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Examples
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Spirits were high, but the sight of those empty work-tables was really depressing.
Boing Boing: November 19, 2006 - November 25, 2006 Archives 2006
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It is too full of pretty nothings to be a place for repose; one scarce knows where to sit down among carved Chinese work-tables with their myriads of fantastic figures inlaid in ivory, cups of yellow topaz mounted on filagree, mosaics which inspire theft,
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It is too full of pretty nothings to be a place for repose; one scarce knows where to sit down among carved Chinese work-tables with their myriads of fantastic figures inlaid in ivory, cups of yellow topaz mounted on filagree, mosaics which inspire theft,
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Montaigne assigns as a reason for his license of speech, that he is tired of seeing his Essays on the work-tables of ladies, and he is determined they shall for the future put them out of sight.
Uncollected Prose 2006
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The front room was filled with nicknacks, curious work-tables, filigree baskets, twisted brackets supporting statuettes, in which the grotesque in every case ruled the design; love-birds, in gilt cages; French bronzes, wonderful boxes, needlework of strange patterns, and other attractive objects.
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Through the window on the door, Cork saw lathes, planes, saws, work-tables, and a floor covered with sawdust and shavings.
Copper River William Kent Krueger 2006
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Through the window on the door, Cork saw lathes, planes, saws, work-tables, and a floor covered with sawdust and shavings.
Copper River William Kent Krueger 2006
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A clean-swept retail space with clothed work-tables stacked with books loosely arranged in such categories as Classics, Cookbooks, History, Biography, Entertainment.
Archive 2005-11-01 M-mv 2005
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A clean-swept retail space with clothed work-tables stacked with books loosely arranged in such categories as Classics, Cookbooks, History, Biography, Entertainment.
Photo and recent acquisitions M-mv 2005
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Walls twenty feet tall laden with leather-and-gilt spines; high, angled work-tables displaying precious Mediaeval manuscripts; racks of ancient scrolls and papyri; long gleaming tables calling out for scholars and behind them a glimpse of soft leather chairs inviting a more leisurely read before the fire.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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