According to the bulkiness of the peat, the fire-place should be roomy, as regards length and breadth.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
Harte, Francis Bret, on reading his works, 143. Harvard University, course in printing, 43; Library possesses manuscript of Shelley's "Skylark," 158; size of Library in 1875, 104. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, on reading him, 74, 75. Hay, John, his reading in college, 139; a remarkable misprint in his "Poems," 159. Hazlitt, William, as a guide in reading, 141, 142; Lamb and Stevenson on, 141. Headlines, Henry D. Lloyd on, 132. "Hibbert Journal," bulkiness of, 95. Hieroglyphics, see Picture writing.
"The Booklover and His Books"
Harry Lyman Koopman
The ponderous old furniture would be replaced by lightsome appointments of modern fashion; except, of course, in the grand drawing-room, where there were tapestries said to be from the designs of Boucher, and chairs and sofas in the true Louis Quinze style, of immovable bulkiness.
"Charlotte's Inheritance"
M. E. Braddon