 | Isobel Davidson - 1925 - 512 lehte
...and the room carefully locked up until the revolution of time brought round the weekly cleaning-day. happy days of primeval simplicity, which float before...servant, black and white, nay, even the very cat and dog, had each a right to a corner. Here the old burgher would sit in perfect silence, puffing his pipe,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1927 - 572 lehte
...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 set in perfect silence, puffing his pipe,... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - 1932 - 696 lehte
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 | 1961 - 124 lehte
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 | Marian Page - 1976 - 218 lehte
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The fireplaces were of a truly patriarchal magnitude, where the whole family, old and young, master and servant, black and white, nay, even the very cat and dog enjoyed a community of privilege, and had each a prescriptive right to a corner. 
