"Truckle-bed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in a little truckle-bed in the same room as the sergeant, who lay sleeping the sleep of full contentment; while gradually, drop by drop, the bitter recollections of the day before came, filling up Philip's cup ...
— Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. III • Elizabeth Gaskell
... we must keep up appearances. Then we have our ambitions; we are connected with the Beauseants, and we go afoot through the streets; we want to be rich, and we have not a penny; we eat Mme. Vauquer's messes, and we like grand dinners in the Faubourg Saint-Germain; we sleep on a truckle-bed, and dream of a mansion! I do not blame you for wanting these things. What sort of men do the women run after? Men of ambition. Men of ambition have stronger frames, their blood is richer in iron, their hearts are warmer than those of ordinary men. Women feel that ...
— Father Goriot • Honore de Balzac
... on the truckle-bed, because he could not stand on account of his feebleness; for a while he breathed heavily ...
— The Knights of the Cross • Henryk Sienkiewicz |
