family-circle

The family-circle, until broken a few years before her own marriage by that of an elder sister, consisted, in addition to her parents, of five daughters, two of whom were older and two younger than Eliza.

A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England Eliza Southall

One sometimes sees launched into a family-circle a child of so different a nature from all the rest, that it might seem as if, like an aërolite, he had fallen out of another sphere.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

This last night of November was genial and bright to those worthy people, in their little family-circle.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various

Although the father judiciously studied to repress his son's marked precocity of talent, Arthur wrote about this time several plays in prose and in rhyme, -- compositions which were never exhibited, however, beyond the family-circle.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

Considerate ones, spare yourselves these forebodings, for, before I shall have left your family-circle, your aged mother will have been called to enjoy that rest which remaineth to all who live the life she has lived.

Walter Harland Or, Memories of the Past

In the cabinet of the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester, the visitor, on the asking, may be gratified with the sight and touch of a curious old relic which will bring him almost into contact with a most agreeable family-circle of the olden time.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

From the pockets of demure fathers, from the bags of sharp-eyed spinsters, from the folded handkerchiefs of light-fingered sisters, from the tall hats of sly-winking brothers, there was a resurrection of the missing oranges and cakes and sugar-things in many a rejoicing family-circle, enough to astonish the most hardened "caterer" that ever contracted to feed a thousand people under canvas.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

Forthwith came into the family-circle a tall, well-dressed young person, grave, unobtrusive, self-respecting, yet not in the least presuming, who sat at the family-table and observed all its decorums with the modest self-possession of a lady.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Various

Nyon; and though his wife was no longer of an age to present me with brothers, yet she had connections; another family-circle was thus formed, other objects engrossed his attention, and the new domestic relations no longer so frequently brought back the remembrance of me.

Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson

Seated in your pleasant family-circle, the bright faces about him fade away, and he sees only a vision of what might have been.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Various