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Usage examples of beds.

But I had to bite my lips so as not to burst out laughing when Frederick the Great got in a towering rage at a chamber utensil which stood beside one of the beds, and which did not appear to be in a very cleanly condition.

I gave our guide a doubloon, with which he was well pleased, and I enjoyed once more a peaceful night in a French bed, for nowhere will you find such soft beds or such delicious wines as in the good land of France.

The bedroom had a recess with two beds, separated by a partition through which one passed by a door.

Just as we were starting the next morning, Clairmont told me that he would go on in front, to see that our beds were ready, adding that as we had lost one night it would not do much harm if we were to lose another.

All the beds were full, and even if there had been a spare place I would not have occupied it.

I called for the innkeeper, ordered a carriage for the clergyman, and desired that a fire might be lit for me in the next room where I would sleep, but the good priest said that it was unnecessary, because there were two large beds in our room, that one would be for me and the other for him and his niece.

Do a good deed and set him free, for he would stay in prison all his days unless we sold our beds to pay you.

The beds were placed at equal distances, and to each bed there were a fold-stool, a chair, and room for the trunk of the Seminarist.

In the first place I felt somebody lying in my bed, and in the second I saw the prefect, with a candle in his hand, coming along slowly and taking a survey of all the beds right and left.

We all ate with good appetite, and, after our supper the women made for us two large beds of fresh straw, and we lay down in the dark, as the last bit of candle to be found in the miserable dwelling was burnt out.

We stopped at Terracina, where they gave us a room with three beds, two single beds and a large one between the two others.

I told Franzia that I should require a room with two beds for myself alone, and an ante-room with bathing apparatus.

I take up my magic ring, and telling the two friends to retire to their beds without speaking to me, I hurry to my room.

Feeling more at ease I gave six sequins to Laura, one to each of her daughters, and ate something for my supper: I then laid myself down on one of the wretched beds in the room.

I sleep better in my carriage than in the bad beds they give you in the inns.