poor bed

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Grass from a strong bed grown in twenty-four hours is much more tender and better in every way than grass grown in forty-eight hours from a poor bed.

From Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history by Hexamer, F. M.

The furniture could not have been simpler—a rickety chair, a poor bed, and a broken-down table.

From Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet by Carsey, Alice

Israel slept in that poor bed as he had never slept under the purple canopy of his own chamber, and all night long one angel form seemed to hover over him.

From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir

And for thee, my boy, when faint beneath thy lovely burden, could I refuse to give thy slumbers that poor bed of rest!

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

"Lie down a little, dear," she added, "its only the pain, poor boy, of an empty stomach—lie down on your poor bed, God help you, and when the supper's ready you'll be better."

From The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William