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She didn't realize the Father had come into the barn through the pasture door until she heard the top Dutch doors click, and the heavy thud as he carefully dropped the door-bar into the brackets.

Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

She didn't realize the Father had come into the barn through the pasture door until she heard the top Dutch doors click, and the heavy thud as he carefully dropped the door-bar into the brackets.

The Otherworld Lackey, Mercedes 1992

She gave a low, breathless scream, hurled the door-bar crashing to the floor and stared at him like a wild, hunted animal at bay, her thin hands trembling, the iron-gray hair tumbling over her forehead.

The Foolish Virgin 1915

And according to his custom in his daughter's sentimental moments, the fisherman, after dropping the door-bar, seated himself in the wooden rocking-chair, and held out his arms.

The Secret of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912

Not for everything in Asia would I have dropped the door-bar and peered into the dark of the next room.

The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

Not for everything in Asia would I have dropped the door-bar and peered into the dark of the next room.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

Freeing one of his hands from his grasp of her for a moment, he slid back the door-bar and passed out, slightly striking his stockinged toe against the edge of the door.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles 1891

Not for everything in Asia would I have dropped the door-bar and peered into the dark of the next room.

The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889

Freeing one of his hands from his grasp of her for a moment, he slid back the door-bar and passed out, slightly striking his stockinged toe against the edge of the door.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884