Parlour

Parlour (or parlor) is a name used for a variety of different reception rooms and public spaces in different historical periods.

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Famous quotes containing the word parlour:

    Examples are cited by soldiers, of men who have seen the cannon pointed, and the fire given to it, and who have stepped aside from he path of the ball. The terrors of the storm are chiefly confined to the parlour and the cabin.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)