"Parquet floor" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mirror, in a massive gilt frame, hung upon the wall opposite door and fireplace, reaching from the ceiling to the parquet floor. ...
— The Upas Tree - A Christmas Story for all the Year • Florence L. Barclay
... salmon-pink geraniums in a shallow porcelain bowl. Every sensation of touch and sight was thrice-alive in her. The grey-green fur of the geranium leaves caressed her fingers and the sunlight wavering across the irregular surface of the old parquet floor made it seem as bright and shifting as the brown ...
— The Reef • Edith Wharton
... his wrath boiling over as he sought words in which to give it utterance. And then, words failing him to express the half of what was in him, he lifted the bag high above his head, and hurled it at her feet with a force that sent half the glittering contents rolling about the parquet floor. "Citoyenne, your journey has been in vain. I will not treat with you ...
— The Trampling of the Lilies • Rafael Sabatini
... dim room, tapping his heels on the parquet floor, and though he spoke loudly, his voice held a note ...
— Tales of the Wilderness • Boris Pilniak
... involuntarily as the olive rolled towards his chair across the shiny parquet floor ...
— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Various |
