I would no more prey upon her morals than I would the morals of the andirons.

The charred wood of a fire that had been lighted when the room was new, still lay over the green clotted andirons.

" Iachimo as accurately described the roof of the chamber, and added, "I had almost forgot her andirons, they were two winking Cupids made of silver, each on one foot standing."

Then he would come back into the room, light on one of the andirons, and hop around in order to get dry.

Not in with the china!" would groan poor Mercy, as her mother appeared with armfuls of ancient relics from the garret, such as old umbrellas, bonnets, bundles of old newspapers, broken spinning-wheels, andirons, and rolls of remains of old wall-paper, the last of which had disappeared from the walls of the house, long before Mercy was born.

On the west the recess beneath the gallery had been deepened to admit a truly ample fireplace, with a flat hearthstone and andirons.

He admired the massive andirons, palpably of home manufacture in Sour Creek's blacksmith shop.

Not so many Ladies to visit and weare out my Coach wheeles, no dainty Madams in Childbedd to set you a longing when you come home to lie in with the same fashion'd Curtaines and hangings, such curious silver Andirons, Cupbord of plate and pictures.

" When Junius had gone, Lawrence turned his face again toward the fireplace, where the last smouldering stick had just broken apart in the middle, and the two ends had wearily fallen over the andirons as if they wished it understood that they could do no more burning that night.

The doctor had readjusted the logs upon the andirons, and was just putting the tongs in their place when a maidservant came in.

There was only a flicker on the brass andirons, a blur of pale blossoms where the potted azalea stood.

It is manifest that visitors can see only the least repulsive parts of slavery, inasmuch as it is wholly at the option of the master, what parts to show them; as a matter of necessity, he can see only the outsideand that, like the outside of doorknobs and andirons is furbished up to be looked at.

No iron-mines have been discovered, except in the extreme southern portion of the Territory; and the quality of the ore is so inferior, that it is available only for the manufacture of the commonest household utensils, such as andirons.

In the old chimney-pieces, fire leaped behind quaint andirons taking the chill from the evening air.

Even the master himself came no longer to mull his wine by the andirons; and the very dogs stretched themselves less often and with less content at the chimney-side.

Drawings were made of an unusual colonial table, of a pair of andirons with hooks for spits to rest on, and of several other old-time cookery appointments; and, from these drawings, were constructed the duplicates that are now in the Mount Vernon kitchen.

I'll carry out the fender, and you take the andirons.

The sun streamed in through three wide windows, and at one end there was a deep fireplace with brass andirons upon which some logs smouldered, for though it was a mild May day the great room felt cool.

Pot-hooks and Andirons!

Pot-hookes and Andirons!

He put a log on behind, then placed the andirons up to the log, and a great forestick upon the andirons.

He put a log on behind, then placed the andirons up to the log, and a great forestick upon the andirons.

He placed the forestick so far out as to leave a considerable space between it and the backlog, and then he put the coals up into this space,having first put in a slender stick, resting upon the andirons, to keep the coals from falling through.

I have ladles, scummers, andirons and spits, Dripping-pans, pot-hooks.... I have fire-pans, fire-forks, tongs, trivets, and trammels, Roast-irons, trays, flaskets, mortars and pestles....

The accommodations of a royal establishment at this period are thus described:"The apartments at Hampton Court had been furnished on a particular occasion, each with a candlestick, a basin, goblet and ewer of silver; yet the furniture of Henry's chamber, independent of the bed and cupboard, consisted only of a joint-stool, a pair of andirons, and a small mirror.