water-house

After they had built their water-house and laid their pipes, it occurred to them that the place was suitable for junketing.

Edinburgh Picturesque Notes 2005

He assented, and admitted us very obligingly, giving us meantime a graphic description of the yearly journey of the Inspector in a boat down the dark passage to New York, and pointing out the low narrow place of entry from the water-house where they must lie down in the boat.

The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Cecilia Pauline Cleveland

"Are we on the ship, or water-house, now?" asked Mappo, as he felt as though he were being moved along.

Mappo, the Merry Monkey Richard Barnum

Unfortunately Ida and I had worn slippers, not having expected to walk, and there was only one umbrella in the party -- our little parasols with their crape borders and bows being more suitable for ornament than service; however, we scrambled up the steep bank as best we could, and ran to the protecting doorway of the water-house (the house itself was locked as it was Sunday).

The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Cecilia Pauline Cleveland

When it was over they led Rosamund to the boat, felt their way down the creek, towing behind them the little skiff which they had taken from the water-house -- laden with their dead and wounded.

The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

They have a water-house and a water mill to turn ye water in deep Leaden tubbs or Cisterns for their use: there are wells in some streetes to draw water by a hand wheele for ye Common use of the town.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

Her object is to go to the king's picture in the water-house and beg its pardon for having been disrespectful, this being better, in her opinion, than appearing before the king himself, since he has given his heart to another, while in that picture he has eyes for her alone (as Malavika, too, had noticed when she entered the water-house).

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

The maiden is liberated and brought to the water-house, whither the king hastens to meet her with the viduschaka, who soon finds an excuse for going outside with the girl's companion, leaving the lovers alone.

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

"Oh, she has gone with the rest to see the water-house."

Life Among The Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims 1883

He said the water-house had many looking-glasses all round it, and when it came in it was so tired, it breathed so hard, it made us almost deaf.

Life Among The Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims 1883