Firs

"Firs '," said Guy Little, shifting his feet the fraction of an inch so that his chin bore directly upon Packard, "he's a scrapper.

Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912

Good work too from Pip Carter who plays the accident-prone Yepihodov as a tortured, lovesick soul, from Emily Taaffe who shows both the flightiness and heartbreak of the maid Dunyasha, and from Kenneth Cranham who pins down the sad senility of the neglected servant, Firs.

The Cherry Orchard - review 2011

Upon rereading Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of Pointed Firs, I was intrigued by the description of a "best room."

The "Best Room" Linda 2009

Mr. Fénelon's quirky vocal choices have turned the doddering valet Firs into a mezzo-soprano, while the governess Charlotta is written for a bass in drag.

Fénelon's Gnarled 'Orchard' Judy Fayard 2012

This offers two ways of honoring those who are not members of the immediate family: the guest is honored, as in The Country of Pointed Firs, by being ushered into the "best room" but the closeness of the friendship may be honored by bringing the guest eventually into the kitchen and family area.

The "Best Room" Linda 2009

The old Firs I imagine are no more, and they might be spare'd, but I wish there was a Shop at Barnett where Trees ready grown might be bought by the score, and instantly put in the places of such as are destroy'd.

Letter 258 2009

"If we fail, it would mean that no other victims of Catholic priests would be able to be compensated," said Tracey Emmott of Emmott Snell, a specialist in working with sexual abuse claims who is representing JGE.JGE alleges that she was sexually abused by Father Wilfred Baldwin, a priest of the Roman Catholic diocese of Portsmouth and its "vocations director", who regularly visited The Firs during the 70s.

Catholic church's plea could rule out damages for priests' abuse 2011

This offers two ways of honoring those who are not members of the immediate family: the guest is honored, as in The Country of Pointed Firs, by being ushered into the "best room" but the closeness of the friendship may be honored by bringing the guest eventually into the kitchen and family area.

Archive 2009-09-01 Linda 2009

The ruling is being made as part of a preliminary hearing into the case of "JGE", who claims to have been sexually abused while a six-year-old resident at The Firs, a children's home in Portsmouth run by an order of nuns, the English Province of Our Lady of Charity.

Catholic church's plea could rule out damages for priests' abuse 2011

Upon rereading Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of Pointed Firs, I was intrigued by the description of a "best room."

Archive 2009-09-01 Linda 2009