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The king then went into the foreroom, unlocked the high seat chest and took therefrom many bright and sharp swords which he carried out in his arms and put down among his men.
Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Robert Leighton
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I went in, and commenced to talk with the old woman; some of the boys leaned up against the door that opened into the foreroom.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various
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Not to be outdone, Erik had all his long oars brought on deck, and with these he made a bridge from the top of his foreroom across to the Serpent's gunwale.
Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Robert Leighton
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In this work they were speedily stopped, for Olaf's spearmen and archers on the deck of the foreroom assailed them with their weapons in such wise that they dared not continue.
Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Robert Leighton
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He said: 'Now, if the rest of you will go into the house and talk with her, I will climb into the foreroom window, and hook the cake out of the three-cornered cupboard.'
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various
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But at the foreroom and the stem of the Serpent the fray was also of the fiercest.
Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Robert Leighton
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"Indeed, sir, I canna just be certain; but I think there's ane in the foreroom, ane in the back room an 'anither upstairs."
Deep Furrows Hopkins Moorhouse
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Here we be, an 'there's Hannah at the foreroom winder.
Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Alice Brown 1902
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Kark's rough voice came down to the foreroom where Alwin was working.
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What would prevent you from stealing down to the shore, the night before we sail, and swimming out to the ship and hiding yourself in one of the great chests in the foreroom?
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