"Well-appointed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a pair of cold gray eyes, he was usually as reserved and silent as his neighbors were confiding and talkative. A widower of long standing, without children or near relatives, he occupied a suite of well-appointed rooms over the hardware store and took his meals at the hotel. Before Mr. Merrick appeared on the scene West had been considered a very wealthy man, as it was known he had many interests outside of his store; ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation • Edith Van Dyne
... the duke of Manchester, ii. 87; arrival of, in the harbor of New York, ii. 178; assistance expected by, from the loyalists, ii. 179; Colonel Patterson sent to Washington by, with a letter from Lord Howe, ii. 226; large and well-appointed army under the command of, at Staten Island, ii. 240; proclamation issued by, to the people of Long Island, ii. 266; misgivings of, as to ultimate success, ii. 300; humanity of—efforts of, to recruit his army with tories, ii. 309; advances of, ...
— Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. • Benson J. Lossing
... offered him—and this time he accepted—the free use of the residence of one of the officers of the company, a really handsome, pretentious structure, with a commanding view, stable, green-houses, graceful lawns, and all other appurtenances of a well-appointed country seat. In addition to the furnishing of the house in proper taste, they put coal in the cellar and fly-screens in the windows. They filled the residence with servants, and indorsed the young person at the grocer's and butcher's. ...
— The Booming of Acre Hill - And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life • John Kendrick Bangs
... made up of salads, oysters, small game, chocolate, ices and a variety of dishes which will destroy the appetite for dinner, or it may simply consist of a cup of tea or chocolate, thin sliced bread and butter, chip beef or cold tongue, but there is the same opportunity to display good taste and a well-appointed table as at a ...
— Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke
... us went ashore in the whale-boat at ten o'clock, to attend the English church, reopened to-day for the first time for some months. After our own service we met many friends, and walked to the Roman Catholic cathedral. The streets were full of well-appointed carriages, and in the interior of the building we found a great many well-dressed ladies, and a few men. Mass had not commenced, and a constant stream of worshippers was still entering; but we remained only for a short time, and then returned to the Mole. By this time the wind had freshened considerably, ...
— A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' • Annie Allnut Brassey
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