 ... windows of the hall, and watch the sleet and rain driving against the small panes, or listen to the swell of the winds, which, at intervals, shook the casements as if they would burst them through, and groaned and whistled around the house or among...  Ravenscliffe - Page 262by Anne Caldwell Marsh-Caldwell - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Anne Marsh- Caldwell - 1851 - 1076 pages
...house or among the trees. It was, indeed, a dreadful morning. The hall-clock told the quarter-past nine, and then Sir John Wharncliffe, accompanied by...a blazing fire, and began to look for their hats, great-coats, and gloves ; for the carriages were by this time prepared to come round. There they found... | |
 | 1852 - 1202 pages
...casements as if they would hurl them through, and groaned and whistled around the house or among the trees. The hall clock told the quarter past nine, and then Sir John Wharncliffe accompanied by the other young men, sallied forth from a small breakfast-room where they had been taking chocolate... | |
 | University magazine - 1852 - 818 pages
...casements as if they would hurl them through, and groaned and whistled around the house or among the trees. The hall clock told the quarter past nine, and then Sir John Wharncliffe accompanied by the other young men, sallied forth from a small breakfast-room where they had been taking chocolate... | |
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