cheval glass

Example Sentences

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A pair of women's gloves were thrown over the cheval glass.

From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Walter, Eugene

There were lights on the mantelpiece, on the dressing-table, on the washstand, and two in tall sticks burned before the cheval glass as though it had been an altar.

From Moor Fires by Young, E. H. (Emily Hilda)

And I could not disprove a thing he said; and when I looked at myself in the cheval glass, I was not at all sure that I did not look like the traditional goblin.

From The Psychical Researcher's Tale - The Sceptical Poltergeist From "The New Decameron", Volume III. by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)

An oval cheval glass reflected the floor on whose long unpolished surface sprawled two magnificent white bear skins.

From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)

She stood before this cheval glass to-night a thoroughly happy little person.

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Cambridge, Ada