| 单词 | lamplight |
| 例句 | The buttered mushrooms glistened in the lamplight, dark and inviting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley had staunched his bleeding now, and by the lamplight Harry saw a clean, gaping hole where George’s ear had been. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He stared at Darlene’s hands covering her face in the moon and lamplight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t lamplight from a house, or even sparks from a campfire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s all right now,” he said at last, and he turned away abruptly, the lamplight bobbing crazily about him as he went back to his room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The lamplight revealed a pail overflowing with feces in one comer and a huddled shape in another. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bottle gleamed in the lamplight, a talisman. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His wife stood in lamplight at the stove, pouring coffee. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunset at six o’clock means that life does go on after dark: reading by lamplight on the porch, our family’s evening event. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But Miss Love was still working in the kitchen-—by lamplight, I might add. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was a golden stream in the lamplight. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When I looked up, I saw dust particles floating in the lamplight, August standing, looking down at me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was pale and tragic in the lamplight; her bright eyes shone like amber held up to the light. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The moon had set already, and the darkness was profound; not a torch flickered anywhere, not a gleam of lamplight shone from any house. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was a soft red lair in the lamplight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The parlor door was shut where Granny was, and I could see the flickering glow of lamplight under the door as I walked down the cool dark hall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Harry stared up at the circle of lamplight above him, thinking... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris’s smile looked big and round in the lamplight, like a picture of Santa Claus. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z As the lamplight flickered off the portholes, the walls of the tiny cabin seemed to close in about her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Finally, far back from the path, we found an unused tree where—out of the range of lamplight—the only evidence of other couples was the protesting female laughter and the glow of lit cigarettes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Footprints of lamplight from the inn’s windows fell across the dirt road and the doors of the smithy across the way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ghost returned as he crested a rise and saw the distant glow of lamplight from the Lord Commander's Tower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z People, suddenly visible in the lamplight, streamed toward the temporary church. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughs into Henry’s mouth, instantly caught up in his own dramatic mental portrait of the two them painted in oils, young icons of their nations, naked and shining wet in the lamplight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His mustaches and his hair and his long brown beard were silky in the lamplight, and the colors of his plaid jacket were gay. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As I came out of the bottoms, I could see the lamplight glow from the windows of our home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As Lincoln spoke, one observer, Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, a free black woman, standing a few steps from the president, remarked that the lamplight made him “stand out boldly in the darkness.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Tristran and the little woman were done and the stall was set out for the morrow, they were working by lamplight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And then, ahead, Winnie saw the jailhouse, its new wood still unpainted, lamplight spilling through a window at the front. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The darkness hung about our tiny circle of lamplight as heavy and palpable as a curtain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They lay there awhile, looking at Ma’s smooth, parted hair and her hands busy with sewing in the lamplight. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We took a snowy path dimly lit by old-fashioned lamplights. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He looks at me squarely, the lamplight reflected in the lenses of his glasses. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She stepped toward me, and the yellow lamplight glazed her glasses so I could no longer make out her eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, after sunset, he could get on with the model, even if he had to work by lamplight. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the prisoners were asleep or resting, curled into corners or flat on their backs with an arm thrown over their eyes to block out the dim lamplight that filtered through the grate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her stiff gray hair caught the lamplight, glinting like stainless steel, and the blue hawk she had inherited from Lord Roke spread his wings briefly on the bracket by the door. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The candles wedged in the boat still shone steadily, and their light was cozy, like lamplight. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He ate little, slept less, and whether he worked by daylight or lamplight, his eyes always seemed to glitter with ferocity. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was deeper than the Bodleian instrument, but the golden case was equally worn with handling, and glowed in the lamplight with as much intensity and fire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z If you don’t want to dance, we can just sit there at the table, looking siditty by the lamplight and listen to the music and watch the people. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next room, Herr Siedler stands in a pool of lamplight, talking into a black telephone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When she looked up, his face was pale in the lamplight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By lamplight they turned black, and in the light of dusk they seemed purple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By working straight through supper and then by lamplight, I was able to enclose the whole yard. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I wished I were inside with them, helping set the table, joining in their conversation, sitting down with them in the lamplight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She's kind of pretty in the flickering lamplight, with glittering green powder over her smooth- lidded eyes and a short, black, bobbed haircut. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Finally Baelish drew rein in front of a ramshackle building, three stories, timbered, its windows bright with lamplight in the gathering dusk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The shifting lamplight limned their stony scales, and shimmering motes of jade and scarlet and gold swam in the air around them, like courtiers around a king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Breakfast was eaten and the dishes washed and the beds made by lamplight. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As Winston wandered toward the table his eye was caught by a round, smooth thing that gleamed softly in the lamplight, and he picked it up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z By lamplight when the boys are asleep I write short letters to Anatole, reporting briefly on the boys and our health, and long letters to Adah about how I’m really faring. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was tattooed in black ink, Taisin had always seen colors in it, as she did now in the lamplight—shadow colors, as indistinct and shifting as dusk over the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I guess it’s the lamplight. You look different.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The lamplight in the Store gave a soft make-believe feeling to our world which made me want to whisper and walk about on tiptoe. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair covered half her face, and the lamplight made her hair glow. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I stand there in the lamplight, and he stares. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The room was dark except for the lamplight over the equipment, catching only half of Mo's face. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The air in the evening lamplight is coagulated, like a custard thickening; heavier sediments of light collect in the corners of the living room. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Down in the square, she saw the sway of lamplight and heard the thump of Kaz’s cane on the stones as he and his seconds made their way across the square. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As mothers appeared on porches one by one throughout the mill village, calling their children’s names, C.P. reluctantly wandered home, dusk descending, the pale yellow lamplights sputtering on in houses as he passed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The links of the chain gleamed in the lamplight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They opened the doors to the street, and for a brief moment, they were silhouetted against the lamplight in their masks and capes—a cripple trailed by a bunch of kids in costumes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Yellow streamers of lamplight shimmered bright in the inky water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Glinting gold in the lamplight, the whiskers made him look like some great yellow beast, magnificent even in chains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The windows burned with lamplight, yellow and orange. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The lamplight sets a gleam on his wet lips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In cotton-picking time the late afternoons revealed the harshness of Black Southern life, which in the early morning had been softened by nature’s blessing of grogginess, forgetfulness and the soft lamplight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the soft lamplight she looked real pretty. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His pupils had dilated in the lamplight, absorbing the hazel of the iris. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She sat at the table in the thin lamplight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Through the open door the moonshine fell into the room in a cold radiance to rival our meager lamplight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamplight wavered as he disappeared behind the bookshelves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The old man slowly unwrapped the shining blade and let the lamplight slip along it for a moment. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The night, the darkness outside, the apart-ment riddled with lamplight shadows seemed more menacing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the naphtha lamplight there was a gleam of dark gold: it was a lock of hair, and the President was twisting it between his fingers, turning it this way and that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the flickering lamplight Father gently twisted the golden bangle over Mother’s outstretched hand. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Flickering lamplight caught Tree-ear’s eye as he walked back to the pit from Min’s one evening, snug in his new trousers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z When she woke, she came bleary-eyed into the kitchen, then into the living room, where Mrs. Delaney sat in a pool of lamplight rocking a sleeping Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked out the window as he ate, or tried to, as the lamplight turned its surface mirrorlike against the dark behind it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The illumination from the lamps accompanied the fading sunlight, while the slight angle of the lamplight created soft shadows across his subjects. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I don’t often see the kitchen by lamplight, and it looks softer, prettier than in the day. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They brushed it so smooth on each side of the straight white part that it shone like silk in the lamplight. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It had originally been a port-red color—and by lamplight, at least, still was—but it now featured a number of rather pancreas-shaped faded spots, unsentimental mementos, all, of a series of household pets. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z When Izzi says his name, it's like lamplight flooding a murky chamber. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Every now and then Calvin stopped, threw his lamplight on a tree, and examined it closely from about three feet off the ground to up as far as his arm could go. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupin moved forward into the lamplight, hands still held high in a gesture of surrender. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Rainbow cloaks hung down their backs, and the crystals that crested their greathelms glittered in die lamplight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sefia watched the fine hair on his forearms gleaming in the lamplight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As the lamplight fell across George’s head, Ginny gasped and Harry’s stomach lurched: One of George’s ears was missing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Of course I am, she thought, smiling at Rishi in the flickering lamplight. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But she didn’t once in the whole time we were there admit she had a privy, too, or mention her well water and lamplight. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The figure, dimly seen in lamplight, pulled one oar free of the lock and suspended it above my hands, prepared to do violence to my grasping fingers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z By lantern under a barricade he thinks of his Lili of the lamplight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The lamplight plays across Jackson’s features, but somehow I don’t think he’s acting. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The room was in pitch-blackness, and the yellow lamplight streamed upward and did not light the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Inej lay perfectly still on the table, her luminous brown skin dull in the swaying lamplight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He looks transformed in the lamplight, like a god of debauchery, painted gold with his hair all mussed up and his eyes heavy-lidded. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But he had scrawled on a piece of paper that lay in the lamplight: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Darlene had her head averted, her eyes staring out of the lamplight into the surrounding darkness and looking almost unconcerned, as though they had no part in the drama taking place around them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z No lamplight shone through the window into the front yard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamplight was warm and the apartment still and snug. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’m startled as the onsen reappears around me and Hideo, the peaceful fog of hot water and the glisten of early lamplight on the rocks. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The lamplight spilling into the coffin gave her a kind of glow. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing there in the lamplight, trying not to think of how his father had looked creeping along the wall, he heard a knock at his door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at a broad Asiatic face, under a wolverine hood, lit by flickering lamplight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z What he had suddenly seen in the lamplight was that the woman was old. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z With his head bent over in the lamplight I could discern a slight mound in his brow above the eyebrows, the faint bulge which is usually believed to indicate mental power. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And in late-afternoon dusk, under the glow of lamplight, the glistening field of white seemed etched by circuitous paths marked in the distance by streams of brightly clad walkers and the shadowy silhouettes of fences. 2010-01-08T04:51:00Z As the sky darkened, enough to spot the Big Dipper directly overhead, we ate dinner by lamplight, swatting mosquitoes and drooling over the insanely succulent bluefish. Sleeping Under the Stars in Brooklyn 2010-05-12T03:00:00Z That table is the centre of Isabella Bywater's handsome design, in which bulky polished furniture – "plain and lasting" is the Rutherford way – glows in the lamplight. Rutherford & Son; Glasgow Girls; Playing Cards 1: Spades – review 2013-02-17T00:06:21Z As I wiggled into its long, double-sided banquette, the room fairly glimmered with soft, brass lamplight and shimmery teal tile. Choice Tables: In Portland, Ore., Dining Gets Fine Without Losing Flair 2013-07-23T17:52:17Z One imagines the pre-war bourgeois scene: the heavy, dark furniture brooding in lamplight, the thickly curtained windows, the indistinct carpet, the doilies and the antimacassars, the head-achey air . Rereading: John Banville on Kafka's other trial 2011-01-14T14:18:55Z Greasy lamplights and candles flicker dangerously close to actors' hair, and the lack of electricity understandably makes the story feel older, timeless or stuck forever in the oil painting past, crushed by its own weight. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin": How to be Gothic, from creepy manors to severe housekeepers 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z “She doesn’t belong to us. We can’t keep her,” warns Tom as his wife coddles the babe under lamplight. The motherhood cure-all: “The Light Between Oceans” illuminates a reckless romance with adoption fallacies 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z I walked through the stone streets washed in rusty yellow lamplight. Don’t Sleep on Tunis, a City That’s More Awake Than Ever Before 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He did his homework by kerosene lamplight, pining for his father and missing England. Tunde Baiyewu 2013-02-02T08:00:55Z A dapple of scarlet lamplight shone through the holes, giving the space the ambience of an illicit cathedral. In Venice, Center of Cruising, a Biennale Show About Hooking Up 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Figures silhouetted against lamplight in tight interiors appear to merge with background wallpaper and nearby furniture. Review | These painters found calm in an age of distraction — more than a century ago 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, I do everything required of me between 7-8am by Sad lamplight and get a mild headache, though this might be down to worrying whether I’m prioritising Lumie time enough. Therapy lamps tested: ‘The optical equivalent of freezing cold shower' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z A slanting tongue of lamplight lit up his lap and I could see the outline of his large appendage. Were these sex scenes written by a man or a woman? 2012-06-12T11:37:00Z It looks warm and comfortable there in the lamplight, like the inside of a Guy Clark song. Postscript: Guy Clark, 1941-2016 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Looking down the street and seeing the shimmer of lamplight on the surface of the Thames brought a sigh. Favorite Place: Wintry Wanderings Among Chelsea’s Ghosts 2013-12-26T22:18:07Z Inside, it’s all golden lamplight in a smoky haze. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Gone are the splashy novels of summer; winter urges me towards thoughtful, ambulatory reading, chewed over in lamplight. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Arriving on a late winter’s afternoon, it felt magical: lamplight wreathed in mist, bridges reflected like gold crescents in dark waterways flanked by medieval and renaissance townhouses. The adoration of Ghent: art, history and flavours in Flanders 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z His memories, he says, “are still tinged with the lamplight of that era” before electricity. Doctor-novelist Abraham Verghese unpacks his long-awaited new epic 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Two hours and a rapid PCR test later, I sat in the dark of a tent, watching as two young women formed a kind of Pietà in a pool of warm yellow lamplight. ‘Yellowjackets’ Shows Us the Teenage Girlhood We Were Hungry For 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z To confirm their light-sensing role, the researchers covered the centipedes’ antennae with tinfoil, blocking their exposure to the lamplight. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z “This is a totally deliberate tactic,” Zelenskyy said in his nighttime video address to the nation, filmed outside in Kyiv, with the presidential office in the lamplight behind him. Live updates: Ukraine says 112 children died in war so far 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z One enterprising truffle dealer seems to conduct all of his transactions in dark alleyways, lit by headlights or lamplight spilling from a nearby window. Review: 'The Truffle Hunters' and the fine art of documentary filmmaking 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Beside us, in the lamplight, is a seated figure, inflamed and opalescent, like a flaring ember. Perspective | Join the crowd 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z This is particularly true of bats, which feed on the large number of insects drawn to lamplight or fruit in orchards. 'Promiscuous treatment of nature' will lead to more pandemics – scientists 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z I have always loved the image of these kids hiding fire, their faces momentarily illuminated to one another in lamplight, triumphant in their allegiance to the game. Opinion | The Courage to Be Alone 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z No Name looked at me hard under the dim lamplight. Hong Kong’s Protest Movement and the Fight for the City’s Soul 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Often frightening but always enchanting, this was always a favourite story of mine to read by lamplight. Top 10 books about the night 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Her debut sounded as though it had been recorded by lamplight in a poorly insulated shack; later records reinvigorated classic rock’n’roll and weepies worthy of Roy Orbison. 50 great tracks for October by Alicia Keys, DaBaby, Angel Olsen and more 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z A train is waiting, a wisp of white steam flickering in the lamplight. Into the storm: the horror of the second world war 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z And last Sunday, in the span of just 30 seconds, a troubled 24-year-old turned the historic Oregon District’s charming lamplight streets into a killing field. Devastation on top of devastation: The people of Dayton try to recover, again. 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The shipyard was lonesome throughout winter, but he was usually in the hull of the schooner drinking beer and sawing wood by lamplight, classical music echoing from a radio in his cabin. Redemption of a Lost Prodigy 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z I waited for a break in the shooting and stepped out into the lamplight, raising my arms in a friendly gesture to the invisible gunners behind the sandbags just down the street. AP BOOK EXCERPT: The Tet Offensive’s first 36 hours 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The temperature dropped at least 10 degrees Fahrenheit by this point, and it felt like the park was only lit with dim lamplight. How I outran clouds to get the perfect eclipse photo 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z At other moments, tunnelers suddenly broke through into passageways dug by enemy teams, and hand-to-hand combat followed by lamplight. This Explosion Was the Biggest Blast Before Atomic Bombs 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z “And when you ran to me / Your cheeks flushed with the night / We walked on frosted fields / Of juniper and lamplight.” Simon and Garfunkel – 10 of the best 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z In the section “Lamplit Interiors” are selections of intimate rooms whose darkness is interrupted by lamplight. The City of Lights, When It Was First Lighted 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The lamplight tours are scheduled for April 15 at the site in Galena. Ulysses Grant Home to hold tours, military encampment 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z With the invention of the light bulb, the night was illuminated with lamplight and became a time for activity. I used to be tired all the time too. 'Segmented sleep' solved that | Peter Papathanasiou 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Attracted by lamplights along the bridge, the insects swarm the area in a fluttering cloud of white wings. See Swarms of Bugs Descend Like a Summer Snowstorm It was night, and the scene looked threatening, yet this creature, bathed in yellow lamplight, seemed swaggering and confident, one foot up on a low wall. For those of us whose identity is slippery, David Bowie was a secular saint | Hari Kunzru 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z We went back to our shack, read by lamplight and slept easily — luxuriantly, by comparison — now that we had a sleeping mat. How to Feel Like a Castaway 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I’d see her hunched at her desk past eleven p.m., washed in the yellow lamplight, her long brown hair spilling over her books. We’re destroying our kids — for nothing: Too much homework, too many tests, too much needless pressure 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z I turned it in the lamplight then wrapped it in a small linen handkerchief embroidered with forget-me-nots, a present from my daughter. Patti Smith: 'It's not so easy writing about nothing' 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Stairs led to the roof where Amar, a studious boy, built a small shed so he could study by lamplight, away from his boisterous family. From Piyush to Bobby: How does Jindal feel about his family’s past? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Then he walked over to the harbor, to watch his research subject skin sea otters by lamplight. The Movie Star and the Missing Totem Pole 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Speaking of harm in medicine, maybe it is time to find the keys to that harm where there is no lamplight. A Perfect Score 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Then again, most jail cells aren’t illuminated by lamplight and don’t display a plush armchair, paintings and a Victrola record player. Crime and enshrinement: Museum chronicles the history of nation’s most notorious criminals 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The lamplight was hardly brighter than a candle. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z Reading his watch by lamplight, he discovered that it was 8:30 A.M., and pitch-black outside from the cloud of ashes descending. Tambora Erupts in 1815 and Changes World History [Excerpt] 2013-03-01T18:45:00.280Z He took out a small soft leather pouch, and from it drew a slim, silver-plated instrument that gleamed in the lamplight. Simon Hoggart's week: taken for suckers – it's enough to make you cry 2012-07-13T17:25:08Z We create in our minds the image of inventors working by lamplight, sketching, figuring, building, and then selling their inventions. The Reality of Protecting Your Company's Secrets 2012-07-06T14:15:00Z She felt in a good humor after her expedition, and was glad to be back in this dignified and ancient house with its books and lamplight and not a silken bow anywhere to be seen. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z There was an earnest exchange as I passed around lunar drawings, in the lamplight and torchlight. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z In the soft lamplight Alys' smooth dark hair looked as olive as her eyes, and there was a faint stain of pink on the ivory of her cheeks. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Saying which, he produced two big quart bottles and held them above his head, so the lamplight fell upon them. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z I picked up the broken pistol, looked at it in the lamplight, and knew straightway that I had guessed aright. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Mulberry Cottage was very comfortable inside, full of mid-Victorian furniture and ornaments that suited its owner, who, Sylvia now perceived by the orange lamplight, was even fatter than she had seemed at first. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z He is only twenty-two, but appears to be older in the lamplight. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z His huge torso, entirely nude, black and polished like a globe of jet, shone under the lamplight. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z He sat up and looked about him, and then slowly counted with a finger the number of the drenched and motionless figures that lay in the lamplight on the deck. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The lamplight striking on the face from the side emphasised with light and shade its cavities and projections. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z At first trees overhung the path, and they passed pool after pool of checkered lamplight that quivered in the wet road. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Mr Hayes, meanwhile, with the lamplight shining on his white hair, was studying a paper in the Transactions of the County Arch�ological Society, "On an Inscription in Mitchelhurst Church." Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Not far beyond, yellow lamplight was streaming from the windows of a tiny cottage. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z Crouch moved quickly to the doorway, and then, coming back into the room, flung open a drawer in his writing-desk, and took out a small, nickel-plated revolver that glittered in the lamplight. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z In a minute or two she freed herself, and thrust me from her, her face pale and red by turns, her eyes soft and shining in the lamplight. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Suppose he had seated himself behind the taxi and that when she reached the Airdales’ house he should once more be standing on the pavement in the lamplight? The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z They faced each other in the pale circle of lamplight, which trembled a little on the broad, white stairs. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Joel looked around the table, at each face that shone out pale and excited in the yellow lamplight. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z And we had returned from the Dragon Caves just in time to witness the multitude of helpers exerting their utmost strength to restore by lamplight the interior of the church from chaos to order. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He looked dazedly about him in the bright lamplight, and his eyes fell on a couple of candlesticks. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z As the stage door swung to behind her a figure stepped into the lamplight of the narrow court; it was Jimmy Monkley. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The innocent cause of this alarm crossed the hall, from the drawing-room to the study, banging the doors after him, and the lamplight fell on the deserted stairs. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z He kept straight on, paying no attention to the hail, repeated, but at the corner of two streets, under a lamplight, he halted, for Slump was at his side. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z When we reached Palma rain was falling, and the view from the carriage window, of a wet platform with the lamplight falling on dripping umbrellas, vividly recalled the moist far-off land of our birth. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z A sudden pallor had overspread his tanned features, and something very like fear looked out of his eyes at the dim white form standing motionless just beyond the range of the lamplight. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Then he saw another barrel gleam in the lamplight, and he stood still. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z "We shall see," I muttered, "whether there be any virtue of poison in my Nigrum," and I caught the poor little black beetle who had come out to enjoy the lamplight. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z She burst into the room, her eyes shining with excitement, and blinking as they met the bright lamplight. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z The afghan and worsted embroidery came out again under the bright lamplight; but Meredith sat idly tending the fire. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Another door had silently opened; and he saw framed in the doorway and relieved by the lamplight against the darkness of the outer room the face and figure of a tall girl. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z A covered dish which stood on a brass trivet before the bright coal fire gave forth a savoury smell, and the lamplight which twinkled on sparkling silver and old Nantgarw, discovered more than the tea-equipage. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z "Road closed for the night!" said a sentinel, walking towards us from the darkness ahead, cap, buckle, and buttons glittering in the lamplight. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Lydia, on the window-seat, watched the red spark moving to and fro, while Mrs. Blake, with cheeks as pale as her soft white shawl, sat in the lamplight with a book on her lap. Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z But from his landing the staircase looked all wrong for such an experiment and he walked the toboggan down, which lamplight appeared to him a typical product of the bear-haunted mountains of Canada. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Valentine sat on a locker with the lamplight on his bronzed face, which was a trifle grave. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Hunter sat down where the lamplight fell upon his face, and there was a trace of weariness in it. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Presently the Weasel wriggled out of his saddle, ran to the boot, and hurried away, axe on shoulder, and I sat there alone in the lamplight, gnawing my lips and groaning. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He placed him in Mrs. Blake’s lap where, winking and blinking his dark eyes in the lamplight, in his dew-stained night-clothes, he lay looking about him like a little white bird. Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z A further event of the visit of Dunedin was a march past by lamplight in the drill hall. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z It flickered on rusty columns and dripping, discoloured steel, and vanished, leaving grey shadow behind it, amidst which the smoky lamplight showed feeble and pale. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Finally he rose, and walking round the table, he saw what seemed to be a big glass bead sparkling in the lamplight on the dark-stained boards in a corner of the room. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The scene is tropical, the moon's clear beams mingle with the lamplight, and the sense of tranquility, happiness, and repose, which characterizes the place and the crowds, gives one a foretaste of Paradise. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z The lamplight from the dome of the carriage flickered on the forms about me. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z In the lamplight his face was sallow, with high cheek-bones and a very prominent chin. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z We had tea by lamplight, merrily, with the father radiating comfort as the lamp shone yellow light. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z But the sight of that open window, the garish lamplight, the cold apparition of George with a murderous cork in his hand, made her hopelessly unmethodical. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z In the office, the major and lieutenant found the creature which had, several days ago, been a private soldier of the headquarters scouts, lying on the floor in the lemon-colored lamplight. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Within, the flickering lamplight threw strange, darting shadows across the sick man's bed. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Somebody was on watch, for the big entrance door opened before the sleds reached the steps, and yellow lamplight shone out across the porch. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z They were very grotesque in the dark night as the lamplight fell on them, showing them grimy, flecked with bits of snow. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Couples stroll under pools of lamplight, while the park drive pulses with the footfalls of runners, the whir of cyclists and the desultory clop of horse-drawn carriages. As Crime Falls, Central Park?s Night Use Grows 2011-12-28T16:26:24Z Japhra turned his face up to her and the lamplight showed the twinkling with which he met the reproach in her voice. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Within the fire blazed cheerily, and the soft lamplight cast a pleasant charm over the cozy room. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z The lamplight streamed out from the open study door upon us, showing me her dazed, almost haggard face, her disordered dress, the nervous trembling of her hands. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z The lamplight fell upon her as she crossed the threshold, and Jessie recognised unwillingly that she looked surprisingly handsome. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Breakfast was now a meal to be partaken of by lamplight, and so too was dinner, but they both passed off none the less pleasantly for that. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z It was flung noisily open, revealing Mathurin standing in the full glare of the lamplight. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Bright as the lamplight was, still it was artificial light, and under it the likenesss was more and more emphasised, in fact, startling. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Miss Oliver was standing in the lamplight when they came in and noticed the white patches on their clothes. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z During this time his eyes scarcely once left her face, gleaming distinct or dim as the lamplight waxed or waned. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It is caught in the night by lamplight, in accordance with the movements of the fowler. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z These things have the worst effect upon me—and I fled to London pavements, lamplights, shopfronts, taxi's—and friends; amid all of which I have recovered my equilibrium excellently, and shall do so still more. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z She looked at him in the lamplight, standing erect and beautiful. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z When they reached it Harry sat down on his bed and his face looked grave in the lamplight. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z "Well, Sergy�y," asked the mother, thrusting her emaciated face out into the glare of the lamplight. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z “And so he can see that picture better, ’cause the lamplight isn’t in his eyes. The Star People 2011-11-06T02:00:16.133Z The alabarch came into his presiding-room with a slow step; he let his cloak fall on his chair, and stood in the lamplight worn and troubled. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The lamplight too, was cheerful enough, and yet not. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z There is the lamplight, with its dim red glow, its weary look, unwillingly fighting against night, a sullen slave to wakeful man. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The early lamplight came and went on their faces as the bus jogged on. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z His face showed grey in the lamplight, and he looked unusually haggard and frail. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The trouble grew within her eyes, She seemed to feel, as in a dream, The ruling force in love that lies; She veiled the lamplight's yellow gleam From the black bay of Naples. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z “Fill up, Varne,” he said, pushing the square bottle over to his companion—the glow of glasses and syphons between them shone merrily in the cheerful lamplight. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Into the lamplight stepped the figure of an apparently circumspect female, as they say in the old stories, who presently closed the door behind her. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z After that Nele and Ulenspiegel undressed, and very beautiful they looked in the lamplight, he in the pride of his manly strength, and she in all her youthful grace and sweetness. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Then he suddenly pulled the door to, shutting out the lamplight and the alluring red glow of the stove, and swung forward, knee-deep in dusty snow, into the gloom of the pines. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z She quenched the lamplight's yellow gleam; The moon was like a sabre thin, The one white thing in all that dream Of black that lay on Naples. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z Denis was glad to have so whole a view of him as the lamplight and the easy chair afforded. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z On the edge of the mantel-piece she saw something that gleamed in the dim lamplight, and she went to it. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Joe sprang up from a chair to greet him, and by the lamplight he could see Mills, on the couch, and heard him say, in a weak voice, “Hello, Tom.” Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z As he come across into the lamplight I recognized him. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Green and Forrester also rose and approached the library table while Humphrey was arranging the photograph where the lamplight would fall full upon it. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z The very first person he saw was Ralph Devenish, reading by lamplight in one of the many rude verandas which faced and flanked one another under the bright Australian stars. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The third man was writing a tremendous letter, at great speed, face and hands and flying pencil strongly lighted by a candle-end almost under his nose, more shame for our poor lamplight! Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Tom could see little but the warm lamplight. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z For a second I couldn't make out what had happened, or where the voice came from, or who 'twas that had spoke—then, as he come across into the lamplight I recognized him. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z If Harry was pale while playing at bubble-ships in the water-vat, he was rosy enough now, and verily his cheeks shone in the lamplight. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z The lamplight shone upon her freckles as Swift studied her anxiously. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z There wasn’t such an object in sight, however, along the glistening walk—the walk that glistened in the lamplight from Mr. Vandergriff’s store. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z Scotchmen are—” Five men sprang to their feet in a moment, and dirks were flashing in the lamplight. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Only I have known those romantic lamplight complexions to bear in the daylight an extraordinary resemblance to Indian curry. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z He looked up at the dark bulk of Chigringo, unrelieved even by the tiny fleck of lamplight which he had so often called his guiding star. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z But as careful an examination as it was possible to make by lamplight failed to reveal any trace of damage. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z After a hasty breakfast, eaten by lamplight, we were soon mounted and in motion for the rendezvous. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z But at the rear of the closet, beyond the lamplight, there was a chest where playing-blocks were kept. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Blanche went through into the room without a word, but her eyes shone finely in the lamplight. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z In the morning, we all arose early and took our last breakfast together by lamplight. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z He softly crossed the room, and looking back, he saw them, tall, distinguished, both of them under the lamplight—enemies, and yet the closest friends bound by the strongest tie in the world. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z A friend surprised him one night working at an "Accusation of Susannah by the two Elders" by lamplight. Romney 2011-08-02T02:00:24.233Z See, Sch�ndel," Reb Schlome suddenly exclaimed, "I notice a very remarkable resemblance between Reb Gabriel and you, a resemblance, about which I yesterday by lamplight thought that I had been deceiving myself. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z All over the floor, chairs, table, beds, bureau and wash-stand sat frogs; big frogs, little frogs, medium-sized frogs; all goggling solemnly at her in the lamplight. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z The man spoke abruptly, but Lilian could not doubt the earnestness in his voice, or, as he stood hat in hand under the lamplight, mistake the look in his eyes. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The lamplight fell upon her sober face and Sam wondered if she ever looked really smiling and pleasant. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z “But the house is falling down!” gasped the 140 woman, and as she turned the lamplight from the hall revealed her features, and Helen uttered a stifled cry. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z I seated myself by the table and tried to read a bible by the lamplight: but I could not. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z Even with the windows shut, the lamplight flickered, and, when it fell upon her, Carrie's face showed set and white. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z Then as Maxwell's eyes closed he crouched in the entrance, with the steel, which caught the lamplight, lying naked across his knee. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z As to recognising the accused when he saw Durnford by lamplight on the beach, he, the speaker, prayed them to receive this statement with the greatest possible reserve. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The panel of looking-glass reflected the young man's profile, touched with gleams of lamplight, as he leaned forward with his arms upon the table. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z The great tiger jaws on the walls seem to snarl inaudibly in the lamplight—as though to remind both of the multifold perils of the beautiful, treacherous East. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z And with her arm still on the old man’s shoulder she leads him to the door, and they join the family circle in the cheerful lamplight. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Mid shattered pipes and glass, their staggering way they strive, Till in the distant market, by lamplight they arrive. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Roland gave a great start, and stared in bewildered fashion upon the face confronting him in the full glare of the lamplight, for he was looking into the limpid blue eyes of Lizzie Devine. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Night deepened over the river, but the reflection of the lamplights on its waves was more visible than that of the stars. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Mirrors reflect the wares, and give the establishment an artificial extension, by lamplight a fantastical grandeur. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The yellow lamplight threw gloomy shadows about the barricaded room. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z She rested her head against the back of the chair and regarded him through half-lowered lashes, conscious that the lamplight was doing full justice to her prettiness. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Stripping to the buff the two subs blacked themselves all over by means of corks charred in the lamplight. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Then she brought it into line with her vision and with the lamplight streaming upon it. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z A blanket had been hung on a frame inside in such a manner that scarcely a gleam of lamplight reached the corridor when the door was open. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z That very evening, by lamplight, he had a block of Parian marble rough-hewed, and a year after that day he was still working at the marble. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Helen, blinking into the lamplight of the hall, bent her head. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z "Why, she says that everything looks a great deal better by lamplight." The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z Winnie sat in the great comfortable wicker armchair with the lamplight gloating o’er her mischievous face. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z The critic proceeds: ‘By whom was the lamplight discovery of a standing figure, apparently meant for Edwin Drood, in the vignette at the bottom of the page, intended to be made?’ The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z And yet— Herr Dremmel's laboratory windows were open, for the evening was heavy and quiet, and they could see him in the lamplight, with disregarded moths fluttering round his head, bent over his work. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z In the lamplight the tiny scars on the lobes of her nose did not show, and he rather wished that they did. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z She must have let the lamplight fall full on my face, for through my closed and weighted lids I saw red and yellow. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The world is equal to the child's desire Who plays with pictures by his nursery fire— How vast the world by lamplight seems! The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z The yellow lamplight imparted a curious hue, and the man fancied she looked seriously frightened. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The place was dim, warm with a fragrant perfume of flowers: a soft lamplight was everywhere, a fragrant warmth. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z George Mellis was still at the side door, and in the lamplight the other could not see an inch beyond. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The yellow chintz curtains were drawn apart, showing us both the gleam of lamplight and the leaping firelight. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z As she did so this time, the lamplight fell upon a crack in the wall that was level with her eyes, and contained something that suddenly glittered. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z We reached this stream just at dusk of the third day and for the first time in three days saw the friendly lamplights at a Mexican village a short distance above the ford. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z The table was prettily laid in the big dining-room; the lamplight twinkled upon the firmament of plates and silver spoons, and the flowers that Rhoda had herself arranged. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z It was a singularly gentle smile, as he leant back in his worn old chair, and the lamplight fell upon his face. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Then you come home 159 to the firelight and the gay-lighted breakfast table, with dawn stealing up fast, like lamplight spreading from the bright crack under a door. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Jeanne, very neat in her brown poplin dress, Old Captain, very comfortable in his faded shirt-sleeves, ate it by lamplight at the Captain's small, square table. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z In a few moments the gate is reached; yes, the woman is standing under the shade of a tree on the boulevard, the lamplight falling full upon Mrs. Dale. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z She ran up the steps into the house, and stood waiting in the old hall, scanning him still by her lamplight. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The front door stood open, pouring a broken beam of lamplight into the road. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z After a little he sang in an unknown tongue, his big chin down on the fiddle-tail, his white eyeballs glaring in the lamplight. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z There was a lamplight near that enabled him to do so, and further to distinguish the countenance of the inebriate. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z A light streamed across the dark garden when she reached The Hollies; a radiance of firelight and lamplight. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z He was worn with travel, and his face showed pallid and haggard under the lamplight. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z It was midnight when we arrived, as I saw in the dim lamplight by the tall clock, and the mother was sleeping. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z At daybreak Aynsley pulled across in the yacht’s small dinghy, and his face had an anxious look as he entered the Cetacea’s cabin, where Jimmy was cleaning some of the pump fittings by lamplight. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z One look she gave into it, then swayed in the patch of lamplight very like the limp ladies he had been mentioning. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z His handsome profile cut sharply against the lamplight, he looked cool, on the alert, while Hugh's broad face was puckered and wrinkled with anxiety. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Nettie laughed, and turned so that the lamplight touched her face. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z And the few borderland hours of twilight or lamplight which providence has set between these two spaces of time, are, there seems little doubt, given us for the purposes of tea, smoking, conversing, and courting. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Moran, with a downcast face, sat where the lamplight fell full upon him. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Her face in the lamplight was ashy pale, the pupils of her eyes were dilated, her lips quivered, her fingers trembled and were intertwined. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z His face grew stern and set as he watched her in the lamplight, gliding from one to another with a soft word or two. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z He rose, made Miss Harding a little punctilious inclination, and moved away, while the lamplight flung his shadow black upon the pink-washed walls. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z She fairly crept into the circle of lamplight from the unlighted hall and sitting-room. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z She made a beautiful picture sitting there in the soft lamplight. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Many of the better kind served to decorate apartments in which there were no windows, where they must have been executed, and afterwards seen only by lamplight. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z She got out her most difficult music and by lamplight played it for him. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The lamplight, from under its crimson shade, fell upon her hair and face and neck with marvellous results, for it made her beautiful. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z How sad, how changed she looked in the lamplight, how like some consecrated nun contrasted to her former girlish self! The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The yellow lamplight from behind shone dully upon his fair, bare head, and the cold moonlight shed an artificial pallor upon his good-looking face. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z It was not the first time for him to receive such, in a similar way; and, straightening it out under the lamplight, he was soon acquainted with its contents. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z In the feeble lamplight Ram Deen discerned a man lying in the middle of the road. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z But on his face, as I saw it in the lamplight, there was the like brightening that I had seen on the face of the rector. The Great Return 2011-03-20T02:00:35.837Z The suit was a good, well-fitting one, bought with his old taste for such things, and in the lamplight he presented quite a changed appearance. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z She was very, very beautiful as she stood there in the lamplight. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The car slipped down the avenue, the lamplight dancing upon the pine-trunks, and came out into the open road, where it crossed the moor, and the day had not wholly faded from the sky. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Did she herself ever look across the lamplight into the still and bottomless despair of its eyes? Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z We finished the meal by lamplight, and then adjourned to the deck, where, as was our regular custom. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The thought of having to face them in the lamplight at the supper-table was galling to his tortured spirit. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The little wooden houses were in darkness, and no sign of life was visible anywhere, except at the hotel, where the yellow lamplight still battled feebly with the overwhelming rays of the brilliant summer moon. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Facing each other in the lamplight they had a conversation that put an end to all his dreams. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z All their faces, clear in the lamplight, with O'Mally's red and proud glancing sideways at the drawing, were intent and frowning. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z The lamplight fell full upon the group about the table, and Baron Karl's eyes encountered those of his son, beaming with delight. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The family were at the table in the shaded lamplight. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z In any other city society seems to reserve itself for evening and lamplight; but here, Bob, you make "running from the start," and keep up the pace till you come in. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Usually at that hour she was round in the kitchen and when he knocked would have opened the door and seen his face in the lamplight. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z The old man got up, shaking himself like a big, drowsy animal and came forward into the lamplight. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Again he paused, while the lamplight shone on the tomb. Polaris of the Snows 2011-03-02T03:00:28.900Z The steps of the two men were heard coming from the barn, and Mary went hastily out of the lamplight and into the gloom of the hall. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Then she took up the paper and held the sheet to catch the lamplight from the centre-table upon it. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z She moved it about and the stones sparkled like bits of fire in the lamplight. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z He seemed almost gigantic in the yellow lamplight. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z The faces of the two men—a little closer now, for Borden had moved his chair—were both under the little circle of lamplight. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Even in the dim lamplight Charles read in the girl's face the growing desire to resent the fellow's coarse familiarity. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z La Salle put out his hand for the communication, broke the thread, unfolded the sheet, and, holding it in the lamplight, bent over to read. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Somewhat surprised at her tone, Barton followed her, and, having made fast the window, looked at her in the yellow lamplight. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z The lamplight shone far down the big road that night, and Anne saw it almost as soon as she left the meeting-house on her lonely way home. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z It is on this nocturnal exploration, when the cliff at Llangorren is inspected by lamplight. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z The room looked more cheerful now with the lamplight and the yellow glow from the stove, and both were conscious of a sense of hopefulness. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z He hesitated where the path split, then hastened to his house, entered, and immediately found himself in the presence of his aunt, who awaited his coming, knitting her fingers in the lamplight. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The dog, an enormous black retriever, came running towards us; his eyes in the lamplight had a liquid trustfulness. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z She knew at once what the streaming lamplight meant; and she tried to think what was best to do, now that the worst was come. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Nothing could be more real, more significant, more productive of contemplation, than that bit of imbedded steel, shining threateningly in the lamplight. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z In the lamplight his face looked ten years older. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z The station baggage-room was open, and the lamplight spread out across the glistening, wet cinders of the approach to the platform. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The gray dawn appeared through the tiny panes; the lamplight paled, and vague murmurs arose within the Castle. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z Its pinkish-red plumage shone with a silvery radiance in the lamplight. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Therewith, Daniel took Muriel to this room, which looked exceedingly clean and comfortable in the lamplight. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z But can I not see her in her own home for the last time, in the intimacy of the lamplight which brings the three of them together? The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z “Are you going to give me up to a murderer?” bleated Barrett, for his study of the faces in the lamplight did not reassure him. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z He could not see lamplight shining through any of the windows. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Breakfast was eaten and Brown Betty cared for by lamplight and with the first dim rays of morning he set out once more upon the road. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Between their white bodies at a long table in the flickering lamplight sat a chattering, laughing, singing company, apparently drinking in the intoxication of the summer evening with their wine. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z It was an eerie sight, the two patent mahogany-colored cowboy boots resting neatly by a green park bench in a pale wash of lamplight. | The Ghost Boots of Central Park 2010-11-23T13:50:00Z But at the edge of the camp’s lamplight he whirled and faced the crew. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z As he turned with her, the lamplight fell full on his face, and she saw that his eyes were bloodshot! The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Johnson had the lamplight of President Kennedy's martyrdom guiding him, and he had 67 Democrats in the Senate, although some were conservative Southern Democrats committed to obstructing civil rights. 2010-01-15T14:55:00Z The lamplight shone on the silk stockings of damsels as they tripped along. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z His works are often dark social commentaries featuring streets and portsides, full of ships’ rigging and lamplight that seems visually interchangeable with moonlight. 2009-12-19T09:51:00Z But before any one made a move Withee stepped forward into the lamplight. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z He took it from her and held it up against the lamplight. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The yellow lamplight from within outlined the lovely contour of her rounded cheek and throat and livened her hair, but it was not only her undeniable beauty that caused Spurrier sudden anxiety. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Beside her Elly was looking fresh and innocent, with the lamplight illumining her fair hair, and on the right sat Hertha. The Undying Past Through the lamplight and starlight, I cast a longing and envious look at the loose and painted canvas. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Everything looked very snug—the plain, simple furniture shone in the lamplight, and a cosy meal was prepared, with Mrs Banks—a Daisy of a very ripened nature—sitting busily at work. The Parson O' Dumford But even as he spoke the door opened, and a broad beam of yellow lamplight shot out across the porch and down the path. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway A few minutes later into the lamplight of the room shambled the beggar of the disfigured face, whom Spurrier had last seen at the town of Waterfall, led by a small, brattish boy. The Law of Hemlock Mountain She wore a white smock over her dark house-dress, and the lamplight which struggled with the dawn shone on her smooth hair. The Undying Past A single row of pearls encircled her long, graceful neck, her shoulders and bare arms were dazzlingly soft, her hair gleamed in the shaded lamplight. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 In the lamplight they looked black, but they might easily be any other colour. The Man Who Rose Again The lamplight seemed to grow and spread to an unbearable radiance. The Valiants of Virginia The lamplight threw dusky shadows on her skeleton frame and turned her eyes into the sharp-gleaming eyes of an executioner. Woman In the lamplight clouds of tobacco-smoke could be seen issuing through the chinks of the venetian blinds. The Undying Past "This and more I sat divining, With my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining, with the lamplight gloated o'er." The Home Life of Poe But of course this was only a freak, illusive reverie played his senses, which lamplight and work soon dispelled. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers A huddled figure sat there, rocking to and fro in the lamplight. The Valiants of Virginia He saw Lettice on her sofa, the lamplight in her wide-open eyes that shone with moisture. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Two hours later the three sat together in the lamplight at the tea-table, happy in a feeling of possessing each other again. The Undying Past Of course, said he, to produce such an effect the lamplight must come from above and behind the bust and the bird. The Home Life of Poe He did not wish to let her know where he was living; for every evening he would expect to see her materialize from a quivering circle of lamplight so close to Leppard Street. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The pine trees and the heather made a melancholy concert, and they were glad to reach the blown lamplight of the streets. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Through the windows of the house when he drew near he caught the pallid glimmer of lamplight, but to his first rapping on the door there was no response. The Tempering The old man talked at considerable length, but suddenly noticed that his wife, seated in the lamplight across the table, had not uttered a word, which struck him as being truly remarkable. The Cottage of Delight A Novel When it is dark, he repeats the Evening Prayer by lamplight; his father is always catching him making a mistake, and Lebele has to keep all his wits about him. Yiddish Tales Michael saw her very plainly as she passed him in the lamplight. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Was it a trick of the lamplight, or did he really perceive her head turn outside to regard him for a moment? Sinister Street, vol. 1 Under a square glass cover, on a black cushion, lay Balder's death-mask, so warmly illuminated by the lamplight, that the pure features of the beautiful, still countenance, seemed to be animate with life. The Children of the World The lamplight fell into the brown mass of hair that crowned her well-poised head like a halo. The Cottage of Delight A Novel He carried her within and laid her in the lamplight. The Way of the Gods In another second he was in the lamplight of Little Quondam Street. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "I must go, I must go, I must go," Lily whispered and almost seemed to be preening her wings in the lamplight before she flew away. Sinister Street, vol. 1 When the lamplight penetrated to the window, she perceived that it was a turning lathe, and she instantly knew why this awkward piece of furniture stood in Reinhold's holy of holies. The Children of the World The child's name was Dora Boyles, and she smiled in chagrin as he stared down on her in the lamplight and demanded: "Say, say, what's this—trying to smoke us to death?" The Cottage of Delight A Novel The younger Mackay swayed forward, his face white in the lamplight. The Land of Strong Men From the opposite pavement a woman's figure stepped quickly toward him out of a circle of lamplight. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Then suddenly Stella stopped playing, and the enchantment was dispelled by murmurous praise and entering lamplight. Sinister Street, vol. 1 In the lamplight he saw a big car standing at the curb, shaking as its ungeared engine puffed and chugged. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship As she passed, the lamplight flared strongly on her features, and M'Caskey saw a face he had once known well; but what a change was there! Tony Butler The lamplight revealed a red furrow lying along his ribs, but though it bled freely the skin was little more than broken. The Land of Strong Men He was, after all, very much like a dressed-up gorilla, as he stood there thudding his chest in the haggard lamplight. Sinister Street, vol. 2 In the evening his new friends came down to dinner much enwrapped in feathers, and Michael thought that Kathleen looked very beautiful in the crimson lamplight of the dinner-table. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Already a typical Third Avenue crowd was gathering, though the ominous glimmer of a policeman’s buttons had not yet caught the lamplight from the street corner. The Moonlit Way The curtains of the living-room were drawn over the windows, the mellow lamplight dealing kindly with their faded folds. Nancy of Paradise Cottage She paused in the midst of her speech, for her rescuer's face was shining out clear and distinct in the lamplight. Hard Pressed Presently, however, two couples came laughing into the lamplight at the corner. Sinister Street, vol. 2 To this succeeded the narrow streets of the town itself,—where, at long intervals, a dusky yellow haze glimmered by way of lamplight. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "Have you got the flares?" he asked, when the mottled countenance of his retainer appeared in the stream of lamplight. A Traitor's Wooing In the soft lamplight, with one fine feature after another looming up into sombre richness, it defied her not to pronounce it a triumph of taste. The Spoils of Poynton "I daresay I look my best by lamplight," I suggested, smiling. The Great Miss Driver Half of this money he had thought an exaggerated and cowardly bribe to buy off her importunity when she had stood in the circle of lamplight, owlishly staring. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Now in the lamplight he could see how very white and tired she looked. Shadows of Flames A Novel In the lamplight they were deceptively reminiscent of the eyes of a cat. The Gray Mask When Guy was back in the funny St. Giles room, he decided there was something rather finely ascetic about Michael seated there and reading imperturbably in the lamplight. Plashers Mead A Novel Gradually their figures receded from the area of lamplight and grew dim in the darkness. The Great Miss Driver So I was still quite na�vely addicted to drawing portraits by lamplight, putting in deep shadows and deeper accents, and picking out high lights on the breadths of foreheads or the tips of noses. Fragments of an Autobiography And she noticed how dull his thick, fair hair looked in the lamplight—"staring" like the coat of a horse out of condition. Shadows of Flames A Novel Across the way Daisy's house with the yellow lamplight shining through, and Daisy's black shadow passing across the light through the window. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 Behind him the lamplight of the Rectory windows seemed for the moment sad and unattainable and gave him the fancy he was drifting away from a friendly shore. Plashers Mead A Novel But as he sat crossing and recrossing his knees, wishing inexpressibly for the relief of a smoke, her face in the lamplight was so lovely that he shut his teeth and resolved to hang on. The Shadow Only the statue greeted him silently in the soft lamplight, that scarcely accomplished more than the defining of the gloom. Bye-Ways From the French window among the jasmine came lamplight—and voices. Man and Maid There he saw in the lamplight a reddish monster with a big head, shaggy hair, and a little tassel that fell back into its hind legs in lieu of a tail. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 With the glass let down against the rain, they were forced very near to one another as the horse trotted along Tottenham Court Road shining with puddles in the lamplight. Carnival He saw them through the blue smoke and the heat and the lamplight, and he saw that in fact they were his own kind. Where the Pavement Ends The others counted my mother’s hams and flitches of bacon, and the strings of onions throwing flickering shadows in the lamplight. Seven Frozen Sailors Within that lamplight glowed on the last remnants of a meal—dinner, by the glasses and the fruit. Man and Maid In the shaded lamplight it was impossible to believe that her fortieth birthday was well in sight. A Question of Marriage The driver turned his horse and for a minute or two they traveled silently through the rain and lamplight. Carnival Come into the house; then you will see one another by lamplight. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine It was the dim lustre of distant lamplight, whence I guessed it was night. International Short Stories English The tree waves softly all night in the unaltering lamplight, and the moonlight is killed upon its leaves. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure Schoolboys are romping in the square in and out among the silver tree-trunks out of the smoked rose shadows through the timid yellow lamplight ... A Pushcart at the Curb It was a wet evening, and Bloomsbury seemed the wettest place in London as the two girls turned into the sparse lamplight of Mecklenburg Square and hurried along under the dank, fast-fading planes and elms. Carnival It was a long white spike, gleaming in the lamplight. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen His eyebrows were bushy and dark; his eyes were black, and the reflected lamplight shot in gleams from them, like to that level spoke of radiance with which he had swept this lazarette. International Short Stories English He backed up and stood framed in the open door against the lamplight. Stepsons of Light As daybreak and lamplight did not agree, he extinguished his lamp, threw aside his papers, and gave himself a momentary rest. Black Diamonds Spite of the lamplight in the cabin, the curtain and the door combined eclipsed the sheen, and I could not see her. A Marriage at Sea His voice broke with emotion, and his innumerable wrinkles quivered and writhed, but the student observed in the lamplight that his shining eyes were still dry and tearless as two beads of steel. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen The lamplight from the next room shone in faintly. Gertrude's Marriage The lamplight, when the door was opened wide, illuminated the square hall quite well. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks He was just turning up a reading-lamp—for he always read and wrote by lamplight. The New Warden Her face was white as death; her large eyes, which seemed of a coal blackness in the lamplight, and by contrast with the hue of her cheeks, sparkled with alarm. A Marriage at Sea Warm lamplight mocked them from a hundred homely windows. The Destroying Angel By the open doorway stood a creature whose dusky fur glistened like silk in the lamplight, and great yellow eyes stared into his. The Woodlands Orchids The girl stepped forward, and in the lamplight from the bedroom doorway identified the key of the green door–with its tag attached. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks The woman turned her face so that the lamplight illumined her coiled hair and for a moment she did not reply. Command There was no moon, nor any lamplight, but by the glimmering stars we could see this strange encampment, which barely left a passage in the middle for the mule-carts. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas At its farther end a dark-haired woman in a plain black dress with a short apron and lace cap sat reading by lamplight: evidently a maid. The Destroying Angel "Eating breakfast by lamplight is a new experience to me," declared Hal as they sat down to bacon, corn bread just from the oven, flapjacks with thick maple syrup, and coffee. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp "You'll certainly catch cold standing in that wet grass: do come in and let me shut the blinds," she said, for she had found cheerful lamplight the best corrective for his vagaries. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Her eyes were bright and resolute, and the lamplight threw into salience the curve of her jaw and chin. Command I also drew from nature and from casts, often working by lamplight with Mlle. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun "Well—however?" she prompted, studying his lowering face by lamplight. The Destroying Angel The young man from Amarillo stood right where the lamplight fell upon his features. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure I could not distinguish their faces, for they all wore their hats, and the lamplight was so dim that it only served to make the darkness visible. The Red Symbol At this, the girl standing in the doorway, as though unable to endure more, comes slowly forward, and advances until she is within the full glare of the lamplight. Portia or By Passions Rocked At seven or eight, I remember, I made a picture by lamplight of a man with a beard, which I have kept until this very day. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Impelled by nervous excitement, which prevented his sleeping, he raised up in his couch, and the lamplight shone full upon his face. Sónnica When Miss Sampson came into the new Mr. Smith's library he was sitting in a circle of lamplight at his big table, writing and smoking. An Old Chester Secret But they did not challenge it as did the flash of an apricot sweater, blood-red in the ruby lamplight, of a black and yellow cap, several yellow and black caps, suddenly–eagerly–thrust near. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl In the lamplight, I could discern the figure of the musician. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Mr. Dutton had also risen, and as he moved forward into the lamplight Adrian noticed how much altered for the worse was his physical bearing. A Daughter of the Forest Early in the morning we assembled in my room by lamplight. Eyes Like the Sea He forgot lamplight hours when he had wrested groans from Virgil and provoked the shade of Euclid, and remembered only the good old friends and the favorite studies of school-days. A Canadian Bankclerk It was her hour, between the lamplight and the clear April day, when he was always sure of finding her at home. The Return of the Prodigal It is a beautiful golden-brown by day, and in lamplight all black and sparkle. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) "Why, my dear, I bought them by lamplight! and, besides, it was an auction and I was excited." John March, Southerner Those spirits who only appear at night, regret their banishment from the day and are greedy of lamplight. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The lieutenant has the pleasure of taking a portrait of the young lady before him in chalks; he has already finished one by daylight, and is trying one by lamplight. Timar's Two Worlds I must have read the yellow color into them to fit the lamplight. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Tuesday, July 23.—We dined under a bare trellis erected for the Fourth of July; and here we used to linger by lamplight over coffee and tobacco. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The windows of Rosemont had for some time been red with lamplight when they fastened their horse to a swinging limb near the spring-house and walked up through the darkening grove to the kitchen. John March, Southerner It was a long, rambling structure, somehow forbidding, and he blinked as he stared with faint apprehension at the lamplight streaming out of two windows. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance She shrugged and toyed with the shells while she stared thoughtfully into the lamplight. Collectivum In the lamplight that shone from the passageway full on her face, I saw, as I peeped above the rough blanket, that the new-comer was no common type of waif and stray. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Only the tip of her foot was visible in the lamplight, a beautiful, narrow, elegantly-shod foot, which was swinging rapidly backwards and forwards. Jena or Sedan? The white walls and red roofs of the town up there on the cliff were already beginning to be hazed out by darkness, and the soft yellow splashes of lamplight were growing in number. The Recipe for Diamonds She was the first in the house; and while I was still without I saw a match flash and the lamplight kindle in the windows. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The walls were a varnished brown, so that they shone in the lamplight. Coquette A huge shadow, which Helen shudderingly likened to the sprawling figure of Talpers in the lamplight, raced toward them over the plains. Mystery Ranch He held an instrument in his hands that shone brightly in the lamplight. Jimbo A Fantasy And I pulled out of my jacket pocket a little two-lugged red earthenware pot, and poured out a chinking heap of something that glinted with many colours in the lamplight. The Recipe for Diamonds Her shadow went all the way up behind her into the hollow of the iron roof; she stood against it bright, the lamplight shining on her skin. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) She tried to see herself in the mirror, but could only get a lamplight view that frightened her. Coquette For the weaver was working busily by lamplight, paying no attention to him. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The Catherine Wheel, in their case, had by that time settled down from a tempest of flame-spray to a steady lamplight, endurable by bystanders. When Ghost Meets Ghost She looked now in the soft lamplight like an enormous azalea in full bloom. The Co-Citizens On the other hand, the lamplight skimmed the face of the precipices, and the dwarf pine-trees twinkled with all their needles, and were gone again into the wake. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) They would cut off her curly hair, that gleamed in the lamplight, when she took the veil; the linen band would cover her brow and her cheek. Absolution Sol Greening, their neighbor, whose gate was almost opposite Isom’s, whose barn was not eighty rods from the kitchen door, stood panting in the lamplight, his heavy beard lifting and falling on his chest. The Bondboy |
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