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  • Spotted Tail caught my eye and nodded, presumably in reassurance, which I needed, rather; sitting on my ridiculous camp-stool on the flank of the commission, looking at that mob, reminded me of being in the platform party on Speech Day when you've forgotten your address about Duty and Playing the Game, and the audience are already starting to snigger and pick their noses.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • There was not going to be any fun out there with Amundsen, who was sitting on the camp-stool half asleep.

    The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim 2009

  • When the coffee was ready, I sat down on a camp-stool that stood in a corner, and watched him.

    The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim 2009

  • "Let's hear again, my friend" -- he seats himself on the camp-stool beside which I am sitting on the floor -- "what kind of weather did you say it was?"

    The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim 2009

  • By the easel on a camp-stool, brushes, a palette, and box of colours.

    The Lady from the Sea 2008

  • By the easel on a camp-stool, brushes, a palette, and box of colours.

    The Lady from the Sea 2008

  • At length one noticed the fact, and another; and then it became the general topic of conversation in the group upon the bridge, where Ethelberta, her hair getting frizzed and her cheeks carnationed by the wind, sat upon a camp-stool looking towards the prow.

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

  • Then handing the Bible to the man, she fell back in line with him, while the twelve-year-old boy put down a small camp-stool in front of the organ.

    An American Tragedy 2004

  • Forges and tools have been at their service, and teachers willing to aid them, but, beyond putting together a camp-stool, no effort has ever been made to acquire a knowledge of the trades.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • I sat on my camp-stool, with my double-barreled gun across my knees, and invited the chief to be seated also.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

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