family Bible

“The family Bible was found in every cottage, and my uncle gave two cottage Bible-readings every week of his life.”

Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N.

“She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.”

Twilight stories

“On the candle-stand, by the mother's side, lay the family Bible open -- next to her, in the order of their ages, sat the two daughters, and William rested his drooping head upon the pillar of the mantle-piece.”

Master William Mitten: or, A Youth of Brilliant Talents, Who Was Ruined by Bad Luck