"Newel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... above the river and below the road stood a flourishing little house covered with gables and turrets; and odd shapes like the newel-posts of staircases climbed unexpectedly about the roof. In summer, fresh with paint, the outside of the house must wave its vulgar little hands into the sky, but now, everything that bristled upon it served only as a fresh support for the snow which hung in deep drifts ...
— The Happy Foreigner • Enid Bagnold
... the family for generations. There are three Chippendales that belonged to my grandfather on my mother's side, Colonel Styles, and this is a Sheraton. That mahogany table with the low-hanging leaves is a genuine Pembroke. Do you see that newel-post? It's the only thing in the house we did n't inherit. We got it from the old Putney mansion when they were tearing it down to make room for the library. When I heard they were destroying the house, I sent Mr. Parr there to see ...
— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins
... open air, for his head had struck the newel-post in his descent. This gave the defense ...
— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine |
