| 单词 | houseful |
| 例句 | “Well, if he’s the wrong un, why the hell don’t you find the right un? I got a houseful of women won’t go to the bathroom alone.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "Really? Well, he likes you and your sister. I think he wishes he had a daughter instead of a houseful of boys." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “The only man in a houseful of women. They won’t let me into the bathroom in the morning to shave.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I had three sons and two daughters, a houseful indeed, and none of them exactly held back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Though there’s a houseful of people down the hall, it feels sneaky and wrong to step into a boy’s bedroom. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'll pick you up at school—just you this time. I don't want to give you a whole houseful of kids to watch. What time do they let you out of there?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “At least now when Celia testifies against him in court, they’ll have a houseful of hard evidence to back her up.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They never actually tied the knot until they had a houseful of kids. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I could have done without the flies and the primitive theaters, but I wouldn't have minded growing up with a houseful of servants. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Still, even with her parents' help, my mother had her hands full, since by and large she was a single parent raising a houseful of children. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I’m sure this ain’t no way to be. Ain’t got no right to have a houseful of children if you don’t know how to treat them.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Most of the boys I knew had a houseful of brothers and sisters. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a houseful of kids and a husband who soaks up booze like a sponge,” Mom said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Soon he would be surrounded by a houseful of independent American women. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At the Altmans' lowest point, which is where the film catches them, the family represents a houseful of minor regrets and modest disappointments that will be recognizable to many. 'This Is Where I Leave You' is a fractious family affair 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Overnight, inspired by Micheline, Clarence redoes his entire collection and sends his houseful of female cutters, seamstresses, administrators, and secretaries into a frenzy of activity. An Essential Retrospective of the French Filmmaker Jacques Becker at the Newly Renovated Film Forum 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z What We Do in The Shadows: This offbeat mockumentary follows a houseful of vampires as they cope with the modern world. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Please Like Me’ and Films Leaving Netflix 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z And you thought it was grim to come home to a houseful of dead pot plants. Worst holidays in cinema – ranked! 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z As the dinner proceeds, and Taylor observes it in a half-drugged stupor while bound to a chair, some scenes show a houseful of guests dining and dancing. | 'The Perfect Host': A Welcome to His World Is Accepted at Your Peril 2011-06-30T22:13:04Z Some days I want nothing more than a fancy dress, a big reception and a houseful of gravy boats and monogrammed towels. I used to love the bride 2013-04-09T23:50:00Z He did not turn to art full time until 1882, when he was a married man with a wife and a houseful of children, whom he would ultimately abandon. Art Review: ‘Gauguin: Metamorphoses’ at MoMA Goes Beyond Paintings 2014-03-13T19:24:47Z Raised as an only child by my animal-loving German father with a houseful of strays and convalescing wildlife, I’m sure my love of felines is inherited. Cats can make you laugh, cry, lose sleep – and then break your heart 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Her character, Maria del Carmen, a middle-class homemaker living on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, is first seen preparing and serving an elaborate feast for a houseful of guests. | 'Puzzle': Solving Puzzles to Help With the Riddle of Midlife 2011-05-26T21:26:17Z A crispy, runny fried egg on a bowl of congee is a beautiful thing, but it's not the most efficient move when you've got a houseful of people. How to make a DIY congee bar for cozy dinner parties 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z I'm still planning on feeding a houseful on Thanksgiving, and that fritzy-dishwasher is small potatoes, indeed. Keep warm, be well, see you next week! 2010-11-24T16:52:00Z While Odysseus' wife is being badgered by a houseful of uncouth suitors eager to take her husband's place and wealth, the titular hero is trapped on the island of the goddess Calypso. Why are we SO obsessed with stories of hospitality gone wrong? 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z It had belonged to a Canadian diplomat who fled Shanghai on foot in 1949, leaving behind a houseful of possessions but making sure to take that painting home. ‘Little Dreams in Glass and Metal’ Spotlights Enameling 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z A final foray running a ragtag houseful of Russia watchers in London leads to the surprise unearthing of separate cunning, ultra-secret plans by two world powers to bust up Europe. Review | John le Carré’s new thriller takes aim at Trump, Brexit and the Russia mess 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Plus, it freezes beautifully, feeds a houseful of guests, and travels remarkably well. Heavenly Holiday Desserts 2010-12-10T08:31:00Z These men’s friends begin appearing in the house as well, all of them eccentric and accomplished in unpredictable ways, like a houseful of Ricky Jays. A Mother Keeps Wartime Secrets in Michael Ondaatje’s New Novel 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Uninterested in his houseful of children, she loses him to the governess, played memorably by Julie Andrews. Eleanor Parker, 91, Oscar-Nominated Actress, Dies 2013-12-10T02:07:52Z The premise of the murder mystery “Crooked House” is old school: A much-loathed patriarch is sent to his grave, and a houseful of resentful, back-stabbing kinfolk are under suspicion. Review: A ‘Crooked House’ of Murder and Resentment 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z For the first time, he freezes and his face becomes that cruel mask from the past, the one that somehow frightened an entire houseful of people. Replaying the Past, to a New Soundtrack 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos thumped onto the ground in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of extremists and children. Lethal US raid on IS encounters a doll, crib, bomb, bullets 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Also, the cost can be high if you have to test a houseful of people. At-home COVID tests could make holiday reunions with family safer. Here's how 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Also, the cost can be high if you have to check a houseful of people. Make your holiday gatherings COVID-safer with rapid tests 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Ishkontana, 42, tried to believe it, too, though around them the death toll was climbing — not by inches, but by leaps, by housefuls, by families. ‘I Was Surrounded by Death’: Gaza Father Is Rescued, Emerging to Grief 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z I converted it into a rec room for what was now a houseful of boys, who all got along. L.A. Affairs: I'm transgender. This is what happened when I finally told my wife 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z She recalls a houseful of people as her aunts and uncles returned for visits. 'Life goes on': Mexico City house featured in Roma up for sale 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z More importantly, we saw him as a father, a guy who picked up his girls from school and always put the toilet seat down in a houseful of women. Kobe Bryant's death shocked L.A. and the world amid ominous start to 2020 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z God blessed me with a houseful of kids who understand that. ‘Why y’all wait this long?’: The Seahawks know they were fortunate to draft DK Metcalf, and the feeling is mutual 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Regardless, this is about Barrett and how Republicans may weave her life story into the confirmation process: A mother raising a houseful of kids. Amy Coney Barrett paints memorable picture during Supreme Court hearings 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z On a mid-October afternoon in 2007, it was a houseful of Democrats in Laurens. These Iowa voters loved Joe Biden in 2008. Now, they’re not sure he’s the one. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z When one of the Boys is summoned to London as heir to a dying earl, the gang finds a houseful of scheming relatives. Movies on TV this week: 'The Deer Hunter,' 'White Christmas' and more 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z They imagine bowls of lentils and pans of scorched tofu, stretched loaves-and-fishes style to feed a houseful of hippies, dropouts, and dreamers. The Grocery Store Where Produce Meets Politics 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z And sometimes the fascination lay in the sheer unlikelihood of such an author existing at all, amid the most inauspicious circumstances: a houseful of children, a ne’er-do-well husband, a spindly desk in a drafty hallway. The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z My mother went on to not only write and illustrate her own children’s book, but also raise a houseful of readers, including three writers. What makes a good story? It may not be what you think 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Two separate groups of young people — a houseful of kids in juvenile detention and some road-tripping hipsters — point to a kids-will-save-us optimism that never bears fruit. Review | ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ delivers delicious deadpan, but this dreadful dud is DOA 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z When the Women’s House officials said that not only was Amira right to keep it, but that she was also entitled to a houseful of furniture in compensation for the divorce, Radwan began shouting. Women Are Free, and Armed, in Kurdish-Controlled Northern Syria 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z If we needed help securing a houseful of hens, foxes’ well-known hunting and eating habits would keep those creatures fairly low on our list of potential picks for the job. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z We pluck them from litters, then raise them alone in a houseful of humans with no one to teach them how to be dogs. Becoming a Pack Leader of Dogs and Donkeys 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z That might not matter as much once you have a houseful of devices set up and automated, but it’s frustrating if you’re starting with a more just a room or two. The best smart lights you can buy 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z It is also difficult to bring a case against a houseful of guests because "you cannot prove who is making the noise". What is it like to live near a party house? - BBC News 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Big Brother A new houseful of guests arrives at their isolated singles pad as this unscripted competition series returns with a special two-hour season premiere. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Greenleaf' on OWN 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Atomization means slicing things to their smallest components, in this case not insuring a whole houseful of goods but individual objects. Technology Transforms How Insurers Calculate Risk 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z If you had a houseful of wild animals, you would need cages. The Poetry of Ordinary Terror 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Five years ago, the Clouse family was a houseful, all right. After losing 7 children in tragic fire, a family blooms anew 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z He was an acolyte in that Republican Revolution of 1994, and this is what it's come to: a houseful of angry white men in charge. Don't Cry for John Boehner 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z On a day that featured a houseful of hospice helpers, Raymond made a point to say thanks to each. Hospice team helps couple married 70 years stay in home 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Of course, it’s pretty much impossible to keep everything the same for baby with a houseful of people. Modern Manners for Conflict-Free Family Visits 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z So would a plumber end up with a houseful of old tennis rackets and slightly worn high chairs? A barter way of doing business 2013-01-04T13:00:01Z She was back home finalizing arrangements for the funeral later and looking after a houseful of relatives. Column: 'The look on his face was priceless' 2012-10-18T23:55:09Z Now, here, Florence, you wouldn't want to know that a man had stood up in front of a whole houseful of people and called your father a liar. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z This houseful of heavy feet and broad shoulders, these deep voices and loud laughs, the atmosphere of interchanging jests and tobacco smoke, was new to her. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z It was the old story: nothing laid away—how could there be, with a houseful of children?—and nothing coming in. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z He was an amiable “cracker” from Kentucky, with a delectable drawl, a tired-looking wife and a houseful of children. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z D'you think you can gag me by giving a houseful of furniture to my mother? Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z But I doubt whether a month's visit would have helped me to get anything very striking out of a washed floor and a houseful of carefully cleaned-up and 'set-to-rights' rooms. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Both the girls had their full share of masculine attention in that busy houseful, each having her own particular devotees, and the position of comforter to the others. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z And with a little care and good selection, a garden can 30 be made to keep a houseful of people. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z "It is clearly, then, your duty to raise her ideals, though when it comes to a whole houseful of new ideas, you will certainly have all that you can do." Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z God's assembly is a houseful of saved ones from one end to the other. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z They were much surprised at the houseful of company 184 and very glad to see Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who were very good friends of the Winnebagos indeed. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z With the boy's help, she cooked for the houseful, which grew to be a family of twenty-five. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z And he an old man of sixty-seven, with a wife and a houseful of children at home. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Early in the second week of September the houseful of guests at Hilcrest went away, leaving the family once more alone. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z So Nan went off and left a houseful of schemers behind her. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z Mr. Smalley was inclined to pooh-pooh the whole affair as the imagination of a houseful of women. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z "Well, yes, I had a houseful of 'em overnight, but this morning they were well enough to go away." Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z It is hard for me to reconcile this jolly, wholesome houseful of men with my preconceived ideas of a monastery.” The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z With a houseful of company and every imaginable kind of confusion around me, I have barely time for a few lines in reply to your last. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z As I had a houseful to provide for, and am not a lover of trouble, I went early abroad and arranged with a restaurateur to supply all our meals. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z It amused them to see Tom and Calvin parading the front lawn armed with bird guns, swelled up with importance at having to guard a houseful of women. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z The boy thought if he could only reach that egg he would be richer than a houseful of kings, and he was nearly driven from his sense with his desire for it. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z What a situation for a surgeon-major of the Guards—to be locked up here in this puny chapel with a houseful of assassins below, and my own regiment not a stone's throw from the gate! The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Not a word about the demoralization of her houseful of servants, whose ill-concealed wrath and dismay were smouldering over the infliction of Elvira. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z The fact that Lassigny's proposal to Beatrix and her acceptance of it had taken place in a houseful of people made it impossible to keep the affair a family secret. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z But no sooner had the Mitchells departed than the new caretakers had come; and they were a much bigger houseful than the others. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Oh, come," I said, "you probably have a houseful at the present moment, and you know it. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z I want you to come along with me now, and make me a cash offer for the houseful of furniture, just as it stands. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z And quicker than it takes to write it, the whole houseful knew where Jocko's new home was to be, and everybody thronged around the happy old black woman. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z So Betty has a houseful of volunteer helpers, and pretty difficult she finds it to manage them all. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z Many of the girls formerly owned a trunkful of jewels and a houseful of servants, but now they dispensed with chignon and crinoline. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z Then you would not do with us," said Johann; "we have got a wife and a houseful of young gentlemen and ladies; one of them is married already even. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z The Major was here; quite a houseful, in fact. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z With a houseful of paintings that no one but his family ever saw. Friends Publish Book After Author?s Death 2010-06-19T00:55:00Z Not far from Yampele, about three versts away, some robbers fell upon a Jewish tavern, killed a whole houseful of people, down to a baby in a cradle. Yiddish Tales This little woman, who had a houseful of children and a head full of cares, seldom visited him--and never without her little charge. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II It was a pleasant place, too—Mr. Abel Merryweather's, with a jolly, noisy houseful of sons and daughters, and country frolics without end. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "Lud, Sergeant, there's a great lady from London been living there a month and more with a houseful of lackeys and servants." Our Admirable Betty A Romance To them the collective wisdom of the world was as sunshine to the blind, or as smoke in the nursery riddle,—“roomful, houseful, can't catch a handful!” The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Crane swore with an uncontrollable irritation—irritation at Smithfield for being so stupid, irritation that he himself had been so careless as to leave the picture about among a houseful of unknown servants. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance "Yes, Se�orita Chiquita, I shall be pleased to have you make your home with my family, as they call themselves, and we are a happy houseful." Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter They were worth more than a houseful of these Pharisees and doctors of the law who came merely to criticise and look on. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians If there was any domiciliary 'visit' about it, the whole houseful would be hidden past our finding as soon as we turned up in the courtyard. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel My dearest ambition was to make a home, and have a houseful of children; and this, alas, was not to be! Mothering on Perilous He possessed a houseful of wives, but all his children were unfortunately of the female sex, which he considered to be a great grievance, and of which he frequently complained. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories One had a wife and a houseful of children; the other was a lonely man. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half To support a wife and a houseful of children on preaching? Black Forest Village Stories Her tone, her expression, gave to her words the solemnity of an oath sworn by a houseful of Medes and Persians. The Brightener One would imagine from the fact of the Monument having an "Upholsterer," that there were chairs, tables, four-post bedsteads, curtains, and a regular houseful of furniture locked up inside it. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Lady Marjorie looks as if she were going to faint, and we don’t want a whole houseful of servants piling in here. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Seldom or never be without a houseful of company. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Many of the rangers are married and have a houseful of their own. Through Our Unknown Southwest The one thing which is worth more than all else cannot be bought with even a houseful of gold. Health Lessons Book 1 “A’ cobra9 berong me,” observed his majesty with, a wave of his hand; and he counts and sells it by the houseful. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) There were men-servants of different nationalities, ladies' maids, and a houseful of guests coming and going as in a private hotel. Clark's Field What can Mugs offer his girl except a life of hard, grinding work, a houseful of children and a death perhaps of slow disease? In the Heart of a Fool I wouldn’t give a shilling of the King for a houseful of it.” The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 "What do I keep a houseful of idle servants for?" he demanded crisply. The Monk of Hambleton "Then you must have a houseful of sisters." Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart She’d have had you married off and there’d be a houseful of grand-children by this time, and”––– “Just a moment, pater––did triplets or that sort of thing ever run in our family?” Officer 666 Yet Mugs must have his houseful of children for they must all work to support Morty. In the Heart of a Fool Micah, in the book of Judges, makes himself a houseful of gods, and hires a Levite as his domestic chaplain. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) And I tell you it would be handy for you when you expected a houseful of company, and Philury wuz away.” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife I must go down to the city and get a new houseful of servants, to do till these are well. Opportunities What a houseful it was, to be sure, and what long, long tables in the dining-room. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays On his arrival there the Marquis found a houseful of people. Is He Popenjoy? But each of these is a bid to some friend with a houseful of people to come and bring all her guests. Nobody Sheep tie a person down like a houseful of children.” The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Being brought up in a houseful of prophets, naturally a lot of the gift of prophecy sort of got rubbed off on me.” Counsel for the Defense Madam Wetherill and the houseful of servants have no doubt spoiled her. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia “I suppose Aunt Catherine will not undertake the care of me?—I am too big, as you call it, for a houseful of women!” Not Like Other Girls She might have chanted “Old King Cole” and reaped a houseful of applause. Seven Miles to Arden They went away under the domination of that idea of pure and spiritual faith, which kept a whole houseful of men silent for an hour in communion. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study We shall have a houseful of fools,' interrupted the Count roughly. A Modern Mercenary The evening was occupied in assisting Betty to receive the entire houseful of boarders, whom the news of the accident had reached at about supper time. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Mother says that many have already traveled to Bethlehem to be enrolled," said Naomi, "and that we shall have a houseful when the caravan from Nazareth comes in. Christmas Light Whatever will you do, my girl?—and this houseful of people! Captain Jim "You don't think it's a girl's job, do you, to move a houseful of furniture?" The Rider of Waroona He always had a houseful of company, and always got drunk fust, so35 that the rest of his company would feel at home. Shawn of Skarrow The dear child had been brought up in a houseful of men, her mother having died while she was yet an infant, and she was in some ways still innocent as a babe. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 He knew he wasn't going to offer an entertainment to a houseful of metropolitan first-nighters, with attendant critics from the newspapers to display their erudition next morning in cold type and hot words. A Pirate of Parts My father and I would not want a houseful of servants if we didn't mean to have a houseful of people. Captain Jim Certainly it is necessary to multiply the value by ten to translate it into modern figures, and that would give a good estimate for the saleable value of a houseful of furniture now. Shakespeare's Family So these artists step out into the light—before a houseful of great laughter; one feels that they have struck the true note of what you meant your play should have. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Ten marks will fee a houseful of servants. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Having my annual houseful, I have, as yet, seen nothing. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 "You forget I have a houseful of my own." Captain Jim Why, a body 'd think that he 'd been married an' raised a whole houseful o' childern. The Uncalled A Novel She would have preferred to be with Marjorie, and was appalled at the idea of being obliged to face a houseful of strangers. A Patriotic Schoolgirl My mother had a houseful of company, a common circumstance in itself. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood I looked at her in uncertainty as to her mood, but she left me in doubt, and began telling me about society at the Point, her friend Mrs. Woodruff, and the houseful of guests. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science I should think you would feel dreadfully to have a whole houseful right opposite.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "Well, we've got a pretty good houseful already," said Willard thoughtfully. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 They brought a houseful of guests with them. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 This particular houseful was so little to Cousin Molly Belle's liking that she got away as soon as dinner was over, drawing me, a willing captive, in her train. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The king offered Mrs. Stevenson a sewing-machine, saying he had a houseful of them, and as his arsenal was short of boat anchors he used the sewing-machines as such for his fleet. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson She had a houseful of children, and she found it a hard matter to get along. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country And now that we're recovering our tone I daren't be left with such a houseful of men on my hands any longer. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Of course Mrs. Reed couldn't understand how she ever managed with such a houseful of boys. A Little Girl of Long Ago When the little girl reached home she found a houseful of company. A Little Girl in Old New York Now the time was when with a great houseful I could give a feast with the best. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America She swept into the room where the tired maid was completing her somewhat laborious packing, for Mrs. Bernard Temple invariably carried nearly a houseful of dresses about with her. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World We have a houseful of men, nine in all, and some are getting ready to leave tomorrow to do some staking of claims up near the station. A Woman who went to Alaska There was a houseful of them now; but there was a wide out-of-doors for them to play in. A Little Girl of Long Ago There is nothing in the world Mrs. Tolman loves better than a houseful of guests. Steve and the Steam Engine You haven't come into a houseful of saints, you know, so you can't expect us to fall in with your views at once. Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story She was naturally a brave woman; yet for an instant, when she remembered they were but a houseful of women, her courage faltered. The Carved Cupboard Our youth is plied by the hangers-on of professor this, or sophist that, each of whom wishes the fame or the profit of having a houseful. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Then,” added Algitha, “His Majesty marries them, and sets them to work to create another houseful of idle creatures, who have to be supported by the deathly toil of those who labour too much.” The Daughters of Danaus “Oh! housefuls,” said Sally, opening her eyes wide. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story They didn't approve, they didn't sanction, but they did get enthusiastic, and a merrier houseful of masqueraders was never found than that. Prudence Says So A great pity, then, for a houseful of women is only a hot-bed for scandal and gossip. The Carved Cupboard It was the old story: nothing laid away—how could there be, with a houseful of children—and nothing coming in. Children of the Tenements If you were to live here from January to December, with a houseful of company, neither you nor I, nor any of my friends, would see one of them alone for a single minute. Gryll Grange That ought, by rights, to be enough to set a whole houseful of boys journeying into the Land of Nod, but it didn't us. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Happily Darius had heard of a houseful of furniture for sale at Oldcastle by private treaty, and in a wild, adventurous hour he had purchased it, exceedingly cheap. Clayhanger Never mind, you will be here every time that there is anything going on, and it is not much fun preparing when one has a houseful of servants. More about Pixie Besides, I’m a soldier; my life has been spent among men; I haven’t the pluck to face a houseful of women. Betty Trevor I cannot, however, associate your habits with a houseful of company. Gryll Grange But we certainly had a houseful of pets! The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection A houseful of daughters might be held up because the eldest failed to find favor in the eyes of prospective mothers-in-law; not one of the others could marry till the eldest was disposed of. The Promised Land What did you do but leave her to her own thoughts and no one to talk to but a stiff old woman and a houseful of servants? The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day I was one of a big family—such a lot of sisters that people used to call us ‘the houseful of girls,’ and I was the most mischievous of all. Betty Trevor We hope to have a houseful at Christmas, and I think we may get it up well, chorus and all. Gryll Grange "Why, they have a houseful of things;" in protest. A Little Girl in Old Salem Run in and see if it's all right; and if there isn't a dinner party on, or a houseful of guests, I'll come. Torchy They had a houseful of dogs, by the way, and any description of the way of life in Sherwood Square which made no mention of dogs would be quite insufficient. Mary Gray But what were you to do with a houseful of girls, when one would have served to give you all the help you need, mother, in your housekeeping and the company you see? A Houseful of Girls She had a houseful of them, and many years' experience. Civilization Tales of the Orient "And a whole houseful of folks is so nice," she said wistfully. A Little Girl in Old Salem There might have been a houseful, and you none the wiser. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor Think of their trying to blow up a whole houseful of people! Captain Jinks, Hero If you begin keeping house with many in the family, it is a sign that you will always have a large family or houseful. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk I strayed into a concert at 5.30 this evening, given by the Glasgow Highlanders to a packed houseful of men and officers. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 There was no regular coming out in almost bridal array, with a grand tea and a houseful of flowers. A Little Girl in Old Salem Then came the visits to Merriston House—the cheerful, chattering houseful of happy girls, the kind father and mother, and Gerald. Franklin Kane On the 7th of January, 1794, he left a houseful of company and friends for his lodgings in St. James's Street. Gibbon "Not by many; we have two more boys and two beautiful little girls—quite a houseful." Dr. Dumany's Wife Don't you love Christmas time?" said she; "I think it's the pleasantest in all the year; we always have a houseful of people, and such fine times. The Wide, Wide World More Presbyterians, dear, a whole houseful of them. Sunny Slopes Fledra knew no other way to stand guard over the houseful of loved ones. From the Valley of the Missing "My! you have a houseful with all of us Bunkers," said the children's mother, as they gathered about the table. Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's She was the only child in a houseful of grown people, and growing up among prim elderly persons made her orderly and exact in everything she did. The Story of Dago But, with your houseful, surely you can spare more than two of your family. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces It seems a terrible thing to stand up there before a houseful, of people, most of them good, and clean, and full of faith, and try to direct their steps in the broader road. Sunny Slopes It is rather a terrible thing, a houseful of boys in a town, or in a pretty thickly populated district. Lost Leaders With such a houseful of people, the cook was worked to the bone; but she gloried in it, and cackled harder than ever. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm That is the way people arrive in the country; and a whole houseful to stay over night does not startle the hostess as an unexpected guest to dinner may a city one. The Other Girls Their hospitality was great: the houseful of women and pretty children seemed all of one mind. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe When a houseful of plants is infested no time should be lost, and the evening is most suitable for dealing with the pests. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Here was a whole houseful of charming women all ready to pet him and make much of him; and in their society he would be at home, dealing with things with which he was familiar. Prince Fortunatus A single portière, especially if it be of the rag-carpet style, has a greater dust-collecting capacity than a whole houseful of wooden floors, ceilings and wainscots, even when they are moulded and ornamentally wrought. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure But this picture of Carry's!—a houseful of wrangling women! Macleod of Dare And if you can come with a houseful of youngsters—egad, I shall paint a picture to his mind, will not let him rest till he sees it in way of accomplishment! Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. We have known a Pine-grower compelled to destroy a houseful of plants that have been infested by the introduction of a plant from a buggy collection. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition And to hear us two talking with each other, you would have imagined there was a houseful of people. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative "My dearest Beatrice," he said; "this will cost far more than a houseful of guests." My Mother's Rival Everyday Life Library No. 4 The same elaborate and formal table-d'hôte is served for our small company and a few others, as will, later on, be prepared for a houseful of guests. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees In her face and manner was that inexplicable motherliness which some girls have even while nursing their dolls —some never; ay, though they may boast of a houseful of children— never! Christian's Mistake That came, he reflected, of a man's marrying indiscreetly and having a houseful of children on his back. Santa Claus's Partner But how to do this I could not see, having a houseful of people who were nominally my guests. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill "We had quite a houseful for our party," Miss Pierce remarked, after this self-approval. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him "I hear you are to have a houseful of guests next week," he ventured to add. The Twenty-Fourth of June A houseful of young people very easily look after their own amusement. Etiquette How, in a houseful of noises, distinguish the summons he felt to be at hand? Widdershins "How delightful to be mistress over a houseful of big, hungry, healthy boys, who come in out of the snow and want to eat up everything!" The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill The mother, whether surrounded by a houseful of children, or clasping her first infant on her bosom, found no pity. Sketches of the Covenanters Burke had a houseful of company at Beaconsfield when the news arrived. Burke It felt like coming back to an old friend's house for a quiet talk after he had got rid of a houseful of visitors. France at War On the Frontier of Civilization I would never behave that way, and housefuls to fall into my hand. New Irish Comedies You will be a very loving, devoted mother, and I hope this little one will only be the beginning of a houseful. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Dentists—a houseful of them—spittoons, revolving basins; patients going upstairs with sinking feelings; wondering at the pattern on the wallpaper; going down triumphant. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 "I shall not know how to manage a houseful of servants," she said, with such a comical air of distress that he had to laugh again. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods He saw her that winter in Philadelphia entertaining a houseful of men for an evening, when he knew she had not a servant in the house except the little colored girl guarding the babies overhead. This Side of Paradise Growing up in a houseful without men taught Miles what women wanted. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel It was so very large that, though hot elsewhere, it seemed to send out warmth by the houseful. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates It seems they're going to have the very devil of a week of it—balls—dinner parties—swagger house party—general junketings—and obviously a houseful of diamonds as well. The Amateur Cracksman I have a houseful of maids that will bear watching, one and all. The Circular Staircase We shall do you a beautiful houseful at that sum. Beyond the City "Oh, we have a houseful of the most interesting people," said Flavia, professionally. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories He says we make him wish that he had a houseful of boys of his own. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates We had been to church and Sunday-school in the forenoon, and we had a houseful of company for dinner. Laddie; a true blue story That a houseful of detectives missed it entirely was because they were busy trying to prove that two and two make four. The Circular Staircase Darrow cursed his luck in having, at such a moment, to run the gauntlet of a houseful of interested observers. The Reef Mrs. Harling and Nina and Antonia made as much noise as a houseful of children, and there was usually somebody at the piano. My Antonia I'm not going to be so silly as to expect to get along with a whole houseful of girls without some friction. Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus To-night, after dinner, we are going to hold the meeting for which this houseful of people was really brought together. The Great Secret In all the Confederacy no houseful went to sleep that night in sweeter content. The Cavalier We have had a houseful ever since August, so I am delighted to get a little calm. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 It made quite a houseful and Fong, with a new second boy to break in, was exceedingly busy. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California He might go to Castle Luton, if he pleased; she was far too agitated and exhausted to face a houseful of strangers. Sir George Tressady — Volume I I shall have a houseful of people in a week or two, and you shall have a peep at the gay world. The Lovels of Arden Instead of the houseful of servants they used to have, there was only faithful Mom Beck to do everything. The Little Colonel Am dwelling a few days with my friends Mr. and Mrs. J. H. J., and a merry houseful of young ladies. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy It is not one of the so-called elevating employments to have charge of a houseful of little children, with no means of satisfying even moderate requirements in respect of comfort and well-being. Tales of Two Countries There is a houseful of them and they tire me to death. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada "We cannot offer you the numerous attractions of Hale Castle, but we have good shooting, and we generally have a houseful in September and October." The Lovels of Arden He was back for Christmas and brought a houseful of guests—all men. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution "I think no more of killing a houseful of human beings, men, women and children," one of them was quoted as saying the other day, "than of crushing so many beetles." The Subterranean Brotherhood Poor soul! she has her hands full with her sick husband, and a houseful of little ones. The Fourth Watch He lived for years in the white cottage that Wordsworth once lived in, just behind the street yonder—a nice, neat, lile gentleman, in a houseful of books. Phantom Fortune, a Novel "I shall be most happy to make one of the houseful," Mr. Fairfax said, with a smile—that winning smile which had helped him to make so many friends, and which meant so little. The Lovels of Arden "Yes, but you know how they live—what dinners they have—and besides, they probably have a houseful of company." Adventures in Friendship The beautiful house and grounds of Fairfields were at their disposal, and the gallant host and gentle hostess gave themselves up to the whims and wishes of the houseful of young people. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm A houseful it certainly proved to be, and a lively one, too. Across the Years My daughter is getting married to-night and we have a houseful of wedding guests. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way You get a houseful of—well, you know the sort of chap the average Kayite is. The Head of Kay's It was not exactly an auspicious atmosphere in which to entertain a houseful of college boys and girls, all unversed in the ways of the West. Going Some My lady might go when she pleased; the magnum was better company than the whole houseful! Warlock o' Glenwarlock Semi-detached for you, I suppose, and a houseful of new furniture. Hobson's Choice It’s hot--too hot, Martin, for a houseful of company, don’t you think so?” Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites "I neglected to mention yesterday that I am expecting a houseful of guests in a day or two," I said, after she had given me a very cordial greeting. A Fool and His Money The wretched bachelor who undertakes to look after a houseful of children like you is to be pitied. The Story Girl What was he to do for a week with such a houseful of people? The American Senator Our friend the Major seems to have a houseful. The Hidden Children But a houseful of buzzing visitors swarming through it-- whew! it does spoil the Sabbath.” Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites Tom was a "rough-neck" par excellence, so much so that even in a houseful of them he was known as "Tom the Rough-neck," which to Tom was high tribute. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Counting Brother and Sister, seven children, you see, and as Molly truly said, "a houseful." Brother and Sister Margaretta and Alexandrina particularly want you to come, as they say you are so clever at making a houseful of people go off well. The Small House at Allington Here were a houseful of women and children, yesterday engaged in a useful task and now aimlessly astray over the earth. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort "That houseful alone would kill me, let alone having the whole tribe stream in, if I were seventy-eight!" Martie, the Unconquered No, neither conflagration nor foreign invasion was pending; it was merely the houseful of engineers in their customary daily struggle to catch the labor-train and be away to work by daylight. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Shandon lived in a houseful of men, her father's adored companion and greatly admired by the rough cattle men who came yearly to buy his famous stock. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby Lady de Courcy at any rate understood how to receive and entertain a houseful of people, though the practice of doing so might give rise to difficult questions in the privacy of her domestic relations. The Small House at Allington Told me he was going down to Brighton to see about selling a houseful of furniture there—his own property. The Emancipated We wanted a big family, Sally; we hoped for a houseful of children. Martie, the Unconquered There never was such a houseful of children. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 I am a great deal worse off than you, because I have a houseful of unpaid servants, and a mob of tradespeople, who are just beginning to clamour. Jeanne of the Marshes Miss Phillips returned to Derbyshire, as she had no desire to stay even with such a congenial companion as Miss Melville, with the drawback of a houseful of children. Mr. Hogarth's Will "But why do I keep a houseful of domestics if one of the others cannot occasionally take her place?" Australia Felix I don't keep mine in bottles, but I have a houseful of thunder and lightning," he most coolly replied; "but if you can bottle lightning you must understand rainmaking. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Circumstances rendered it necessary for the young lady to live as much apart as she could from the tumult of a houseful of children. Poor Miss Finch The Boncassens were in Paris, his sister was at Matching with a houseful of other Pallisers, and his father was again deep in politics. The Duke's Children He would at least be spared the unpleasantness of discharging a houseful of servants and disposing of the family furniture. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day For in the spring a kind Providence sent in the Muirs and the Bremans with housefuls of children, to the ranchers' disgust, for they foresaw ploughed fields and barbed-wire fences cramping their unlimited ranges. The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills I don't keep mine in bottles, but I have a houseful of thunder and lightning," he most coolly replied; "but if you can bottle lightning, you must understand rain-making. In the Heart of Africa With a houseful of hungry men to feed I guess you'd find.... North of Boston The christening was a great occasion, with a houseful of guests, and a great deal of speechmaking. The Great Hunger He found him with a houseful of people about him, women rubbing his arms and legs, and friends "making such a hellish noise" as they probably thought would scare away the devil of sickness. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 It was a German cart with a pair of horses led by a German, and seemed loaded with a whole houseful of effects. War and Peace She had other worries, those connected with a houseful of boarders, and these were quite sufficient. Thankful's Inheritance I have got enough fun in me to keep a houseful merry. Stepping Heavenward They just stood around, looking at the houseful of people. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! Speakin' personal, gents, I don't put no kind of trust in that houseful yonder. The Seventh Man Just after Morpheus had got both my shoulders to the shuck mattress I hears a houseful of unbecoming and ribald noises like a youngster screeching with green-apple colic. The Gentle Grafter It's too much for you, the responsibility of handlin' this big house and a houseful of boarders when they come. Thankful's Inheritance But you take a whole houseful upon you at once, and I am sure it is too much for you. Stepping Heavenward And you with a houseful of dinner guests! When a Man Marries He lives in a little cleared space in a houseful of books. Roads of Destiny You can imagine the welcome relief of being able to go about saying and doing perfectly exasperating things to a whole houseful of women—and all in the cause of peace.” The Toys of Peace, and other papers "I don't believe in slugging no woman in a houseful of people." The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million She has outlived her husband, a houseful of girls and her ill-health is chiefly the result of years of watching by their sick-beds, and grief at their loss. Stepping Heavenward He had also the houseful of sad old women who quarrelled under his beneficent protection. Essays In this untoward event the father has something more on his hands than merely a houseful of daughters to dispose of. The Soul of the Far East That houseful of children would need some explaining. Where the Blue Begins They had chosen a nice time, certainly, with His Highness on the other side of the scenery and all that houseful of people who might have overheard the row! Four Short Stories By Emile Zola It was a houseful of Bohemians who wanted tremendously to be Philistines. The Pupil |
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