withdrawing room

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The one apartment had been used as a sort of withdrawing room; in the other stood the long banquet-table, still covered with bright-colored flowers, and dishes of fruit, and decanters and glasses.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

We found a stately, well-furnished, and convenient house; and I had my closet, or library, and my withdrawing room, all in complete order, which Mr. B. gave me possession of in the most obliging manner.

From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel

Within, where the cross-lights fell through the wide columned space behind the high altar, was her withdrawing room, where the decorator and builder thought only of pleasing her.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

On the left was the long enfilade of reception rooms, with the vast audience chamber and milor's own withdrawing room beyond.

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

We had to wait till the trunks were carried up, and Perkins had unpacked our tea-gowns; then we shifted ourselves, and had our hair dressed, and went back to the withdrawing room.

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah