Lady Arabella took in her hand a small key which hung at the end of her watch-chain, and moved to a small
door, low down, round the corner, and a little downhill from the edge of the Brow.
Lair of the White Worm
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber
door -- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber
door -- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Poems
But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and
door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore-- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
Raven
While she was speaking the frog knocked again at the
door, and said:
Fairy Tales
"I am certain there is somebody knocking at the
Door." (said my Mother.) "I think there must," (replied my Father) "I fancy the servants are returned; (said I) I think I hear Mary going to the
Door." "I'm glad of it (cried my Father) for I long to know who it is."
Love and Friendship
The
door has been opened to allow him to enter; by whom?--And it has been refastened--by whom?--Mademoiselle Stangerson shuts herself up in her apartment with her nurses every night.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Mrs Brooks, thinking that the speaker was coming to rush out of the
door, hastily retreated down the stairs.
Tess of the dUrbervilles A Pure Woman
A second and third
door receded before me and slipped to one side as the first, before I reached a large inner chamber where I found food and drink set out upon a great stone table.
Princess of Mars
"Ben Weatherstaff said there was no
door and there is no
door.
Secret Garden
"Trust in His mercy!" and pointing out a small sofa for him to sit and wait for her, she went silently toward the
door that everyone was watching and it creaked very slightly as she disappeared behind it.
War and Peace
On an upper hall a
door was opened and a collection of heads peered curiously out, watching her.
Maggie A Girl of the Streets
My eyes were fixed on the bronze handle of the fencing-room
door as if it were something alive.
Arrow of Gold
While he was hesitating, the station-master passed the
door. Emily asked him to direct her to the house in which Mrs.
I Say No
No one could say just where they appeared upon the open lawn on their way to the front
door by which they entered, nor at exactly what point they vanished as they came out; or, rather, while each spectator was positive enough about these matters, no two agreed.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories
It was close on twelve o'clock when Anne heard the servant's voice, outside her bedroom
door, asking leave to speak with her for a moment.
Man And Wife