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Sure, Rachell had pink hair, and sure, she did organize the storeroom when she was two, but the little thing was moody, she kept irregular hours and threw things at the mantle-piece.
365 tomorrows » J.R. Blackwell : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Sure, Rachell had pink hair, and sure, she did organize the storeroom when she was two, but the little thing was moody, she kept irregular hours and threw things at the mantle-piece.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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A portrait of George W. Bush hangs over the mantle-piece; the Constitution is burning in the grate.
Laura Flanders: Vanity Fair Misses the Point: It's not McCain's Physique -- It's his Politics! 2008
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The mantle-piece may be of wood, of some simple, tasteful design, corresponding with the rest of the room, and yet look far better than a cold, costly white marble affair, that will run away with much money to no purpose.
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Pretty casts for the mantle-piece, or to be placed on brackets here and there on the walls, may be obtained for a mere trifle.
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The mantle-piece may be of wood, of some simple, tasteful design, corresponding with the rest of the room, and yet look far better than a cold, costly white marble affair, that will run away with much money to no purpose.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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Pretty casts for the mantle-piece, or to be placed on brackets here and there on the walls, may be obtained for a mere trifle.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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On the mantle-piece was an iron shove-up candlestick, with a lighted candle in it, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, four of them, I suppose, for a penny.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Today is my dear Jamie's birthday and we've just had a pleasant supper and he has cards from friends and family ranged along the mantle-piece.
auntie joanna writes Joanna Bogle 2006
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Today is my dear Jamie's birthday and we've just had a pleasant supper and he has cards from friends and family ranged along the mantle-piece.
Archive 2006-10-01 Joanna Bogle 2006
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