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CHAPTER III. ABOUT COAL. I Am sitting by my sea-coal fire, and, from the clear way in which it burns, and the peculiarly pleasant warmth it seems to give out, I have every reason to believe that the thermometer is below the ...
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CHAPTER III. ABOUT COAL. I Am sitting by my sea-coal fire, and, from the clear way in which it burns, and the peculiarly pleasant warmth it seems to give out, I have every reason to believe that the thermometer is below the freezing point, that the ground is hard as iron, and that before to-morrows sun rises, Jack Frost will not only have lavishly strewn the earth with pearls, but have sketched fairy landscapes innumerable on my window-panes. Ah, weD, it matters little to me: "The storm without might rain and ristle, Tarn did na mind the storm a whistle." The respected partner of my joys and sorrows has retired to roost, far away in the nursery the maternal pledges of our affection have done ditto. Unless an amorous member of that inestimable class of public servants—the metropolitan police—be at this moment engaged in a furtive flirtation with the cook, I have no reason to believe that, beside myself, any of my limited establishment is awake. My boots are off—I have an old coat on—I have done my day's work—I don't oweanybody any money (the reader need not believe this)—- I poke the fire—I light a cigar—and think there is nothing like a good fire after all. I am thankful I am not in Paris now: I take down my French Pocket Dictionary, published by Orr in 1850, and cannot find the French for fire-place; I find firearms, fire-ball, fire-brand, fire-brush, fire-cross, fire-lock, but no fire-place. All, here it is (fire-side, foyer—substantive, masculine); but, to make quite sure, I turn to the French-English, and I turn up foyer there; and, here, I find it means, " heat, tiring-room, green-room," and so on. Well, am I not right ? there is nothing like an English fire-place after all. The Germans 'are not much better off than the French; the German porcelain stove, for in...
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  • ISBN-13: 9781110817573
  • Publisher: BiblioBazaar
  • Publication date: 7/10/2009
  • Pages: 224
  • Product dimensions: 8.00 (w) x 5.00 (h) x 0.47 (d)

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CHAPTER III. ABOUT COAL. I Am sitting by my sea-coal fire, and, from the clear way in which it burns, and the peculiarly pleasant warmth it seems to give out, I have every reason to believe that the thermometer is below the freezing point, that the ground is hard as iron, and that before to-morrows sun rises, Jack Frost will not only have lavishly strewn the earth with pearls, but have sketched fairy landscapes innumerable on my window-panes. Ah, weD, it matters little to me: "The storm without might rain and ristle, Tarn did na mind the storm a whistle." The respected partner of my joys and sorrows has retired to roost, far away in the nursery the maternal pledges of our affection have done ditto. Unless an amorous member of that inestimable class of public servants—the metropolitan police—be at this moment engaged in a furtive flirtation with the cook, I have no reason to believe that, beside myself, any of my limited establishment is awake. My boots are off—I have an old coat on—I have done my day's work—I don't oweanybody any money (the reader need not believe this)—- I poke the fire—I light a cigar—and think there is nothing like a good fire after all. I am thankful I am not in Paris now: I take down my French Pocket Dictionary, published by Orr in 1850, and cannot find the French for fire-place; I find firearms, fire-ball, fire-brand, fire-brush, fire-cross, fire-lock, but no fire-place. All, here it is (fire-side, foyer—substantive, masculine); but, to make quite sure, I turn to the French-English, and I turn up foyer there; and, here, I find it means, " heat, tiring-room, green-room," and so on. Well, am I not right ?there is nothing like an English fire-place after all. The Germans 'are not much better off than the French; the German porcelain stove, for in...
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