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He knew, too, that she was happily employed; the fitting-up and furnishing of the house was a job after her own heart.

Australia Felix 2003

The provision of this very high wash-hand-stand illustrates the minute care with which everything had been foreseen in the construction and fitting-up of the yacht.

An Adventure with a Genius Alleyne Ireland

England without taking the necessary time to acquire everything of the best for the fitting-up of a stable, and after a time she established herself temporarily in a sumptuous apartment in the Place de l'Etoile, furnished with a taste worthy of the most thorough Parisian.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

In this event the included work must be good, and the fitting-up as plain as possible.

Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Montagu Browne

The fitting-up of the room, or rather saloon, was perfectly simple.

International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850 Various

The Chinese pagoda is a splendid building, according to the celestial taste in such matters, and is really well worth seeing: the carving and general fitting-up of the interior are very beautiful, and substantial enough to make one believe they will last a thousand years, as the

Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. G. F. Davidson

There is not in the building, rigging, or fitting-up of a Chinese junk one single thing which is similar to what we see on board a European vessel.

Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War James Allan

But in turning her talent to the fitting-up of her house the American woman is apt to be thrifty, ingenious and economical; and since she has learned what decorative art really is, she works miracles of cleverness and beauty.

Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Various

The first thing to be done was to complete the fitting-up of the car, or cabin.

Tom Swift and His Airship Victor [pseud.] Appleton

While the _Mary Ellen_ was fitting-up for sea, I was often taken on board.

Recollections of Old Liverpool A Nonagenarian