"Lodgings" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... large returns, whether it were sold or let, and we know that poor scions of the nobility, if business or pleasure induced them to spend a portion of the year in Rome, had soon to climb the stairs of flats or lodgings.[22] The pressure for room led to the piling of storey on storey. On The roof of old houses new chambers were raised, which could be reached by an outside stair, and either served to accommodate the increased retinue of the town establishment or were let to strangers who possessed ...
— A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge
... I said, and after a little conversation relating to the merits of various ships, the Pirate in particular, I left and made my way back to my lodgings. ...
— Mr. Trunnell • T. Jenkins Hains
... lodgings at a cheap tavern in New Haven, and began the very next morning a course of heroic study. As soon as the fire was made in the sitting-room of the inn, which was at half-past four in the morning, he took ...
— Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) - Orators and Reformers • Various
... hotel had not been hoodwinking me I felt assured in my own mind. His anger against the man was too real to allow any doubt upon that point. At last, having exhausted all our resources, and not seeing what I could do further, I returned to my subordinate's lodgings, where it had been arranged that telegrams should be addressed to me. On my arrival there a yellow envelope was handed to me. I tore it open eagerly and withdrew the contents. It proved to be from Dickson, and had been sent off ...
— My Strangest Case • Guy Boothby
... a broad passage paved with slate, upon which three or four rooms opened. He paused by the second and ushered me into a sleeping-chamber, which, though narrow, was comfortable enough—a vast improvement, at any rate, on the mumpers' lodgings I had been used to ...
— I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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