| 单词 | bedpost |
| 例句 | Servants break down the burnt bed, carrying off bedposts scarred by the fire. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “It sounds like you know from experience,” I said, again stealing Haskel’s bowler cap from atop his bedpost. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Heavily disoriented, I staggered to my feet, grasping onto a bedpost to keep from falling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As I pulled out of sleep, I found I was beating on the bedpost with my hands and calling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This forest looks just like the one that grew out of bedposts and wallpaper. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I sit down on the pea-green carpet in the middle of four indented circles where the bedposts used to be. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I darted after them, still clutching the bottle, and I ran back against the wall and squeezed in behind one of the bedposts. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I popped my head back behind the bedpost. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Frightful was sitting on the bedpost, her head under her wings. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night she’d slipped the bracelet over her bedpost before she went to sleep, the way she did every evening, but when she’d woken up this morning it had vanished. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z El Genius swung again, but Armpit spun away, then pulled himself up with the help of a bedpost. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Then I grab him by his shoulders and turn us around, pushing him against the bedpost. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I put Frightful on the bedpost, and curled up in a ball on the bed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The drapes were drawn, but he could see the shape of carved bedposts, and the droop of the velvet canopy over his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’s brown as my mitt On a bedpost, And just as quick: A baseball rolls His way and his teeth Chatter after it. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I peeped round the bedpost again and saw her walking across the carpet to the balcony door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He was still gripping the knob of the brass bedpost, which he had bent at the joint all the way down to four o’clock. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed hold of a bedpost to steady himself, then waited just outside the bathroom door. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The raven shrieked its displeasure and flapped up to a bedpost to glare down balefully at him through the predawn gloom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Myrna hung her guitar on a bedpost and stretched across the bed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the big stick out of my backpack—a bedpost I’d broken off Crusty’s Safari Deluxe floor model. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I stand with my back to the bedpost and wind the rope around myself, feet first. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Often he wakes up to find himself tied by his ears to a bedpost, or else he finds loops of string around them, to which are attached dead bugs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was halfway to the dormitory door when he realized that Ron had not moved, but was leaning on his bedpost, staring out of the rain-washed window with a strangely unfocused look on his face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With a start I realized that the bedposts and the legs of the chair were growing out of the floor, thick at the base like roots, and coiling together. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I had worn it both to the Whitechapel Club and the races, and when I had returned, I hung it from Haskel’s bedpost. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The girl was standing by a bedpost, trembling like a doe, “Lady Arya, if you will turn your back, I must needs unlace your gown.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I jumped out from behind the bedpost and ran like lightning towards the open door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Kaira fell against the bedpost, and before she could even figure out what was happening, she was struck again, this time across her chest. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There could be keyholes in unlikely places, like under the clothes of a doll or behind a bedpost. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I actually have to steady myself against my bedpost, and nearly miss it when I reach out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I close the laptop and look in the small ornate mirror that hangs by a ribbon on my bedpost. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I knocked it on the bedpost” said the Wart sullenly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘One of its bedposts was a living olive tree, so it could never be moved.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I run back to the bedroom and frantically wrap the rope around myself, wind it around and around, and tie it to the bedpost. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Madness took hold of her. tailing herself up by the bedpost, she went to the basin and washed between her legs, scrubbing away all the stickiness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When, having become almost frantic, he finally hurled himself forward with all his force and without thinking, he chose his direction incorrectly, and he hit the lower bedpost hard. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z By comparison, Abuela’s room was opulent, with its double bed, thick mattress, four bedposts from which to tie the mosquito netting, pillows, and a small crocheted rug. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Robert stood up, grasping one of the bedposts to steady himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Will you get her out of here before I gag her with my bonnet ribbons and lash her to the bedpost?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z As I tie her wrist to the bedpost, she goes on. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I clung to a bedpost and was dragged over the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Blindly, she fumbled for the knob of her bedpost and began to unscrew it from its wooden leg. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Dad was probably out shopping for chains to lock us to our bedposts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And she proceeded to unwind her muffler from her neck and to take off her hat, which she hung on one of the bedposts. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Overhead, strings of globe lights were looped around tall mirrors, bedposts, and the odd nonfunctional chandelier. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Joseph E.: Tie a piece of rope to your bedpost or to the side of the metal mattress frame. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Don’t get scammed 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The latter felt vaguely radical in the nineteen-seventies; now it is increasingly sweet and rare to hear ordinary things like sweaters, coasters, brass bedposts, and white linens memorialized with such care and delicacy. Joni Mitchell Discusses Her New Book of Early Songs and Drawings 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Julie Wills’s bedpost, wrapped in lingerie, represents both intimacy and the sex trade. Review | In the galleries: Art 101, a sampling event for beginners 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z He was raised working-class in Salford, near Manchester, and first heard hints of the stateside musical revolution by pressing his ear to his bedpost on Sunday nights. Graham Nash Has a Few More Songs Before He Goes 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest Another notch on his reality bedpost was Celebrity Come Dine With Me, a show in which four luminaries would take it in turns to host dinner parties for each other, competitively. David Gest: from impresario to star of British reality TV 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z They have made out with every bedpost and doorframe in their bedrooms. The Lustful Middle School Girl Rises 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z But watch how Wyler lingers on that frilly extravagance, now propped on her bedpost. Films to Heal a Broken Moment 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Every time you read a sentence about an attractive tour guide or the wife of a painter, you know that there’s going to be one more notch on the Hughes bedpost. ‘Ted Hughes’: A controversial biography shows the poet’s darker side 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z In the final episode, the dead man handcuffed to a bedpost may as well have been furniture himself. The Emmys 2016: The Season’s Most Memorable TV Moments 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “How’s the dames outside? See my initials carved on many bedposts?” ‘Riot in Cell Block 11’ and ‘The Big House’ on DVD 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z If the screw holes on the bedposts don’t line up properly, you may need to glue dowels into the existing holes or use a wood filler strong enough to hold screws. How to fix a broken bedrail 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Batten down the bedposts — "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1," with its vampire honeymoon and extremely creepy pregnancy, arrives in theaters Nov. 18. Fall movies ? more 'Twilight' and a new Clint Eastwood film 2011-08-31T21:06:03Z Aniston is locked in the boot of a car, tipped into a lake and handcuffed to a bedpost. Jennifer Aniston's success rests on our thinking of her as a loser | David Cox 2010-03-22T10:45:00Z Accommodation is in the form of six chalets and two larger houses that, with their baths hewn from boulders, tree-trunk bedposts and swinging hammocks, look part Fred Flintstone and part Survivor. On the Shores of Lake Malawi 2010-04-22T13:20:00Z This shift of a couple of inches between the Austen and Tolstoy adaptations marks another notch on television’s bedpost of flesh-flashing. Flashing the flesh – a history of TV nudity 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z These include a small, possibly dead child threaded between the bedposts in a grey room. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z The initial proposal for The Post’s new slogan was “In the dark, democracy trips over the sleeping cat of tyranny and bangs its shin painfully on the bedpost of complacency.” Style Invitational Week 1272: The hex files — think up creative curses 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z One student taped the bitmoji to his bedpost, next to where he works. These educators show what it takes to be named 'teacher of the year' amid a pandemic 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Deputies found the crying teen inside the home, chained to a bedpost, news outlets reported. Report: Parents arrested after teen found chained to bed 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z On the wall above the bedpost, a yellowed newspaper clipping detailed all of Jack Nicklaus' milestones: "First broke 70 at the age of 13 ... " Tiger was clicking them off one by one. In Search of Tiger Phong - Golf Digest 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z According to court documents obtained by the Review-Journal, Prestipino strangled the victim and then injected her body with pool cleaner after leaving her “tied up to a bedpost for an extended period of time.” Body found encased in 'cement' in Nevada desert believed to be that of missing woman: reports 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z They said footprints on the dusty balcony and DNA on a knife, rope and bedposts helped them reach the conclusion. California woman’s shocking mansion death wasn’t a suicide, family claims in doc: ‘We just want the truth’ 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Years after gaining notoriety for embellishing parts of his memoir A Million Little Pieces, the US author James Frey has a new notch in his bedpost: the 2018 bad sex in fiction award. James Frey wins bad sex in fiction award for 'dubious' Katerina 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Footprints on the dusty balcony and DNA on a knife, rope and bedposts also helped investigators reach the conclusion. Lawsuit revisits 2011 California mansion hanging death 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z So now, he was here gathering broken bedposts to keep warm. A year after ISIS left, a battered Libyan city struggles to resurrect itself 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z He also built the dining room table that his family still uses, and he hand-carved the bedposts on the four-poster bed he shares with his wife under plaques displaying the Ten Commandments. Roy Moore disrupts U.S. Senate race in Alabama — and prepares for new level of defiance in Washington 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly he is someone who has previously boasted of having as many as 900 notches on his bedpost “including the ugly ones”. Tennis must not allow Ilie Nastase to volley away his latest indiscretions | Sean Ingle 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Police found one bullet lodged in the man’s bedpost and multiple vehicles sprayed with bullets when they arrived on the scene near North 15th and Conlyn streets around 11:30 p.m. Bullet hits bedpost during shooting in Philadelphia 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z On one bedpost hung the metal ligature which had cut into his neck when he was strangled. South Sudan conflict: 'Soldiers will kill you for no reason in Yei' - BBC News 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z On the pole that was her bedpost hung her MP5 submachine gun. A Colombian rebel discovers soft beds and iPhones after 20 years in the jungle 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Borrow the style of a cozy cabin with wood from floor to ceiling to bedpost and chair leg. 15 Home Design Styles to Motivate a Makeover 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z It's another notch on the internet's bedpost: Penthouse magazine is ending its print edition after more than a half a century on the newsstand. Penthouse magazine ends print edition after 50 years in publishing 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Still reeling from the news, Mr. Bojorquez surveyed the old baseball posters on the walls of his childhood bedroom and the sun-bleached body armor hanging on his bedpost. In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Not the needles or testosterone patches or the creepy blood bags dangling from the bedposts in Alpine hotels. The Buzz About Motors in Cycling 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Riviello said the vet was unnecessarily restrained, with an arm and leg strapped to bedposts. VA uses patient privacy to go after whistleblowers, critics say A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z I was glad when he ceased thumbing the bedposts and left me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "Makes me think of the time that I was the Queen of Hearts at Gingah's valentine pah'ty, and the old bear that the boys tied to the bedpost frightened us neahly to death," said Lloyd. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Challoner sprang out of bed, tottered, and clung to the bedpost for support. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z He'll be bruised, and so shall I— How can I from bedposts keep, When I'm walking in my sleep? Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Look here, Julius, between you and me and the bedpost, the mate and myself have made up our minds to stand the racket for the Company, and chance it. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Tea you shall have in the twinkling of a bedpost. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Ford humorously remarks: "Their faces are barbecued, and their manes cut like the scales of a griffin, and their legs like bedposts, while water-pipes stuck in their mouths do not add to their dignity." Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z He leaned his tired head against the bedpost, turning his face to the east. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Jane Hemingway's knees bent under her as she stood holding to the bedpost, and she slowly sank to the floor a few feet away. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Investigators said Zahau’s DNA was found on a knife, rope and bedposts, along with her footprints on a dusty balcony. Arizona pharmaceuticals tycoon seeks review of girlfriend?s death at California mansion 2011-09-21T00:08:10Z He felt his knees giving way, and he seized the bedpost to keep himself steady. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Wally trembled so that she was obliged to hold by the bedpost. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Gabriel sat up on the bed and rapped the bowl of his pipe against the bedpost to loosen some refractory encrustation. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z But see how the roaring, dashing surges of the fair-day morning come beating upon our hero's bedposts! Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z "I shall have to climb up the bedpost," and up he went like a telephone man, only of course he didn't have any spikes in the heels of his shoes. Little Jack Rabbit and Uncle John Hare 2011-05-09T02:00:05.633Z Do you think you are the only one who wants her?' returned Richard, sternly; but the hand that held the bedpost shook visibly, and he turned very pale as he spoke. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z “O, look behind the door, Charles!” gasped Mrs Lower; “and at the bedposts.” Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z I can well afford it; for, between you and me and that bedpost against which you are leaning, I've made over a thousand pounds a year for these last four years.' Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Here I found one of the great and rare luxuries of this land—a couch with clean sheets; and in the “twinkling of a bedpost” I was between the latter, and forgetful of everything. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z An amulet on the bedpost scared off Lilith, Adam's first wife, who, perhaps because she missed being the mother of the human race, hankers after babes and sucklings. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z England had her mental reservations regarding this type, however, and by the time the fashion reached America it simply lowered the bedposts. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The rays touched a corner of the bed, turning the bedpost to shiny ebony and the counterpane to dull silver. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z On the wall above the bedpost, a yellowed newspaper clipping detailed all of Jack Nicklaus' milestones: "First broke 70 at the age of 13..." From the archives: In Search of Tiger Phong 2010-09-13T04:00:00Z It regularly features as one of those transformative experiences to notch up on the "things to do before you die" bedpost - swim with dolphins and discover the very essence of life. Here, Flipper 2010-03-19T16:49:00Z Well-used fly strips hung between fluorescent lights, pale blue paint flaked off the walls, and fresh blood stained her sheets, the rusty bedpost and the linoleum floor. 2010-01-07T18:00:00Z He gazed fixedly upon me for a short time; then, starting to his feet, he staggered to my bedside, supporting himself by the bedpost. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 We used to have to tie her by a cord around her ankle and fasten it to the bedpost. The Window at the White Cat Apart from these petticoats and skirts, the most individual possession of Nurse's wardrobe was a moon-shaped bustle of faded crimson which Michael loved to swing from the bedpost whence out of use it was suspended. Sinister Street, vol. 1 And Chatzkele, for all the notice he took, might have been as deaf as the bedpost. Yiddish Tales Cynthia thrust her hands into imaginary pockets, leaned languidly against the bedpost, and rolled her eyes. Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 To make sure of his death, Rosamunde had fastened Alboin's weapon to the bedpost so that he might the more safely be delivered into the hands of her lover. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) "Tie me to the bedposts, Arthur," came the command. Doom of the House of Duryea The bedposts would now take on a sort of humanity. Sinister Street, vol. 1 She moved instinctively to clutch a bedpost to steady herself, and as she did so her foot touched something soft. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story The minute I struck the match he jumps out o' bed like a madman, catches hold of the bedpost, and begins pullin' the bed across the room. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies The room was smeared with blood from one end to the other, and there was a gore-caked knife resting beside the head, and a crimson towel lay across my bedpost. The Homicidal Diary Ryan, the man with his nose gone, was lying high on five or six pillows, slung in his position by tapes and webbing passed under his arms and attached to the bedposts. A Diary Without Dates Did thee name the bedposts to find who would be thy fate? Peggy Owen and Liberty One of the bedposts was addressing her, and the big four-poster itself was dancing a regular jig. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island He let go o' the bedpost and began starin' in front of him with the most awful eyes you ever see. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies He's bald as a bedpost, you know, and to see them peas hop up and roll off—I tell ye, 'twas sport! Mrs. Tree Her father's voice broke in on her musings, "that rope is caught round the bedpost." The Making of Mona He groped for the call bell and found it wound around the bedpost. The Flying Stingaree "We go slap across it in the twinkling of a bedpost, by a handsome viaduct of thirty arches on the skew principle," said Stagman. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Between you and me and the bedpost, I doubt if he ever will be. The Paliser case She sat by the bedpost, clasping it, and with the same clasp as it were holding herself. Diana The farm-wife lifted the girl’s hand from the bedpost and caressed it in loving sympathy. The Hound From The North He started back abruptly, overturning a chair, and fell rather than leaned against the bedpost—his eyes staring from a ghastly face. The Vagrant Duke When the justice returned to the inside room Rathburn moved a chair close against one of the bedposts. The Coyote A Western Story Well, what did I do, but twitch off my bedcover—nice white one it was, too—tie it to the bedpost, and let the end hang out of the window. Neighbor Nelly Socks Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series She stretched forth her open palms and smiled, with one arm still around the bedpost. Dr. Sevier Between us and the bedpost, by the by, I wish he didn't think so much of those nephews of his. The Macdermots of Ballycloran On one low bedpost the jacket had been hung, and on the other the battered black hat. The Dust Flower He compelled Brown to sit in the chair, put his hands around between the supports in the back, and about the bedpost. The Coyote A Western Story Dr. Harrison was standing by the bedpost, and looked wordlessly upon the two as they entered. Say and Seal, Volume II But he was not asleep, for he looked at them the moment they entered; and Reuben rose then, and stood leaning against the bedpost. Say and Seal, Volume I The hangings in Rachel's room were cream-colored, the tables and chairs and the bedposts painted ivory, and the canopy over the bed was cloth-of-gold. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel “None of you’ve got the sense of my bedpost,” snapped Peg, sniffing the air. Rose O'Paradise But he may spread a cloth over two bedposts.” Hebrew Literature Dr. Harrison kept his stand by the bedpost, leaning against it; and whatever that reading was to him, he was as motionless as that whereon he leaned. Say and Seal, Volume II Stooping down, he began feeling the foot of one of the bedposts, which at this point formed a bulge. A Royal Prisoner But at last his eyes closed, and he fell asleep with his head resting against the hard bedpost. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Jack fell on the floor in a heap, striking his head on the bedpost as he did so. The Wind Before the Dawn I declare I expected every morning to be informed that Sir Adrian's corpse had been found hanging from his bedpost or discovered in a jelly at the bottom of the bluffs. The Light of Scarthey Then he stumbled, and he had to lay hold of the bedpost. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Are you not a bit sorry for the neat little halo that now hangs like a piece of castoff clothing on the bedpost of an adulteress? The Goose Man I should hang myself up to the bedpost with my garters. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Elizabeth carried the screaming child to the kitchen to bathe the bruised nose and apply a wet cloth to the nasty blue ridge beginning to form where the little cheek had encountered the bedpost. The Wind Before the Dawn I can only gnaw the bedpost, or tear up something, in the mere need of expression. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And look at the carving on those bedposts. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Then I went by mistake into the room of that pore lady, carrying a candle, and saw her tied to the bedpost stone dead, with a silk handkerchief round her neck. The Opal Serpent Brother Phil, not yet old enough for trousers, stands at her side; and that boy with his hand on the knob of the bedpost is Dorry. The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People He sighed and collapsed on the bed, depressing it considerably as he held onto one of the bedposts: The Capgras Shift The father’s and son’s pistol-belts, with revolvers buttoned in their holsters, hung on the bedposts by the headboards of their beds. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Unwilling, however, to indulge in melancholy thoughts, I sprang out of bed and proceeded to dress myself, and, whilst dressing, I felt an irresistible inclination to touch the bedpost. Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) The poor lady had a silk handkerchief she wore tied tightly round her throat and fastened to the bedpost. The Opal Serpent My head is not good enough for a bedpost....Oh me, the sweet Grange!—Thwaite, Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston The End of It Yes! and the bedpost was his own. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 They backed a chair against a bedpost and made him sit down, and then they tied the chair, and the wicked young robber in it, to the post. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way A gag had been thrust into his mouth; and he was tightly bound, by a cord round his waist, to one of the bedposts. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Then she tied Lady Rachel by the silk handkerchief to the bedpost, so that it might be thought she had committed suicide. The Opal Serpent A man on his nerves is bound to talk to something, whether it's a responsible person like yourself, or a mere bedpost like me. The Brentons It shrank, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 With this advice and caution, the Bloater advanced toward the recumbent man, and passed the rope softly round his body, including his arms and the bedpost in the coil. Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade The poor woman was standing where we had left her; but her whole figure showed languor, and she more than leaned against the bedpost behind her. That Affair Next Door A picture-book with a pink Bengal tiger and a green bear on the cover peeped over the pillow, and the bedposts and rail were festooned with candy and marbles in bags. Children of the Tenements She looked at the lower bedpost at her right that she had christened by this name when she was a tiny child, because her mother had hung Peggy’s blue sunbonnet on it. Peggy in Her Blue Frock Colwyn approached the head of the bed and bent down to examine the bedposts. The Hand in the Dark In the watches of the night a towel flung across the bedpost becomes a gorilla crouching to spring; a tree branch tapping at the window an armless hand, beckoning. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Still others practice tying one hand to the bedpost. Plain Facts for Old and Young Hitched to the bedpost was a poor, worn little stocking, arranged with much care so that Santa Claus should have as little trouble in filling it as possible. Children of the Tenements But I can hang 'em on the bedpost in the mornin', careless like, jest like I was raised to it. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail The boy's ankles were firmly tied by a rope, which connected with the bedpost, so that it was impossible for him to leave the bed. Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent There were dents in the floor where it had been beaten furiously with an iron bedpost. The Plunderer As he spoke, he took from his coat pocket on the bedpost an envelope containing his commission and other papers. Stand By The Union For something very tall and white was sitting on the bedpost with folded arms. Gypsy's Cousin Joy “Aren’t you pulling me out of bed?” asked Bawly, and he had to grab hold of the bedpost to prevent himself falling to the floor. Bully and Bawly No-Tail I found the boy tied to the bedpost. Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent Three dresses,—Tom counted, to make sure,—one on the bedpost, one rolled up in a heap on the floor where it had fallen, and one spread out on the counterpane, with benzine on it. Gypsy Breynton You think of throwing off your clothes by one or two spasmodic efforts,—leaning in the intervals against the bedpost. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons "Hold on a minute, Sam," and Hamlin, suddenly recalled to earth, reached for the haversack hanging on the iron bedpost. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier He's tied to the bedpost and I have my gun. The Sheriff's Son Involuntarily she took hold of the bedpost to stay herself, and clung to it, bending her head there like a broken reed. Hills of the Shatemuc Next day she was duly punished by being tied to the bedpost with the clothes-line. Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple Catholics nowadays prefer to lie in a more refined and cultured manner about Luther's death: Luther committed suicide; he was found hanging from his bedpost one morning. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation "That I will," replied Jack, "in the twinkling of a bedpost." Jack Sheppard A Romance Her mirth was so contagious that Mary joined in, laughing also until she was weak and breathless, and could only cling to the bedpost, wiping her eyes. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware He dealt the bedpost a last blow before getting up to go back to his work. Jerusalem He leaned against the bedpost, seemingly colder, paler, and more lifeless than the dead body before him. Ishmael Or, In the Depths The cigar kind of slid down unnoticed from the corner of Madison's mouth—and he leaned forward, hanging with a hand behind him to the bedpost—and stared at Thornton. The Miracle Man His wig hung on one bedpost, he had lost one eye, and the patch worn over the empty eye socket had been left on the bureau. Memories and Anecdotes The twisted columns used in chairs, bedposts, etc., were borrowed from Italy and were very popular. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Susan and I went to the village draper's and bought beautifully coloured cotton stockings to hang up at her little cousins' bedposts. Jaffery An hour later, when Harding and Blake were in their room, the keen young American brought his fist down on the bedpost with vehemence. The Intriguers And then suddenly there seemed no humor at all—only black, infamous shame and condemnation—and he straightened up from where he leaned against the bedpost, his face set and strained. The Miracle Man Dr. Josiah Brown, the eminent medium, is in attendance and tries to comfort the honest merchant by producing noises on the bedpost. Reviews To my utter astonishment my arm passed through her and came with a thud against the bedpost, at which spot she then was. True Irish Ghost Stories One particular instance we can call to mind of a hidden cupboard at the base of the bedpost which contained a short rapier. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. The man placed one cuff around his wrist, hooked the other to the metal bedpost. Oberheim (Voices) He was about to fasten one end of the twisted sheets about the bedpost, to let himself down; but hearing the door-knob slowly turning he did not finish the job. Wide Courses There was a movement of the shadow; the girl trembled, and caught at the bedpost for support. The Song of the Blood-Red Flower "I remember," she said, "that I did behave very well at the time; but I wish you could have seen the marks of my teeth on the bedpost that night." Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal Tying one end of his improvised rope to a bedpost, Chester leaped to the window sill, and began his descent. The Boy Allies at Liege From one of the bedposts flutters a tattered and diminutive garment of blue and white check—some little girl's frock. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand I called Harold to dislodge the creature, when it came to light that it was roped to the bedpost. My Brilliant Career Then she swayed, grasped the bedpost and sank on the bed. The Nine-Tenths It was averred that, when square crowns were in vogue, she flattened it over a tin pan, and that, when round crowns returned, she bent it on the bedpost. Malbone: an Oldport Romance Before he had time to use his strength to free himself, Robert had knotted the cord behind him and tied it to the bedpost. The Story of the Amulet Rupture of the Eyeball.—Jessop mentions the case of a child of eight who suffered a blow on the eye from a fall against a bedpost, followed by compound rupture of the organ. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine They started from their beds, rushed to Murdock's room, and found him standing in his shirt, heaving at the bedpost in his sleep, shouting "Now she goes, lads! now she goes!" Men of Invention and Industry Dorothea sat still, with her arms folded on the bedpost and a new thought playing like summer lightning in her brain. Stories from Everybody's Magazine From a child he had been a great and vivid dreamer, his dreams often taking such frightful shape that he used to awake ‘clinging in terror to the bedpost.’ Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial As he reached for his shirt hanging on the bedpost, she grabbed his wrist and roughly pulled him beside her on the bed. Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko After this, four of them grabbed me—two by the feet and two by the arms—and with great care they tied four ropes to me and fastened the ends to the four bedposts. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself Looping the middle of the lariat over a bedpost Billy grasped both strands firmly and lowered himself through the aperture into the room beneath. The Mucker Something was wrong — the color of the wall — The queer shape of the bedposts — everything Was changed, somehow... his room. Young Adventure, a Book of Poems But look at this, my dear sir,' said the vicar, striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis. A Pair of Blue Eyes "Strong enough!" cried Barnabas in profound scorn, "Of course I am!" and forthwith sprang to the floor and—clutched at the bedpost to save himself from falling. The Amateur Gentleman When I saw my precious stones in danger, I pulled so hard that I broke a rope and one of the bedposts. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself Having gained the floor he pulled upon one end of the lariat until he had drawn it free of the bedpost above, when it fell into his waiting hands. The Mucker My companion stood gripping the bedpost and fumbling at his holster. The Cavalier Next she anchored the screaming baby to a bedpost and reduced him to subjection by dipping his fingers in sorghum, then giving him a feather. Calvary Alley When I awoke, roused by a long-continued tapping at my door, sunlight was raying in on cornice and bedpost, and birds were singing in the garden. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 "It is much easier to see right through them, straight off, in the twinkling of a bedpost," asserted Marguerite. Roden's Corner He pulled his watch from the pocket of his vest, hanging on the bedpost. In the Midst of Alarms Between you and me and the bedpost, Mr. Lovegrove, I am just a wee bit nervous of that person. The Far Horizon His face expressed confusion, such as a child will exhibit when he is waked suddenly by falling out of bed, and commences grasping around the bedpost preparatory to getting in again. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians At the first step, he struck his head against the bedpost, but, setting himself upright, he staggered towards the spot where I stood. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Then I cut away the olive branches, smoothed the trunk, made a bedpost, and bored all with a gimlet. Authors of Greece K., leaning against the bedpost, was totally ignored by the office director, perhaps deliberately, and served the old man only as audience. The Trial And betwixt you and me and the bedpost, ma'am, whoever hath Miss Dolly will have to ride to London on this here scythe. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War With a clash the first bullet came through the window and knocked a huge splinter off a bedpost. The Yeoman Adventurer The old lady made one end of the silk thread fast to Tom's tooth with a loop and tied the other to the bedpost. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. They climbed the bedposts, ran up the tapestries, covered the bed completely. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories The room contained a narrow bed which filled it completely, so that to get into the bed you would need to climb over the bedpost. The Trial The light of the lantern showed her husband’s sleeping form, the naked sword which always hung at his bedpost, and the bare white-washed walls of the room. Bengal Dacoits and Tigers The carven bedposts were Highlanders; the bed was a litter slung between four of them; the touch was hers. The Yeoman Adventurer The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. "Maybe we'd better stop on the way and gather up a few bedposts," suggested Ferd, as they took the last flight of stairs on a run and landed in the lower hall. Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners My head struck the bedposts, and other furniture. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870 "Do you remember anything of that night's events after you broke off the bedpost and left your room—the meeting with a guest who questioned you in the hall, for example?" Average Jones Surely the fellow did not tie her up to the bedpost before leaving the house! Victory An Island Tale Then I lopped off the boughs of the olive, and made it into the bedpost. The Story of the Odyssey That accomplished however, he was very docile, and willing to get into bed by shinning up the mast of a pirate-ship—which some people might have called a bedpost. The Awakening of Helena Richie And the Angel of Death vanished in the twinkling of the bedpost. Without Prejudice But no weakling broke off that bedpost in Henry M. Gillespie's room. Average Jones His head shook and his skull hit a senseless bedpost, which gave off a fixed tone. The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein The guard, bound as he was, suddenly turned and lunged head-foremost against the sharp bedpost. Graustark For a moment she held dizzily to the bedpost and stared down at him. The Winds of Chance The miserable glass-blower went home with a heart bursting with disappointment and began tying a rope to the bedpost by which to hang himself. American Fairy Tales Better for your mother take the strap to you at the bedpost, hussy like you. Ulysses To and fro, thinking no more; just using his eyes, compelling them to wander from picture to picture, bedpost to bedpost; now counting aloud his footsteps; now humming; only, only to keep himself from thinking. The Return Isom rose then—he could not answer sitting down—and caught at a bedpost with one hand, while he fumbled at his throat with the other. The Last Stetson He said that it seemed to have a greenish sort of effect as if there were a greenish tinge in the shadows of the tall bedposts that framed her body. The Good Soldier The man hesitated, but when he thought of the rope hanging from his bedpost he consented to the terms. American Fairy Tales I plunged into the oncoming billows, as a strong swimmer dives into breakers, and struck, alas, 'tis true, the bedpost! The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy I dream about it nights and wake up with my arms around the bedpost. The Depot Master Albert finished untying the sheet from the bedpost, and stuffed it under the pillow. A Damsel in Distress My ankles were firmly lashed to the rails at the foot of my bed; each of my wrists was tied back to a bedpost. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Beginning from this bedpost, I wrought at the bedstead till I had finished it, and made it fair with inlaid work of gold and of silver and of ivory. The Odyssey Done into English prose If there's a worm in every hole in that bedpost, we could go into the fish business. When a Man Marries And again, a week or two later, I read how a woman has been heard screaming, and found tied to a bedpost, being whipped by a man. The Profits of Religion You might just as well try to make a bedpost understand. Typhoon |
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