The tick-tock of the brown clock on the mantelpiece is loud and the tap that Tada has mended three times drip-drips in the scullery. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan] Reference
There was a very bonny-painted cloth alang the chimley -- what they call a mantelpiece border, I warrant. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Window in Thrums] Reference
Hanging over his mantelpiece was a photograph of Alison. From Wordnik.com. [Good Luck] Reference
Over the mantelpiece was the brownish picture of the white horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Soldier] Reference
On the mantelpiece is the clock that counted off his final hours. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
On the mantelpiece were a rosary, a thuribulum, and other tokens of. From Wordnik.com. [Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert] Reference
On the mantelpiece was a pewter vase of cerise-coloured carnations. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Second Sight] Reference
On the mantelpiece was a framed photograph with a closed leather cover. From Wordnik.com. [Bird of Paradise] Reference
Up on the mantelpiece was a model of a cow, standing about two feet high. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Strange Bundle]
On the mantelpiece were a couple of candles which had been blown out, and in. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Babylon Hotel] Reference
Also on the mantelpiece was a photograph of two children, aged about six and four. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Loner]
On the mantelpiece was a clock representing Marius weeping over the ruins of Carthage. From Wordnik.com. [A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago] Reference
The mantelpiece is a good piece of work and bears the arms of the Poltimores in its centre. From Wordnik.com. [Exeter] Reference
The mantelpiece is the connecting link between the architecture and the furnishing of a room. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
On the mantelpiece was a scrap of paper, which appeared to be so placed as to invite attention. From Wordnik.com. [Helping Himself] Reference
Over the mantelpiece was the jawbone of a whale - a memento of her father, a Norwegian fisherman. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
On the mantelpiece was a large printed card containing the football fixtures of the winter before. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of Richard Meynell] Reference
In one corner was an iron chest, and over the mantelpiece were a brace of carbines and three pistols. From Wordnik.com. [The Phantom Ship] Reference
He struck a light, and there in its accustomed place on the mantelpiece was his watch, the hands pointing to three o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference
Over the mantelpiece was a large mirror, and there were heavy crimson curtains on the windows, and many pictures on the walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Orphans of Glen Elder] Reference
On the mantelpiece was a collection of carved ivory toys of all kinds, with here and there an ebony elephant from Ceylon or Assam. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
For this tall young man who leaned so gracefully against the mantelpiece was the master of Jenison Hall -- the last of the Jenisons. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose in the Ring] Reference
That Stuart over the mantelpiece is his portrait. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
The one over the mantelpiece is a portrait of the seventh Earl of Angleford. ". From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Mock-oranges and conch-shells decorated the mantelpiece. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Was I seconds away from adding a new trophy to my mantelpiece?. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Down on Top of the Rock] Reference
Your newspaper is on the mantelpiece; you have not read it this evening. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
On the mantelpiece rests his 1989 Oscar for the animated short "Tin Toy.". From Wordnik.com. [High Tech In Toon Town] Reference
Leaning her elbows on the mantelpiece, and breathing heavily, she was waiting. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
We talk in the drawing room, silent save for the ticking of the clock on the mantelpiece. From Wordnik.com. [The Duchess of Devonshire: 'When you are very old, you cry over some things, but not a lot'] Reference
Whether you think that's clever or creepy, it beats the foreboding urn on the mantelpiece. From Wordnik.com. [Thinking Outside The Urn] Reference
After watching the show last night, I've always wondered, do you keep it on a mantelpiece?. From Wordnik.com. [The Chieftains, Ambassadors of Celtic Folk] Reference
His picture'll be sitting on the mantelpiece where it's not likely to fall off any time soon. From Wordnik.com. [cyclops] Reference
She got up and went to the mantelpiece; he remained where he was, sitting with his back to her. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
Camors still stood, his back against the mantelpiece, his eyes fixed, wrapped in his own thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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