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  • Grindhusen and I had each our own bedplace; I had bought a couple of rugs, but he turned in every night fully dressed, with all he stood up in, and curled himself up in the hay all anyhow.

    Under the Autumn Star 2003

  • We lay at night with a mosquito net over the bedplace, to keep off the insects; but even then it happened sometimes that blind bats would come flying silently against our nets and tear them.

    Pan 2003

  • He stepped inside, and there first thing of all was the packing-case — the famous packing-case that he had carried home slung round his neck in front; there it was, hung up by a string at each end from the ceiling, a cradle and a bedplace for the child.

    The Growth of the Soil 2003

  • His mother, on her way to the bedplace, stopped as if struck, then turned slowly, one hand out to the table's top, as if she would have fallen without its support.

    The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

  • He crossed to his bedplace, and, once hidden by the buttress, dropped his bundle on the bed, and his cloak after it.

    The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

  • And what he saw there sent him back to the bedplace, to snatch up his clothes and begin to dress with feverish haste.

    The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

  • This hammock, which is almost a standing bedplace when rigged, is constructed as follows: -- To a piece of strong canvas 7 feet long and 2 1

    Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

  • To make a comfortable bush bedplace, take four forked posts about 3 ft.

    Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

  • And when the door was open, the old clock set up, the bed laid on the standing bedplace, and the three chairs and table ranged against the wall, she began her house-wifery directly, singing as she went.

    Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918

  • We lay at night with a mosquito net over the bedplace, to keep off the insects; but even then it happened sometimes that blind bats would come flying silently against our nets and tear them.

    Pan Knut Hamsun 1905

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