elbow chair
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A very beautiful, large, white cat, took possession of Dr. Sinclair's kneee, the moment he seated himself in his elbow chair by the fire-side.
From Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side by Frances Bowyer Vaux
Grandfather paused a moment; for he felt as if it might be irreverent to introduce the hallowed shade of Washington into a history, where an ancient elbow chair occupied the most prominent place.
From True Stories of History and Biography by Nathaniel Hawthorne
De Callières, Governor of Montreal, commanded the left wing; De Vaudreuil the right; and De Frontenac, now 76 years of age, was carried, like Menschikoff at Alma, in the centre, in an elbow chair.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
If Grandfather took pride in any thing, it was in being the possessor of such an honorable and historic elbow chair.
From True Stories of History and Biography by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Well," she cried, letting her ponderous person sink into the old-fashioned elbow chair that stood by the bedside, "owd Robert, yon, 'ull ha' to keep quiet for once!
From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis
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