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Off of this, through double sliding-doors to the left, was the bedroom, with its twin single beds pulled together to make a double; and in front of me, past the table at the far end with a fruit basket waiting to be munched, were the french windows leading out onto the balcony.
Archive 2006-10-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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Off of this, through double sliding-doors to the left, was the bedroom, with its twin single beds pulled together to make a double; and in front of me, past the table at the far end with a fruit basket waiting to be munched, were the french windows leading out onto the balcony.
Poland Whee, Krakow's Heaven Hal Duncan 2006
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I went into the cabin with the captain and second mate, Mr Marline being left in charge of the poop; and, presently, I could see through the sliding-doors leading from the main-deck into the cuddy, which were of course left wide open, as we were still in the tropics, the steward
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg
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She was evidently determined not to be moved against her will; for, on being lugged out again into the main cabin, she quickly shook off the grasp of her captors, cantering out of the sliding-doors, with her tail in the air, bellowing still furiously and butting at those in her way.
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg
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Here is the Colonel in the big west parlor, the Quartermaster and Commissary in the rooms with sliding-doors on the east, the Hospital upstairs, and so on.
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We were all in her room, a sunshiny place which she had connected with the adjoining one by sliding-doors, so that it might be big enough for us all to bring our work on occasion, and make it lively for her.
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A scuttle, through which sweepings and refuse may be put into the cellar, is seen at _f_. _g_ is a bin receiving cut hay from the third story, or hay-room, _h h h h h h_, bins for grain-feed. _i_ is a tunnel to conduct manure or muck from the hay-floor to the cellar. _j j_, sliding-doors on wheels.
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The dining and drawing-rooms are each twelve feet square, separated by sliding-doors; A---- 's bedroom, the entrance-hall, and stair-case dividing the remainder of the house.
A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall
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The sliding-doors and the windows were open; those of us who were not looking out of the one were looking out of the other.
The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill 1926
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_To the immediate left of the sliding-doors, which go into the sleeping-apartment, is a lady's small writing-desk, with a drawer on the right-hand side, in which is a pearl-handled 32-calibre revolver.
The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 Eugene Walter 1907
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