hearthside

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Closing the first and shortest stanza, they draw us into the hearthside of the poem.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2010

McCartney, married to Linda Eastman and staying close to the hearthside, released a series of albums that were roundly drubbed as corny, until he broke through splendidly in 1973 with Band on the Run.

From Time Magazine Archive

That, in fact, is the source of their repertory�a rich and rewarding evocation of the musical life that made the hearthside a little gayer in the long decades before the dawn of TV.

From Time Magazine Archive

In recent decades, on the other hand, critics have rescued him from his earlier reputation as a hearthside moralist and improvising Toby-jug showman.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was perhaps some discontent or unease also in Ogion's mind, for he had spent all summer and autumn alone up on the mountain, and only now near Sunreturn was come back to his hearthside.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin