chair

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Once a year, on Commencement-day, If you'll only take the pains to stay, You'll see the President in the CHAIR, Likewise the Governor sitting there.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

In a farmhouse kitchen, where some of my things are drying, and where I, sitting in a CHAIR, am writing at a TABLE!

From At Plattsburg by French, Allen

Page 234, "as herd girl" changed to "as herd-girl" Page 251, "IN MY CHAIR!" changed to "IN MY CHAIR!'"

From The Green Fairy Book by Various

For an account of the chair from which the President delivers diplomas on Commencement Day, see PRESIDENT'S CHAIR.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

But the good old gentleman shook his head, and declared that here ended the history, real or fabulous, of GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR.

From Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel