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Glass jars displaying a rainbow of coloured beads, simple white shelving, jars of product organized by size and fragrance, an easel with art-in-progress and a work-bench with tons of extra storage - all practical storage solutions which reflect the aesthetic of anna made stuff.
Anna Kemp: So Much To Do. So Little time. And I Love It! 2008
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The Editor has lately known a young lad, who began by being a post-boy, afterwards turn into a carpenter, then quit his plane and work-bench to study his
Castle Rackrent 2006
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He began to gag and gasp, and his eyes to stand out, and his forelegs to spread, and in about a quarter of a minute he fell over as stiff as a carpenter's work-bench, and died a death of indescribable agony.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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He began to gag and gasp, and his eyes to stand out, and his forelegs to spread, and in about a quarter of a minute he fell over as stiff as a carpenter's work-bench, and died a death of indescribable agony.
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He had but one room: bare pine floor, small work-bench, wall bunk with amazingly neat bed, frying-pan and ash - stippled coffee-pot on the shelf behind the pot-bellied cannon - ball stove, backwoods chairs — one constructed from half a barrel, one from
Main Street 2004
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But when he drew on a leaf from an old account - book (he was a paper-saver and a string-picker) the plans for the garage, he gave much more attention to a cement floor and a work-bench and a gasoline-tank than he had to sewing - rooms.
Main Street 2004
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Within two days he was ensconced beneath the shelter of a stout canvas tent, its sides retractable, at a work-bench of the right height and with a stool to match.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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To work on guns, Major Ross, I will need a proper work-bench of the right height, some sort of stool, and shade allied to plenty of light.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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Within two days he was ensconced beneath the shelter of a stout canvas tent, its sides retractable, at a work-bench of the right height and with a stool to match.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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To work on guns, Major Ross, I will need a proper work-bench of the right height, some sort of stool, and shade allied to plenty of light.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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