"Chimneypiece" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tasselled horns and with their tiny hands waved to her to go back. "Go back! little Virginia," they cried, "go back!" but the ghost clutched her hand more tightly, and she shut her eyes against them. Horrible animals with lizard tails and goggle eyes blinked at her from the carven chimneypiece, and murmured, "Beware! little Virginia, beware! we may never see you again," but the Ghost glided on more swiftly, and Virginia did not listen. When they reached the end of the room he stopped, and muttered some words she could not understand. She opened her eyes, and saw ...
— The Canterville Ghost • Oscar Wilde
... on the chimneypiece and I expect the housemaid will commandeer them. I daren't ask for them, I can ...
— The Youngest Girl in the Fifth - A School Story • Angela Brazil
... you have the key to the mansion and to its story. It is truly a colonial "great hall." It tells you that by its goodly old-time ampleness, its high panelled walls with their dimming portraits, its great chimneypiece flanked by tall cupboards, and its ...
— Virginia: The Old Dominion • Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins |
