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  • Twenty Mile, which is very like the rest of the posts, is a log building the size of a corner grocery with rooms to let up-stairs.

    THE STORY OF JEES UCK 2010

  • An inner voice told him that this was not the genial gentleman of the afternoon interview in the bungalow up-stairs.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • As they went out, the two patrolmen entered from the fire-escape, and, leaving them in charge, Flannery asked to be directed up-stairs.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • I therefore begged Mr. Pickwick to accompany me up-stairs, and left the two Mr. Wellers in the care of the housekeeper, laying strict injunctions upon her to treat them with all possible hospitality.

    Master Humphrey's Clock 2007

  • As we were going up-stairs, Mr. Pickwick put on his spectacles, which he had held in his hand hitherto; arranged his neckerchief, smoothed down his waistcoat, and made many other little preparations of that kind which men are accustomed to be mindful of, when they are going among strangers for the first time, and are anxious to impress them pleasantly.

    Master Humphrey's Clock 2007

  • So, carrying that with us for our comfort, let us say, Good night, and climb up-stairs to bed.

    American Notes for General Circulation 2007

  • Drawing-room; we went up-stairs into another chamber, where were certain visitors, waiting for audiences.

    American Notes for General Circulation 2007

  • I was not a little surprised, on turning to go up-stairs, to encounter the barber in the passage at that late hour; for his attendance is usually confined to some half-hour in the morning.

    Master Humphrey's Clock 2007

  • The room up-stairs was a very clean white room with a low roof.

    Mugby Junction 2007

  • Those who carried Master Graham to the bed up-stairs were shocked to see a woman lying beneath the window with her hands clasped together.

    Master Humphrey's Clock 2007

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