stove-hearth

"An 'you tell him I've got his dinner down on the stove-hearth, 'twixt plates, a-keepin' it hot for him."

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

Uncle Rufus, his feet on the stove-hearth, was sleeping in his old armchair, waiting up for them.

The Corner House Girls at School Grace Brooks Hill 1917

Wallie reflected, as he sat with his feet on the stove-hearth overflowing with ashes, that when it came to the "forcemeat" he was

The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916

Mr. Reed, lately arrived from Illinois, was now sitting with his feet on the stove-hearth and so close to the coals that the cabin was strong with the odour of frying rubber, and declaring modestly:

The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916

He sat down, leaned his bruised head upon his palms, and spat morosely into the stove-hearth.

The Uphill Climb B. M. Bower 1905

He stuck a blazing match to the letter and watched it crumple to ashes on the rusty stove-hearth.

Winning the Wilderness Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

Brushed off the stove-hearth softly, and peered in

A Child-World James Whitcomb Riley 1882

His brother-in-law pulled off his boots after dinner, and put up his stocking-feet on the stove-hearth to warm them.

The Minister's Charge William Dean Howells 1878

Mrs. O'Clarence fell over a chair that cost eight dollars when new, and struck the back of her head against the stove-hearth with a violence that added materially to the display of fireworks already going on.

They All Do It; or, Mr. Miggs of Danbury and his Neighbors Being a Faithful Record of What Befell the Miggses on Several Important Occasions ... 1877

I had only to place a teaspoonful of powdered chlorate of potash and sugar on the stove-hearth near a few shavings and kindling, and at the required time make the clock, through a simple arrangement, touch the inflammable mixture with a drop of sulphuric acid.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876