elbow chair

Example Sentences

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Who answered, that she was dozing in the elbow chair, having refused to lie down, saying, she should soon, she hoped, lie down for good.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

The old gentleman lowered himself by sections into an elbow chair.

From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland

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 Hawthorne, Nathaniel

He can loll in his elbow chair at home, indulge himself in the best of victuals and wine and enjoy the conversation of Betty, his housekeeper.

From The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

A'nt please you, will your ladyship enter our humble dwelling, and rest your ladyship in feyther's great cane bottom'd elbow chair with a high back.

From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous