"Bedstead" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... almost a counterpart of Santiago's room, only the window was high up and heavily barred. The furniture consisted of bedstead and rugs, a chair, small table, and one or two other articles. The floor was of earth, but quite dry; and altogether I was fairly satisfied with my ...
— At the Point of the Sword • Herbert Hayens
... members of the family in the morning that they had not been overlooked in the customary distribution of those little gifts that form the most pleasing remembrances of the festive season in Germany, did not omit also to fill the stocking which Eric had suspended from the head of his bedstead before leaving—he having laughingly said that he expected to find it chock-full when he returned home in time for the next Christmas feast, as he was certain that Santa Claus would never be so unkind as to forget him because he chanced to be away and so missed his turn in the usual ...
— Fritz and Eric - The Brother Crusoes • John Conroy Hutcheson
... pin in the side of the bedstead for supporting the bedclothes (Johnson); one of the sticks or "laths"; a stick ...
— Sejanus: His Fall • Ben Jonson
... indeed," said Miss Deborah severely, and moved with deliberate dignity from the room, while Miss Ruth, much fluttered, took her dress from the high bedstead, which had four cherry-wood posts, carved in alternate balloons and disks, and ...
— John Ward, Preacher • Margaret Deland
... bedstead too," said Phelim, "an' bad cess to the stouter one in Europe. It's as good this minute as ...
— Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories • William Carleton
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