poor bed
Example Sentences
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In an underground room I sat by his bedside, and a poor bed it was!
From London's Underworld by Holmes, Thomas
On the other side of the poor bed in the gloaming stood Benedetto.
From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe
And for thee, my boy, when faint beneath thy lovely burden, could I refuse to give thy slumbers that poor bed of rest!
From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey
On a poor bed the priest was tossing, moaning and delirious.
From The City and the World and Other Stories by Kelley, Francis Clement
In a darkened apartment of that same town sat Nora Jones, the very personification of despair, on a low stool, with her head resting on the side of a poor bed.
From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
