| 单词 | candle flame |
| 例句 | I put the doll’s foot into the candle flame, which guttered and smoked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tried holding it to candle flame, drowning it, boiling it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I added some crushed berries for good measure, and then I heated the mixture over a candle flame, reducing it to a thick, heavy syrup. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He held it up, the silver glinting in the flicker of the candle flame. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Trembling, the girl reached out her hand, held it well above the flickering candle flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I hate you,” Celia says, still staring at the candle flame. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “So,” he said, “we ourselves will be the candle flames.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Blue Eyes was a little candle flame in the darkness, and even though I didn’t know for sure if Miles really was Blue Eyes, I couldn’t let him be snuffed out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Instead he'touched the letter to the candle flame and watched the parchment blacken, curl, and flare up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The candle flames stood straight and tall in the dark room, quivering only when the banging shook the chamber. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z For a moment the candle flame flared high, illuminating the glen, and the girl, and the chain, unbreakable, that ran from her wrist to his. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Gunshots echoed in the streets as Mr. Milgrom said words over the candle flame. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Dad also thought I should face down my enemy, and he showed me how to pass my finger through a candle flame. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Fire devours books,” he always said, but she was twelve years old, she surely could be trusted to keep an eye on a couple of candle flames. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Up through each cleft came a long thin stem, and on top of each stem stood a pointed bud exactly like a candle flame. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He took a coin from the candle flame of a candle on the wall, another from his beard, a third from Shadow’s empty left hand, and dropped them, one by one, into the glass. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As if each relay antenna were a candle flame and a pair of fingers came along and pinched it out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The candle flames, rising up stilly on the night air, were reflected from the golden lioncels which studded the deep blue canopy of the bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the plump, shimmering shapes of the candle flames he saw the ghosts of ten pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z What curious principle demands that a candle flame taper always toward the sky? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His hands are slow and gentle as candle flame, and the warmth in my chest spreads up through my collarbone and down to my fingertips. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He turns and walks away, moving so quickly that the candle flames shiver with the motion of the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Beneath the shadow of the cowl, her eyes burned like pale red candle flames. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dustfinger perched on the edge of the table and pinched out one of the candles, gently and slowly as if waiting for the pain, the sharp little stab of the candle flame. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And the cowbells peeled in his antlers, singing fool, fool, fool while the red woman looked down on him in pity, the candle flames dancing in her red red eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His dæmon—a seagull—vanished as if she’d been pinched out of existence like a candle flame. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When I enter her room, she stands at her dresser, idly passing a dagger through a candle flame. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The girl sat hunched and shrunken, staring at the candle flame, tears glistening in her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Within his cage, he fluttered like a burning leaf, a moth caught in a candle flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The golden oak leaves glitter with the light of candle flame. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “So I used a plastic baggie and sealed it with a candle flame,” she says, holding it up. Ending the Ramadan Fast With an Indonesian Feast 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z When stylized red-and-green candle flames melt into the wallpaper, or when a steeply angled ricochet of oranges seems to erase half a large white bowl, you don’t bat an eye. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Swaying on a wire loop within a glass globe, the teardrop-shaped element refracts light, which shoots up through a sinuous metal tube and flickers like a dancing candle flame no draft can snuff out. A Panorama of Design 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z When I ask which herbs are best for beginners, Fey says: “You seem like a mugwort person. Burn mugwort to hone your intuition. Stare into a candle flame. Ask what it wants you to know.” What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Poetic moths, significant in a thin soup of lesser insects, blundered about the candle flames. Family tensions simmer in Tessa Hadley’s exquisite novel ‘The Past’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z But these glimmers of humor tend to gutter quickly, small candle flames smothered in the prevailing fog of misery. | 'Blood From a Stone': Discord Dished Up at Every Meal 2011-01-13T03:01:31Z It opens with a tight shot of a candle flame as Kim and Jimmy share a couple of glasses of wine and watch an old movie, unwinding after the completion of their long project. Who is the one who knocks? On the "Better Call Saul" midseason finale two devils drop by 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The marshals later pushed for worldwide standards requiring that the plastic casings of electronics resist a candle flame and posted Internet videos comparing name-brand computer monitors that went up in flames with those that didn't. Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push 2012-05-08T05:00:00Z It is true that we can, if we are strong-willed, voluntarily do things that are unpleasant, such as put our finger in a candle flame. You’re such a jerk 2013-03-10T20:00:00Z Still, when I get home I burn mugwort in a shot glass and stare into a candle flame, silently asking what it wants me to know. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The scales are a red-brown and curved and give the effect of a candle flame, he noted. There’s a lot more to winter trees than meets the eye 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z An uncle, known for “unfurling his napkin through a candle flame on Thanksgiving and setting himself on fire,” might have been written off as a drunk. Carolyn See, memoirist, novelist and book reviewer for The Post, dies at 82 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z I don’t have the patience to stare into a candle flame for 15 minutes a day, and my mugwort stash has been sitting untouched in my underwear drawer for weeks. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z “He must have the sort of instinct for sex that Weegee had for crime and death. It draws him, as a moth is drawn to a naked candle flame.” Charles Gatewood, Photographer of Extremes, Dies at 73 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Inside, one glistening room is walled entirely in amber; when you enter, your skin shimmers orange-gold, as if you were standing in the center of a candle flame. Books Of Style: ‘Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy’ and ‘The Summer Palaces of the Romanovs: Treasures From Tsarskoye Selo’ 2012-11-05T18:41:09Z The sketch was materialised by an old yogi in swami clothes whom he found living in a perfectly built beachfront treehouse, his cataracts "glowing bluish like the bellies of candle flames". Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi – review 2013-04-03T08:00:04Z They did not blow out the candle flames, because, they said, Omer wasn’t there to do so. 5 hostages of Hamas are free, offering some hope to families of more than 200 still captive 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z These involved staring at the black spot of a candle flame until "everything around him disappeared" and he could fully visualise the face of the person he loved the most - his brother. Kuda Bux: The Indian magician who charmed the West with his 'X-ray eyes' 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Although this may sound like a lot, Whyte says it equates to about 7 watts of power, one-tenth of what a candle flame produces. Reactor experiment demonstrates alternative fusion scheme 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z We also see examples in neon signs and candle flames. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z For all his braggadocio, Trump’s ego is a robin’s egg attached to a cinder block hanging from a thread above a candle flame. Opinion | Ron DeSantis’s snub of Trump is a 2024 challenge 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Within its velvet skin, it will glow a deep, intense orange, as if lit by a candle flame. We are SO excited about summer fruits 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Later, he would famously describe how he won the confidence of his Watergate associates by holding his palm over a candle flame until his skin burned. G. Gordon Liddy, unrepentant Watergate burglar who became talk show host, has died 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z They observed a moment of silence; violins soothed the crowd; and a woman sang "Ave Maria" as candle flames flickered in the crisp air. In Boulder shooting, grocery store worker narrowly escaped gunman's notice 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z They observed a moment of silence; violins soothed the crowd; a woman sang “Ave Maria” as candle flames flickered in the crisp air. Colorado shooting suspect to make 1st court appearance 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The Game of Life, or a kinky dynamical system like a pair of pendulums, or a candle flame, or an ocean wave, or the growth of a plant — they aren’t readily predictable. The Lasting Lessons of John Conway’s Game of Life 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z “It’s like if you pass your hand really quickly over a candle flame, it doesn’t hurt,” said Jeffrey Hall, the director of Lowell Observatory. OneWeb Launches 34 Satellites as Astronomers Fear Radio Chatter 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z He had no natural breath to speak of, so he extinguished the candle flame with his thumb and forefinger and felt nothing on the smooth pads of his fingers. An artificial life form carries the seeds of humanity to a new world 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A 2-year-old girl who attempted to save her twin sister’s Minnie Mouse toy from a candle flame is recovering from third-degree burns on her hands and arms after her limbs caught on fire. Toddler suffers third-degree burns while rescuing twin's toy from candle flame 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z And try it they did, through needle and nose, in discos and in dark bedrooms lit by guttering candle flames. Falling Out: Inside America’s other opioid epidemic 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The key was to think of movement—the flickering of a candle flame, the strides of a man on a treadmill, the particular way a face changed as it smiled—as a texture in time. In the Age of A.I., Is Seeing Still Believing? 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The night was pierced with hundreds of candle flames marshaled on the football field, though the two friends dreamed of playing professional basketball. MS-13 is suspected of killing her daughter. Now she is dead in a dispute over the memorial. 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z So to be dumped on my favourite holiday was like the Grinch stealing my hope, snuffing out my candle flame, and did I mention keeping the David Bowie coffee table book? Being dumped at Christmas was the best thing to happen to me | Jen Kirkman 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Three years later, other monks would exhume the body and dry it over candle flames. Here are the ways to make a mummy that Tom Cruise doesn't tell you about 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z A candle flame, for instance, heats up the surrounding air, causing those gases to rise and shape the flame upward. This is how a large fire spreads in space 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The thing: Candle cutting, or the Brazilian term, velaterapia, is a $150 to $200 hair treatment that involves running a candle flame along twisted strands of hair to singe off stray and unhealthy ends. Burning Your Hair Is Now a Thing 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Reflections in mirrors or marble floors, wavering candle flames and lightening flashes are eerily stunning while detail such as scratched wallpaper and blood-stained flooring increase the tension and anticipation. Zadzooks: Resident Evil remastered review 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z In the 19th century the great inventor and experimenter Michael Faraday gave a series of public lectures on the chemistry and physics of a candle flame. In Video of Burning Match, the Eye Meets More 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Hawks become doves, volcanoes turn into tranquil mountains, raging fires quiet into candle flames, and so on. Stressful tea bag designs relax in hot water 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Hundreds of eyes burn at him, candle flames flickering against the dark nothingness. Vessels for destruction 2014-02-05T18:21:45.878Z The wave is visible for the same reason that the heated shell of air surrounding the candle flame of our former experiments is visible. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z It was as though a breath of the wind of death had blown suddenly through the room, lifting the vapours of wine and tobacco-smoke, quenching the laughter and the candle flames. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Among them, indistinctly, were berries of various kinds, hips and haws, and poison clusters of a deeper red, vanishing for a moment as the draught blew the candle flame aside, and then reappearing. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Indeed a piece of window glass, smoked in a candle flame with uniform graduation from end to end, will be found worth while in a beginner's daily observation of the sun. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z I peered up at the stags' shaggy heads, set around the wall; their dark glazed eyes reflected the little candle flames like fiery eyeballs of living bucks. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Among the Tagals it is usual to light a consecrated candle, and to consider the person guilty of the crime under consideration to whom the candle flame is blown during the performance of the ceremony. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z In Cuba the redstart is known as "El Candelita"—the little candle flame that flashes in the deep, dark, tropical forest. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z I will separate it carefully from the rest of the letter, and consign it to candle flame. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Her eyes were fixed on the candle flame, burning bright, fluttering and throbbing in the draughts which came into the old room, around the decrepit window-casing, under the door, through the worm-eaten base-board. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The window showed black; there was the sound of a thaw running off the eaves; the whitewashed wall was painted with grotesque leaping shadows by the candle flame. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Twice I read the letter before I twisted it to a torch and burned it in the candle flame. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Dave gave him nearly half a tumbler, and his ebbing life flickered up again like a dying candle flame. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z "Getting rid of these," thrusting the letters in the candle flame as she spoke. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z The tormented candle flame struggled furiously for a moment, and went out, hurtling the black night down upon me like some choking avalanche of horror. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z The concept is for a reactor core that transforms a common, cheap form of uranium into reactor fuel, much the way a candle flame melts the wax that it will later burn as a liquid. TerraPower Gets $35 Million Investment 2010-06-15T03:10:00Z Asked whether it was worth it, as the candle flames raced around the church, he was speechless, simply beaming in reply. Holy Fire brings Jerusalem Easter to joyful climax 2010-04-03T18:47:00Z The door had swung open, and the candle flame shook in the draught as though trying, in fear, to strain away from the wick. Beggars on Horseback Their candle flames had of course been flicked out. Unexplored! And she herself was wasting swift and sure— The candle flame was burning low. On Strike Till 3 From her place on the narrow balcony of the nobleman's apartment, Dylara watched the candle flame perish under the man's exhalation. The Return of Tharn There is a wide choice of apparatus, from a simple mouth-blowpipe and a candle flame to a power-driven blower and a multiple-jet heating device. A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing A draft of air from the window above caused the candle flame to waver, setting the shadows dancing. Warrior of the Dawn And the longer and longer he looked at them The slimmer slimmed upward his candle flame, Blue in the air. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems The candle flame struggled under a box while voices murmured at the portal, and then there came a cautious shuffling of feet until the box was removed. Bring Me His Ears Even as she looked and prayed a flickering candle flame licked into fiery life a hissing, spitting fuse and two men scrambled and clambered to safety from the awful wreck that was to come. The Blue Goose I should have thought a candle flame was as thick as my poor old noddle.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The drunkard follows the path of least resistance, when he lifts the cup for the twelfth time to his lips; the moth follows the path of least resistance when it flies into the candle flame. A Comparative Study of the Negro Problem The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 4 A sheet 427 of fire sucked straight upward in the still air, as steadily as a candle flame, and almost as unwavering. Gold A few seconds later, these were smoking in a candle flame, and thence to my father's nostrils. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography A serpent-like tongue of red licked out, fluttering for a moment like a wind blown candle flame, and then leaped afresh in an enveloping burst of flame and smoke. Aces Up I take this piece of white paper, look, and hold it a second or two down upon the candle flame, keeping the flame very steady. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Before the door opened, he thrust her letter into the candle flame. The Missourian Whatever the later workers in Iowa had done had been as a candle flame lighted from the torch of her faith and devotion. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI The brilliant light streamed from the pit for about ten minutes; then like a snuffed-out candle flame, it vanished. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 In this diagram, we have drawn unbroken lines to show the light from the point of the candle flame and dotted lines to show the light from the base of the flame. Common Science Where is the gas, you say, in that candle flame? The Story of a Tinder-box Mad with love the brilliant hawk-moth, afraid of the flame yet determined to win the fire for the princess, hovered round and round the candle flame, coming nearer and nearer each time. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan “Take one of those surgical needles and put it in the candle flame.” The Web of the Golden Spider He held the candle flame to the tobacco and drew in a series of rapid puffs, feeling the smoke burning his mouth. Shaman As you know, when light goes out from anything, as from a candle flame or an incandescent lamp, or from the sun, it goes in all directions. Common Science Again his eye rested on the round blocks of butter, where the emblematic bird lifted its breast from the shadow cast by the candle flame. The Rainbow A wrought-iron stand held a black earthenware pitcher over a candle flame. The Saracen: The Holy War She rolled it up and held an end to a candle flame. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel She smiled and held the letter to the candle flame. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange Is there any picture of the candle flame on it? Common Science A candle flame would have shot straight upward. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton More glittering gold had been added to the girl's bedroom since Sophia had last visited her, and when the candle flame illuminated it, the room seemed to blaze. The Saracen: The Holy War The bravo hung lax in the chains, his half-shut eyes still moving from right to left, following the candle flame. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Everywhere the gutters ran streaming with water, the snow melting under the unexampled heat of the solar rays like wax in a candle flame. The Doomsman In the diagram you see all the light from the point of the candle flame spreading out in every direction. Common Science It was very still in the Queen's room and most shadowy,528 except before the mirror where the candle flames streamed upwards. The Fifth Queen Crowned With a quill Simon was writing out a document, while Lorenzo used a candle flame to melt sealing wax in a small brass pitcher on a tripod. The Saracen: The Holy War Beside Daoud, a preparation of wine, hashish, and the distilled juice of the Anatolian poppy simmered in a pot held on a metal tripod over a candle flame. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel He opened his eyes and it was night; the little window was black and the candle flame colored everything with flickering red spots which joined the shadows in a merry jig. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Move the lens slowly toward the paper until you get a clear picture of the candle flame. Common Science Judith was staring at the candle flame and made no reply. Judith of the Cumberlands The candle flames show little glistening sparks in the black coats of mail, and the sight of themselves cased in steel, and each bearing an empty keg, stirred a laughter among them. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale When the candle flame reaches the encircling strip, it will be ignited and in turn will ignite the surrounding paper. Simple Sabotage Field Manual Hold a clear jar inverted over the candle flame for a few seconds, then test with lime-water. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study In Figure 80 there are a candle flame, the lens of an eye, and the retina on which the image is being formed. Common Science The flowers of the Indian paint-brush burned like red candle flames everywhere under the firs, the fire-weed blazed, the aspen leaves were laid like little golden tiles against the metallic blue of the sky. The Branding Iron My eyes opened wide, and in the faint light of the floating candle flames, just above me, I saw Mr. Dingley's face. The Other Side of the Door A haze of cigarette smoke dimmed the candle flame. Barbarians Was it our candle flame that something had lifted? Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner She was sleeping in the wide white bed rather uneasily, and as I leaned over her, shading the candle flame with my outspread hand, she muttered some broken words that I could not catch. The Return Of The Soul 1896 That much energy, released in a few millimicroseconds, would make the standard H-bomb look like a candle flame on a foggy night. Unwise Child Then the sigh that came in answer to her own question almost extinguished the candle flames. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The windows were open to the mews; the candle flames flickered in a tepid breeze. Sacrifice Noiselessly he enters the hall from the library, in time to behold the marauder—by the latter's own candle flame, I was positive—ascending the front stairs. The Paternoster Ruby The wind blew the candle flame until his mother, stepping lightly, brought a glass shade and set it over the silver stick. The Long Roll Of the truth of this statement the reader may readily convince himself by trying this same experiment with a candle flame, or even with a lighted match. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern At the last moment a ray of hope shot up, as an expiring candle flames in the socket. Brother Copas The window showed black; there was the sound of a thaw running off the eaves; the white-washed wall was painted with grotesque leaping shadows by the candle flame. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story By this time the ten dollar bill was very near the candle flame. Three People He saw the line to right and left wither under it and shrink like parchment held to a candle flame. Fort Amity The candle flames twinkled like stars in all directions in the murky atmosphere, and the singing of the men resounded through the cave. The Great War As I Saw It On the wall behind the man, weird, gigantic shadows, born of the flickering candle flame, leaped and danced. Where the Sun Swings North Whereas before, he was like a fish taken from the water, now he had come to the wellspring of eternal life; before, he was a questing moth; now he had found the candle flame. Memorials of the Faithful The candle flame represents a luminous, or light-giving, body; but light passes from the large arrow by reflection. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools He presented so brilliant a picture that Miss Cohen was drawn from her desk in the glass-enclosed office toward the trio in the sample room as inevitably as the moth to the candle flame. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter Out of the vault rose a chill breath from which the candle flame recoiled. The Lady of Fort St. John They passed out, and through the vaulted kitchen, and along the slate-flagged corridor—very slowly here, for a draught fluttered the candle flame, and Mr. Jope had to shield it with a shaking palm. News from the Duchy All was very still, save when the emphatic sweep of a trump card made the candle flames flicker. John Ward, Preacher In the example of the candle given above, the explanation is as follows: The light from the candle comes from a great number of separate and distinct points in the candle flame. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools For instance, in an elementary science lesson on the candle flame, although the child, if left to himself, might observe the flame, he would not, in all probability, notice particularly the luminous part. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education She stirred, and struck out with one hand, encountering the candle flame. Old Kaskaskia The flickering of the candle flame fell on Brady's face. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter Downstream a yellow spot broke out like a candle flame against black velvet. The Hidden Places With a convex lens, in a darkened room, focus the light from a candle flame so that it falls on a white screen and forms an image of the candle. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools I turned quickly, and there in the open doorway, clearly outlined against the candle flame, stood De Croix. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country Lockley knew that sharp points, when charged electrically, make tiny jets of ionized air which will deflect a candle flame. Operation Terror When the flint had failed to bring the firing spark, the old man had set his piece off with the candle flame. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Men had always been sure of a very complete survey when they came within Myra's range, and men had always fluttered about her like moths drawn to a candle flame. The Hidden Places Any luminous source such as the sun, a candle flame, or an incandescent lamp is sending forth electromagnetic waves not unlike those used in wireless telegraphy excepting that they are of much shorter wave-length. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization His glance slowly wandered from the candle flame, until it settled gravely upon my face as I sat resting on a rude bench fitted into the chimney corner. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country These he emptied upon the table dramatically; white shining metal, sparkling as the candle flames wavered. The Adventures of Kathlyn A candle flame wavered above him and showed the face of his stepmother, bending down. Jewel's Story Book In that brilliant sunshine, amid all that beauty, Myra's life had been snuffed out like a blown candle flame—to no purpose. The Hidden Places There was not wind enough to puff out a candle flame. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India I rolled his chair up before it, and the three of us bent our heads over the map together, our faces glowing in the candle flame. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country Did he think that all was over, and that the one soul that had understood his own had passed like a candle flame into the dark? The King's Achievement The sight of that tortured candle flame hypnotized her. The Palace of Darkened Windows They come as moths flutter about the candle flame and often with equally disastrous results. The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals She was so feeble that it seemed as if her life could have been as easily snuffed out as a candle flame in a storm. Jerusalem My father bent his head wearily upon one hand, his eyes upon the candle flame, his other hand patting her fingers. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country He untwisted the paper in his hand and held it in the candle flame until it burned to cinders. The Firing Line Arlee's eyes fixed themselves on the dancing candle flame, swaying in the soft night air. The Palace of Darkened Windows The walls appeared to rock; bulging shadows reached out; the candle flames became mocking eyes; and the blood drummed thunderously in Spurlock's ears. The Ragged Edge Then suddenly it darted across the candle flame; the light flared and went out, and at the same moment a shadow moved in the darkness outside. Famous Modern Ghost Stories The stars gleamed dull on the water of the river beneath us, and we could dimly see the denser shadow of the opposite shore; beyond this, nothing was apparent save that distant candle flame. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country The coach of the day was an ark in capacity, and woman's dress as sheathlike as a candle flame. Lewis Rand Only the candle flames danced drunkenly in a puff of air, flaunting their secret knowledge of the tenant they had lighted. The Palace of Darkened Windows Her husband stared at her over the candle flame. The Ragged Edge I read on and on, my eyes blurring under the shifting candle flame. Famous Modern Ghost Stories Lantern Slides.—Moisten one side of a clean lantern slide plate with paraffin and hold it over a candle flame till it is a dead black all over. Things To Make The summer night deepened, hot and languorous, with a sweep of moths to the candle flames, with vagrant odours of flowering vines and vagrant sounds of distant laughter, voices, footsteps down the long street. Lewis Rand "My man!" cried Gretchen gaily, her eyes bright as the candle flames. The Goose Girl Half way down the lower hall, all his nerves on edge, all his unwonted boyish impulsiveness quenched noxiously like a candle flame, he met and passed Rae Malgregor without a sign of recognition. 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An Introduction to Chemical Science The orange candle flame leaped in the yellow ambers, And made the jades undulate like green pools. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed |
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