She had no longer a bed; a rag which she called her coverlet, a mattress on the floor, and a seatless chair still remained. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The coverlet is green and it does look good against your skin. From Wordnik.com. [To Call Our Own (13/36)] Reference
The coverlet is a repeating design of green and gray, without lace, and the bed has real sheets. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Engineer]
The coverlet was a dull gold, just lighter than the walls; the frame was black, made of intricately patterned wrought iron. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse]
Beneath him was the kind of coverlet under which imperial princesses snuggle up to their lovers. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
One of her hands was resting outside the coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He had an old coverlet around his loins -- that was all. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
She took the coverlet from her bed and spread it over him. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
In vain -- they fell upon the coverlet, weak and nerveless. From Wordnik.com. [Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets] Reference
It proved to be the huge box containing the silken coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [Grandfather's Love Pie] Reference
Minnie said, as she came in and straightened Rosanna's coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day] Reference
The dying man is lying slack under a coverlet on the alcove bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Scenes Speak for Themslves] Reference
She glanced doubtfully at the inert form under the pink coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Then Thirteenth gave a hard pull, seized the coverlet, and ran away. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The ogre began to snore, and Thirteenth pulled the coverlet a little. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Handy meekly, as he placed the invalid's hand back under the coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
The entire coverlet is embroidered with scenes from the life of Tristan. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
I was asleep in my bed, and the ghosts came and twitched away my coverlet! '. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The bed was warm, and I do not know what scent rose from its silken coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Bay, and no Patagonian ranch house bed is complete without its guanaco coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Rosamond turned drowsily on her pillows, pulling the satin coverlet up to her chin. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
"Judith -- honey," he whispered, and fumbled vaguely for her hand upon the coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Then I said, "To heal him, we must touch something else than the coverlet of his bed.". From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
The young man took Mrs. Chester's hand from the checked coverlet and began to count her pulse. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
All the cushions had to be shaken up and replaced, the coverlet respread on her ice-cold feet. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
He could not speak, but stooped and kissed the little hand which lay passively on the coverlet. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Nan longed to spill the contents of her ink bottle over that hideous coverlet, but did not dare. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Each woman had brought a coverlet -- a sort of white bedspread, and a small linen and lace chemise. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
I felt it alight upon the coverlet; -- shall I ever forget the sensations with which I did feel it?. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
I had presence of mind enough to take up the thin, white hand; she picked the coverlet and said nothing. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Here the poor child sobbed again, and picked the coverlet mournfully as she tried to choke down her emotion. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
And she answered: I am Ruth, thy handmaid: spread thy coverlet over thy servant, for thou art a near kinsman. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 08: Ruth The Challoner Revision] Reference
She scattered the flowers over the coverlet, and Roberto seized some of them, fairly pressing them to his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace] Reference
"Quiet you," said Dirk threateningly, while Harrison Smith descended on the new arrival under a coverlet of smiles. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
He lay like a log but that his left hand played restlessly on the coverlet, long in the fingers, sinewy at the wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Down came the pig bank from the resting place on the bureau, and out on the white coverlet came the result of his work. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
The mattress, blankets, sheets, coverlet, and pillow, according to the figures made by me, would cost seventeen dollars. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
In the centre of the cave stands a couch of blackest ebony, with a bed of down, over which is laid a coverlet of sable hue. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
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