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A well-made chintz-covered lounge, although a much more economical, and a far more comfortable piece of furniture than a modern rose-wood sofa, will be found to have an equally agreeable effect in the room.
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A well-made chintz-covered lounge, although a much more economical, and a far more comfortable piece of furniture than a modern rose-wood sofa, will be found to have an equally agreeable effect in the room.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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This luxurious decoration, little in keeping with the habits of Monsieur Grandet, had been, together with the steel pier-glass, the tapestries, and the buffets, which were of rose-wood, included in the purchase of the house.
Eug�nie Grandet 2007
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Never again eat a devilled kidney at that rose-wood table, after a roll in the sheets and a hot bath.
In Chancery 2004
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Floor-tokening shelves, cupboards, backlighting, and a drop-down “Murphy bar” in rose-wood to match our sixties hi-fi cabinet.
Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002
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Floor-tokening shelves, cupboards, backlighting, and a drop-down “Murphy bar” in rose-wood to match our sixties hi-fi cabinet.
Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002
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Floor-tokening shelves, cupboards, backlighting, and a drop-down “Murphy bar” in rose-wood to match our sixties hi-fi cabinet.
Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002
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Winchester, and in another city in another state the daughter of an ex-governor, handing me a silver-tipped brush and opening a rose-wood snuff-box richly inlaid with gold, politely asked me to 'dip' with her, expressing the belief that friendship would always follow.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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We have heard of some uninformed _parvenus_, grown suddenly rich, who have first ordered a magnificent library room fitted with rose-wood, marble and gilded trappings, and then ordered it to be filled with splendidly bound volumes at so much per volume.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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The pipe is of rose-wood, of jasmin, or of rhododendrum wood: great
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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