French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 248
thisconcentration of interest by no means implies thenecessity of what is known in every-day parlanceas £Ca cosey corner. I wonder who invented theterm, and why it should have spread like a pesti-lence over the land, dragging with it a host of ills,filling parlors with right-angle triangle lounges… … HOMES AND THEIR DECORATION By centring interest around a fireside, drawing upchairs, tables, and sofas, so that people may findthemselves placed comfortably before it; by settingaside certain other parts of the room for reading,writing, sewing, or music, is to fill it with coseyplaces. The secret…
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