"Doorcase" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... axle, viewed its shape and brass furnishings. Chewing his blade of hay he laid the coffinlid by and came to the doorway. There he tilted his hatbrim to give shade to his eyes and leaned against the doorcase, looking idly out. ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... up, crowbar in hand, and inserted the chisel blade of the implement between the edge of the door and the doorcase. ...
— Dope • Sax Rohmer
... each for pitching, and a halfpenny a week resting; stockings and blankets pay by the pack, all which bring in a considerable revenue, being under the direction of the governors of Christ's Hospital. This hall was destroyed by the Fire, and rebuilt by Christ's Hospital, anno 1672. The doorcase on the front towards Guildhall is of stone, adorned with two columns, entablature, and pediment of the Doric order. In the pediment are the King's arms, and the arms of London under them, ...
— London in 1731 • Don Manoel Gonzales |
