Inside, in contrast to the bluster without, the library looked as cozy and homelike as a room could well be when only one person lives in it.
I'd rather put our hats into these paper hat bags the porter brought a while ago, and leave our coats here, and--and just go back in a real homelike appearance.
On one side of the room is rare and choice woodwork with panel effect, broken in the center by a deep and wide fireplace, a dominating feature of this homelike room.
Their floors were covered with rush mats, and the furniture brought from the wreck gave to the rooms a comfortable and homelike air.
Blanche aided him all she could, and when their tents were up, her womanly instincts as housekeeper gave a homelike appearance to them.
Again we have entered our palace on wheels, And cry out anew, 'How homelike it feels!
The coming of a local shower at nightfall is as gentle and seems as homelike as the gathering of the birds in the grove.
Here again, like the deer-frequented hollow, was a homelike and friendly spot.
Vines clamber over the stone walls, partly hiding their roughness and giving their homelike atmosphere to the grounds.
It connects with the sun-parlor at one end and is well-lighted and mosthomelike in atmosphere.
It is a cheerful, homelike apartment, into which the sun shines practically all day long.
An entire continent was waiting to be traversed, and, for that reason, we lingered in New York till the city felt so homelike that it seemed wrong to leave it.
Such was the burden of his thought when the homelike front of the Goodrich house greeted him in the darkness, its enshrouded windows gleaming with friendly light.
But Ephraim thought it grand enough, and yet acknowledged a homelike quality in its grandeur.
Three windows on each side the low doorway in the front look forth on the quiet scene, the lace curtains within revealing glimpses of a cosey, homelike interior.
It is morehomelike than the others because of its piano and mantel ornaments, abundant furniture and pictures.
An effort was made to preserve as much as possible, and to restore as closely as might be the original homelike appearance of the house.
To most this outdoor life was a great enjoyment, and to them the unclean streets with the odors and exhalations of decay were homelike and congenial.
The houses were large, and looked solid and respectable, many of them were shingled on the sides, a spire peeped out over the green trees, and the hamlet was at once homelike and picturesque.
All the literature of the period reflects lovingly the homelike delights of these comfortable houses of entertainment.
Then he played the violin for an hour, and they all sang some hymns, after which they chatted, cozily gathered around the stove, Paul and Dan luxuriating in the homelike atmosphere that was a part of the cabin.
But the old camping place grew to seem homelike to me.
You can hardly realize what it means to sit down in a homelike place, to get a hot cup of tea served on a white tablecloth.
It would be difficult to devise a more homelike or attractive place for soldiers.
And ever since I have been in this country I have had the feeling of one who, after a long absence, finds himself again among familiar and homelike surroundings.
This car was not homelike enough to suit us, however, so we rarely occupied it, when we were stationary, except as a bedroom for our masculine guests.
Quickly taking off her hat and jacket Phebe opened the hamper, and when she looked inside the tears came into her eyes; it was the first glimpse of anything homelike she had seen for a fortnight.
Soon the table was spread with the feast the loving sister in the old home had prepared, and to make the room look still further homelike Phebe got Janie, the maid, to light a fire in the empty, rusty grate.
How small and strange it all looked, thought Mona, and how narrow the hill was, but how homelike and beautiful.
It did not seem homelike at all to me, so I asked the agent whether he would give me a receipt for it.
A hospital is what they want, and some kind of a homelike place where they can meet together.
It wasn't policy that led me to speak, but this homelike scene, and you appearing like the good genius of a home.
I sat down in an easy-chair before the fire, and formed hospitable resolutions as to how I would try to make rooms always look homelike and pleasant to tired guests.
Coming up-stairs and opening the door, I found the whole party seated with their books and embroidery about a centre-table, and looking as homelike and cosy as possible.
It had that delightful, homelike air of repose and comfort they succeed so well in giving to rooms here.
People in that set still lived, more than they do to-day, eastwards or northwards of Heriot Row, in the large old houses which were so homelike and so comfortable.
