With a stifled ejaculation the man standing in the shadow of the tall, old-fashioned chimneypiece wheeled round, and Ann found herself looking straight into the grey eyes of the Englishman from Montricheux.
Turning aside, he leaned his arms on the chimneypiece and hid his face.
He stared back at it; he stared at himself in the great looking-glass over the chimneypiecebeside it.
He then turned on the lights by the chimneypiece and stood there, looking at himself in the glass.
He was at the chimneypiece before she had turned again, before she could have seen him.
Previously, while Minitree was still working on the house, an item had been entered in August 1747, "To Cash paid for cutting the Chimneypiece .
A chimneypiece was usually the ornamental trim or facing around a fireplace opening, although in this instance the overpanel may have been meant.
The largest chimneypiece existing is in the great hall of the Palais des Comtes at Poitiers, which is nearly 30 ft.
In the early Renaissance style, the chimneypiece of the Palais de Justice at Bruges is a magnificent example; the upper portion, carved in oak, extends the whole width of the room, with statues of nearly life size of Charles V.
The earliest chimneypiece known is that in the King's House at Southampton, with Norman shafts in the joints carrying a segmental arch, which is attributed to the first half of the 12th century.
Racing cups adorned the chimneypiece and sideboard, portraits of race-horses and jockeys adorned the walls.
He was going through the week's verses on the chimneypiece in his hall, but now he turned his back to the blazing fire.
Heriot's open windows were flush with the street, and passing footfalls sounded loud in his room; but at the moment there were none; and a clock ticked officiously on the chimneypiece while the man with his back to it met his sister's eyes.
And on the built-up chimneypiece there was a clock, a small faience affair surmounted by a Japanese monster in peacock-blue.
There was simple furniture in yellow of a darker tone than the walls, also a chimneypiece which, twelve years or so afterwards, was found by Mr. Pickford Waller in a second-hand furniture shop and bought.
The stove was taken out; two panels, with a pattern suggested for the dado, were turned into doors, and the chimneypiece is now a cabinet with Whistler's decorations almost untouched.
The rays of the lamp placed upon the chimneypiecein Marie's bedchamber shone full upon the face of M.
The white curtains of thechimneypiece had been drawn aside, a bright fire was burning, and Barnes was removing a foot-pan of hot water.
Above the chimneypiece there is a gilt oval mirror, worth ten pounds.
Mademoiselle Mars; and she struck the marble chimneypiece with the roll, and stamped on the floor with her foot.
He had a small room on the fifth floor, with a chimneypieceornamented with a washhand basin, in lieu of a clock, and duelling pistols instead of candlesticks.
We must bear in mind," he said, "that there is absolutely nothing to connect this manuscript with that picture over the chimneypiece except the name Raimondi.
She went on to dwell on the beauty of the portrait, saying that she should persuade Pupsey to have it over the library chimneypiece and take away that dreary old Kneller woman.
Standish; he took his pipe from the chimneypiece and, filling it, kept silent so long that Miles finished his dishes and stole over to the hearth beside him.
Within, the living room was bare and martial, with a rapier above the chimneypiece that caught a gleam from the candle set below it, and the form by the door and the rough stools standing stiffly as on parade.
On the chimneypiece some books stood up from the miscellaneous litter, and, because they were the Captain's books, Miles raised himself on tiptoe to read their names.
With one hand on the chimneypiece and her face showing in the flickering candle-light, Delia spoke in a quiet shuddering manner.
He fell into silence as he leaned against the heavy chimneypiece and she noticed that his delicate face had fallen into lines of weariness.
The judge rested an elbow on the chimneypiece and regarded Montgomery curiously.
They sat sipping their tea for a few minutes, the Doctor looking perfectly content now, Clive thoughtful; and the black marble clock on the chimneypiece struck six.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chimneypiece" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
