penetralia

• Lamarche managed to procure admittance to the penetralia, and presented the note at two o'clock in the morning, in violation of reason and courtesy as well as of rules, excusing himself on the ground that the despatch was important and his orders peremptory. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
• Even that penetralia, the 'Omnibus,' can not compare with the unwalled room outside, with its star-gemmed ceiling, and the cool breeze eddying away the segar-smoke; so its usual occupants are all outside At one of these tables sat Caper, Rocjean, and their mutual friend, Dexter--an animal painter--the three in council, discussing the question: 'Where shall we go this summer?' —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• Here, when you enter his gloomy penetralia, and invoke his services, the sable-clad and cadaverous-featured shopman asks you, in a sepulchral voice--we are not writing romance, but simple fact--whether you are to be suited for inextinguishable sorrow, or for mere passing grief; and if you are at all in doubt upon the subject, he can solve the problem for you, if you lend him your confidence for the occasion. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852
• This constitutes the penetralia, and is sacred to the bello sexo and the babies. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852
• The hall, the staircases, and the vast central suite of apartments, were the only accessible portions; and in these such paintings as they could admit from the sealed penetralia were profanely huddled together, without respect of dates, schools, or persons I fear that, through this interdict, I may have missed seeing many of the best pictures. —  The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art

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