"Doorpost" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Katherine, and she caught at the doorpost to save herself. Yet even in that moment she realized that this was only what she had been expecting every time that she had returned from an absence all the winter through. But to-day found her so shaken and unfit for strain that it was not wonderful ...
— A Countess from Canada - A Story of Life in the Backwoods • Bessie Marchant
... his two first fingers, which he had locked over the quillons. He had pushed its massive weight halfway across the door before Fortunio grasped the situation. Instantly the captain sought to take advantage of it, thinking to catch Garnache unawares. But no sooner did he show his nose inside the doorpost than Garnache's sword flashed before his eyes, driving him back with a bloody furrow in ...
— St. Martin's Summer • Rafael Sabatini
... think to returning," said Strickland. He had been leaning against the doorpost. Now he straightened himself. "I will go on ...
— Foes • Mary Johnston |
