The hearthrug was a wonderful old Persian thing, all faint greens and pinks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greenmantle] Reference

She shook the mats out at the front-door and put them straight; the hearthrug was a rabbit-skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan] Reference

He had risen, and now addressed us from the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cecilia de Noël] Reference

Gillian was on the hearthrug, Houston's head in her lap.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of the East] Reference

Mr. Weevil was standing beside the visitor on the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hero of Garside School] Reference

My cousin, who was standing on the hearthrug, laughed heartily.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Queen's Error] Reference

Kate had betaken herself to her favourite place, the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference

He joined her on the hearthrug, leaning against the mantelpiece.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of the East] Reference

The top sheet sailed through the air and settled on the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juggernaut] Reference

The man entered the room and stood before Barndale on the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference

Pronounce: hearthrug; anecdote; guinea; toward; extraordinary; calm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference

A bright fire was burning, a long chair slanted across the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tin Soldier] Reference

Bobby and Nobbles were lying on the hearthrug; they had been looking at.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Me and Nobbles'] Reference

Marianne sat down on the hearthrug in a state of anxious consideration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference

The hearthrug was like a Turkey carpet, only softer, deeper, and richer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference

The dog Turk was present, and stretched his huge form upon the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference

She was kneeling on the hearthrug, grasping the poker firmly in one hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon out of Reach] Reference

He jumped up angrily from his chair, leaving her there upon the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance] Reference

Kenneth came up to us, and planted himself on the hearthrug in front of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference

"Exchange new gold full plate, seven teeth, for good brown skin hearthrug.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917] Reference

The Rev. Thomas Todd was standing on his head in the middle of the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference

Evadne knelt on the hearthrug, and stirred the fire, making it burn up brightly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heavenly Twins] Reference

He motioned her to a seat near his desk, and took up a position on the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scarlet Feather] Reference

She is standing on the hearthrug, and is slowly taking the pins out of her bonnet.    From Wordnik.com.  [April's Lady A Novel] Reference

Anne found her sitting sewing with the two girls, who were making a rag hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women of the Country] Reference

Buttinbridge gave a convulsive leap, fell face downwards on the hearthrug and lay quite still.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28] Reference

"Ah, here you are, father!" she cried, going over to the hearthrug and dropping down before the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scarlet Feather] Reference

Gracefully disposed upon the hearthrug stood Oliver Laurence, an excellent advertisement for his tailor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

Gentlemen should never stand upon the hearthrug with their backs to the fire, either in a friend's house or their own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference

A chair may become a horse, a chest of drawers a coach and six, a hearthrug a battlefield, a newspaper a crown of gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference

The two brothers made a further close inspection of the rooms, and then held a consultation on the hearthrug in whispers.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Queen's Error] Reference

Margaret put her arm affectionately round Janetta's waist as they stood by the hearthrug, and looked at her mother with a smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Friend A Novel] Reference

He rises abruptly and goes over to where she is standing on the hearthrug -- shading her face from the fire with a huge Japanese fan.    From Wordnik.com.  [April's Lady A Novel] Reference

Beth heard with surprise that the hearthrug was one which Aunt Victoria had worked herself as a present for Prentice when she married.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference

There waved the great brown feet, and two or three steps would land them safely on the hearthrug, but how could it possibly be managed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference

It seemed she had heard a fall, and when she had gone into the Professor's bedroom she had found him lying there dead upon the hearthrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncanny Tales] Reference