person of the house
Example Sentences
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“Go into the kitchen and touch naething,” said the voice; and while the person of the house set himself to replacing the defences of the door, I groped my way forward and entered the kitchen.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
"Go into the kitchen and touch naething," said the voice; and while the person of the house set himself to replacing the defences of the door, I groped my way forward and entered the kitchen.
From Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Turn all your pockets inside out, and leave 'em so!' cried the person of the house.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
"Ah," cried the person of the house, with a little scream as if the word had pricked her.
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson
"That is to say, Miss Wren," observed the visitor, rather weary of the person of the house, and quite ready to profit by her hint, "you wish me to go?"
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson
