| 单词 | lamplighter |
| 例句 | Without the hired lamplighters, most of the city’s 662 whale oil streetlamps remained unlit, the surrounding areas cast into a gloomy darkness. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The lamplighters had all fled the city or died. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A lamplighter some blocks down reached up with his long pole to extinguish the street lamp. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A lamplighter scuttled along the edges of the crowd igniting the gas jets atop cast-iron poles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z So Magdalys mostly had to be content with watching the great beasts cavort along outside her window: The lamplighter’s iguanodons would pass first thing in the morning, extinguishing the lanterns as the day broke. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The lamplighters were already at work, and the hills twinkled with hundreds of tiny quivering flames. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There are night watchmen trudging through the snow and a lamplighter with his ladder and lantern. Wild Waves and Quiet Streets: 2 Artists Working From Memory 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Miranda will play a new character, an English street lamplighter named Jack. There's lots of Broadway's Lin-Manuel Miranda coming up 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Similarly, the dark-lit grins and unflappable footwork of the lamplighters turn their dangerous labor into comic play; “smile and smirk,” they sing, is Cockney rhyming slang for “work.” ‘Mary Poppins,’ and a Nanny’s Shameful Flirting With Blackface 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Le Carré, who died last year, also developed his own colorful glossary of spy terms — pavement artists, babysitters, lamplighters and, most famously, moles. John le Carré’s Last Completed Spy Novel Crowns a Career Attuned to Moral Ambivalence 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Skaters, musicians and chess players by the Washington Arch stopped and stared as we passed, holding our plastic candles and following an imposing lamplighter in a bowler hat. Two New York Neighborhoods Set the Stage for Decadence and Loss 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z The books took his readers deep into "the circus" with jargon such as "honey trap", "mole" and "lamplighter" becoming common parlance. Obituary: John le Carré 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z In the work of lighting candles to push back the darkness, Brooks wants to be a lamplighter. Opinion | David Brooks wants to weave America’s threads back together 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z In the sequel, it’s a phalanx of London lamplighters performing parkour tricks on bicycles. Review | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ desperately wants to be liked, and the result is pretty much joyless 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Each song has its spiritual antecedent in the original film, including the lamplighters' dance number "Trip a Little Light Fantastic," a nod to "Step in Time." Review: Spit spot! Blunt's a practically perfect Poppins 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Each song has its spiritual antecedent in the original film, including the lamplighters’ dance number “Trip a Little Light Fantastic,” a nod to “Step in Time.” Review: Spit spot! Blunt’s a practically perfect Poppins 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z That he, a Puerto Rican American, has been cast as a cockney lamplighter in a mainstream Disney film is testament to his success at promoting colour-blind casting. Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘A Trump musical? I don't know how to score that yet’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z On Fourth Street, an old-fashioned lamplighter looks like he’s making his evening rounds. Nebraska artist repopulates once-thriving town with plywood 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Characters range from Father Christmas to Scrooge and Marley from “A Christmas Carol” to Victorian-themed scenes of lamplighters and carolers. Christmas in Ohio: Nutcrackers, Victorian village, Nativity 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z There he worked as a farmhand, street lamplighter and general handyman. What trans soldier Albert Cashier can teach Trump about patriotism 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The New York-born performer will be playing a new character called Jack, a street lamplighter who joins Emily Blunt's Mary on her magical adventures. How Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda got The Rock to sing - BBC News 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Lin Manuel-Miranda, star of Broadway hit Hamilton, will play another new character, a lamplighter named Jack. Meryl Streep 'set for Mary Poppins role' - BBC News 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Jack, a street lamplighter who did not appear in the original film, will be played by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created and and performed in Broadway hit, Hamilton. Disney's Mary Poppins sequel to get Christmas Day debut - BBC News 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Miranda, who recently won a Pulitzer Prize for creating and starring in Broadway's historical, hip-hop musical "Hamilton," will play a new character named Jack, a street lamplighter. 'Mary Poppins Returns' with Blunt, 'Hamilton' star Miranda 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Back in France, Mr. de Tounens persisted in claiming a South American realm, even after he was reduced to working as a lamplighter and living with his nephew, a butcher. In France, Princes Feud Over a Kingdom You’ve Never Heard Of 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Like lamplighters and telegraph operators, business support advisers are a thing of the past, only time will tell if this will affect growth. Looking back, looking forward: How 2012 has changed social enterprise 2012-12-18T12:17:16Z Dusk had fallen, the lamplighter was going his rounds. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z A few yards in front of him the lame lamplighter was going his rounds, ladder on shoulder. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z "Why so fierce?" said Mrs. Franklin, going on with her lamplighters. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z They ultimately arrived, but the P.W.D. failed to provide a ladder for the lamplighter. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z After working a little while, it grew darker, so that he could not see to sew; he saw the lamplighter passing by to light the street-lamps. Where Love Is There God Is Also 2012-01-20T03:00:10.553Z And all those who had anything to lose, from the highest regent down to the lowest village lamplighter, made ready to offer silent but stubborn resistance. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z It's lucky for you that you came down on his right end, or he'd have been up your leg like a lamplighter, and in a few minutes you'd 'a' been as stiff as him. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z For the making of lamplighters from old newspapers was one of her pastimes. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The street-sweeper had long since gone; soon would come a lamplighter extinguishing the street lamps; now all was quiet. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z He didn't stop for us, either, but ran like a lamplighter to the fence, fell over it, and dove head-fust into the woods. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z The pit and the chief-lover and the lamplighter were turned by astonishment into lumps of ice, as they saw the tailed comet go up in right ascension to the gallery. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z This, it was said, is the universal mode of lighting a lamplighter to "that bourne from whence no traveller returns," and, of course, the spectacle attracted crowds of people. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z Mrs. Franklin, who really was thinking of Staten Island, rolled a lamplighter the wrong way. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Santini was Napoleon's lamplighter, a clever little fellow, who could make all kinds of toys and was always ready to play amusing tricks to entertain the children. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z In this case an old-fashioned "spill," or lamplighter, made by twisting a piece of paper, into a long, tight spiral roll. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z By the 1700s cities were sporadically lit with whale oil lamps, kept alive by lamplighters. Books on Science: Let There Be Dimmers on Our Glowing Planet 2010-07-26T23:51:00Z A lamplighter came round the corner, whistling, and, one by one, the row of gaslights beneath were extinguished. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Mrs. Franklin meanwhile, rising to get something, knocked over accidentally the lamplighters which she had just completed, and Chase, who saw it, jumped up to help her collect them. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z As for her husband, he could still run up and down stairs like a lamplighter—almost pass through a keyhole—but it took her five minutes to get up a dozen steps. Glories of Spain I could have married, last fall, the lamplighter who has looked after the lamps in the row for years. Little Miss Joy Down at the bottom of that pit, into which you would have tumbled yourself, if you hadn’t been running like a lamplighter. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa It is as common among Cabinet Ministers and Churchmen as among aged lamplighters. The Book of This and That "Yes, mother is tremendously industrious in lamplighters," remarked Dolly. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The lamplighter's click and dying footfall left the room in a ghostly radiance, and the pallid illumination streaming through the lace curtains threw their reflection on the walls and table in a filigree of shadows. Carnival I’m just a piece of Stevenson’s poem come to life—a lamplighter for a little boy going to sleep all alone in a farm-house attic. Leerie At this moment the lamplighter had completed his rounds in the interior, and given to each of the innumerable windows an undue importance in the architectural effect of the mass. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. I know a town where the lamplighter twenty years ago was an honest old man of the blind and bigoted type. The Book of This and That She threw herself down on some door-steps to rest and to watch the lamplighter, for you must remember this was long before there was any gas or electricity in Boston. The Child's Book of American Biography The lamplighter was coming round, and through the dusk the noise of pipe and drums slowly grew faint in the distance with a melancholy foreboding of finality. Carnival The office of bellman in this town was abolished in 1836, and to the bellman's verses have succeeded similar effusions from the lamplighters, who distribute copies when soliciting Christmas boxes from the inhabitants. Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I might be inclined to turn again to the holy lamplighter. The Scarlet Banner It was now dark; the lamplighter had begun his rounds, and I was just congratulating myself that I should escape my persecutors, when I saw them approaching in a body. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas There lived in the same house which my grandfather occupied an old man, a city lamplighter. The Lamplighter Miss Lydia rolled her handkerchief into a wabbly lamplighter; she seemed to have nothing to say. An Old Chester Secret “Away went the nice little Cardinal’s Niece And the pretty Grisettes, and the Dons from Spain, And the Corsair’s crew, And the coin-cliping Jew, And they scamper’d, like lamplighters, over the plain!” Devil Stories An Anthology You can make up some lamplighters out of old letters and things; there's a lot o' stuff that might be used up. The Life of Nancy The lamplighter passed me with a soft buzz and click of sprocket wheels, and looking back at him idly, I caught the sound of the church-clock at Barnet striking the hour. Aliens It was then that his kind master obtained for him the situation of lamplighter; and he frequently earned considerable sums by sawing wood, shovelling snow, and other jobs. The Lamplighter An early lamplighter—for this was in September, 1853—passed along the street with a ladder, dropping stars as he went. When Ghost Meets Ghost One may conceive the bailie's surprise at a subsequent meeting when the town clerk read a letter from the lamplighter, tendering his resignation, as he had passed his final examination as a fully qualified doctor. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order They came running up on the piazza like lamplighters; and while they were eating the gingerbread, I was eating something I got especially for myself at the same time. Neighbor Nelly Socks Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series He engaged the lamplighter of the theatre to wear the ragpicker's costume for three weeks, so that it might be suitably dirty. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 The day seemed very long, but darkness came at last; and with it came True—or rather Trueman Flint, for that was the lamplighter's name. The Lamplighter The lamplighter even, dropping jewels as he went, passed them by unheeded. When Ghost Meets Ghost Leo is the son of a good fellow, a shoemaker by trade, and also a lamplighter. The Sexual Life of the Child With a spring in his voice and a certain unrestrained joyousness, he called to Chad to bring him a light for his first lamplighter. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman That errand-bound 'prentice was passing in haste— What matter! he's caught—and his time runs to waste; The newsman is stopped, though he stops on the fret; And the half-breathless lamplighter he's in the net! Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 She ran fast, fearing the lamplighter would come and go in her absence, and was rejoiced, on her return, to catch a sight of him just going up his ladder. The Lamplighter There are no lamplighters now, no real ones that run up ladders. When Ghost Meets Ghost Across the way the houses were beginning to show lights at the windows, and the old lamplighter was balancing himself unsteadily on his ladder at the corner. Virginia Certainly his enemies might be madder than he, if nobody but a lamplighter could see it was not a lamp-post. Eugenics and Other Evils We watched the slow progress of the lamplighter along the street. Explorers of the Dawn The organ-grinder was not out of sight when Gerty saw the old lamplighter coming up the street. The Lamplighter Old Maisie recollected seeing the lamplighter, but she had forgotten how she was got into that carriage. When Ghost Meets Ghost An old lamplighter, carrying his ladder to a lamp-post at the corner, smiled up at them with his sunken toothless mouth as he went by. Virginia The question then raised would not be his sanity, but the sanity of one botanist or one lamplighter or one Eugenist. Eugenics and Other Evils The lamplighter ran his fingers through his red beard. Explorers of the Dawn The lamplighter tried to appease her, but she shut the door in his face. The Lamplighter Each man entered the lamplighter's cabin and hung up his lamp on a nail. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille With arms interlaced they stood gazing down into the street, where the shadow of the old lamplighter glided like a ghost under the row of pale flickering lights. Virginia The street was empty, darkening with the shadows of approaching night; the lamplighter went by with his cresset, and Gamelin muttered to himself: "Yes, to the death!" The Gods are Athirst The lamplighter with his tall wand alight seemed like some unearthly messenger come to conduct us to goblin realms. Explorers of the Dawn This Parisian playground, perched high on the eminence that overlooks the Ville Lumière, does not wake to its real life until its repose is disturbed by the lamplighter. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective The chief police magistrate he compared to the lamplighter, by whom gas is detested. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The form of the group, made up of the figures in action, the chair, and the lamplighter, is pleasing. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency A milk girl was going from door to door, and the lamplighter was vanishing in the distance. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn "Nay, nay, little man," said the lamplighter, holding his light close to her face. Explorers of the Dawn Oh, he's a powerful singer! you never heerd the like; he runs up and down as fast as a lamplighter;—and the beautiful turns he gives; oh! Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes As there were nine lights to attend to, and get ready for nightly service, it may be easily understood that the lamplighter’s duty was no sinecure. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Skim up the rigging like a lamplighter, to be sure. The King's Own He was employed as a lamplighter, and was able to do his work well, only complaining of attacks of shortness of breath on exertion. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre The Seraph grasped a hand each of the cobbler and the lamplighter, taking long manful strides to keep up with them. Explorers of the Dawn I do not think he was ten minutes, when lo, and behold! out at the door he went, and away past the shop-window like a lamplighter. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself Mr Welton had been long in the service, and had passed through all the grades; having commenced as a seaman, and risen to be a lamplighter and a mate—the position he then occupied. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The lamplighter, speeding from post to post on a bicycle, paused long enough to leave a flickering beacon on the corner, then sped away with his long torch over one shoulder. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The lamplighter with his ladder is still fresh in memory. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization We spoke never a word till an open common lay before us; then the lamplighter pointing with his wand to a glimmering surface fringed by rank grass, said: "Yon's Wumble Pool." Explorers of the Dawn The lamplighter was usually a tall man, a character, and his position was considered an important one. Fifth Avenue The lamplighter, going his rounds, met me at the corner of Killigrew Street and directed me to the alley in which the captain's lodgings lay. Poison Island And high and heavy Mr. Fabian tripped up the stairs like a lamplighter. For Woman's Love Street lamps, touched by the flame-tipped wand of a belated lamplighter, bourgeoned spasmodically like garish flowers of the metropolitan night. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Once they both sank into the water; the lamplighter waving his wand, and shouting. Explorers of the Dawn Up this I went like a lamplighter, keeping one eye on the corner of the building lest I should be followed. My Adventures as a Spy When Williams was at sea, and I was alone, it was quite hopeful when the lamplighter did that. London River "Women lamplighters will shortly be seen in the submarine districts of London." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917 The lamplighter who lights the district is a man of sound discernment, and there is everything to hope from the moderation he has always exhibited. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 18, 1841 "What—and leave me here alone?" cried the little lamplighter. The Just and the Unjust By-and-by the town lamplighter came along, turned off the gas-jet and wished the two gossips good-night, adding that the weather was extraordinary for the time of year; but still they lingered. Hocken and Hunken The lamplighter set his beacon at the end of the street. London River I hope we shall have always many streets lighted with gas, for I love to see the lamplighter dot his way along the streets and avenues with lighted periods. The Children's Six Minutes Unasked, a Christmas-box to gain, Sweeps, lamplighters, and postmen come; Unasked—too often to remain— The wife's mammas of most men come. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892 But it gained him no response from the boy, who disappeared from before his eyes without a single backward glance; whereat the little lamplighter cursed querulously in the fear-haunted solitude of the road. The Just and the Unjust As soon as you were inside, he went off like a lamplighter. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman It was his business to carry lamps in that part of the palace--he was not a human being, but a lamplighter. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid The duties demand a clear head and nimble foot, and the waterman, in hastening from point to point, has to show all the alertness of a street lamplighter. Persia Revisited The twilight fell, and a lamplighter lit the street lamp on the corner. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great "We got to get you out of this, mister!" said the little lamplighter apologetically. The Just and the Unjust For some reason or other the city lights had gone out, or had been passed over by the lamplighter. The Penalty Outside the lamplighter passed, torching the grimy lamps. The Mettle of the Pasture After writing this a few times I gave it up, cut off the "Dear Veronicas," and made lamplighters of the paper. The Morgesons When he left the shop an old lamplighter was going down the street with torch and ladder, leaving a double line of twinkling lights in his wake, as he disappeared down the wide "Paris road." The Gate of the Giant Scissors Yet the little lamplighter's manner took on confidence as he prepared to establish a few facts as a working basis for their subsequent reconciliation. The Just and the Unjust He watched the lamplighters kindling the lamps, and the shopkeepers lighting up their gas; and then he heard the great solemn clock of St. Paul's strike six. Alone in London A lamplighter streaked yellow flame into the square lamp hanging from the stone shell opposite. What's the Matter with Ireland? The other day we overheard a lamplighter complain of a cunning fellow workman who tried to get all the straightforward work himself, and to leave the turnings to others. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832 A few minutes later, an order was passed for Carrington to go up, and Ken darted up the steel ladder like a lamplighter. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles "I hoped you'd know how to take a joke, son!" said the little lamplighter in a hurt tone. The Just and the Unjust By way of reply, the latter twisted the "warning" into the form of a lamplighter. Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges But this was the last summer of the late century, and already I was beginning to get about like a lamplighter on my two sticks. No Hero Lost to sight though to memory dear: he was off like a lamplighter. The Red Thumb Mark He worked away for a little while, but soon he was scarcely able to distinguish the stitches, and he saw the lamplighter going round to light the lamps. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls And the little lamplighter's tone grew more and more indignant as he proceeded. The Just and the Unjust Small tradesmen, who did no business whatever, sometimes unaccountably realised large fortunes, and it was remarkable that nobody in the neighbourhood could endure a lamplighter. A Tale of Two Cities He sat in the midst of a circle of lamplighters, and was the cacique, or chief of the tribe. The Lamplighter; a farce in one act I have heard that it was rather famous in the hollands and brandy way, and that coevally with that reputation the lamplighter's was considered a bad life at the Assurance Offices. Reprinted Pieces Then came the lamplighter, and two lengthening lines of light all down the long perspective of the street, until they were blended and lost in the distance. Hard Times And Marshall seeming to acquiesce in this, the little lamplighter entered the yard and going to the front door rang the bell. The Just and the Unjust The lamplighters became so disgusted with the new light that they struck work, and Clegg himself had for a time to act as lamplighter. Men of Invention and Industry The ascent of the mighty tree was rather an alarming performance, even with a sound rope-ladder fixed at both ends to climb up, at least to a landsman; but Good came up like a lamplighter. Allan Quatermain The flower with which God crowns the one, and the flame with which Sam the lamplighter crowns the other, are equally of the gold of fairy-tales. Heretics Already the lamplighter had started on his accustomed round, and with ladder in hand was making his way from one lamp-post to another. Paul Prescott's Charge "Young Mr. Langham has fell off the high iron bridge," said the little lamplighter, with a dignity that more than covered his lapse from grammar. The Just and the Unjust Crowds of people followed the lamplighter on his rounds to watch the sudden effect of his flame applied to the invisible stream of gas which issued from the burner. Men of Invention and Industry I fetched you outa the midst of a blizzard when you was standin' by the chronometer an' stared at the lamplighter with eyes that was that desperate scared! The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II The lamplighter was moving along its wooden fence, leaving faint twinkling yellow lights, and there were little gleams from the windows on Bath Street beyond. Java Head He was so much interested in the process that he sauntered along behind the lamplighter for some time. Paul Prescott's Charge "Is he dead, Colonel?" asked the little lamplighter in an awe-struck voice. The Just and the Unjust He is a fellow with the make of a jockey, and the air of a lamplighter. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 He was to be back again before dusk, and the appearance of the lamplighter demonstrates that the dusk has come. Charlotte's Inheritance Children with orange coloured hair sold matches and were followed down suspicious alleys; a strange hurried life, full of complexity, had begun in the twilight before the lamplighters went by. A Mummer's Wife The light was fast fading, and the lamplighter was going down the street lighting the lamps; there was no time to lose. A Peep Behind the Scenes "God's sake, Colonel!" gasped the wretched little lamplighter, struggling to his feet, "don't leave me here—" "What's wrong, Colonel?" asked Gilmore. The Just and the Unjust Glasgow was in one of its brightest moods; the streets clean and crowded, and the lamplighters just beginning to light them. A Daughter of Fife They confine themselves to requisitioning the gasmen's keys, and the lamplighters' winches in order to open the pipes. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness He was on the lookout for them, and when they came in sight he despatched a boy who was with him, running like a lamplighter, back to their aunt to say all was well. Boys and girls from Thackeray Obanjo and his gallant crew enter at right hand of stage, leg it like lamplighters across front, and disappear at left. Travels in West Africa They could hear Shrimplin's agitated voice, and a moment later two men, chance passers-by with whom he had been speaking, shook themselves free of the little lamplighter and entered the room. The Just and the Unjust In his extremity Umslopogaas rushed for that tree and went up it like a lamplighter, just as the crocodile wriggled past its trunk, snapping at his retreating legs. She and Allan They two, and the lamplighters, and an omnibus were alone in the streets. The Old Wives' Tale But his boy, old Jimmy's grandson, is still a lamplighter—still illuminating the streets of his town, still turning on its lamps when the loon calls weirdly across the river in the gathering dusk. The Long Ago Suddenly, as the lamplighters went their rounds, all the park bloomed with milky disks of light. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby The smother of wind-driven snow still enveloped the, town, the very air seemed charged with mystery and horror, and before the little lamplighter's eyes was ever the haunting vision of the murdered man. The Just and the Unjust If the lamplighter had approached too close to it it would have burned, while I think that I can stand in fire without running the risk of perishing. Napoleon and Blucher From the corner of the prison a man came along, walking quickly, like a lamplighter. Mother The lamplighter, who made his rounds on the evening of the day on which Simon left the Temple, had asserted that the child that lay upon the mattress was not the little Capet. Marie Antoinette and Her Son Suddenly a lamplighter put his ladder against a post in front of her, and, climbing up nimbly, lighted the gas-jet inside of the glass frame. Marm Lisa The little lamplighter was excused, and Colonel Harbison took his: place. The Just and the Unjust In another moment I was on the top of the rock, and going up the remaining steps like a lamplighter. Maiwa's Revenge A lamplighter ran past Foma, overtook him, placed his ladder against the lamp post and went up. The Man Who Was Afraid The new keeper, Augustus Lasne, was very much excited at the communication of the lamplighter, and at dawn of the next day repaired to the city hall to report the statement. Marie Antoinette and Her Son Her face and her voice, all at his service now, worked the miracle—the impression operating like the torch of a lamplighter who touches into flame, one by one, a long row of gas-jets. The Beast in the Jungle Yet all this while the little lamplighter, with the boy at his heels, was moving rapidly across the flats. The Just and the Unjust Twilight comes on; gas begins to start up in the shops; the lamplighter, with his ladder, runs along the margin of the pavement. Bleak House Their destination was a spot far down the river where catfish were supposed to abound, for Izaak Walton's gentle art was the little lamplighter's favorite recreation. The Just and the Unjust Some unforeseen occurrence might have prevented his coming before; he might have borrowed the suit of the bribed lamplighter in order to come to them. Marie Antoinette and Her Son "I guess you'd call it a natural gift in my case, son," said the little lamplighter modestly. The Just and the Unjust "I didn't keep still about it,—only I had so much to worry me!" said Nellie, with a shadowy sort of resentment at the little lamplighter's words and manner. The Just and the Unjust The lawyer turns, leans his arms on the iron railing at the top of the steps, and looks at the lamplighter lighting the court-yard. Bleak House "Well, son, I ain't asked!" rejoined the little lamplighter in a rather startled tone. The Just and the Unjust The little lamplighter had been wishing this, too; indeed, it would for ever remain one of the griefs of his life that he had not done so. The Just and the Unjust Bill was now comfortably located on his haunches, but evidently still dissatisfied for he continued to back vigorously, drawing the protesting little lamplighter after him. The Just and the Unjust Such personal relations as the little lamplighter had sustained with the handy-man had invariably been of the most friendly and pacific description. The Just and the Unjust The lamplighter took up his torch which he had put aside in the struggle with Bill and walked to the curb. The Just and the Unjust "My dear sir, do be more careful—" then he recognized the lamplighter. The Just and the Unjust But at last Bill was stripped of his harness, and the little lamplighter, escaping from the barn with its fancied terrors, hurried across his small back yard to his kitchen door. The Just and the Unjust "Be seated, Shrimplin," said the judge, sensing something of the lamplighter's embarrassment in his presence and rather liking him for it. The Just and the Unjust "Well, maybe it wasn't Joe sent it after all!" said the little lamplighter. The Just and the Unjust And then suddenly and painfully conscious of his verbal forwardness, the little lamplighter sank back into the grateful gloom of his corner and was mute. The Just and the Unjust "That was a choice one to hand out to an eldest son, wasn't it, your Honor?" said the little lamplighter, tugging at his flaxen mustache. The Just and the Unjust |
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