| 单词 | open fireplace |
| 例句 | Maxim made instinctively now for the chair on the left of the open fireplace, and stretched out his hand for the papers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A coal-oil lamp was lighted and placed in the middle of the table when supper was at last ready; gold light filled the kitchen, pouring from the open fireplace and from the sparkling lamp chimney. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I ducked to avoid hitting the rough-hewed beams overhead and squeezed into a chair near the open fireplace. A Midwinter Playground in the Hudson Valley 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Its premises have the feel of a typical Silicon Valley operation: distressed floorboards, glass-fronted offices, beanbags by an open fireplace, exposed brickwork, a snug for breathers. ‘A threat to health is being weaponised’: inside the fight against online hate crime 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Schlesinger observes that Nixon’s “weakness for open fireplaces must count as one of his more disarming characteristics.” Books of The Times: ?New York Diaries: 1609 to 2000? - Review 2012-01-19T23:09:58Z Barney prefers an arrangement of pillar candles in an open fireplace or on a tabletop. How to make your rooms light and bright, even in wintertime 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Here’s some terrifying news: Your open fireplace damper can allow as much heated air to escape through your chimney as an open 48-inch window. 7 scary-good tips for keeping your home warm on Halloween and beyond | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Like their neighbors, the Carters had “no running water, electricity or insulation” and depended on open fireplaces for heat. Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before ’76 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Burning logs of wood in an open fireplace also can cause air-quality problems. The healthiest ways to light up a fireplace 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Even an unused open fireplace can be cleaned up and turned into a cozy dog nook. Our family grew, but our space didn’t. Now we sleep in the living room. 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z An open fireplace damper is akin to a gaping hole. 12 tips to save money on your energy bills this winter 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z The problem is, an open fireplace isn’t efficient at heating a room: It pulls warm air from your house as it combusts and creates a draft. Hygge prep: Pro tips improving and beautifying your fireplace ahead of fall | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The 215 exhibits include a flat-screen TV with flickering flames imitating an open fireplace, a cushion that looks like a one-euro coin, and of course a life-size Dracula, Romania’s national brand. Romanian Kitsch Museum opens in Bucharest 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “One of the weaknesses of an open fireplace is things just move along too fast” and there isn’t enough time for the fire to finish burning everything, he said. The healthiest ways to light up a fireplace 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z There was a big open fireplace where my mother cooked everything. Michael J. Dowling: If It Can’t Be Done, You Haven’t Tried 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z There may even have been an open fireplace, but I'm not sure now. Absolute Bankers: From bank to hotel 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Inserts are available that essentially convert your open fireplace into a wood, pellet or gas stove. Want to Save Money? Winterize Your Home 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Great improvements, however, have been effected in the design of open fireplaces, and many ingenious contrivances of this nature are now in the market which combine efficiency of heating with economy of fuel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z If you’re looking to provide heat for a room, installing a gas stove into an open fireplace might be the better choice. The healthiest ways to light up a fireplace 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Frank knew where there was some wood, and this he soon had piled in a little heap in the open fireplace. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z In the evening, as we sat around an open fireplace, I asked if Fred had had a 'buddy.' Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z And in the quaint kitchen, with its range of charcoal stoves and big, open fireplace, one could picture them gathering on the nights of that cold winter. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The best form of open fireplace is the ventilating stove, in which fresh air is passed around the back and sides of the stove before being admitted through convenient openings into the room. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The good repute of the Rotunda Hospital, it seems to me, is in large measure due to the natural ventilation afforded by open fireplaces. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The upper story overhung the lower in the old manner, and a generous chimney, which afforded room for a large open fireplace, dominated the whole. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Do not stand between him and an open fireplace, window, door, or ventilator. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z All of the party were glad enough to gather in front of the big open fireplace, for that was the one spot that was thoroughly warm. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z It seems quite inconceivable that, throughout the United States, you find only open fireplaces; and very rarely good stoves, against which the Americans are prejudiced, because they are not aware of their great superiority. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z In this way the stove furnished a constant supply of fresh warm air to the room, while it possessed all the advantages of an open fireplace. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z A large open fireplace with glowing fire gave comfort and pleasant radiance. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z Seizing her roughly by the arm, he dragged her after him, not so much unresisting as rigid with horror, to the open fireplace. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z The boys, who were sitting on the floor near the open fireplace, took them down and gazed at them with interest. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z He entered without knocking and passed through the house to the kitchen in the rear, where a comely, middle-aged woman stood before an open fireplace, watching a pot which was hanging on the crane. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z At night, lying on his stomach in front of the open fireplace, with a piece of charcoal he would cipher on a broad wooden shovel. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z There was an open fireplace on either side of this room. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Discovered why we can never have a great native drama in the States—we have no open fireplaces in which to destroy the incriminating papers. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z “Did you try Sam Hickley, as I told you to?” continued Josiah Graham, as he settled himself more comfortably before the open fireplace of the cabin. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z In the days of your great-grandmother there were no stoves, only open fireplaces were used for cooking,—and kettles were just as black then as that old black Pot there. The Mary Frances Cook Book Adventures Among the Kitchen People 2011-12-06T03:00:20.300Z Behind the tap was the Travellers' Room, and what a room it was—with great open fireplaces and spits and bubbling kettles and blackened ingles. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z At the other end was the big, open fireplace. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z This changes the air more slowly than an open fireplace, but it does the work fairly well. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z While Chet started a lively blaze in the big open fireplace, Andy went through the cabin, looking for some trace of his uncle. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z The marquise and Victor Fargeau were sitting on either side of the open fireplace, with a little table, holding coffee and liqueurs, between them. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z A friend of my mistress said that in a country house where she was visiting they had an open fireplace in one of the rooms, and one of those very absurd gas-logs. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z The plain open fireplace and the cooking utensils scattered in the room were all suggestive of Mr. Burroughs' philosophy of life; plain living and high thinking, or as Thoreau would have it, "Lessening the Denominator." Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z A large open fireplace occupied the greater part of the space on one side. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The School Houses, during the time I taught, were built of round logs about 14 � 16 ft., with clapboard roofs and open fireplaces. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z The badly burnt body of a 76-year-old man was found in his Galway home on December 22, 2010, lying on his back with his head close to an open fireplace. Burn, Baby, Burn: Understanding the Wick Effect 2011-10-12T21:45:06.080Z We lunched in the mess, a comfortable room with a red-tiled floor and a large open fireplace on which logs of wood crackled merrily. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z At one end there was a huge open fireplace built of rough stone, and as it was winter a cheerful fire of logs blazed on the hearth. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Stephen followed their host into the house while, through the open door, the others caught 160 a glimpse of an enormous open fireplace and walls lined with books. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Leaving her to attend to that, the judge and I seat ourselves at the open fireplace, waking and dozing alternately. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z “This will do for the front door-step,” he expounded, “and over there will be a closed-in porch with an open fireplace and a Gloucester hammock.” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z The recess is lighted from the back with windows, and provided with seats, and has an open fireplace. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z The open fireplace was crowded with leaves and coarse garden flowers. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z At one end, was an open fireplace, with a recess on each side of it. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z When burnt in open fireplaces the volatile products given off in the apartment on the first heating have an acrid penetrating odour, which is, however, very generally considered to be agreeable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z A minute after he sat down in an armchair which stood close to the open fireplace. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z At one end of the room there was an open fireplace, long unused, with the mortar falling out between the bricks. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z A fire of blazing logs spluttered and crackled in the great open fireplace. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z It was large, well lighted, and provided with a great open fireplace, in which a fire was kept continually burning. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The western side of the room held a great open fireplace, from which a paneled oaken wainscot extended entirely across the room and up to the ceiling. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z The house was built of rough split timber, adzed slab-floor, iron roof, with an open fireplace and big "colonial" oven taking up all one end. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Instead of an open fireplace 69 now, as there once had been, there was a gas log under the old mantelpiece. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Dot could not keep her eyes off the open fireplace. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Then she herself carefully closed their doors before she returned to the Hall where James Blake was sitting before the big open fireplace, puzzling over the whole situation. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z The woodlands that used to shelter the wild flowers and furnish fuel for the great open fireplaces, have been stripped to furnish kindling wood for kitchen ranges in Northern cities. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Dey cooked de meals on open fireplaces in de big iron 'spiders.' Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z She glanced quickly about the room, went to the open fireplace and threw the pen above the bricks which closed it off from the flue. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z “If that’s Santa Claus,” declared Agnes, jumping up to run to the open fireplace, “he’s missed his footing and is falling down the chimney!” The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z “We’ll take the risk,” said another, lighting a pile of wood in the open fireplace. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z I drew, as I thought, a rather attractive picture of a scene before the big open fireplace in the modern four-room bungalow of "Coin Money on a Bargain." Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z The slaves quarters were log cabins with clay chimneys, and they cooked in the open fireplaces in the winter and in the summer on what they called scaffolds, built out in the yard. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z There was an open fireplace which was filled with boughs of cedar. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z He invented the Franklin stove, which soon became popular because it was so much better than the open fireplace. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z He could not bear the stoves of Germany, and required an open fireplace in the room in which he worked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Some large beech logs were burning in an open fireplace. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Then we can have a fire in the open fireplace out there if it should be really frosty. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z This open fireplace occupied one end of the main building, the bedrooms occupied the other. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z A bright fire burned in the open fireplace, and in it a square sheet-iron oven had been placed to heat for the baking. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z There was a big open fireplace at the further end of the room. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z We believe this tragedy was the result of a spark or ember falling from an open fireplace in the lounge. Spark started family death fire 2011-01-27T17:05:26Z At one end of the room was a huge open fireplace, which was now filled with fresh green boughs. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z At the time of Mr. Burchell's visit to one of the Boers, there was a large kettle of boiling soap suspended over the deep and spacious open fireplace, in which a cheerful fire was blazing. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Near a wide, open fireplace lay the hammers, the anvil and the portable forge requisite for the armorer's work. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z It was dusk outside by then, and within that scantily windowed place it was quite dark, beyond a red circle cast from the open fireplace. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z There was a large open fireplace, black with the soot the sweep had brought down with him, and on the table stood a bottle of my own special Scotch whisky. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z These stoves were constructed of iron, with trimmings of rosettes and railing and knobs of varying size; in appearance they were very similar to the small, open fireplace with andirons for burning logs. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The former, which was built in the fifteenth century, has a fine stone-floored hall with timbered roof, old open fireplace, and minstrel's gallery. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The cabin with its huge open fireplace built of stones, the bunks in two tiers like the berths on a pullman. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z A few pieces of delft and white crockery glimmered on a shelf near the open fireplace, and below them, on another shelf, were stone jars and two or three pots and pans. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z One of the discomforts of colonial times, when large open fireplaces were so common, was a smoky chimney. The True Benjamin Franklin The gentleman had his predilections even in New York, and in the open fireplace the logs crumbled and disintegrated to ashen caves wherein the palpitating jewels of the heat were held. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode We had an open fireplace, so we cut the wood about three feet long. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. A log of sweet-smelling wood burned cheerfully in the open fireplace. The Hillman We came together in a modern house, just modern enough to be full of steam pipes and registers and gas-logs, but not so modern as to have readopted open fireplaces. The Jonathan Papers The open fireplaces and the Colonial furniture, four-posters and highboys and chests, give to the rooms a delightfully old-fashioned atmosphere. Remodeled Farmhouses But without attempting to do anything more than smile at her reassuringly the young lieutenant knelt and started a fire in his big open fireplace. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas Rising to my feet I walked across the room, stepped into the open fireplace, and stared up the wide chimney. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne While the Renshaws had contented themselves with stoves, Mr. Atherton had gone to the expense and trouble of having a great open fireplace, with a brick chimney outside the wall. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War Over the great open fireplace, at one end, hung a big picture. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship Two of the Chambers There are two other bedrooms in the main part of the house and each has an open fireplace. Remodeled Farmhouses This was quite small, and had almost no furniture save some earthen pots for cooking at an open fireplace. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs She was ushered into a square lighted hall where they were all having tea round a wide open fireplace. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary The room had an open fireplace with a grille or fire-basket in it, for which I could buy boulets, coal dust pressed into egg-shaped balls, for three francs a sack. Confessions of an Opera Singer I can recall a large room with an open fireplace and flames flashing from a log fire into which I spent many hours gazing, trying to conjure up strange and fanciful shapes and figures. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer The great open fireplace with its Colonial accessories lends much to the hominess of this room. Remodeled Farmhouses This house had a wide hall, open fireplaces, a lot of windows for the sun to stream through, and was on Halstead Street. The Child's Book of American Biography In this way, not only would he keep a roaring blaze in his open fireplace, but would widen the space available for the next summer's tobacco crop. The Planters of Colonial Virginia See the pots and pans hanging on the wall under the shelf, and the old kettle hanging over the large open fireplace! Stories Pictures Tell Book One Four tall silver candlesticks with red shades flanked the Christmas tree at each side; a wood fire crackled in the open fireplace and everywhere were bunches and garlands of holly. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Each room has a large, open fireplace with a crane, suggestive of good cheer. Remodeled Farmhouses It was one of Frale's duties to pile here, for winter use, the firewood which he cut in short lengths for the kitchen fire, and long lengths for the open fireplaces. The Mountain Girl The women had the care of the oven, which was usually built in one corner of the court, and the meats were cooked by them at the open fireplace. Oriental Women He said open fireplaces assured every room its proper ventilation. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Its polished hardwood floor and paneled walls, its two great open fireplaces, in which immense back logs glowed cheerfully, made a picture that drove away all memory of bad weather. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days The second floor shows at the right of the staircase a most delightful morning-room which is large and square with an open fireplace. Remodeled Farmhouses Within, with merry snap and sparkle, the fresh-heaped wood fire blazed in the broad open fireplace. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade The guests and their hosts seated themselves upon a carpet of rushes, or upon dog or wolf skins placed near the open fireplace. Women of England It was getting warm enough now so that people were not afraid to come to 262 board in a house that had no heating arrangements but open fireplaces. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks We went in, and I laid a stick of wood on the andirons in the open fireplace. The Land of Long Ago At the left of the hall is the morning-room with its wide, open fireplace, its Colonial paper, and Oriental rugs which are in color tones to correspond with the paper. Remodeled Farmhouses Over at the piano Grace was playing with much tender feeling one of Chopin's delicious nocturnes; before the open fireplace, Carter, Brevoort and McVey were discussing the possibilities of a well-managed ranch. The Song of the Wolf In the open fireplace a bank of coals glowed redly. The Portal of Dreams There was a large open fireplace with a bench in front of it which had a movable back, so that the occupant could sit either facing the fire or with his back to it. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Between the bedroom door and the open fireplace was the chimney-corner. My Lady of the Chimney Corner Yet in the broad hall there was an open fireplace. Madge Morton's Trust The kitchen was clean and ample, with a great open fireplace and wide stone hearth, and oven on one side, and rows of old-fashioned splint-bottomed chairs against the wall. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine Its comfortable easy-chairs were covered with gay chintz, its curtains were of the same material, its reading-table held books and newspapers, and in its big open fireplace fat logs were blazing. The Girl in the Mirror When she mounted the rise from the shore, there was a circle of giggling youths about the open fireplace and a pile of moth-eaten buffalo hides near by. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club It has an open fireplace, where the flames crackle cheerfully on chilly evenings, and over the fireplace coals most of the cooking is done; but in really hot weather an oil stove serves instead. A Year in the Fields Just as he expected, Hatton was standing in front of the open fireplace puffing furiously at a chunky little brierwood pipe. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. On a small range in the recess of what had once been an open fireplace, sad-irons were heating side by side with simmering pots and a steaming tea-kettle. The Bandbox Presently they came abreast of the great open fireplace. The Boarded-Up House It had a large bay window, which was delightful; but then on the other hand the other room had an open fireplace, and Dotty loved a wood fire. Two Little Women Logs blaze cheerfully in open fireplaces, the flames reflected in old and polished silver. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria In the end of the living-room stood a large open fireplace, the household cooking-pots swinging from an iron crane. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Trontheim, therefore, invited us in, and we soon found ourselves in a couple of comfortable log-built rooms with open fireplaces like our Norwegian “peis.” Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I An open fireplace showed traces of letters having been torn up and burned. The Boarded-Up House Sitting by their big open fireplace one night, so runs the story, they noticed the smoke rushing up the chimney. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons “What shall I do, then?” in answer to a quavering question from the earl, who was now huddled in a chair before the huge open fireplace. Graham of Claverhouse Abruptly Worth turned and led the way into what I knew was the living room, with a big open fireplace in it. The Million-Dollar Suitcase The fire in the open fireplace ventilates a room well by making air go up the chimney. Common Science It was a shabby, cheery room with a faded old carpet, an open fireplace, some easy-chairs, and a black-walnut secretary over which her father had dreamed his dreams. The Gorgeous Girl That fuel was plentiful, appeared in evidence in the open fireplace where were burning two great logs, while piled up against the wall were many other good-sized sections of hickory. The Strollers There were Indian blankets and rugs on the floor, an open fireplace with cheerful blaze, a table littered with books and papers, a washstand, a comfortable bed upon which reclined a man smoking and reading. Valley of Wild Horses It was in the spring, and at night we sat in the big middle room around the open fireplace and joined in the family conversation. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight A huge open fireplace of unhewn gray stones yawns rudely in the wall to the right, and a narrow door leads to a smaller apartment in the rear. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History So saying, the great big hunter-man took a small brass-handled shovel and poker from the brass stand by the open fireplace, and struck an attitude. Donald and Dorothy Holes in the brickwork above them suggested, however, that at some later time the open fireplaces were replaced by wood-burning or coal-burning stoves standing on the brick hearths with their stovepipes fitted into the chimneys. The Fairfax County Courthouse The open fireplace was filled by a large beau-pot filled with a posy of flowing shrubs and long grass and rushes. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Each pen has a sandstone chimney and each room a large, open fireplace. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight A modification of this type of roaster under a three-sided hood, and standing on three legs, was designed to sit on the hearth of open fireplaces, close to the fire or in the smoldering ashes. All About Coffee The long Empire mirror was placed above a delightful early English large open fireplace, in which burnt a Parisian-looking wood fire. The Limit For ten minutes, that seemed longer, he surveyed the plainly furnished sitting-room, with open fireplace, a many colored rag-carpet on the floor, old-fashioned chairs, and dozens of pictures on the walls. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast I suppose everyone in England understands that our open fireplaces are almost unknown in Germany. Home Life in Germany I did the cooking, for my wife was a city girl and did not know how to cook on the open fireplace. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements A handsome clock adorned the mantelpiece; and in the open fireplace was a pair of small “andirons,” with silver knobs, cast after a fanciful device, and richly chased. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West I saw in days to come a pair of windows opening to the north, and a big open fireplace on the east wall, a new floor and a new roof.... Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation When I entered Betsey's cottage, she was sitting with her son beside the open fireplace, watching a crock which steamed over a wood fire, and from which came a strange smell. The Birthright They do not like our open fireplaces at all, because they say they wish to be warm all over and not in bits. Home Life in Germany 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 Then, as Mark Nelson and his wife sat before the fire in the open fireplace, the subject was taken up anew. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains A great fire burnt in the open fireplace, and heavy curtains had been hung over the door to prevent draughts. The Wooden Horse I must admit I prefer an open fireplace and three-foot logs—but in a hurry those little contraptions of stoves are handy. Captain Jim Beside an open fireplace in a corner were several pots and pans—his cooking utensils. The Trail to Yesterday "It's just as if they'd started a fire in a furnace or a big open fireplace." The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed Wherever possible the open fireplace is to be preferred to the stove for the reason that it very thoroughly ventilates the room. Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Here is my room, with low ceiling and exposed rafters and a big open fireplace. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life They had wide, open fireplaces in which stood fire dogs of brass or iron; in some of them still remained half-burned or charred logs, and the dead ashes of long years ago. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days It was a large, homely room, with whitewashed walls, bare floor, large open fireplace, and two front windows, shaded with blue paper blinds. Her Mother's Secret There was an open fireplace big enough to accommodate a four-foot log, a bright rag carpet, and some wooden rockers with easy cushions. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall Now and then open fireplaces are introduced, but the big stoves go on functioning just the same. Peking Dust On the one side of the room was a large open fireplace, on which a good fire was burning. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia A man stood on the other side of the open fireplace, a man of about forty-five, of something over the middle height and marvellously well-built. Marjorie On the south side was an open fireplace, with a bright, oak-wood fire burning in it, defended by a wire fender. Her Mother's Secret The room also contained two massive bureaus, a dressing-table and various chairs of carved mahogany, and in the open fireplace was an enormous bunch of feathery asparagus, flecked with red berries. Patty's Summer Days It was very much on the style of that of Rest Haven, furnished with attractive willow furniture, and with a large brick open fireplace at one side. The Dragon's Secret Ethan Allen was sitting by the great, open fireplace in his house one evening in the early fall, when a visitor was announced. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys There is another door up stage; below it, an open fireplace, filled with potted plants, andirons, &c., not in use. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea The room was a long one, with a vast open fireplace stretching half across one side. The Merryweathers The firebacks and the andirons, and later the fire-dogs, of the open fireplaces are collectable curios of considerable interest, and the hobby may be indulged in at a moderate cost. Chats on Household Curios A roaring fire blazed invitingly in the big open fireplace in the living-room. The Dragon's Secret "Let's play hide and go seek before we go to bed," proposed Jan, as they sat about the open fireplace in the big living room after supper. The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays Once upon a time they were simply high towers, which had on their summits open fireplaces, in which either wood or coal fires were burned. A Yacht Voyage Round England After supper they all gathered around the open fireplace of the hall, hung with its berries and evergreens in honour of the morrow. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 There was a great sideboard, carved by Gibbons, which cost an enormous sum, carvings adorned the wood mantelpiece over the open fireplace. The Rider in Khaki A Novel Promptly the contents of the horn mug were flung with a splash into the open fireplace at La Mothe's back. The Justice of the King A pile of wood was stacked by the open fireplace. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger "Absurd," he repeated for the fourth time, and tossed his cigarette into the open fireplace. Lorraine A romance Directly over the open fireplace hung a picture of a vessel with fluttering, snowy sails, tossing and rocking amid the bright, green, yeasty waves. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The large open fireplace contained a peat fire on the hearth, over which hung a bubbling pot. The Eagle Cliff Opposite the door of the hall there was a large open fireplace without a grate. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains In twelve rude tiles, set around the open fireplace, the Hebrews were seen in twelve stages of their escape from Egypt. The Village Convict First published in the "Century Magazine" There was a fire of logs in the open fireplace and a good many lights, and Eloquent, coming out of the soft darkness of that winter afternoon, felt dazzled and intolerably hot. The Ffolliots of Redmarley It was a long, low room, with heavy beams crossing the roof, and at the end was an open fireplace, where a kettle hung above a smouldering fire. The Nebuly Coat "Here is Mrs. Medford, Frank," said Inza, calling his attention to a smiling, middle-aged lady who sat near the open fireplace. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win Royal and I were sitting alone before the open fireplace. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Leading from one of the large rooms on this floor is a small one for the librarians, which is fitted up with open fireplace, desks, and other suitable furnishings. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 There was a wood fire smouldering on a great open fireplace, and raking the embers open the good woman put a toasting fork into Rumple's hands and bade him toast scones for himself. The Adventurous Seven Their Hazardous Undertaking There was a high, ornate, altogether ugly mantle and open fireplace at one end of the room. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace In one corner was the large open fireplace. The Land of the Long Night At that time the tavern kept an open fireplace, with a bright nest of coals in the chilly season; and there was a fine mahogany bar. Pipefuls The necessity for the stilting up of cooking-utensils was a very evident one; it was necessary to raise the body of the utensil above the ashes and coals of the open fireplace. Home Life in Colonial Days Stoves were made of fireclay and mica, which would give both heat and light and would be more efficient than the open fireplaces. Space Prison Over the large granite open fireplace in the front-hall is the date 1656, when the house underwent repair after damage, caused, it is said, in the Civil Wars. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts In one section of the structure was an open fireplace used for cooking. The Land of the Long Night Startling scenarios are filmed in his reeling mind while he listens, over the tinkling wire, to the enumeration of rooms, baths, pantries, mortgages, commuting schedules, commodious closets, open fireplaces, and what not. Pipefuls Taking these to the open fireplace he set fire to them. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty The open fireplace is needed in addition to steam or furnace heat in an isolated country house. The Etiquette of To-day It was an old-time arrangement, and like many other old-fashioned things, as for instance wood fires in open fireplaces, it had not only its substantial merits but its superficial inconveniences. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) I was always so glad at the end of the day's travelling to rest at a post station, to enter the "stuga," the every-day room, where the family lives, and see the blazing open fireplace. The Land of the Long Night Inside there is a wide hall, and all the rooms are of good size, with broad windows and inviting open fireplaces. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt In each was an open fireplace, with a tiny fire burning,—"just for looks," Susan explained. Three Margarets He could board Lord Harrow's great black yacht and be welcomed into the light and the warmth of the great satin-wood saloon with its open fireplace and its Steinway grand. If You Touch Them They Vanish While comparatively modest and simple in general plan and equipment, it had open fireplaces, electric lights, a spacious porch, roomy hallways, and plenty of windows. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman After our meal we stretched our legs before the open fireplace. The Land of the Long Night The superintendent decided that an hour or two might be profitably wasted in the lounge, where half-a-dozen men were sitting at a small table before a huge, open fireplace. The Grell Mystery Food was cooked on an open fireplace and the frying pan was the most important utensil; vegetables were boiled in a swinging kettle. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 The big open fireplace looked grimy and forbidding with its iron bars and chains. The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall These around the open fireplace told the story of Revolutionary marches, and camps, and battles. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman The darkness had descended upon us, but the embers in the open fireplace lighted the room with a rosy glow. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Constructing houses, without open fireplaces in chambers, or any other mode of ventilation, is another sad violation of the economy of health. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School All de cookin' was done in great big open fireplaces dat was plum full of ovens, skillets and all sorts of long handled pans and things. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 They cooked in big open fireplaces, in kitchens that set away off from the house. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 All of a sudden, taking the fan in both hands, Lloyd snapped it in two, and then breaking the pieces into a hundred splinters, threw them across the room into the open fireplace. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor I have known Greba Hall since I was a child, and all its quaint old family portraits, especially those in the fine oak-panelled hall, with the old-fashioned open fireplace and "dogs" of the fifteenth century. Seen and Unseen A table was set near the huge open fireplace in which a cheerful fire crackled. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier She led him up to the great open fireplace, on the andirons of which a huge log was blazing and crackling cheerfully. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution To make a draught through the open fireplace they set up on the roof a chimney of ice. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Mr. Pilkington detested steam-heat and had scoured the city till he had found a studio apartment with an open fireplace. Jill the Reckless A back log glowed ruddily in the big open fireplace, and the flickering flames crackled a welcome. Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College Seated around a deep, open fireplace, in which a fire burned cheerfully, the three men gravely discussed the details of the proposed search. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer It seemed a miracle to see the dusty, crumbling place evolve into that bright study with its big, open fireplace, outside chimney, and the sacred window-seat. A Son of the Hills There are big, open fireplaces, and plenty of logs to burn. The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film Any method of heating—open fireplace, stove, hot air, furnace, hot water, or steam—which will keep a room with the windows open comfortably warm in cold weather is satisfactory and healthful. A Handbook of Health A little later they clustered about the cheerful open fireplace in the library. Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College "And hasn't you got an open fireplace, Aunt Lu?" Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home There were open fireplaces in parlor and sitting-room, and the wide dooryard was divided by a graveled and flower-bordered walk, where in summer bloomed syringas, sweet williams, peonies and phlox. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England Next to this bedroom is the kitchen, 12�13 feet, accommodated with a chimney, where may be inserted an open fireplace, or a stove, as required. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings "C" mess had a very comfortable hut, with an open fireplace. The Great War As I Saw It They slept in the spy's cabin that night and were very cozy around the open fireplace that had been built at one side of the room. Bob Hunt in Canada The open fireplace was filled with evergreens, and the rough, brick hearth had been whitewashed, the lime giving out a cool, pungent odor. Dixie Hart Moreover, there was a little furniture left and there were some fine open fireplaces, so we had every reason to be satisfied. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery At one end is an open fireplace with a cooking range on one side, and an oven on the other. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Gradually the roof-hole developed into a chimney with an open fireplace, which, in turn, gradually changed into a small flue for stoves whereupon it almost ceased to serve any ventilating function. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science A fire was burning in the old-fashioned open fireplace, and it was plain that Mrs. Cobb had "spruced things up" to receive company. Frank Merriwell's Chums The sham chimneys will, perhaps, be made to smoke genially in winter by some ingenious contrivance, there may be sham open fireplaces within, with ingle nooks about the sham glowing logs. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought A cook-stove was an unknown luxury, and the women prepared their meals in the open fireplace. Sergeant York And His People In this kitchen, which is 120 lighted by two windows, is a liberal open fireplace, with an ample oven by its side, and a sink in the outer corner. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Great log fires roaring in every open fireplace. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier On the left, a door leading to the inner rooms; further forward a large, open fireplace, which casts a glow over the room. Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat There was a bright fire in the cottage when they reached it; the fire was in an open fireplace similar to that which had been in the old cabin. A Napa Christchild; and Benicia's Letters A wide open fireplace held two rushbottomed seats on one of which Frances sat in winter. Gilbert Keith Chesterton It has also an open fireplace, and an oven by the side of it—old fashion. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Before an immense open fireplace a group of people were gathered at tea. The Swindler and Other Stories Nyoda was kindling a fire in the big open fireplace, and the girls were seated in a circle before it. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping "Good little Christchild; but his memory shall ever be with us," answered Crescimir, as they sat side by side before the open fireplace. A Napa Christchild; and Benicia's Letters There was an open fireplace at which family meals were prepared. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 It may have an open fireplace, or a stove, as preferred, let into the chimney, corresponding to that in the library. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings A pot of peas was perched on a pair of "firedogs" over the coals of a wood fire in the open fireplace. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 In the open fireplace, between the brasses, stood a blue jug filled with white lilacs, and the big punch-bowl on the sideboard was crowded with roses. John Ward, Preacher Sometimes, towards morning, he drops in for a visit,—literally drops in, by way of the chimney and the open fireplace. Some Summer Days in Iowa They were cooked in various ways in skillets, spiders, and ovens on the big open fireplace. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 “He hasn't much spirit,” he thought, and stood upon the hearth, before the open fireplace, and said no more, but waited to hear what Jerome had come for. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel All our cookin' was done in open fireplaces in big old pots and pans. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 It had been heated with stoves for years, but I tore away the boards that covered the open fireplaces. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Chimneys connected with open fireplaces ought to be equipped with spark arresters. If You're Going to Live in the Country Afterwards, he lighted his pipe, drew a chair up to the open fireplace, and smoked in silence. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 Nothing broke the stillness within the cabin, except the sharp crackling of flames in the open fireplace, and the heavy breathing of the negro. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War Back in dem times, folkses cooked on open fireplaces in winter time and in summer dey built cook stands out in de yard to set de spiders on, so us could cook and eat outdoors. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 What occurred was not clear to her mind; but suddenly what appeared to be an open fireplace seemed to swing aside, leaving revealed a great black opening in the rock. The Strange Case of Cavendish An open fireplace of whitewashed clay gives sign of cheer and warmth in the long winter, and a half-dozen books for library complete the scene. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba She was sitting at the open fireplace in a dressing-gown of Petronilla's purchasing, and was drying the masses of her long, light hair. Atlantis I have been deeply happy with apples and cider before an open fireplace. The River and I I think my weddin' cake was 'bout the biggest one I ever saw baked in one of them old ovens in the open fireplace. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 "That open fireplace in the adobe wall under the shed yonder was where the cowboys used to sit and dry themselves after a rainy day on the range," he informed her. The Pride of Palomar He had a big, open fireplace with backlogs and andirons. Letters of a Woman Homesteader He was trying to find composure in front of the open fireplace; and whenever he touched metal with the tongs, crackling little sparks shot out. Atlantis But open fireplaces, while pleasant to look at, are not efficient for either heating or cooking. General Science De cookin' was all done at de big house in a open fireplace what had a rack crost it dat could be pulled out to take de pots off de fire. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 It was a picturesque-looking place with red brick floor, artistic-looking tables with rough logs for legs and a large open fireplace, typically English, which must have rejoiced the hearts of men so far from Blighty. Fanny Goes to War The three men drew up to the open fireplace. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life In the comfortable sitting room of the farmhouse, Carl rose and drew the shades, added a log to the great, open fireplace and glanced humorously at his companion who was industriously playing Canfield. Diane of the Green Van But in an open fireplace much heat escapes with the smoke and is lost, and only a small portion streams into the room and gives warmth. General Science It was a plain little room, with an open fireplace and a great settle beside it. Come Rack! Come Rope! They found a large room, with an open fireplace, in which Ned would have been glad to see wood blazing, but Bowie did not consider it worth while to gather materials for a fire. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty The following summer we continued our open fireplace experiments. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island But though Katy heard of cars with French beds, plunge baths, open fireplaces, and other incredible luxuries, Car Forty-seven still seemed to her inexperienced eyes and Clover's a marvel of comfort and convenience. Clover The old Doctor's own bedroom it had been, and was remarkable for an open fireplace with two large recessed cupboards let into a wall, which measured a good four feet in depth beyond the chimney-breast. Nicky-Nan, Reservist A wood fire crackled cheerfully in the big, open fireplace, while a large plate of chocolate fudge circulated from one lap to another. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics I sat with Monica in her boudoir, which, unlike the usual run of German rooms, had an open fireplace in which a cheerful fire was burning. The Man with the Clubfoot We had planned to make a large open fireplace in the cabin, and this necessitated cutting an opening in the rear wall. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Uncle Tucker sat back of a small table, which was placed at one side of the wide open fireplace, in which crackled a bit of fragrant, spring fire. Rose of Old Harpeth I ventured to ask how he preserved such vitality, and he said, "I owe a great deal to daily air baths and the flesh brush, plenty of outdoor air and open fireplaces." Memories and Anecdotes Ay, sir," rejoined Bunker, turning to the open fireplace, in which the burning wood was sending up a column of smoke, "there, you see that smoke rising, don't you? McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader My betrothed, in one of her favorite white negligées, was stretched on the Turkish divan by the open fireplace, filled now with an enormous bowl of flowers. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories Our forefathers were content with hangings to keep out the draughts and open fireplaces to keep them warm. Vanishing England In a great open fireplace the flames of the beech logs were wavering up the chimney. The Redemption of David Corson Ventilation is afforded by the open fireplace, and by mechanical means. The House in Good Taste In their kitchens they have open fireplaces, with fires blazing brightly. Big People and Little People of Other Lands They went down into the big hall with the open fireplace, and the old sheepman waved his hand toward a chair. Mavericks I care more for that than for the open fireplace that Geert has promised me. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 There is an enormous open fireplace, and a floor good enough to dance on. Etiquette I have seen such rooms in modern American houses that were quite as large as bedrooms, with the supreme luxury of open fireplaces. The House in Good Taste It and the large open fireplace are of rough, dark mottled brick. The Art of Interior Decoration And he described with a light heart and fluent tongue his home with its high, pointed roof, the great open fireplace in the dining-room and the little leaded glass panes. Invisible Links All the studios have open fireplaces and pleasant verandahs and are furnished simply but always attractively. Edward MacDowell Inside the wide, open fireplace, behind the high brass fender and the shining andirons, was a "chimney flower pot," country fashion, of green lilac boughs,—not blossoms,—and woodbine sprays, and crimson and white tulips. Real Folks I was almost dizzy with hunger and fatigue, and my view was further obscured by a fragrant blue smoke, which rose in soft clouds from an open fireplace in the middle of the room. In the Wrong Paradise Nothing is ever more attractive than the big open fireplace, piled with blazing logs, and with fire-dogs or andirons of brass or black iron, as may accord with the character of your room. The Art of Interior Decoration A hiding-place is said to have existed in the wide open fireplace of the great hall. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. All de cookin' was done in dem big old open fireplaces what was fixed up special for de pots and ovens. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 The stage represented the living-room of a homely country-house, with a large open fireplace at one side. The Theory of the Theatre Aunt Sarah," cried Mary, "do let's have an open fireplace. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" While they were speaking a young girl came from the only room in the house, and, crossing the kitchen, stood beside the open fireplace. Waysiders There was a large open fireplace at one end where a pile of blazing logs now crackled cheerfully. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan Of course, you know we had no stoves in those days and the cooking was done in open fireplaces, in ovens and pots. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 His favorite seat was at the left of the open fireplace, tilted back in his chair, with his long legs reaching over to the chimney jamb. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 But the interiors were furnished with matting for the floors, curtains to the windows, white iron bedsteads, running water and open fireplaces. The Rules of the Game The rooms were warmed by immense open fireplaces, there being no limit to the expenditure of coal, which was prodigious. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 That book alone," said he to several of us one chilly evening, as we sat around the open fireplace, "is the greatest treatise on humanity ever written. A Texas Matchmaker The little cooking that the slaves did at home was all done at the open fireplace. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 The three now pulled themselves close to a fire that glowed softly in an open fireplace and made themselves comfortable. The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation The return of the open fireplace in modern houses has created a demand for these guards and in Fig. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do It was a darkish, gusty night, and a small fire burned in the open fireplace. The Purple Heights Of the amenities the studio had but a thick carpet, an open fireplace, and a pair of plain but easy chairs. The Penalty In front of an open fireplace, where bright logs were crackling, slept an enormous black cat on a leopard's skin hearthrug. Kimono The big open fireplace might have been the one immortalized in his poetry. Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition Good prices are obtained for the guards for open fireplaces made in many varieties in these days. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Open grates were used for cooking just as open fireplaces were used in the south. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Thence you might pass, still wondering, into an apartment of soft divans, thick rags, and open fireplace, a smell of incense, double windows and double doors. The Penalty The candles had not been brought in, but logs blazed in the open fireplace. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California An open fireplace, when it can be afforded, aids in ventilation as well as increases the cheerful aspect of the room. Science in the Kitchen. There was a wide, high, open fireplace in the dining-room; we had wondered what we should do with it in the winter. We Girls: a Home Story Slaves used fat lightwood knots or their open fireplaces for lighting purposes. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Where open fireplaces are not used, several plans of ventilation may be used, as they all operate on the same principle. Composition-Rhetoric He cooked him supper from his frugal store, piled the logs in the open fireplace,—November was come,—and, after a bottle of wine, produced from Estenega's saddle-bag, expanded into a hermit's imitation of conviviality. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California The cooking was done at the open fireplace; it was not until well on in the nineteenth century that stoves came into common use in Canada. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration All the rooms have their colonial panelling, deep window-seats, and open fireplaces. Virginia: the Old Dominion The food was cooked in large iron pots and pans in an open fireplace and seasoned with salt obtained by evaporating sea water. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Heating is accomplished by indirect radiation with the steam supply from the power house, but there are many open fireplaces to add to the complete stack and flue system of ventilation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 The big, open fireplace at Newport's home, and the bountiful, well-cooked supper with which we were greeted, were well calculated to make us happy and contented. Out of Doors—California and Oregon In twelve rude tiles set around the open fireplace, the Hebrews were seen in twelve stages of their escape from Egypt. Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 Up quaint staircases in the wings we went to the roomy bedrooms with their ivy-cased windows, mellow-toned panelling, and old open fireplaces. Virginia: the Old Dominion Facing the door, as the visitor entered, was a huge open fireplace, with a bar across, whence hung three skillets of kettles for the cooking of the food. The Trade Union Woman The big open fireplace made a glowing spot of brightness. Russell H. Conwell "The rooms look cheerless in winter without the open fireplaces we are accustomed to in England." The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage "Bless my open fireplace, but I'll send word to my wife that I'm not coming home to-night, and we can start the first thing in the morning, Tom." Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam They have deep-set windows, open fireplaces, and quaint old-time furnishings. Virginia: the Old Dominion At the opposite end of the room, not far from the open fireplace, is a long table surrounded by swivel desk-chairs. Edison, His Life and Inventions Finally they found themselves in the dining room, where a fire of driftwood was weaving flames of wavering, elusive, sea-born hues in the open fireplace. Anne's House of Dreams The rooms were small, and the furniture and carpets old and worn; but all was clean; and there was an open fireplace in the sitting-room. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage The floor was neatly carpeted with a striped rag carpet, and in the big open fireplace a wood fire roared. At the Foot of the Rainbow There was an open fireplace in my dressing-room, but none in the bedroom, and as I lay there, looking around, I thought of something that made me sit up suddenly. The Circular Staircase The next winter I used a small cooking-stove for economy, since I did not own the forest; but it did not keep fire so well as the open fireplace. Walden She walked over to the open fireplace and stood silent for an instant, her foot tapping the hearth-rug. The Yellow Streak Before stoves for cooking came into use in the home, food was cooked in open fireplaces. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads Then he removed the receiver from its hook, laid it upon the table, and moved stealthily towards the open fireplace. The Pawns Count The trunk-room, just over my head, had an open fireplace and a brick chimney, and yet, there was nothing of the kind in my room. The Circular Staircase He turned in at the apartment house on Forty-ninth Street, and a few minutes later they were in a large new room with an open fireplace and four walls lined with books. The Beautiful and Damned We ate in the kitchen, where the olive and laurel wood burned in the open fireplace. Twilight in Italy For a long time stoves were used mainly for heating purposes, as many housewives preferred to cook at the open fireplace. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads There were quantities of servants in their quaint liveries about, and when finally they arrived in a great saloon it was bright and warm, though there was no open fireplace, only the huge porcelain stove. His Hour In the living-room was a huge open fireplace, but it was on the other side. The Circular Staircase There was a fine old mantel framing a great open fireplace in the front parlor, before which the Father of His Country toasted his toes or sipped his grog, but it is gone now. The Under Dog You burn coal in a furnace or stove; they must fain have warmed themselves with more cheery but less warming wood, in an open fireplace. The Nation in a Nutshell It is a great revolution in social and domestic life, and no less so in the life of a secluded student, this almost universal exchange of the open fireplace for the cheerless and ungenial stove. Fire Worship (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") Another interesting house is that of Charles VII., with a graceful staircase, and an old hall with open fireplace. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Why did the trunk-room have both a radiator and an open fireplace? The Circular Staircase A fire, in the mean time, had been made in the chill, open fireplace, but it scarcely relieved the dreary, frosty aspect of the apartment. The Story of Kennett A loosely-hung wooden door provided the only light by day, except that given by the flickering of the flames from the burning logs on the old open fireplace. Home Missions in Action These barren and tedious eccentricities are all that the air-tight stove can bestow in exchange for the invaluable moral influences which we have lost by our desertion of the open fireplace. Fire Worship (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") If they would but sit upon her wide veranda in spring or autumn, or before her big open fireplace in winter and "just talk," she would be as open-eyed and open-eared as you pleased. Bertram Cope's Year One entire side of the crowded but orderly little room was taken up by a huge open fireplace. In and out of Three Normady Inns The first sunbeam that crept into Hans's bedroom and kissed him the next morning awoke him, and he bounded downstairs, and flew to the great open fireplace to find his shoe. A Child's Story Garden Miss Lawrence turned from the window, and trailed her long silken train across the rich carpet, seating herself before the open fireplace. An Ambitious Man Entering in this way, you will see immediately opposite to you the large open fireplace occupied by a pile of unlit logs—for it is summer. First Plays Perez built a fire in the huge open fireplace to ward off the slight chill of evening, and the sick men were comfortably arranged before it upon the great settle. The Duke of Stockbridge The Fort contained three rooms, each having a narrow window, and the largest provided with a mud chimney and open fireplace. A Trip to Manitoba He tends to the open fireplace in winter, and to the arranging of the flowers in the summer. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 When I left the settlement," he began, as he turned his mooseskin, hammock-like chair toward the open fireplace, and invited his guests to do likewise, "I struck straight into the wilderness. Lost in the Air The dwelling is usually a rude hut with a single room, mud floor, an open fireplace without chimney, and a few pieces of rough furniture. Norwegian Life Here there was a huge open fireplace, filled with ashes and cobwebs. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong Back of the library was a little conservatory, and beyond that a large, light dining-room with an open fireplace. Patty at Home Dr. Whewell received us in this room, standing on a rug before an open fireplace; a wood fire was burning cheerily. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals The open fireplace is not a necessary of life, but it is one of the first luxuries, and one that no man who can afford to eat meat every day can afford to dispense with. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 The colonel sat down abruptly before the great, open fireplace, and stared hard at the pine-boughs which were heaped up in it. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations The great hall on the lower floor was arranged so as to have a broad open fireplace at either end. Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods I drew up my legs hastily, and had barely done so when a heavily whiskered face peered up at me through the open fireplace. My Lady of the North In the open fireplace blazed a wood fire very suggestive of American comfort—very deceitful in the suggestion, for there is little of home comfort in Italy. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals It will be noticed that this supposes the use of open fireplaces. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 It had a huge open fireplace framed in oak-beams with a seat on each side of the iron-backed hearth within the chimney, and a genuine spit hung over the middle of the fire. Queen Lucia Mr Pilkington detested steam-heat and had scoured the city till he had found a studio apartment with an open fireplace. The Little Warrior Artificial light came chiefly from the open fireplace, though the tallow dip was known and there were some housewives who had time to make them and the disposition to use them. The Life of Abraham Lincoln An open fireplace was one of the attractive features of the reception-room, and there was a mantel-mirror, too—that means of grace so dear to the gentler sex. White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor The reason is, that the old open fireplace has been supplanted by less expensive modes of heating, destructive to health; and science has but just begun experiments to secure a remedy for the evil. American Woman's Home It was a large back room with an open fireplace and high-backed chairs, claw-toed tables bare of books or china, with the floor polished like glass. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker I should like new carpets, an open fireplace, bronzes, and learned conversations. Letters of Anton Chekhov Opposite was a large brick chimney with an open fireplace. Richard Dare's Venture Pauline took her story to the little open fireplace in her room and destroyed it. The Perils of Pauline This is always secured by an open fireplace, so long as its chimney is kept warm by any fire. American Woman's Home The chairs were already round the open fireplace, when Monkey pushed him into the big one with the broken springs he always used, and established herself upon his knee. A Prisoner in Fairyland There is an open fireplace in this room, and in a corner formed by the book- case, and next to the wood-box, was my favorite seat. Captain Macklin She made her way to the great open fireplace, on which a log was burning, looked down into the shadows of the room and back again at her host's face. The Great Impersonation For, when I was a little girl, we always had logs of wood blazing in an open fireplace, and so did many other people, and coal was just coming into use for fuel. The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children The evils resulting from the substitution of stoves instead of the open fireplace, have led scientific and benevolent men to contrive various modes of supplying pure air to both public and private houses. American Woman's Home It was almost dusk when they went downstairs, but the cold slanting sunbeams of a Winter afternoon came through the grimy windows and illumined the gloomy depths of the open fireplace in the hall. Old Rose and Silver "Try it, Drummond," she cried, dropping on her knees before the open fireplace. Constance Dunlap Inside the camp was a large, low room, with a huge open fireplace filling nearly one side. Hildegarde's Neighbors He was working in a room with an open fireplace, he said. The Invisible Man The Leeds plan embraces the mode of heating both by radiation and convection, very much resembling the open fireplace in operation, and yet securing great economy. American Woman's Home She took one of the new little bungalows that were being erected in Red Creek "Park," and furnished it richly and inappropriately, and established a tea table and a samovar beside the open fireplace. Sisters Fifteen minutes later the Phi Sigma Taus, with the exception of Marian Barber, wrapped in kimonos, were monopolizing the floor space around the big open fireplace in Miriam's room. Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School "I let the fire go down when tea was ready, it is so warm to-night," said Kitty, raking away the ashes in the open fireplace, and drawing together a few coals. Outpost The front door opened into a capacious living room with its great open fireplace and hearth. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism It was a noisy place, with its great open fireplace and huge oak table. Escape, and Other Essays When Rose reached home, her father was standing in his usual attitude before the open fireplace, smoking a cigar. In His Steps The large, open fireplace is built of clinker brick, and its facings extend from the floor to the ceiling; it has a wooden shelf supported on corbeled brackets. Three Acres and Liberty On the left, an arm-chair, a big open fireplace, a writing desk with chair in far left corner. The First Man I saw a big, open fireplace in the library. The Sheridan Road Mystery Several logs were burning sulkily in the great open fireplace, throwing out a pungent, juicy smell. Who Cares? a story of adolescence A group of rare etchings had their place over the mantel above a large, open fireplace. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land A Franklin stove, practically an open fireplace set out entirely inside the house, is a practical device, though it costs from $18 to $30. Three Acres and Liberty In the rear wall, an open fireplace with two leather arm-chairs in front of it. The First Man A log fire blazed in a large open fireplace. The Sheridan Road Mystery To make the long low living room with its big brick chimney and open fireplace absolutely right had dispelled his boredom—little as he had intended to use it. Who Cares? a story of adolescence It has on two sides covered piazzas, outside blinds, open fireplaces in two rooms; and new white enameled open plumbing, with hot and cold water. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) There were two small low rooms with an open fireplace in the one, and in it there stood a table ready laid. The Great Hunger A huge fire blazed and crackled and roared in the great open fireplace, before which were stretched two fierce, shaggy, wolfish-looking hounds. Otto of the Silver Hand Near an open fireplace was a table with the remains of a meal. Villa Rubein, and other stories While the poorly built cabin caused us to suffer with cold in the winter, the heat from the open fireplace in summer was equally trying. Up from Slavery: an autobiography It has on two sides covered piazzas, outside blinds, open fireplaces in two rooms; and new white enameled open plumbing, with hot and cold water. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) I want the old-fashioned, unsanitary, wasteful, illogical, open fireplace. The Angel and the Author, and others We used tallow candles and oil lamps, and sat by open fireplaces. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) The shop windows of Sixth Avenue hung with Christmas garlands, and colored lamps glowed like open fireplaces. The Lost Road There was no cooking-stove on our plantation, and all the cooking for the whites and slaves my mother had to do over an open fireplace, mostly in pots and "skillets." Up from Slavery: an autobiography The huge, ragged, stone chimney had been built on the outside, with the wide open fireplace set inside the logs. To the Last Man An open fireplace of stone required some repair and there was wood to cut. Wildfire The open fireplace appeared too large for the room, but the very bigness of it, as well as the blazing sticks and glowing embers, appealed strongly to Carley. The Call of the Canyon A vision of an open fireplace in a log house rose before him, his father in the foreground looking like a picture of Stonewall Jackson. The Vision Splendid They would then enter the room, rubbing their hands genially, and, nodding to Companion Pike, Cephas Cole, Phil Perry and others, ensconce themselves snugly in the group by the great open fireplace. Story of Waitstill Baxter He went back to her rooms with her, and she made him tea, while he built the fire in the open fireplace and nursed it tenderly to a healthy strength. Dangerous Days There was not one shoddy piece of work from the kitchen sink to the big open fireplace in the spacious hall and living-room. The Foolish Virgin The whole of the house-party, with the exception of the Prince himself, were gathered around the great open fireplace at the north end of the hall. The Illustrious Prince Before the open fireplace sits a stranger, his tall, slight figure reposing in the broken armchair, his keen blue eyes studying the fire from beneath delicately pencilled, drooping eyelids. The Story of an African Farm, a novel The fine old house responded kindly to repairs, its wide hall and open fireplace always insuring it a gracious aspect. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes In the afternoon, when she said she was cold, Ruth made a fire in the open fireplace, and wheeled Miss Ainslie's favourite chair in front of it. Lavender and Old Lace A log fire crackled in the open fireplace, and he drew a settee close. The Foolish Virgin The wall on the western side had been built over a huge stone, into which had been cut an open fireplace. Betty Zane On the same side, farther back, an immense open fireplace, in front of which, between monster firedogs, on each of which hangs a little saucepan; the roasts are dripping into the pans. Cyrano De Bergerac Mr. Brinn stooped to a coffee table which stood upon the rug before the large open fireplace. Fire-Tongue |
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