I never married, for I would not have had the courage to leave my fireside.

One would suppose that, with all this power operating in this Government, it would be content to permityes I will use the word permitit would be content to permit us, who live in the free States, to enjoy our firesides and our homes in quietness; but this is not the case.

Gradually his thoughts turned homeward, and he thought of the dear ones who circled round his own fireside, and perchance talked of himof the various companions he had left behind, and the scenes of life and beauty where he used to wander.

She missed it, as she felt they must crave their very own fireside; and the thought that they missed the old homestead made her yearn for the home that she might have hadthe home that she still might have.

It is all toil, toil, with a burthened heart until shadows fall across the hearth-stone, and dismal forebodings darken the fireside, from whence the weary wife retires to refresh herself in broken slumber for the renewed toil of another day.

His advice to the people was, "Defend your firesides if they are invaded, live as peaceably as you can, spare no pains to educate your children, be saving and industrious, try to get land under your feet and homes over your heads.

Still, besides supplying their own wants, in times of plenty the Indians bring large quantities to market; then they are eaten around nearly every fireside in the State, and are even fed to horses occasionally instead of barley.

Along with this criminal immigration came the sturdy settler, the man intent on building a home and establishing a fireside.

Southey, it might almost be said, took care of Coleridge's family henceforth; for Coleridge had begun to find his own fireside an intolerable place as early as 1802, lived little at home, and made a formal separation from his wife in 1808,though they saw each other occasionally after that and the Wedgwood annuity continued to be paid to Mrs. Coleridge.

I shall never forget that fireside, round which I have been so happy!

Like all old people whose hearts are in the right place, he is fond of children, whom he likes to amuse and instruct by his pleasant talk, as they gather round his fireside or sit upon his knee.

May He give you health, and safety, and the accomplishment of all your objects, and return you again to us to gladden some fireside or other (I suppose we shall be moved from the Temple).

No upsetting influence must mar our peaceful firesides.

It was his custom to read far into the night, for he was a poor sleeper and preferred a cosy fireside to his bed.

It behooved him now to begin looking around; to prepare a fireside for himself.

It reached the firesides of almost every hamlet in the colonies.

" You will seek the fireside of the widow Grosvenor, where from a mother's lips, you will be assured of the blessings which accompany a dutiful child.

Her father spent but a small portion of his time at home; on the contrary, he rather sought to avoid the fireside, which had once been so dear to him.

He knew that the execution of the excise laws involved an intrusion into the privacies of domestic life, and often violated the fireside of the unoffending and quiet tradesman.

"Who would cheer our fireside, if it wasent for wimmen?