单词 | stair-carpet |
例句 | I was not bright, but very much excited; I quite shook as we walked up the soft stair-carpet side by side. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Stair′-rod, one of a number of metallic rods for holding a stair-carpet in its place.—adv. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z His dress was shoddy, his air was toddy, and a yard of valuable stair-carpet enveloped his manly shoulders. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Then its undulations from end to end—like a stair-carpet being shaken between two persons—were frightful, and for a time it was feared that either cables or towers must give way. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Then she went to the kitchen, fetched a cloth, silently wiped up a trail of rain and drops along the hall and staircase and carefully picked the tram-tickets off the stair-carpet. Small Souls Step softly, there is no excuse for noise, as the stair-carpet is thick, and not a sound need be heard. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The ancient stair-carpet looked more than usually unattractive and the wallpaper more decrepit. A Top-Floor Idyl She says to tell you she is very busy putting down the stair-carpet, so can't answer herself; but she will be quite able to come to the office on Monday morning at the usual time. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends One man on his hands and knees, and carrying a candle, carefully examined the blue stair-carpet to see if he could find the marks of unusual feet. The Seven Secrets Before him was a narrow staircase, with a faded stair-carpet upon it. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready Upon a search for a missing hedgehog, he was found at the bottom of the stairs, having made a nest under the stair-carpet. Chatterbox, 1906 She nodded, very pleasantly, and went down the distressing stair-carpet with the ease of her perfect physical training. A Top-Floor Idyl She did not say she was putting down the stair-carpet, but she is; it's a horrid work, as you have to pad it. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends My garden gate is off its hinges, the garden itself has the lawn inextricably mixed with the flower-beds, my marble step is cracked in three places, and my stair-carpet is caked with mud. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 The stair-carpet had not yet been laid down, and his foot had slipped at the uppermost step. The King's Own But she had reckoned without a loose nail in the stair-carpet, which, apparently resenting her hasty progress past it, had torn a yard of filmy ruching off her skirt before she realized what was happening. Betty Wales Senior There were stairs certainly, but where was the stair-carpet? Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 Stella, who was still putting down the stair-carpet, heard the gate click, and observed, 'Oh dear, I hope that nobody is coming; they can't come through the hall.' A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends An old oil cloth, whole, but with its pattern half washed off, covered the narrow hall—an old stair-carpet of originally good quality, but now thread-bare in places, covered the steps. The Lost Lady of Lone But I must warn you, girls, that I have compromised to the utmost extent of my power, and that I intend to plant myself on the old stair-carpet in determined resistance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 When we got home I was too tired to notice things, but my sister, who sees everything, whispered: "I verily believe they've put down a new stair-carpet to-day." As Seen By Me The moss, so rich, deep, soft, and earthily fragrant, was a springy stair-carpet of a steep stairway. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Down went the piece of stair-carpet before noticed, and up ran Mrs. Tibbs ‘to make herself tidy.’ Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people This young man has left prints upon the stair-carpet which made it quite superfluous for me to ask to see those which he had made in the room. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes "Confess, now," said I, looking at them, "have you not had secret designs on the hall- and stair-carpet?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 But now, thanks to a negligent maid and a loose stair-carpet, there is some prospect that necessary business will be transacted without a complete loss alike of voice and temper.' Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories Dark red is a very suitable color for the stair-carpet. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Fences would not have improved her father's vast lawn, to her mind, or white paint the low-browed front of his dwelling; nor did she feel the want of a stair-carpet and a parlor-organ. In Exile and Other Stories I want that white, and I've ordered a dark red stair-carpet to put down. Wanderers She did not look into his face as she asked this question, but stood with her eyes fixed on the stair-carpet. The Eustace Diamonds This might have been the result of a fall: it appeared that the stair-carpet was loosened at one point. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories Even that hideous stair-carpet was a little worn, she noted, as noiselessly she mounted to the second story. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations As she laid her hand on Olivier's bell, her breast throbbed with impatience, and the stair-carpet seemed the softest her feet ever had pressed. Strong as Death Ragnhild, who made such use herself of the thick red stair-carpet and the keyholes everywhere! Wanderers "Oh! the hall must be Bohemia, and the stair-carpet the sea, because then the aunts won't hear the lion and bear roaring." Countess Kate This was because she scrubbed the passage and door-step turn about with the wife of the downstairs family, and because the stair-carpet was her own. Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) He would not have known it, so utterly were the thing's steps deadened by the stair-carpet, if the baluster-rail, which he himself held in his hand, had not shaken slightly. The Crystal Stopper Certain comforts of civilized life I ceased even to regret; a stair-carpet I regarded as rather extravagant, and a carpet on the floor of my room was luxury undreamt of. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft |
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