| In 1806, what appeared to be a simple, even naive romance novel was written by a fireside at the country seat of an English landowner in Sligo. |
| Add to that a heavy mist and you've got the kind of driving conditions that make the fireside look awful tempting. |
| I can read the lives of dukes and of princes in nice picture books by the comfort of my own fireside. |
| Mother liked to chat with other family members as she plied her knitting by the fireside. |
| It's much easier to appreciate the finer points of dull, rainy days from one's own fireside, that I have to confess. |
| Now at ease by the fireside, his feet are shod in narrow velvet slippers with a monogram embroidered in gold thread. |
