with pine,—the hair sofa and tall clock in the corner by the door. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others The children, dressed in their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, were sitting in the high-backed pews in solemn silence, while a reverend gentleman was delivering a solemn exhortation to gratitude and goodness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 The chairs were high-backed of solid oak with cushions. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The interior is no less picturesque, with its open ingle-nook, its high-backed settles, its brick floor, its pots and pans, its pewter and brass utensils. Vanishing England I do not like high-backed chairs in a dining-room. The House in Good Taste There was no light at this end of the hall, and the old-fashioned, high-backed settee which stood there was in shadow. The Twenty-Fourth of June He had hardly words to answer her vague question, so absorbed was he in the beauty and the grace and the interest with which she had suddenly invested the high-backed corner she sat in. A Daughter of To-Day However, she did not sit down on the sofa again, but drew up a high-backed chair, apparently because she did not feel strong enough to hold herself up without support. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 "Be seated, miss," she said, pointing me to a stiff, high-backed chair, whither the little girl followed me, stroking with her hand the soft seal-skin jacket I was wearing. The Doctor's Dilemma On a dais over this table sat the two judges in high-backed chairs, deeply carved and black. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Miss Webster sat on a high-backed chair by the table, nervously striving to entertain her fashionable guests. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories The youngest of the children passed the high-backed walnut chair in which the old lady sat. Widdershins By the side of the fire were two large high-backed chairs entirely wisped round with straw, so that none of the framework could be seen. The Pilots of Pomona |
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