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  • They entered the breakfastroom together, where they were introduced to each other, and Adams learned that the other guest was a Cambridge undergraduate, Charles Milnes Gaskell, son of James Milnes Gaskell, the member for Wenlock; another of the Yorkshire Milneses, from Thornes near Wakefield.

    The Perfection of Human Society (1864) 1918

  • They ran through the vestibule into the breakfastroom; from thence to the library; —their father was in neither; and they were on the point of seeking him upstairs with their mother, when they were met by the butler, who said, —4

    Chapter XLIX 1917

  • The family were assembled in the breakfastroom to receive them.

    Chapter LI 1917

  • Mr Dawson was waiting for me by himself in the breakfastroom.

    The Woman in White 1860

  • The knocker and the guests had been heard for the last half hour at the door, and she could hear the voices of the guests below, some of whom spoke audibly enough; then they soon after descended to th breakfastroom, which, by the way, was the drawingroom, as there was not enough room below.

    Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 3 1847

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