| 单词 | night-light |
| 例句 | Me, who had a night-light in my room until I was nine. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Genie remembered how Ma used to call it God’s night-light when he was little, and for a second he wondered what his parents were doing at that very moment. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When she knew how long you’d needed a night-light after your father moved out? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Even though we have a night-light in our room and one in the hallway. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Not even the dull glow from my Black Panther night-light. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Had to leave the night-light on or you’d wake up crying. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I was standing there with the night-light casting its small brightness when I looked down and saw the claw-footed tub wearing the red socks May had put on its porcelain feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t used my night-light for a long time. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The first was whether or not I wanted the night-light on. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Her hair was down and she wore a white cotton shift and in the weak glow of the hallway night-light her skin looked almost smooth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The night-light in the bathroom paints a thin yellow stripe at the bottom of my bedroom door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing illuminating her was the blue night-light in August’s bedroom. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Later on I lay in bed and saw the happy little moth, still alive, flitting from the night-light up the wall and back to the night-light. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In less than a minute they found themselves in bed and watching, by the dim light from the night-light, the rest of Mary Poppins’s unpacking being performed. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z We spent one summer with Cecile and all of a sudden Fern was too big for Miss Patty Cake, too big for the night-light, and too big for me to pick her up. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z By the orangey light of the night-light, she could see Louisiana asleep on the floor. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z There, beside the glowing yellow night-light of his radio dial, chessboard at his side, chess books and magazines spread around the room, he’d let his thoughts drift. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And it’s pretty, too: The twistable ring adjusts the brightness of one of 16 million night-light colors. Sleek tech for the home 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z I want for bedsheets, a night-light, a way to hide, shrink away. 'The ways we are taught to be a girl': a writer reckons with childhood sexual assaults 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He doesn't show emotion; it's incandescent within him, like a night-light. ‘Lucky’ Is a Sublime Farewell to Harry Dean Stanton 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Abby was still sleeping quietly beside her, and the night-light glowed, but now she could see things inside the tent, and she realised that the moon must have risen. Do you have the four reading skills kids need for Sats tests? 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z It also provides a soft glow from a night-light contained beneath the slats. Gifts for her 2021: Fab, functional finds for women | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Jall Sunrise Alarm Clock: Packed with features, this sunrise/sunset light simulator also has an FM radio, white-noise-inspired alarm sounds, a night-light control and more. Tech gifts 2021: Top electronics and gadgets for your favorite techie | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Her protective factors are as simple as my giving her a night-light, and as complex as my helping to facilitate her relationships with the aunts she hadn’t seen in years. Perspective | I learned the impact of prolonged exposure to stress from my foster child 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Nor do I have a flashlight or a night-light to help me locate the band on a record which I want to play. Hilton Als: When the Music Is You 1996-08-19T04:00:00Z At 5 inches tall, it’s perfect for adding a little light to a desk or serving as a soothing night-light. Kid & tween gifts: Lasting fun beyond the mainstream toys | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z A torch at the front of the submarine shone like a night-light for a child afraid of the dark. I’ve seen the Antarctic’s untouched beauty. There's still time to protect it | Javier Bardem 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Specially, the bat logo on his chest lights up to offer two levels of brightness for a daytime action mode and night-light mode. Zadzooks 2016 Gift Guide for young hero fans 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Geothermal night-light I accompanied Tulaczyk and a dozen other researchers to the remote drill site that year. High Heat Measured under Antarctica Could Support Substantial Life 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Both can be controlled by a smartphone app and offer great bedtime and night-light options for children, or for hipsters who want to light the underside of a couch or a bar. The Rise of the Smartbulb 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z She tries a night-light in the laundry room. Thomas Pierce: “Shirley Temple Three.” 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z They had seen tiny night-light LEDs, topping out at 10-15 lumens per watt, and thought the technology could grow out of the niche market and into general lighting. GE's Latest LED Acquisition: Albeo Technologies 2012-11-27T19:20:34Z "You'll go out the moment you get there like a night-light." The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z "Now, mind you burn a night-light, —'Twill last until it's quite light— In a saucerful of water by your bed!" Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z Excepting for a night-light burning on a chest of drawers, the room was in darkness, and he could make out nothing of his surroundings. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z In the corner, under a cheap print of the Virgin Mary with the Child, a small night-light in a blue glass was always kept burning. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z Once again he woke in the night and found himself surrounded by the vast dark, save where, in a corner of the nursery, there burned the shaded night-light. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z I'd like to see myself burning a night-light for a parrot. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z She had seen the flannel vest enveloping my chest, And the night-light in its saucer by my bed! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z The night-light fell on the letters scattered about the table, and cast a soft glow on my daughter's face. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z In the dim night-light the triple mirror of the dresser reflected the carven four-post bed, in one of whose pillows Nancy's dark head was already buried. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z So he shook hands with him through the window and returned to the little patients, where the phial stood by the side of a night-light. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z In the hallway above a night-light was burning dim and low but sufficiently diffused to show him the figure of a woman silently descending the stairway. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z "Wear flannel next your chest, and, when you go to rest, Keep a night-light always burning by your bed!" Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z The night-light spluttered a little, the noises in the courtyard were hushed, the familiar chairs and tables looked queer and unknown in the darkness. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The dim night-light made the lower hall a place of ghostly shadows. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z For this door was ajar, and a night-light burning on the chest of drawers. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The spirit awakes and will awake when the light of the senses goes out, just as sleepers awake when the night-light is extinguished. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The moderately bright light Afforded by a night-light, In a saucerful of water by my bed! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z No king’s-ransom jewels blinked in the night-light after their long interment. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z "Yet her father, who died early, was an honourable man; he only committed the fault of trying to use a will-o'-the-wisp as a night-light." Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z And it seemed to Robert Carlton—but the night-light was very dim—that at the last his son had smiled upon him in his sleep. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z There was a night-light burning there, and Sidney took it from its saucer of water and held it above his head, looking down at that old, world-worn, yet handsome face of the father. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z As we approached the top floor we met fresher air and the pallid emanation of a night-light. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z At dinner we contented ourselves with a night-light, and when we worked only our heads were allowed to come within the circuit of the lamp. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z By the glimmer of my night-light I saw her go round the table and walk up to my bed, cautiously, with her head lost in the darkness of the room. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z A night-light was burning in the room; and he saw Dolores, on a sofa, fainting. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z There was only the night-light she usually had burning in her room. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The room is dark except for a pink night-light. Jennifer Egan: “Ask Me If I Care.” 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z The night-light burnt out, but there was no thought of sleep for him. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The woman who stood there and whose features I was able to make out plainly by the light of the night-light was. . . . The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z Then the count was heard running out of the room; and forth came the countess, with a night-light and the bare knife in her hand. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. The night-light was placed on a little table close beside it. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z He lay awake thinking of June in the luminousness of a night-light shielded from his direct vision by a basin. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The moon shines far brighter than at other times, as if a lamp were burning at its full height in the sleeping-room instead of a mere night-light. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. The result was poor enough, but the lamp certainly did burn, giving out perhaps as much light as a modern night-light. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Had I dared I would have begged for a night-light, but I knew full well that such fancies would meet with scant sympathy at Miss Percy's ears. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story A night-light burned on the table, shaded from the eyes of the sleeping man on the canopied couch. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Details of mutilation floated in through the foggy air till the flickering night-light showed peeping hangmen in every dim corner. Carnival He plunges the pellet into the night-light, where it swells and fumes greasily. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel When everything was ready for the night, Sheila turned the night-light out and lowered the curtain until it was quite dark. Leerie In their chamber beyond, a night-light, very small and rose-coloured, was burning on a small table below a picture of the Virgin, as though it were a shrine. Command He opened his eyes to a murky darkness that was barely relieved by the little night-light. Pursuit Then these also were scattered and extinguished; and their place was taken by a great bonfire, the night-light of the palace. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) There was a night-light on the little table between our cots. The Boys and I She turned down the night-light and tiptoed out of the room. Clark's Field He paused now and saw that she was asleep, and he set the little night-light on the table and sat down near her, watching her with an expression of grave enthusiasm on his damaged features. Command He recognized in the vague night-light the contour of the cove, and the hills above it, with the villages scattered over them. The Quality of Mercy Lorry stood at the doorway, in the silence, under the brooding night-light, and prayed. I'll Kill You Tomorrow The stores and office arcades were all closed and deserted; only an occasional night-light burning behind their windows. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The house was dark except for the light in Archie's library at the other end of the terrace and the faint candle gleam of the night-light in the nursery. Clark's Field Madame Beattie, up there with her night-light and her book, she knew she hated. The Prisoner There was only a low night-light burning in the room, but I made out the outlines of the furniture. The Crevice For a second he thought that the small night-light had tricked him by shadows on shadows. Now We Are Three When I came to myself I was in my own sleeping-room at Stair, a night-light burning on the table, and some one on the other side of the screen sat reading by the fire. Nancy Stair A Novel "Are you all right?" cried Marianne, standing with her bare feet on the edge of the stone fender, and holding up the night-light as high as she could without singeing Santa Klaus. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children The doctor put out the night-light, went to the window and raised the blind. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin I got up and by the night-light I saw that the hands of the little clock on my dresser pointed to nearly three o’clock. The Crevice At one time the doctor made us have a night-light for her, which was great nonsense, I always said; but her father insisted. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius And in the apse, before the high-altar, was stretched on the slabs, with a night-light at each corner, something dark and mysterious: the crucifix, the form barely defined, shrouded in violet. The Spirit of Rome His back was turned to me, but in the glass I saw the reflection of a huge head and face illumined fitfully by the flicker of the night-light. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Nothing remained but to blow out the lamp and set the screened night-light on a table farthest from the outer doors. Captain Desmond, V.C. She caught him by the shoulders, and bent close, that by the night-light, coming in at the window, she might look into his eyes: wherein, swiftly, the flare of reproach turned to hopeless woe. The Mother The only illumination was a single night-light burning in a saucer, casting a faint, uncertain glimmer over everything, and shaded with an open book so that the occupant of the bed lay in deepest shadow. The Seven Secrets Upon the stone floor stood the primitive Italian night-light, a wick supported in a triangular bit of tin by three little corks in oil floating on water in a tumbler. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The little night-light punctuated the dark; the feeble sunlight struggled through the rain. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty You will have for a night-light in the room we shall give you, the North Foreland lighthouse. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 There she lay, till day dawned and the night-light went out with a sputter, content and motionless, arranging what she should do, with the look of a thief in her open eyes. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 The daylight stole swiftly into the room, making the night-light no longer necessary, and she moved softly to put it out. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia To compare terrestrial volcanoes with solar eruptions is like comparing the modest night-light that consumes a midge with the flames of the fire that destroys a town. Astronomy for Amateurs In the long night, Sister Ursula, blushing all over under the eyes of the night-light, heard him laughing softly in his sleep. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly At one of the bazaars I purchased a beautiful Shakspearian souvenir, in the form of a coloured porcelain model of Shakspeare's birthplace, which can be rendered transparent and luminous by the insertion of a night-light. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. The night-light beyond cast a grotesque shadow of him on the wall, emphasising, as though in mockery, the long straight back, the ragged whiskers, the strange ends and horns of the bandage. Robert Elsmere It was caused by a large object in the centre of the room, a couch covered with coverlets of soft, white woollen stuffs, on which the night-light burning fitfully threw patches of ruddy lights. "Unto Caesar" She stormed unceasingly till they had both lain down to rest and the night-light was burning fitfully on the ground between them. The Valley of the Kings Our bare, whitewashed bedrooms are like the humblest of Turkish dwellings, save for the modest icon above the divan, with a night-light burning before it. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The room was dark except for the glowing night-light near the door, and he sat up trying to separate the dream from reality. The Bramble Bush The door was flung wide from within, and the blear eyes of Nicol peered out into the night-light. The Heart of Unaga I don’t understand,” poor Flora de Barral had murmured, and lay still as if trying to think it out in the silence and shadows of the room where only a night-light was burning. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The moon gave only a pale, doubtful lustre, and its reflection on her face was like the night-light on deep waters—a dark, quivering brightness, giving one an idea of beauty and splendor and danger. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel The room was dark save for a night-light. Danger! and Other Stories Nurse had gone downstairs to her supper, leaving the night-light as usual upon the washing-stand in the corner of the room. 'Me and Nobbles' The night-light threw long, stealthy shadows over the room. The Daughters of Danaus Most people know what a Child's night-light is, and most people have heard of Belmont Wax, and Price's Patent Candles, though few would be able to explain exactly what the warrant guards. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 M�lanie nodded to me as I passed her, and leaning on the young sister's arm, I went into a room in which there was a night-light burning. Marie Claire She noiselessly slipped to the door leading into Grace's chamber, and the dim night-light showed her sweet friend sound asleep. Marion's Faith. A night-light in the basin, and one candle on the dressing-table showed him a tall white figure bending over the rail of the cot where his son lay asleep. The Great Amulet A night-light burnt on the table, where cups and bottles were ranged, a spirit-lamp and kettle, and other necessaries. The Daughters of Danaus In the autumn of 1849, the night-light trade came into the possession of Price's Patent Candle Company. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 I thought I could see shadows moving in the folds which the night-light left in darkness. Marie Claire And I agree with you it would be nice if we had a night-light, or, better still, gas. Scottish Ghost Stories Even the little night-light, floating in its glass, had been extinguished when the ladies left her. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila The usual night-light of the Syrian peasants—a wick afloat upon a saucerful of oil and water—burned upon the ground between us, making great shadows dance upon the walls and vaulting. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 A Child's night-light, too, has nothing mysterious in its look. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 I preferred stories of travel, and I used to read at night by the night-light. Marie Claire Dare was not the man to hide even a night-light under a bushel; how much less a burning and a shining hymeneal torch such as this. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers All that surrounded him was darkness and gloom; for he had no lamp, and the night-light of heaven never entered there. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans The whole house shook; the night-light on his table was extinguished; and he was thrown with violence from his couch. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Once Madame Bernard proposed to take away the night-light that burned in a cup on the floor, but Angela shook her head almost energetically. The White Sister I blew out the night-light and tried to sleep a little. Marie Claire The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship. A Mummer's Tale This was always borne by Madame every night in ritualistic procession, Jeanne following with a silver candlestick and a night-light. Leaves from a Field Note-Book I saw it quite distinctly by the night-light, which burnt clearly; it was a long, thin, pale, young face, with oh! such a melancholy expression as can never be effaced from my memory! The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural I used to think that was where your little girl sleeps, because of the night-light. The Helpmate I had caught the smallest glimmer, like a night-light, floating on the water. Pieces of Eight It seemed to her that the glimmer of the night-light was dimmed by it. A Mummer's Tale "It looks like a little night-light!" she thought. The Romance of a Christmas Card Or such teachings, to put the matter yet more simply, are like telling us to pick a primrose at noonday, and to set it by our bed-side for a night-light. Is Life Worth Living? As he was walking along he saw a little insect shining dimly on the trunk of a tree, like a night-light in a lamp of transparent china. Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet A night-light was burning, and it revealed the fat outline of a huge body huddled in the bed-clothes. Mike Fletcher A Novel I had drawn the round table to the bed, and left the night-light and cooling drink beside the sick woman; she was propped up with pillows, and her breathing seemed easier. Uncle Max A night-light gave enough glimmer to see the warm faces lying peacefully on the three pillows. Married Life The True Romance In the dimness the snowy bed loomed beside them; pink roses patterned curtain and wall; the tiny night-light threw a roseate glow across her gown. The Firing Line "Nothing, dear aunt," she answered, and bent over the invalid with a cup of broth, which she had been keeping warm over the night-light. The Pilot and his Wife He's just fading out like a night-light—flickering up and down and bound to be called. The Spinners The night-light had burnt out, and the fire was dim, though not extinguished. Gladys, the Reaper Mary Quince went down-stairs for a night-light, leaving me in bed, a candle burning in the room, and being tired. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh She told Mary to bring the candles, and to run out and buy a night-light. The Devil's Garden She sat on far into the night with her hands folded on her knee, and gazing straight before her, the night-light from the glass behind the bed throwing its faint light over the room. The Pilot and his Wife A watermelon pink fan is lovely in night-light with all three; so is a cream one. Etiquette The yellow night-light was there, the bars of gold upon the walls, the cool, grey shadows, the white square of the window; but there, surely, also, were the beasts. The Golden Scarecrow His old flowered dressing-gown and gray head came within the range of the night-light, and the nurse saw his shadow projected, grotesque and threatening, on the white traceries of the ceiling. The Mating of Lydia A night-light, her wish, dimly illumined the room. If Winter Comes Maud did not follow him, and presently he came back, treading softly, the flickering night-light throwing odd shadows on his ugly face, and they left the room together. Charles Rex Oh, how dreadful the nights are in the sick chamber, with a night-light dimly burning and the sufferer moaning and tossing! The Son of Clemenceau Three figures were moving about Mihailo's bed in the dim light of the night-light and the ikon lamp. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The tiny flame of a night-light threw her solid buxom person into relief. Love Her fairness was dazzling in the night-light, and it was such a light as Hamilton never had seen before: for in the Tropics the moon is golden, and the stars are crystal. The Conqueror A night-light protected by a shade shone brightly enough for the father to see his children. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig I had the impression that the arm was raised, pointing with the hand towards the mantel-piece on which a night-light was burning. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts On the deck of the vessel, near the prow, was a glimmer, like the last flicker of a night-light. The Man Who Laughs However, as good luck would have it, just as the morning broke, the night-light went out of itself, and the hopes of the people revived. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul And they had splendid games together, in whispers, when Nana had gone away to her supper and left the night-light burning on the mantelpiece. The Velveteen Rabbit The candle was extinguished, but a night-light was burning. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 She had seen the same figure,” “but,” writes Mrs. Gwynne, “I distinctly saw the hand of the figure placed over the night-light, which was at once extinguished”. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts The sick-room night-light, shielded from his eyes by a newspaper propped against a water-pitcher, still showed a thin glimmering that had grown offensive to Adams. Alice Adams At two o'clock a night-light was still burning in the parsonage, and this was of course a hindrance to the need-fire. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul On the floor a small binnacle lamp—that had found its way to the house years ago from the lumber-room of the Flash—did duty for a night-light. An Outcast of the Islands There was on this occasion a night-light burning in the chamber; and the child saw, or thought she saw, all these particulars with the most perfect distinctness. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 In addition to the night-light there was moonlight in the room.” The Book of Dreams and Ghosts She was still only in part awake, however, and by the time she had extinguished the night-light and given her patient his tonic, she had recovered enough plasticity. Alice Adams The peasants knocked at the window and earnestly entreated that the night-light might be extinguished. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul The glimmer of the night-light showed me that her eyes were only partially closed—the traces of tears glistened between her eyelids. The Woman in White She came across to me, and as she bent her sallow face I saw by the faint gleam of the night-light that it was the Brazilian woman whom my cousin had married. Tales of Terror and Mystery She lit the night-light, and extinguished the candles—with one exception, which she removed to a little table, placed on the side of the bed opposite to the side occupied by the arm-chair. The Haunted Hotel The floor-cloth deadened his footsteps as he moved in that direction through the obscurity, which was broken only by the faintest reflected night-light from without. Jude the Obscure It's no joke, I can tell you, readin' a great big book, in double columns, by a night-light, and the light that comes through a chink in the door. The Voyage Out The night-light burning weakly, the great black-walnut bedstead ponderous in the gloom, she lay there mostly smiling and always shamefaced. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It The night-light in the basin on the farther side of the room threw the strong features into shadowy relief, illumining the yearning kindliness of the eyes. The Case of Richard Meynell Lying on her left side, with her face turned away from the table, she could see the arm-chair by the dim night-light. The Haunted Hotel She had her way this time, and there in the mellow night-light, with soft night-noises all about them, T.O. told her stories. Four Girls and a Compact And you were allowed to have a night-light. Mary Olivier: a Life Seaton, with immense caution, slowly pushed open a door and we stood together looking into a great pool of duskiness, out of which, lit by the feeble clearness of a night-light, rose a vast bed. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The night-light enlarged and receded; and the walls trembled and waved. Wilfrid Cumbermede The night-light had gone out; and the room, as a matter of course, was in total darkness. The Haunted Hotel The household came to bed, the night-light was lit, the dormitory hushed. Villette The night-light beyond cast a grotesque shadow of him on the wall, emphasizing, as though in mockery, the long straight back, the ragged whiskers, the strange ends and horns of the bandage. Robert Elsmere There was a night-light in the room, and her face was lying in deep shadow. The History of David Grieve It was in darkness save for a night-light which cast a yellow glow upon a window—the window of Anna's room. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Horses in this country cannot sleep without a night-light. Behind the Bungalow He went over to the night-light in order to read the letter, which was dated the night before at eleven o'clock in the evening. The Companions of Jehu Chilled and white, the girl arose at last, took her night-light, and went slowly up to bed. A Terrible Secret Her voice fell, and the light in her eyes seemed to burn low, like night-light, turned down. Purple Springs Occasionally a fear would cross his mind that the night-light might go out; but it never did, being one of Mr. Edison's best electric efforts neatly draped with black veiling. The Coming of Bill The doctor tried to make out the time without carrying his watch to the night-light, failed and returned it to his pocket with a half-suppressed sigh. Greifenstein A night-light made it plain enough, in the dim, mysterious manner of a dream; but this was reality. Victory An Island Tale The door was open, and in the dim glow of a night-light the Horse could see the Sawdust Doll on the bed. The Story of a White Rocking Horse With this blind man came a slave, who after placing his master in the shade of a cocoanut tree, picked up a cocoanut from the ground, and began making it into a night-light. What Men Live By and Other Tales There the night-light made her movements easily visible. A Prisoner in Fairyland M’bo, I found, had hung up my mosquito-bar over one of the hard wood benches, and going cautiously under it I lit a night-light and read myself asleep with my damp dilapidated old Horace. Travels in West Africa The night-light was trimmed; the shadow of the punkah wavered across the room, and the 'flick' of the punkah-towel and the soft whine of the rope through the wall-hole followed it. Life's Handicap Their only night-light—that grand test of civilization—is the Mpongwe torch, a yard of hard, black gum, mixed with and tightly bound up in dried banana leaves. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 At present the luminous dial of Saint Eustache was paling as a night-light does when surprised by the dawn. The Fat and the Thin She picked up the night-light and stole round the bed. The Old Wives' Tale Indeed, this is a task which I wish to postpone, since did I read I might believe and turn Christian, to serve in due course as a night-light in Nero's gardens. Pearl-Maiden So eerie the room looked with the faint night-light burning on the table beside the bed, and all the shadows, not marked and distinct as in a strong glare, were faintly confused. Madame Midas It was a night-light placed at the foot of the stairs, on a little table which showed through the frail branches of a palm tree. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin She was instantly in what might ordinarily have been a light, cheerful room, but which was in all the dreariness of gray cinders, exhausted night-light, curtained windows, and fragments of the last meal. The Trial I could just see her, by the dim night-light burning in a cornet to enable the surgeon or the nurse to find their way to her. Poor Miss Finch His strangely marked visage, now more noticeable from being worn with fatigue, had a spectral effect by the night-light. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day On this she put a night-light, a book, in case Madame should wake up and want to read—a thing she very often did— and a glass of homemade lemonade, for a night drink. Madame Midas And, suddenly, a shadow springing upon the man, the night-light extinguished, the sound of a struggle—Beautrelet ran up. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin They met, panting, at the foot of the printing-office stairs; by the night-light there they read each other's face. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories I will light a night-light, and leave you here to consider. Two on a Tower He put a few more coals on his fire and blew out the night-light, and lay down. The Return A big leather easy-chair, its arms worn with much use, had been pulled into an inviting position before the fireplace, and the night-light by the desk was burning, as usual. Red Pepper Burns Near the night-light, a man stood sentry, carrying a gun. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin Until he was seven he had been allowed a bit of glimmer, a tiny wick floating in a silver dish of lard-oil, for a night-light. Long Live the King! A night-light was burning, Nurse and baby were fast asleep. Saint's Progress A night-light burned in a little basin on the washstand. The Return In the centre of the room, on the bare earth floor, stood a big, deep, brass basin, with a pale blue- green light floating in the centre like a night-light. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition The night-light was casting an unsteady glimmer over the room. Mauprat In the center of the room, on the bare earth floor, stood a big, deep, brass basin, with a pale blue-green light floating in the center like a night-light. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Our night-light is hidden in a corner, so that the faint glow of it is all that we see. The Legacy of Cain Was the faint night-light of the city filtering in through the window mocking her? The White Moll The night-light enabled him to discern the principal objects in the room, and he let his eyes stray idly hither and thither. New Grub Street "Where did the table with the night-light stand,—far from the bed?" Mystery of the Yellow Room I don’t understand,” poor Flora de Barral had murmured, and lay still as if trying to think it out in the silence and shadows of the room where only a night-light was burning. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The faint glow of the night-light was extinguished. The Legacy of Cain Soon the night nursery was in darkness, but for the glimmer from the night-light, and very still save when the door creaked as a man peered in at the little figure on the bed. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens With her into the holy place Thou hast'nest then, to perfect all; The fire the warder's hands embrace, Grows, like a night-light, dim and small. The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres A. To shut the blinds and light the night-light. Mystery of the Yellow Room They met, panting, at the foot of the printing-office stairs; by the night-light there they read each other’s face. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg The night-light continued to burn on the chimney-piece, exhausting the last drops of oil which floated on the surface of the water. The Count of Monte Cristo When little boys are in bed there is nothing between them and bears and wolves but the night-light. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens My will against its will, and no more will it fly at my night-light or be hidden behind the curtains that swing in the winds. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets Daddy Jacques was there at ten o'clock, as he was every night; but he went in merely to close the blinds and light the night-light. Mystery of the Yellow Room In the night-light he made out a dark object in the midst of the grass and brought his gun to bear upon it. The Faith of Men Then the figure, from whom she could not detach her eyes, and who appeared more protecting than menacing, took the glass, and walking towards the night-light held it up, as if to test its transparency. The Count of Monte Cristo No doubt The Yellow Room was very dimly lit; but a night-light, however small, gives some light. Mystery of the Yellow Room When we were in complete darkness, he lit a wax vesta, and asked Daddy Jacques to move to the middle of the chamber with it to the place where the night-light was burning that night. Mystery of the Yellow Room |
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