| 单词 | mantlepiece |
| 例句 | I got up and took Father’s bayonet down from the wall over the mantlepiece. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The allure of streaming is its convenience and reach, and you can't put Tidal on your living room mantlepiece to advertise your discerning tastes. Three takeaways from Jay Z's NYU Tidal talk 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Bertie, as the children have christened the gong, will be residing on our mantlepiece. Oscar nominee's diary 2011-02-15T14:57:31Z "I won't even put it on the mantlepiece, the thing freaks me out." Gwyneth Paltrow says uses her "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar as a doorstop 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The cluster of chandeliers over a parquet floor with a flickering fire in a white mantlepiece set the mood of classic elegance at Dior Homme . Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z And cinematic itchiness is also likely to count against other contenders with Oscars on their mantlepieces. Hytner's National Theatre: who should run it next? 2013-04-11T10:39:49Z Trinkets recur, from seashells on a mantlepiece to images of the countryside, as do snippets of old footage, like the scene in which three Rees-Moggs from a previous generation step into a fancy open-top car. Jacob Rees-Mogg: my early career as an avant garde film star 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z I’ve never actually used it for storing biscuits, but if I fill it up with Tim-Tams one day, maybe then it might be welcomed back on to the mantlepiece. Ugly treasures: horrible ornaments we just can't hide away. Now share yours 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z She remembers Farrow finding out about the relationship by discovering nude photographs of Previn on the mantlepiece inside Allen’s home. Soon-Yi Previn gives rare interview to defend Woody Allen 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “Everyone has been so kind and nice,” she added, describing how one couple came over and said “Hey, we have Luther Price’s mantlepiece, do you want it?” This Old House: Restoration honors Black Atlanta postmaster 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z There are something over 3,000 of them out in the world somewhere — on mantlepieces, in trophy cabinets, anchored on shelves in earthquakey California. Stolen, sold, not even solid gold. The story of Oscar 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Inside the museum, Johnson passed a large basket of cotton and stopped before a memorial on a mantlepiece. Decades of inequality shadow voter turnout in rural Georgia 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z "Perhaps it was the setting - the crammed bookshelves, the family photo, the teddy bear on the mantlepiece - or the heartfelt, personal delivery - but it felt intimate." Coronavirus: Evening update 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In the next room, Oksana lay dying, a skeletal figure staring blindly at the ceiling, who bore no resemblance to the smiling blond girl in a photograph on the mantlepiece. The truth about Chernobyl? I saw it with my own eyes… 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Why not incorporate this into the regular offerings throughout the season, so it looks like you’ve taken ownership of the repertoire, not just made this mantlepiece every once in a while? Black composer William Grant Still drew from the blues. Forty years after his death, he still fights to be heard 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z A smiling, bearded figure wearing a military jacket, he features in photographs around the room: propped against the wall at her feet, resting on a mantlepiece. My son, Osama: the al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z As there were only about two inches of candle left, I placed the candlestick on the mantlepiece, intending to allow it to burn out, and went to my bed, which was on the couch. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z The chimney is formed of sticks, and the head of a stag with his branching horns decorates the mantlepiece. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Harley then did not resume his seat, but moved to the mantlepiece, and leant against it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Among his pipes, in a glass case over the mantlepiece, hangs a totem stick. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z In short, in all these quaint entablatures some pithy sarcasm was symbolically conveyed; only over the mantlepiece was the design graver and more touching. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z I had just lain down, and was looking towards the candle, when, to my extreme horror, I perceived a tall old man in his night dress, standing by the mantlepiece. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z After which Pradeline rose, took from the mantlepiece a cigar that she deftly lighted, and proceeded to hum her refrain between the puffs of smoke that she blew out of her cherry lips. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z He walked to the mantlepiece and flung down on the marble hearth a valuable piece of Worcester. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Every now and again, as she walked up and down, Alice Attwill moistened her lips with her tongue and glanced at the travelling-clock covered with red leather which stood upon the mantlepiece. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z The caricature of the old-time American exhibited him with his feet on the mantlepiece, or somewhere as high as his head. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The latter was next the door, and both lay between it and the window, which was barred and bolted, and opposite to them was the fireplace, with rather a high mantlepiece. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z From the choicest books on Religion, Morals, History, Voyages, Travels, &c. thus brought home to their fire-sides and constantly lying on their mantlepieces, the citizens derive advantages incalculable. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z "No," said Poppy, her head slightly on one side as she surveyed a great flaming hibiscus-blossom she had just put by itself amidst a heap of green on the mantlepiece. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The floors, mantlepiece, and stairs, are of stone. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z A narrow, cushioned bench against the walls, a few small tables, a chair or two, a number of churchwarden pipes on the mantlepiece, and portraits of Disraeli and Gladstone, constituted the furniture. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z As these thoughts seethed in her mind, Anna Bell's eyes fell upon some sheets of paper, a pen and ink in a broken cup lying on the mantlepiece. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Above the mantlepiece hung the picture of the father of the two De Witts—an austere face, painted after the manner of Rembrandt. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The shark-oil being so much superior, I kept it for my own private lamps, and the teeth ornamented the mantlepiece. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. The walls were dark, the ceiling wainscoted with brown wood, and on the black marble mantlepiece stood a heavy verde antique clock. The Children of the World A large wash-stand stood near the mantlepiece, laden with blue and white ware. A Bed of Roses Dr. Dale says that in his college days he had an engraving of our Lord hanging over his mantlepiece. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments On the high mantlepiece stood several large and astonished china dogs with groups of roughly cast, crudely tinted pottery including Lord Nelson and Elijah, all set in a thicket of brass candle-sticks. Carnival The piano had been relegated into a corner, and the portrait of Luke which always hung over the mantlepiece had been removed. The Heart of a Woman He had gathered up many relics from the battlefield to distribute among his friends at home and decorate the family mantlepiece. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures At half-past nine the door opened and Betty came in; the room was in darkness, but something oppressed her; she went to the mantlepiece to look for the matches, her fingers trembling. A Bed of Roses Lesley, noticed, however, that the prints and paintings on the walls were really good, and that there was some valuable china on the mantlepiece. Brooke's Daughter A Novel There were steel engravings of this or that pillared Theatre Royal, stuck round with menus of long-digested suppers; and on the mantlepiece was a row of champagne corks whose glad explosions happened years ago. Carnival She looked at the plain furniture and cheap carpet; the wallpaper was hideous; there was a frightful oleograph of two Early Victorian women with crinolines and ringlet curls hanging over the mantlepiece. The Phantom Lover He then walked toward the mantlepiece, looked at the clock, exhibited great alarm, and said to me in a whisper: 'This morning at daybreak I felt so depressed and weak I could scarcely get up. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Edward was standing near the mantlepiece immersed in the paper. A Bed of Roses Grim o'er the mirror on the mantlepiece, Varnished and coffined, Salmo ferox glares —Possibly at the List of Wines which, framed And glazed, hangs somewhat prominent on peg. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning "Is she trying to reach on to the mantlepiece?" Carnival Jack Wentworth did not move from the mantlepiece where he was standing, but he cast a glance upon his unlucky follower which froze the words on his lips. The Perpetual Curate In the ground-floor apartment in this is a carved mantlepiece, the work of the Laureate’s father. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter She placed the coin on the mantlepiece after counting the remainder. A Bed of Roses Yes, he could engrave that fatal "N" over his mantlepiece at Weimar�to do so was the last solace of his wounded brain. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Over the mantlepiece of the principal room Jenny saw Mona Lisa and drew back so quickly that she trod on Lilli's foot. Carnival They were of all sorts and sizes, and hung in rows and racks, and lay on shelves and on the mantlepiece. As We Sweep Through The Deep He got up as he spoke and taking a small key from his pocket went towards the left hand corner of the mantlepiece. Daisy Ashford: Her Book At this point Helen was found trying to pull the marble clock down from the mantlepiece. A Dominie in Doubt There is a mantlepiece, stretching across what used to be a fireplace in the days of the First Napoleon, but which is a fireplace no more. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 She pushed out some chairs and took up a 105pack of cards, threw them aside and took a clean pack off of the mantlepiece. The Girls at Mount Morris Besides, there were portraits of powdered dames, and hideous china ornaments on the tall narrow mantlepiece; and an embroidered screen in the recess next the fireplace described with silent eloquence the life of Arcady. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 The clatter and jingle of the ponderous family razor, as it flies back and forth on the time-worn strap suspended from the kitchen mantlepiece, is the first signal that ushers in the day. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Italian ceiling of fine scroll-work cut in half by a partition boarding, and a fine mantlepiece, with figures in relief, being built half over, and gas-jets thrust through the moulding. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland On top of the mantlepiece is a lot of dry reading—wicked-looking little books full of fascinating facts about how to kill people with a minimum of effort and ammunition. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 The clock ticked on the mantlepiece, and heavy snoring proceeded both from the mate's bunk and the state-room. Light Freights Over the mantlepiece was hung the painting of a lady in a low neck looking quite the thing. The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan He squeezed himself between every ornament on the mantlepiece, flew to the drawers, and found there some grapes which were very much to his taste; so he was busy for some time helping himself. Wild Nature Won By Kindness He could see nothing, hear nothing except the clock ticking upon the mantlepiece. A Maker of History The two had met among the faint-tinted draperies of Alicia's drawing-room—there was something auroral even about the mantlepiece—a little like diplomatists using a common tongue native to neither of them. Hilda A Story of Calcutta He turned as white as the sheet on the bed, and clutched the mantlepiece. The Observations of Henry Rollo stepped back to the mantlepiece and stood there, but not touching it or anything. Wych Hazel His eyes were turned to the mantlepiece, where since the day the portrait was first suspended, ten months ago, Regina had never failed to keep a fresh dainty bouquet of fragrant flowers. Infelice Duncombe leaned one elbow upon the mantlepiece, and turned towards his companion. A Maker of History He hangs over the mantlepiece at strange angles and whips his dark cloak through the air like a bat's wings. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s As she muttered this the little ormolu clock on the mantlepiece struck twelve. The Lost Lady of Lone A walking-stick with a gold top stood against the wall, in a corner by the marble mantlepiece. Flames She stood by the mantlepiece, slowly buttoning her glove, and looked quite handsome, and very elegant in her rich wine-coloured silk and costly furs. Infelice He pushed himself up from the mantlepiece and turned and went over to Twyning and stood over him again. If Winter Comes Not a stocking from north pole to south but I've filled, Books, candies, and toys by each mantlepiece spilled. Christmas Entertainments Well, anyway the medicine mixer blew in, threw his saws behind the sofa, put his dip net on the mantlepiece, and took a fall out of my pulse. Get Next! Over the mantlepiece a painting representing the apparition of a Spirit-form, to a young lady sitting in front of a fire-place. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert While debating whether she should say Dear Mr. Palma or My Dear Guardian, her eyes wandered half unconsciously about the apartment, until they were arrested by a large portrait hanging over the mantlepiece. Infelice The case was too delicate for a refusal; so Voltaire at once called for pen and paper, and wrote the desired prologue, standing, upon the mantlepiece. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes So he and Percival went all through the pen, and the first object they saw was the long, rod thing burning on the mantlepiece. Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories I half forgot — on yonder mantlepiece You see that wondrous crucifix; one year She spent on it, and begged to put beneath That most mysterious word — `Ullainee'. Poems: Patriotic, Religious It took his fancy immensely, and he put it on his mantlepiece as an article of virtue, so it was rather a failure after all. Little Women She looked up to express her thanks, but he was watching Olga's face, and soon after walked to the mantlepiece and stood leaning, with his elbow upon it. Infelice At that moment, the clock on the mantlepiece gave its warning click and the first stroke of twelve struck. The Phantom of the Opera The mantlepiece was adorned with a few photographs and a vase of fresh-gathered flowers. Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City On the mantlepiece were white lustres, and a small soapstone Buddha from China, grey, impassive, locked in his renunciation. The Trespasser "You might like the hunting, but somehow I do not see you in the picture there—" He got up and moved restlessly to the mantlepiece, where he leaned, while he stirred his tea absently. His Hour The next instant, she hurled it against the marble mantlepiece, and saw it splintered into numberless fragments. Infelice She peeped into a cupboard and behind the draperies of the mantlepiece, but there was nothing there. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Señor Zurro was in his room, reading a newspaper by the light of a large candle; the place was a regular storehouse, cluttered with old secretaries, dilapidated chests, mantlepieces, clocks and sundry other items. The Quest On the mantlepiece stood Mary's traveling clock and the two brass candlesticks, and above it Stefan's pastoral of the stream and the dancing faun was tacked upon the wall. The Nest Builder Then the clock on the mantlepiece chimed one, and she started to her feet. His Hour Shall I set you on the mantlepiece between the china kittens, and the glass lambs, right under the sharp nose of my grandmother's portrait, where her great solemn eyes will keep you in order? Infelice The little old gilt clock on the mantlepiece that so quickly, cruelly ticked away their hour. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Then, still glancing behind him, as if fearful of being observed, the man walked over to a mantlepiece, fumbled about a bit of carving that adorned the centre, and pressed on a certain spot. Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds From the mantlepiece in the faint moonlight shone the white background of the text, 'Not a hair of thy head shall perish.' Gone to Earth He leant on the mantlepiece and looked at her. His Hour You cannot count those endless vials on the mantlepiece with any hope of making a variation in their numbers. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Like a Mistress on the track of a much-doubted maid he ran his finger along the edge of a bookcase and then the mantlepiece. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 What subsequently happened, happened in the feeble and flickering light of the solitary candle on the mantlepiece. Three John Silence Stories In a neat wooden frame in the senior day room at Outwood's, just above the mantlepiece, there was on view, a week later, a slip of paper. Mike and Psmith The Prince had been leaning on the mantlepiece without speaking for some moments, listening to Tamara's conversation, but now he joined in, and sinking into a chair beside her, answered from there. His Hour It was the little clock on the mantlepiece striking a quarter to three which brought us back to the realities of the present. A Rogue by Compulsion The mantlepiece was draped in red serge, ball fringed. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Was it spite that made her smile now, as she gazed at the room's battered prosperity, and at my grandfather's portrait above the mantlepiece, in the unruffled dignity of its blackening oils? The Unspeakable Gentleman His portrait, a lithograph by Rothenstein, hangs over my mantlepiece among portraits of other friends. Four Years Over the mantlepiece a famous Rembrandt frowned, and another from the opposite wall. His Hour That he appreciated their efforts he has left on record in a neat acknowledgement, which hangs above the mantlepiece framed and glazed, as Uncle Tom desired to do with his letter from Massa George. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland A dim light from the street lamp outside percolated through the blinds and faintly illuminated the frame and canvas of a large picture hanging opposite the mantlepiece. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 You know where to get a light, over the cupboard; and my gun is loaded, and hangs above the mantlepiece. The Children of the New Forest A reproduction of his portrait by Watts hangs over my mantlepiece with Henley's, and those of other friends. Four Years Feeling a little curious, I resolved to go to the door myself, and, taking one of the silver candlesticks from the mantlepiece, began to descend the stairs. Rosa Alchemica On the mantlepiece lay the torch of the intruder. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" He sat down opposite me and pointed to a photograph in the centre of his mantlepiece. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose She gave him a slate with slate-pencil attached, which hung on a nail near the mantlepiece. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns By the side of the bed was a little strip of carpeting; and on the mantlepiece a zinc clock between two blue glass vases. The Clique of Gold I heard him walk to his bureau—my ears served me for eyes—then to the mantlepiece, and then to the window. The Allen House In relating her story, Monica moved hither and thither; now playing with objects on the mantlepiece, now standing in the middle of the floor, hands locked nervously behind her. The Odd Women And by every fireplace two queer carved creatures stood upholding the mantlepiece, with mystery in their faces and curious limbs, uniting the hearth with fable and with tales told in the wood. Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley Cecilia opened the door, came forward smiling, as if secure of a good reception, and taking the Flora out of the case, she placed it on the mantlepiece, opposite to Louisa's bed. The Parent's Assistant As a proof of this, the wife of the broker put grandly a five-franc piece on the mantlepiece, and quietly slipped out. The Clique of Gold What proof had I that she had lied to me about the sketch and the mantlepiece? Jezebel's Daughter The Greek went to the mantlepiece, and taking down a silver cigarette box, opened and offered it to his visitor. The Clue of the Twisted Candle Eight o'clock sounded from the ruins of Carthage on the mantlepiece. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Her father was standing with his back to the mantlepiece, and there was a sort of cold light in his eyes, which filled Erica with dismay. We Two, a novel Brevan struck the marble slab of the mantlepiece with his fist so that it shook, and exclaimed,— "Ah, she told me she would succeed!" The Clique of Gold For on the mantlepiece, just above where the weeping girl crouched, stood a photograph—the photograph of a young and good-looking, gaily-smiling man. The Bittermeads Mystery And in particular, which his good mother used to say she prized above all the rest, he had caused his own portraiture be limned over the mantlepiece by a skilful hand. Chronicles of the Canongate A heap of still-glowing ashes—which testified to the pains taken to dispel humidity—filled the fireplace, whose marble mantlepiece supported a bust of Marie Antoinette in bisuit. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard The only other trace of her in the strange little bedroom was in a wonderful array of china animals on the mantlepiece. We Two, a novel As the clock on the mantlepiece struck half-past ten, he started and stopped. The Clique of Gold “I have come, madame,” he replied, “to ask you to put me in the way to see and speak to the man whose photograph is there on the mantlepiece.” Other People's Money Immediately, however, perhaps in order to conceal his embarrassment, or to be the better able to reflect, he took a candlestick from the mantlepiece, and sat down aside, at one of the small tables. The Clique of Gold "Monsieur de Lessay set his cup on the mantlepiece and quietly observed, "'Your Bonaparte was a blackguard!' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Once more the old dealer had come up to the mantlepiece. The Clique of Gold |
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