DOORS in Classic Quotes

1  He was going on as I came out of my front door, lugging my treasures, done up in a tablecloth.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.

2  He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: II. THE FALLING STAR.

3  There was a noise of doors opening, and window after window in the houses opposite flashed from darkness into yellow illumination.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: XIV. IN LONDON.

4  I ran to my neighbour's door and rapped to satisfy myself of what I already knew, that his wife had gone to London with him and had locked up their house.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.

5  The neighbouring houses had all been wrecked, but none had been burned; their walls stood, sometimes to the second story, with smashed windows and shattered doors.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: V. THE STILLNESS.

6  Here the scenery changed from the strange and unfamiliar to the wreckage of the familiar: patches of ground exhibited the devastation of a cyclone, and in a few score yards I would come upon perfectly undisturbed spaces, houses with their blinds trimly drawn and doors closed, as if they had been left for a day by the owners, or as if their inhabitants slept within.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS.