| 单词 | Bengal light |
| 例句 | Once or twice in the course of every Roman winter the Coliseum is illuminated with Bengal lights. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; Ð called also blue light. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He studied it from every point and in every light—at sunrise and sunset, and by moonlight, and even had Bengal lights hung at night to bring out new lights and shadows. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z And we had recitations besides, and singing, and Bengal lights, which the fairest of moons put to shame. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Take these, they are Bengal lights—some of the fireworks that Tig bought in Red Butte for the Fourth. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Bengal lights cast a lurid glare on the trees, and the house, and the faces of the crowd. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z The illuminated fountains, the statues and flowers in the pretty Schloss Platz, shone out in the gleam of Bengal lights, which also revealed the sea of heads in the square in front of the palace. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z Bengal lights are very similar, but are piled in saucers, covered with gummed paper, and lit by means of pieces of match. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Then, as if making some calculation, moved his lips; every one of these stones became changed into a sparkling number, and dazzling as if in a Bengal light, a noble sum flashed before him. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z But to choose a partner for life in the glare of a Bengal light! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Here and there could be seen the colored Bengal lights, fantastically illuminating groups of merry people. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Taking then from his haversack a Bengal light, he ignited it and threw it into the dark void. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Lights and incense surrounded her, and her glass tears reflected the varied colors of Bengal lights. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere I’ve got rockets and Bengal lights and all sorts of things here.” Bird of Paradise It would be the same for me to buy my cows by Bengal light, or when I was drunk. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 They were exhibiting the mountain with Bengal lights! Tartarin On The Alps During the mists he caused the cannon to be fired, and had sky-rockets sent up at night along with Bengal lights, and kept under sail continually. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Bengal lights, and the largest wheels will be as common as squibs and crackers; and I have heard say, though it is not to be mentioned——' And he paused. Tancred Or, The New Crusade They were not even sending up rockets now, nor burning Bengal lights. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy The capital was decorated with flags, the city parks were lighted with Bengal lights, there was music, and a song by the patriotic bard Vierordt was sung. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 No more varied fireworks, Bengal lights, or boats on the water; but the moon had risen and made another conventional landscape, bluish, liquides-cent, with masses of impenetrable shadow... Tartarin On The Alps The foot of the infuriate beast was raised to crush his skull, when another man flashed a Bengal light in his face, with the flame almost in his eyes, and the giant bellowed and fled. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East A youth sends up a Bengal light,—the galleys for twenty years. The Roman Question As I emerged on deck a Bengal light flared red and dazzling on the bridge, and I saw some sailors trying to lower a boat from its davits. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy The Grande Rue was illuminated from one end to the other, red Bengal lights throwing out splendidly the grand old château and the towers of Notre Dame. Chateau and Country Life in France Bengal lights, to my mind, are the cheapest form of illumination, but the fireworks—for which the Italians are so renowned—were splendid. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 The cavern with a Bengal light was fairyland to him, and among the minerals he was quite at home. The Life of John Ruskin The next moment a Bengal light illuminated the pier, and the lifeboat was silhouetted with strange effectiveness against the storm. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Mien-yaun went home in an amatory ecstasy, and immediately exploded four bunches of crackers and blazed a Bengal light, as a slight token of his infinite happiness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Fire-works, with balloons and Bengal lights, were followed by a sumptuous supper, which closed the evening’s entertainments. A Woman's Journey Round the World Outside the long sweet march music of many bands floated in as if in mockery, and the flash of rockets and Bengal lights illumined the dead, white face of the girl troubadour. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories Salvos of artillery were fixed every hour from six in the evening till midnight; at each salvo, the towers, spires, and public buildings were illuminated for a few minutes by Bengal lights. The Court of the Empress Josephine You may see highly coloured illustrations of its interior illumined by Bengal lights in all the Belgian and many of the French railway stations. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The Colosseum looked rather theatrical in the glare of the red and green Bengal lights, and I think it lost a great deal of its dignity and grandeur by this cheap method of illumination. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters This would be fine in a melodrama, with Bengal lights burning on the stage. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater Then, without warning, a Bengal light was lit on board of the schooner. The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave You must go over a hundred miles into Finland, for there the Snow-queen lives, and every night she burns Bengal lights. The Pink Fairy Book In the window of the apothecary a great purple jar, with a spray of gas jets behind it, was flaring on the darkness like a Bengal light. The Stillwater Tragedy Some one in front of them ignited a Bengal light and threw it into the air; the flame flashed across Nancy's features, and fell upon the hat of a man near her. In the Year of Jubilee In the distance suddenly the cypress trees became alive with huge flaring torches, which lit the garden like Bengal lights. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Then the schooner increased her speed, the flare from the Bengal light died out, and soon the Peacock was lost to view in the darkness. The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave Denis did not dance, but when ragtime came squirting out of the pianola in gushes of treacle and hot perfume, in jets of Bengal light, then things began to dance inside him. Crome Yellow At the New Villa they burned Bengal lights and sent up fireworks in the evenings, and a sailing-boat with red lanterns floated by Obrutchanovo. The Witch and other stories |
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