...kitchen. To have seen a numerous household assembled around the fire, one would have imagined that he was transported back to those happy days of primeval...dog enjoyed a community of privilege, and had each a prescriptive right to a corner. Here the old burgher would sit in perfect silence, puffing his pipe,...

...country, where the Indians had great abundance of gold — and he promised to guide the ship there. The fireplaces were of a truly patriarchal magnitude,...community of privilege, and had each a right to a corner. It is May — nearly the end of May — and the spring wild-flowers have almost finished their blooming...

...the present time, in many countries, a recognized right of asylum obtains at the hearth. Irving says, "The fireplaces were of a truly patriarchal magnitude,...and white, nay, even the very cat and dog, enjoyed a comimmiu of privilege, and each had a right to a corner."* Although it is seldom to-day the "community...