Do we say porch or veranda or verandah

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As the girls drew rein at the small porch, on the south side of the mansion, a tall, fine-looking woman of middle age, her gray gown tucked neatly up, and a snowy white apron tied around her shapely waist, appeared at the threshold of the door.

surely there is some one coming up the back path," and rising as she spoke, she hurried out to the side porch, closely followed by Moppet, who said to herself, with all a child's vivid and dramatic imagination, "Perhaps it's an Indian coming to tomahawk us in our beds!" which thought caused her to seize a fold of Miss Bidwell's gown tightly in her hand.

"Oliver, you will find Captain Seymour and Lieutenant Hillhouse on the porch.

I just saw her peeping at me one day through the parlor curtains while I was saying sweet nothings to Girlie on the porch.

When the two girls joined the gentlemen on the porch, which they did with much promptness, having delegated the greater part of their household duties to Mike, who could take a hand at almost any kind of work, Dr. Tolbridge announced that he must proceed to visit his patient.

" This suggestion much relieved Ralph, and they walked rapidly to the porch, but when they reached it they found an empty steamer chair and no Miriam anywhere.

Earl Gospatric, whom William the Conqueror made Earl of Northumberland in return for a considerable sum of moneydoubtless thinking that to give a Northumbrian the Earldom would reconcile the North to his ruleis buried in the church porch.

The next day he found Tony on the porch reading one of the long letters which came to her so frequently in the now familiar, dashing script.

On the Prof's porch he had lingered as long as was prudent, perhaps a little longer, spooning discreetly the while as one may, even with an Ancient History Prof's daughter.

The tall Madonna lilies flourished like sculpture about the porch, and he admired their tall stems and leaves and carven blossoms, thinking how they would die without strife, without complaint.

How delightful!" 'The island is about a hundred yards from the shore, and I wondered how the animals crossed from the mainland as I sat under the porch of the ruined church.

I said, as we stood under the old porch, looking out, or rather having our look blocked up by the thickness, and our ears deaved by the eternal screeching and cawing of five thousand crows overhead.

I will order a porch with porphyry steps and alabaster pillars to replace your beloved hearthstone.

You forget that it does not rain ink, and that Nelly will hardly select the porch to write her novels in.

After dinner he seated himself on the front porch.

He returned to the porch, walking heavily.

God's front porch.

Hound on the church porch.

God's front porch.

And she turned lightly and ran out to the dark porch.

she called gently from the porch.

She hastened downstairs, passed the closed door of the improvised dining-room, traversed the hall to the porch, and, lifting the skirts of her gray garb, sped across the frozen yards to the kitchen.

We put a bright, steady light in the brown room, to shine through the south window, and show father that we were all right; directly after a lamp was set in Grandfather Holabird's north porch.

We could see the light in grandfather's northwest chamber; and the lamp was still burning in the porch below.

In her small bamboo chair, on the porch, she swayed to and fro in the fragrant breeze, with a peculiar undulating motion, like a graceful tree.

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Do we say   porch   or  veranda or verandah