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Meanings of wide hearth in English

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Usage of wide hearth in English
1
Tea was set out on the gate-legged table before the wide hearth-place.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
2
They were in the parlor, on whose wide hearth glowed an ample fire.
Nature's Serial Story
3
A great fire of hickory logs blazed on the wide hearth.
The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
4
On the wide hearth of this great chimney a fire was always burning.
Round Anvil Rock: A Romance
5
By the wide hearth of stone or brick, one could whittle with impunity.
Confessions of Boyhood
6
A wood fire burnt on the wide hearth, making a pleasant glow in the wintry twilight.
Missing
7
Barbara crossed to the wide hearth and waited.
The Brown Mask
8
The hatch, removed from the top of the works, now afforded a wide hearth in front of them.
Moby Dick
9
It was a pleasant little room, with a wide hearth, and two windows looking on to the court.
The King's Achievement
10
One wall was occupied by a huge fireplace complete with a wide hearth and a pair of ovens.
The Book of Life
11
The great brass andirons on the wide hearth stood like sentinels proclaiming and guarding the dignity of the family.
The House Behind the Cedars
12
A large square hall was before Craven, with a hooded chair and a big fire burning on a wide hearth.
December Love
13
A bright fire blazed on the wide hearth, and half a dozen sheep-dogs spread out their white breasts to the heat.
Scottish sketches
14
She found herself in a carpeted hall, like a supplementary sitting-room, where two gentlemen had been leaning over the wide hearth.
The Three Brides
15
He got up, stepped delicately on to the wide hearth, and pulled the paper towards him with a little scratching sound.
None Other Gods
16
There had been a smouldering fire on the wide hearth, and the Trumpeter Swan had stared down at them with shining eyes.
The Trumpeter Swan
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