| 单词 | oil lamp |
| 例句 | Through the arches, Serra's lights glow dully, tens of thousands of oil lamps dwarfed by the vast darkness of the surrounding desert. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This particular crater was lined with oil lamps the size and shape of bowling balls. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z At night in his lonely French billet, William lighted his oil lamp and gazed at her photographs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The whale oil lamps stayed on nearly the whole day in the factory, so water buckets were kept filled on every floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One building had a row of giant oil lamps over the entrance to promote a sale on until October 31. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Alys leaned forward and turned the flame higher in the oil lamp. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Rows of oil lamps made the room bright, and each of the men had his personal torch behind him, illuminating stacked and scattered papers that lay on the table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the glow of the oil lamp, her eyes were as dark as jet, with the same mirrored sheen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The room smelled like wax, candles, oil lamps, tobacco, burning stove wood, whiskey, dirty clothes, and leather boots. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But he didn’t, because in the gloom beyond the oil lamp, in the shadows, there were metal folding chairs arranged in a ring and on the chairs there were people, with slanting rhinestone sunglasses, watching. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She bought oil lamps made from milk tins. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Beside the door swung an ornate oil lamp on a heavy chain, with a globe of leaded red glass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Turner was thinking of a quiet room and a square table covered with a green gingham cloth, with one of those French ceramic oil lamps suspended from the ceiling on a pulley. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, and you’ll need these,” he said, fetching a pair of oil lamps from a cabinet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Even now, fifty years later, the smell of oil lamps always makes me think of the manor house. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The moon had already set, but no light flickered in the whale oil lamps that lined High Street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Matty adjusted the wick on an oil lamp and lighted it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z An oil lamp hung from a hook on the low ceiling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The room was dingy and windowless, lit by a single oil lamp dangling from the low ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Mudd lit an oil lamp and dialed up the flame to permit a proper examination of his new patient. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The clouds thickened to the point where the sky grew black, and we lighted oil lamps inside the mess tent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hear Mam crying when she blows into the globe of the paraffin oil lamp and everything goes dark. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Fire flickered within the oil lamp’s milk glass shade. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Vikus gestured to a small oil lamp that illuminated a panel of the wall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was alone in the room, seated at a heavy wooden table, an oil lamp beside him as he wrote. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He held her close, by the light of an oil lamp, and he shone as though he had been polished with a high-wax body polish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained how to use the round oil lamps; how to strap the broad snowshoes onto their feet; how to command the dogs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dede held up the dainty oil lamp, its pale rose chimney fluted like the petals of a flower. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How the Jews celebrated by lighting an oil lamp. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She did all this in flickering light from a smoky oil lamp. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With the two bowls of red and white slip before him and an oil lamp just beyond, Kang sat in profile to Tree-ear’s view, using his wheel as a worktable. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The lights in all residential buildings have gone off, just as Metias had said they would, and nothing but oil lamps light the apartment. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And the old oil lamp was hanging over the center of the table, shedding its unstable yellow light from the round Rochester wick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Trying not to think of the bobbing boulders, he lit his oil lamp from a torch by the dock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I notice an old oil lamp sitting on the kitchen counter, and I try to play with it to get it to turn on, but no use. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Then kids would go out in the streets and sell petrol to light oil lamps. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The fire glowed in the fireplace and she had lit the oil lamps. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She moved away from him, crouching to refill the oil lamp. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His father turned off the oil lamp, for the day had arrived, and he looked stern and disciplinary, but Billy Buck didn’t look at Jody at all. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z His father turned off the oil lamp over the table, for plenty of morning light now came through the windows. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Two oil lamps cast their yellow glow through the space like a pair of great eyes watching for movement in the dark. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Exotic sea creatures were carved into the walls, and oil lamps cast a golden glow. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z An unlit oil lamp hung on the wall beside the door, the patch of will behind it was singed soot black. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But they all had the flickering reflection of an oil lamp on each lens. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The scent of oil lamps and old paper and leather circulates. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He never lighted the oil lamp by his bed unless he wanted to read. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The only sound is the occasional pop of the oil lamps flickering against the black brick. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Frankie stood with his back to the oil lamp, eclipsing its glow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The hall was gloomed with the dot of yellow light from an oil lamp turned down so low that it jerked expiringly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In a cozy room dimly lit by oil lamps, Miss Wren sat in a rocking chair holding Miss Peregrine in her lap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They lived in cedar slat huts lit by oil lamps and slept on straw-filled ticks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Long before dawn the market space was lit by dozens of oil lamps as potters and their assistants rushed about in an anxious, eerie silence, preparing their stalls. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Her father was alone in the solar when Harwin and Fat Tom marched her in, an oil lamp glowing softly at his elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The glow from the oil lamps failed to reach the bottom of the mikveh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I moved to the mirror, guarding the flame, and lit the oil lamps that were set into the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Even wicks for oil lamps; salt bags to scrub the teeth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The oil lamp to her right bathed one side of her face in lambent light; the other was cast in shadow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Frankie sat cross-legged across the room, working in the glow of an oil lamp. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The proprietor had just lighted a hanging oil lamp which gave off an unclean but friendly smell. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The single unblocked window revealed distant bursts of light where the castle stood, but inside the room it was dark except for a solitary oil lamp. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He blew out the oil lamp to save fuel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And she tossed her head, prettily, so that the light of the oil lamps caught her perfect golden curls. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside the manor house there was always a faint smell from the oil lamps that were lit every evening—for there was no electricity. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z After her supper, after the oil lamps had been lit, Kira examined it carefully. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The half-dozen oil lamps around the room sputtered back into life, filling the room with natural light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It worked by making impressions on the paper, which had been blackened by an oil lamp, using a stylus that vibrated when someone sang or spoke into a large barrel-shaped horn. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I imagined he worked by oil lamp, cutting and sewing leather well into the night. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Guy came in just at that moment and saw her bare chest by the light of the smaller castor oil lamp that they used for the later hours of the night. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Luxa had at some point retrieved the oil lamp from the boat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When we finally got to the barn, we found an old oil lamp hanging just inside the door. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z That afternoon, Ammu traveled upwards through a dream in which a cheerful man with one arm held her close by the light of an oil lamp. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had lit an oil lamp on the table. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Its dusty walls were illuminated by a small, flickering oil lamp, and several sacks of what appeared to be flour were pushed together in one corner in a makeshift bed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Jackson walks over to the table and lights the oil lamp. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Matty had never noticed it before, because always they had been indoors, with the oil lamp glowing, at night. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z However, the oil lamps gave a pleasant light. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She removed the small oil lamp that lit the interior of the hut and put the wooden door in place to keep out predators. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished, and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase, I quickly lowered the wick. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Her teacher ushered her into a beautifully appointed room lit with two globe-shaped oil lamps, one on the desk, one resting on a dark wooden stand carved with lotus flowers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The electricity supply from Dunkirk must have been cut, but round the edges of some heavily curtained windows they saw the ocher glow of candlelight and oil lamps. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Crouched next to her, in the light of the flickering candle and one oil lamp, was the small German speaking wireless operator. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Shae lit the murky oil lamp on the wobbly bedside table and said, “There’s no heater, either. We may as well get to know one another.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He turned down the flame in the paraffin oil lamp on the table and said it was time for Malachy and me to be in bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Through bleary eyes, I took in the sight of the tahara room’s tile floor and the oil lamps casting their sullen glow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She blew out the flame and carefully placed the oil lamp on the floor of her car. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But the electricity had been cut off, and the oil lamp that had once lit the dark between our beds had already been packed away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Filch lowered his quill, there was a great BANG! on the ceiling of the office, which made the oil lamp rattle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The fire on the hearth burned slowly and the wavering light from the oil lamp made shadows on the wall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A low settee stood in front of the fireplace, and a mirror framed in mahogany hung above the mantel, flanked by oil lamps fastened to the walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the wind was gusting, making the flames shiver in the oil lamps that lit the yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At one point, he nests for weeks in a stand of bamboo, reading and writing by the light of an improvised oil lamp. How the homeless create homes 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Even in the dim light given off by the dusty oil lamp it shimmered, the gold case scattering ripples of light across the walls. Morris Gleitzman short story competition winners 2012-08-28T11:36:20Z Creative decorative objects, crafted by Cuban artisans from repurposed items such as ink wells, oil lamps and bottles, are the lure of this store and coffee shop. Five Places to Shop in Havana 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z He tries to get his cousin Kee to marry him by holding his hand in a burning oil lamp. Reel history 2010-04-08T08:00:00Z Later, when the oil lamps had been extinguished, a tiny bat flew into the bedroom and made a couple of circuits before flying out again. Federico Fellini wanted to cast me in Casanova. We ended up in bed together 2010-04-11T20:45:00Z The attitude found its place in Renaissance decorative objects like oil lamps and door pulls cast in the shape of African heads, and in paintings that routinely included dark-skinned figures as servants or slaves. Art Review: ‘African Presence in Renaissance Europe,’ at Walters Museum 2012-11-08T20:30:57Z “I got this box and an oil lamp,” he said ruefully. G’night Forever, Little Edie! Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z There are those who died on the hills, and those who died in their beds, The haloed, who wear a flame above them, wereAsleep in their wagons, the stove door ajarThe oil lamp tipped. Poem of the week: Shepherds by Sasha Dugdale 2013-01-14T10:31:49Z Torah finials and hanging brass oil lamps will be buffed, Torah covers repaired, windows and curtains revitalized. Reviving the Renaissance Temples of Venice’s Jewish Ghetto 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Darker Sets In many cases, the lighting from the film's time period, the 1860s, served as Mr. Kaminski's guide, and he turned to candles, natural light and oil lamps. The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: Bringing Light to 'Lincoln' 2012-12-19T18:52:25Z Inside the tomb, a small oil lamp burns continuously, the fuel a gift from the exiled poet’s guilt-ridden hometown, Florence. Ravenna, Italy, Glittering Still 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z A brass-and-bronze oil lamp with a green glass shade hung over a stone-topped Second Empire table with griffon’s feet and ivory dominoes scattered around three blue willowware teacups. Colette’s Burgundy 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z To me, it was a lovely tableau of peonies and oil lamps on the handsome wood tables Russo built herself. At Just Right Farm, Plymouth Rock is a site for culinary pilgrims 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Down the street, duck into Rum21, an interior design retailer stocked with nubby Hay pillows, speckled ceramic vases and brass oil lamps. 36 Hours in Gothenburg, Sweden 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Gurukkal visits Suthamalli only on the most auspicious days to light small clay oil lamps in the temple’s empty chamber. The Ultimate Temple Raider?: Inside an Antiquities-Smuggling Operation 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z As there was no electricity, the cottage was lit by oil lamps. Family life: Dad at 21, a bully-boy uncle and fried cornflakes 2013-02-02T07:15:19Z Under a little oil lamp each night, he would rifle through the encyclopedia and gather information to write a text on Roman history and the Roman Empire. In the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei’s Father Burned the Family’s Books 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “My family in Mexico mostly uses oil lamps, and there’s the anxiety of ‘I don’t know if we’ll have enough oil to keep the lights on for the next evening.’ We all fall down: a walk through Juventino Aranda’s arresting, disarming ‘Pocket Full of Posies’ 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The blunt smell of dung and oil lamps. In Roger Rosenblatt’s ‘Thomas Murphy,’ a poet refuses to go quietly 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Because of the film’s extraordinary use of the illumination from oil lamps, it demands to be seen on 35-millimeter. Movie Listings for June 17-23 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “Were the street lamps in Paris in the 1850s gas lamps or oil lamps? It was surprisingly hard to find out.” Paul La Farge, Inventive Novelist, Is Dead at 52 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Underneath a sidewalk skylight, couches are arrayed in front of a gas fireplace and faux oil lamps. Boîte: The Dalloway in SoHo 2013-01-16T16:14:47Z When the sun set, we lit the oil lamp and played cards by the flickering light. Going Off the Grid on a Swedish Island 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Because of the film’s extraordinary use of the illumination from oil lamps, it demands to be seen on 35-millimeter, and it will be. Movie Listings for June 24-30 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Howell came out again, with his smug and insolent face, now lit only by oil lamps, and clambered noiselessly about the same furniture holding two pails of water. Stewart Lee: The best performance I've ever seen 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z A selection of clay oil lamps, for instance, includes examples inscribed in both Greek and Arabic. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z Domestic scenes, lit by the golden glow of an oil lamp, perch on them with precarious cosiness; soldiers at the Front splash over them, illuminated by the hard white light of foreign stars. The Accrington Pals; Di and Viv and Rose; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review 2013-01-27T00:06:22Z A quirky restaurant lit with oil lamps in a warren of small rooms, nooks and crannies that serves traditional Southern fare. The western Virginia town that raised a forward-thinking first lady 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z In contrast, an oil lamp is so attenuated that it resembles an exotic flowering plant, in silver. With a Centerpiece Like This, Who Needed Cake? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But the days of candles and oil lamps didn’t necessarily guarantee a good night’s rest. ‘Wild Nights’ Offers a History of Sleep (and Sleeplessness) 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Some were made as drinking vessels and others as hanging oil lamps. David Whitehouse obituary 2013-03-24T17:49:40Z David Whitehouse was fascinated by the exquisite nature of Roman cage cups, some of which were made as drinking vessels and others as hanging oil lamps. David Whitehouse obituary 2013-03-24T17:49:40Z On the inside, Hemfjällstugen is lit entirely by candles and oil lamps. Waffles, Gentle Slopes and Cloudberries Everywhere: Skiing in Sälen, Sweden 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z There was no electricity in the house, just the oil lamp. Chieftains' new album explores Irish-Mexican ties 2010-04-05T03:15:00Z LUCKNOW, India — Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a new Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Millions of Indians set a new world record celebrating Diwali as worries about air pollution rise 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z But the spectacular and much-awaited massive lighting of the oil lamps took place — as usual —at Saryu River, in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state, the birthplace of their most revered deity, the god Ram. Millions of Indians set a new world record celebrating Diwali as worries about air pollution rise 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z People light up their homes with small oil lamps called diyas and paper lanterns to signal the victory of light over darkness and joy over sadness. Diwali: Indians celebrate the sparkling festival of lights 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z The Diwali event taking place furthest out is one that will open with a lamp dance in addition to having food, music, decorated oil lamps, sparklers and more. Where to celebrate Diwali in Seattle, Bellevue and beyond 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Homes and streets tend to be decorated with small oil lamps called diyas, with the light supposed to help Lakshmi - goddess of wealth and good fortune - find her way into people's homes. Diwali 2023: What you need to know about the festival of light 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z People lit oil lamps in their homes, and set off fireworks to celebrate. India Lights Up for Diwali 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Thousands prayed Tuesday for the success of the mission with oil lamps on the river banks, temples and religious places, including the holy city of Varanasi in northern India. India’s spacecraft is preparing to land on the moon in the country’s second attempt in 4 years 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Former President Donald J. Trump will return a set of ancient coins and ceramic oil lamps to Israel’s government after reports last week that Israeli officials were pressing to retrieve them. Trump to Return Ancient Coins and Lamps to Israel’s Antiquities Agency 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z A dirt floor passageway is lit with oil lamps, casting soft yellow light down its length to a stone and iron stove with three sturdy pots atop. Ukraine war: BBC on the front line as Ukraine attacks Russian trenches 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z When first oil lamps and then gas lights had illuminated the workplace, workdays in the winter were often short. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In recent years, groups working together in Ayodhya have set Guinness World Records for the most oil lamps lit. India Lights Up for Diwali 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Children sometimes studied by makeshift oil lamps, but these occasionally burned down homes when knocked over by the wind. Off-grid solar brings light, time and income to remotest villages 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Two whale oil lamps cast a dim light. At new Gettysburg museum, Ken Burns gets a taste of battle he chronicled 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The prized waxy substance found in their heads, spermaceti, was used in oil lamps, lubricants and candles. Sperm whale beached in Oregon killed by ship, feds find 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Also found were inscriptions - some in Arabic - and decorated oil lamps consistent with the site having served Christian pilgrims, including through to the ninth century after the Muslim conquest of the region, the IAA said. Signs of Salome, said to be nurse to baby Jesus, unearthed in Israel 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z On Sunday, the city broke its own record by lighting 1,576,955 oil lamps and keeping them running for at least 45 minutes. India Lights Up for Diwali 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z There is perseverance: A girl uses a kerosene oil lamp to attend online lessons during a power cut in the Sri Lankan capital. AP’s top 2022 photos capture a planet bursting at the seams 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Many light earthen oil lamps or candles, and fireworks are set off as part of the celebrations. Indians celebrate Diwali with festivities, dazzling lights 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z People illuminate their homes with oil lamps and draw rangolis - traditional designs made using colourful powders - outside their doors to welcome good luck and positivity into their lives. Diwali 2022: India celebrates the festival with a dazzling display of lights 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z With a few wicks already in place from other nights, the makeshift oil lamp was almost bright enough to read by. Hardship remains for Ukrainian town emerging from occupation 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z People lit oil lamps in their homes, and set off fireworks to celebrate. India Lights Up for Diwali 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z An oil lamp hung on the wall, casting a soft glow over the cramped room. Hasty Russian retreat leaves a devastated Ukrainian village 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z "Before these systems we used oil lamps. We cannot buy electricity," he explained. Rationing energy is nothing new for off-grid community 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Rooms were lit by oil lamps, which gave brighter light than candles. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Dozens of terra-cotta oil lamps, each with its own individual motif, were arrayed in glass cabinets. A revelatory road trip along the Algerian coast 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This meant that their home in the early 1950s became one of the few in the community to be lit by a device safer and more potent than the usual fireplace or feeble oil lamp. Nigeria - where President Buhari had to say sorry for a power cut 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The country has no power for 7 1/2 hours a day, forcing children to study under homemade kerosene oil lamps, fishermen to limit fishing and shops and industries to limit production and business. AP PHOTOS: Sri Lankan power cuts affect all walks of life 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Goma Janna demanded as she wept by the light of an oil lamp below ground, surrounded by women and children. Sirens in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, as civilians try to flee cities 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z In the spring, as the days began to grow longer, factories held “blowing-out” celebrations to mark the extinguishing of the oil lamps. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Before electric lights, people used candles, kerosene, or oil lamps for light at night. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In this dim, ancient warren of tunnels — lit only by oil lamps — a few faithful turned out on Tuesday despite the war raging on the edge of the city. Also at Stake in Ukraine: the Future of Two Orthodox Churches 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Her Leicester home is full of antiques, printed velvet hangings and oil lamps - now with electric fittings. Why I travel back in time for Christmas 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z You could say the Glass Sound Speaker gives off futuristic oil lamp vibes, maybe, but most people I’ve shown it to have immediately concluded that it most closely resembles a bong. Sony Glass Sound Speaker review: it’s not what it looks like 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z With no natural light in the cavernous, windowless hall, there must have also been assistants holding oil lamps crowding onto the scaffolds. Female pharaoh’s tomb reveals how Egypt’s ‘ancient masters’ carved their art 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Hardware stores in Madrid have put oil lamps or butane gas heaters in their shop fronts - despite the government and energy companies insisting citizens have nothing to fear. Blackout fears amid energy crunch boosts gas cookers, lantern sales in Spain 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The library was inside a very old house, with glowing oil lamps and shelves of beautiful leatherbound books. Did Covid Change How We Dream? 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z In Malaysia, Hindu devotees prayed at temples and lit clay oil lamps. AP PHOTOS: Diwali marked in Asia with celebrations, prayers 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Many light oil lamps or candles to symbolise a victory of light over darkness, and fireworks are set off as part of the celebrations. Coronavirus news live: WHO approves Indian-made Covaxin vaccine, Covid cases in England double in over-65s in a month 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Many light oil lamps or candles to symbolize a victory of light over darkness, and fireworks are set off as part of the celebrations. Indians celebrate festival of light amid COVID-19 fears 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z It is known as the festival of lights as people illuminate oil lamps or candles to symbolise the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Diwali 2021: India celebrates festival of lights under shadow of Covid-19 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z They also found small architectural columns and oil lamps. Archaeologists find rare 2,700-year-old toilet in Israel: ‘It was pretty comfortable’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z His custom-made stone oil lamps benefited the most from the in-person showings and were a high selling product for his business. Art galleries forced to quickly change due to virus 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z The series masterfully connects the past with the present, showing how much has and hasn’t changed since whale oil lamps and horse-drawn buggies were all the rage. How 'Dickinson' perfected its 21st-century love letter to a 19th-century poet 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The family sat by the oil lamp in the evenings. At 113, she's California's oldest native. She got through a tough 2020 and is still going strong 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Or set for life in canned ham, antique oil lamps and customized LED garage lighting. Ron Judd’s HELP!!-ful guide to navigating our ‘new normal’ 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is typically celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts with friends and family, and lighting oil lamps or candles to symbolize a victory of light over darkness. India celebrates Diwali amid pandemic, pollution fears 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called diyas. Making the most of a lockdown Diwali 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He collects old oil lamps and old coins. Handyman sets out to save manual typewriters 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Other items found included cooking vessels, the cores of oil lamps and a stone mug. Hidden underground chambers discovered near Western Wall in Jerusalem 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z "Last year, home-made clothes seemed as old-fashioned as steam trains and oil lamps," said The Daily Mail's Christopher Stevens in his review of the show. Why fashion faces an 'existential crisis' 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z The arced brick wood-fire oven provides warmth for the house, while oil lamps illuminate the interiors. With these six beautiful art books, you needn't distance yourself from beauty 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z In 1802, a French engineer envisaged a tunnel with horse-drawn carriages, illuminated by oil lamps and ventilated by chimneys poking above the surface of the Channel. Last train to Europe: all aboard the Eurostar as Britain bids goodbye 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Obviously, I couldn’t shoot with oil lamps for some of the interior bunker scenes, as I need a little bit more stop. Cinematographer Roger Deakins goes to battle with director Sam Mendes in ‘1917’ 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z It involved horse-drawn carriages and oil lamps and was quickly abandoned. 'I formed the 45 Metre Underground Club': Eurostar stories of sex, celebrity and speed 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Other discoveries include bowls and an oil lamp, which were offerings laid beneath the building’s floors for good luck. Biblical city with links to King David discovered in southern Israel 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “I feel afraid. I feel anger. I feel hatred,” said Cárdenas, as her neighbours placed improvised oil lamps outside their electricity deprived homes. Venezuela's slums are turning on Maduro – but Guaidó faces uphill battle 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z In Greece, her comforts were limited to three oil lamps and a mattress, according to a profile published in the Indianapolis weekly Nuvo. Linda Gregg, award-winning poet of lines like ‘chiseled marble,’ dies at 76 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The final scene of “Heartworn Highways” is a Christmas party—the whole gang, lit by oil lamps, singing a wobbly, drunken version of “Silent Night.” Steve Earle’s Winsome Tribute to Guy Clark 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Now, each time she lights her oil lamp, she fears a terrifying repeat of the day when she lost nearly everything. Darkness lingers for Venezuela’s most vulnerable 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Ekirch at first linked this to the rise of artificial lighting, as gas and then electrical lighting were to replace the oil lamps that had appeared on city streets in the 17th century. Why the sleep industry is keeping us awake at night 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Last month, a rare Roman oil lamp found on the river’s foreshore by Alan Suttie, an amateur treasure hunter, also went on display at the Museum of London. Oldest skull mudlarked from Thames belongs to neolithic male 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps, and people enjoy firework displays and traditional music. Four things to know for the week ahead 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Mark Bradley, a classicist at the University of Nottingham, believes that in some cases restorers were merely trying to remove residue left by oil lamps that had lit galleries before the advent of electricity. The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z His technique was also unusual: He created his own fires, for example acquiring an authentic Roman oil lamp to measure the light it produced. 2018 Nobel in Economics Is Awarded to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The house, purchased for $825,000, was filled with oil lamps, an old wood stove and dead plants, and it had a wildly overgrown exterior. Bought That Run-down Old House? Time for an Extreme Makeover 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Inside the temple, priests squatted to light oil lamps. In India, a Missing Key to a Temple’s Treasure Vault Ignites a Furor 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Before solar and other technologies evolved, you would need to use several candles and oil lamps to light up a single room in a house. Listing offers glimpse of ‘off the grid’ living on island 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z This used to be the entrance to a 1-kilometer-deep tunnel once used by inhabitants to get water, their path lit by oil lamps. Visiting the Tunisian desert where ‘Star Wars’ was filmed 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z He contends it will be so disruptive it will send the livestock industry the way of the horse-drawn carriage, whale oil lamps and ice blocks cut from lakes. Cattlemen not worried about growing meat alternatives 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Celebrants will set off fireworks, share sweet treats, and decorate their homes with candles and oil lamps for the holiday, but no celebration is complete without admiring some beautiful rangoli — or making your own. Check Out These Dazzling Rangoli Designs for Diwali 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Celebrations include lighting oil lamps or candles called diyas to symbolize “a victory of knowledge over ignorance, light over darkness, good over evil,” said Bhasin. Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z An oak door, valued at about £1,000, was damaged, along with four oil lamps dating back 300 years. St Mary's Church, Llanfair Kilgeddin, targeted by thieves - BBC News 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Raised by his uncle, he remembers using oil lamps and mirrors to light their home, which was the first in the valley to get electricity. Healing through horseback riding in South Dakota 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Each bride clutched an oil lamp as she walked down the aisle. Detroit women make lifelong virginity pledge 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z In early March, Swiss law-enforcement officials pulled over a vehicle on a Geneva road and, after a search, discovered an ancient oil lamp, people familiar with the matter say. Prominent Art Family Entangled in ISIS Antiquities-Looting Investigations 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z When it was first built, its various rooms were lit with candles and whale oil lamps. Perspective | Answer Man sheds some light on curious glass panels at the U.S. Capitol 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Next, he bought a Roman oil lamp, fitted it with a wick, and filled it with cold-pressed sesame oil. Why the falling cost of light matters - BBC News 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z “It’s a beautiful piece and still plays very well,” said Fulton, who noted it comes with a stool and two pedestal oil lamps. Century-old organ arrives home in Ann Arbor 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Electricity cuts forced people to rely on oil lamps. Under Islamic State, Mosul's people faced darkness, dread 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The video opens with the message “Happy Diwali” and borrows from footage of Trump speaking at a Hindu gathering in New Jersey this month, lighting an oil lamp and promising close US-Indian relations. Trump speaks Hindi in Indian American campaign ad 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z In the days when candles, oil lamps, and fireplaces lit and heated American and European homes, women’s wide hoop skirts and flowing cotton and tulle dresses were a fire hazard, unlike men’s tighter-fitting wool clothes. Killer Clothing Was All the Rage In the 19th Century 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z It was to raise this question over the way we measure inflation that Bill Nordhaus started fooling around with wood fires, oil lamps and light meters. Why the falling cost of light matters - BBC News 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Shining Lights Lighted oil lamps sit above the arcade. Does This Mysterious Mosaic Depict Alexander the Great? What they ate, they’d raised themselves; at night, they turned the generator off and talked and drank beer by the light of oil lamps, amusing themselves by wondering what the neighbors thought. A Monument to Outlast Humanity 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Inside buildings, oil lamps provided light and heat. How a small, mostly white town in Pennsylvania became home for Muhammad Ali 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z In Pierre Bonnard’s painting “Interior: The Terrasse Children,” a pair of oil lamps takes center stage on a wooden table where two boys sit reading. The City of Lights, When It Was First Lighted 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z They bent through the low door into the Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher, where, under oil lamps, two white marble slabs denote the location of Jesus’ rock tomb. Risk of Collapse at Jesus’ Tomb Unites Rival Christians 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z At night he used a small oil lamp to prepare meals, shielding the flame with a cardboard box, lest a sniper be tempted by the light. Life under siege: inside Taiz, the Yemeni city being slowly strangled 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The movie depicts the whaling industry as a rapacious one that irreparably thins populations to keep oil lamps lighted, and Moby is bent on avenging the loss. Forget Chris Hemsworth — the whale is the true star of 'In the Heart of the Sea' 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z At Clark’s, oil lamps and gas lamps were replaced by electric ones. This Howard County hardware store has seen — and sold — it all 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The 50 paintings, prints and photographs on view date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as gaslight supplanted oil lamps, and electric lighting superseded gas. The City of Lights, When It Was First Lighted 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The kitchen is refurbished to its early 20th-century style, with an oil lamp and an old-fashioned flatiron for clothing. Renovated Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is ready to weather the next century 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z As far as artifacts, Cox has an 1st century oil lamp, an oil flask dated back to 1950 BC and a 1st century tear vase. Norfolk pastor remains passionate about archaeology 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z He wants to see children in villages doing homework on computers, illuminated by electric lights, rather than the oil lamps that he once used. Developing world: Far-flung physics 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Here, a group of widows hold earthen oil lamps as they offer prayers on the banks of the river Yamuna. In pictures: India celebrates Diwali 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z I studied at night by a dim and smoky oil lamp. Is There Room for Agreement on the Merits and Limts of Efficient Lighting 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The wood-burning stove in the corner keeps the room toasty warm and half a dozen oil lamps along the walls are available for lighting. Park County log cabin a modern 1-room schoolhouse 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z At Westminster Abbey, at a late-night ceremony attended by political leaders, a lone oil lamp at the tomb of the unknown soldier is to be extinguished at 11 p.m. Europe Prepares to Mark Centenary of World War I 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z In London, a solemn service will be held at Westminster Abbey, with lights dimmed one by one until only a single oil lamp is left burning on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior. First world war centenary: 'the lamps are going out all over Europe' 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Contractor says the women put on their finest saris and approached him and the developer reverently with an oil lamp. The Slumdog Millionaire Architect 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z “Someone who tries to blow out another’s oil lamp will set his beard on fire,” Xi said. The China challenge Under a fat moon, scholars of Sanskrit put on a show with bells and oil lamps, a celebration of the river considered most holy by Hindus. Riding the wave 2014-04-16T04:00:00Z Protesters built a giant oil lamp at a downtown intersection to highlight her failure to build electricity lines. Afghan woman bids for power to halt slide in rights 2014-03-30T22:07:13Z Because two-thirds of Afghans are thought to be illiterate, the logos chosen to identify candidates during the campaign and on ballot papers are important, and include anything from an oil lamp to a bulldozer. Afghan notebook: Bomb-proof call centre 2014-02-22T00:09:06Z Whaling in the 19th century was a lucrative business as whale oil became immensely valuable for lighting oil lamps and making candles and soaps. The real Moby Dick: Do whales really attack humans? 2013-12-20T01:14:23Z "Boosting consumption gives a short-term push, but it's not like an oil lamp, it's like a match," he said. Analysis: Mexico bets on reforms to boost wages, but no quick fix 2013-08-04T05:22:33Z It was also seen as a fire hazard in a place where oil lamps, British attacks and other events had caused blazes. Capitol Dome Is Imperiled by Cracks and a Partisan Divide 2012-08-24T17:34:55Z As a child, he used to study by the light of an oil lamp. India Ink: Welcome to Your New House, Mr. President 2012-07-25T12:11:27Z The most effective lines in these speeches draw on his personal experience growing up with no electricity in post-war South Korea: I studied at night by a dim and smoky oil lamp. Dot Earth Blog: Dispatches from Rio and Nepal: Knife Fights Over Firewood 2012-06-22T16:11:07Z In the centre of the room was a rough stone altar upon which burned an oil lamp of a quaint design and wrought in bronze. 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 Here an oil lamp was burning which Crouch turned up so high that the chimney smoked. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z An oil lamp swung in the centre of the room, and a large bench, with divisions, served for resting places by night. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The ship is the old Nubian, safe and slow, saloon upholstered in plush of maple sugar brown, brass oil lamps swinging in gimbles as befitted a smart packet of the late 80's. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z Then put the old man’s light, an oil lamp, which you will find standing under the bed, into the little window looking towards the sea, which is at the gable-end to the east. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Presently she was driving again through the darkling streets, passing the Maypole, passing the quaint, low-browed shops, lit only by an oil lamp or a couple of candles. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In the front parlor, which was lighted by an oil lamp, we sat about on chairs and sofas, but without any holding of hands. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z An ordinary gas jet destroys as much pure air and oxygen as five men—a good-sized oil lamp equal to three men. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z For leaving Bordeaux we reached La R�ole on foot and at dusk, welcomed only by the fantastic rays of a few swinging oil lamps. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z Three minutes later the diligence drew up in front of an open door, through which the light from a good oil lamp streamed into the blackness of the street. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Then he lit an oil lamp, which presently burned up and illumined the room. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Dismal, truly, but perhaps not more so than were the streets of London not many years since, when they were lighted by flickering oil lamps. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z An oil lamp dimly illuminated the forward partition. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z “In Baghdad, I used to operate on people with an aide hanging an oil lamp over my shoulder,” Dr. Bérès said. French Surgeon, Jacques B?r?s, Recalls Slipping Into Syria Last Month 2012-03-12T15:49:10Z A small oil lamp swung from the eaves of the hut. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z In his uncle's study he lit the oil lamp that stood upon the central table. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z The man who had seized the trunk stopped rolling it toward the doorway and turned quickly to look at the woman who stood there in the pallid glow from the one oil lamp. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Darkness had just closed down on the lonely station, but the little rickety residency had lain for twelve hours under a burning sun, and now the big oil lamps raised the already almost insupportable temperature. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z "When electric power first became widely available in homes, it was a more convenient, somewhat novel alternative to the oil lamp for lighting," she says. Google Fiber: Can ultra-fast internet change a city? 2012-02-28T01:05:35Z By the light of a small oil lamp swinging from the top he saw a form stretched upon a camp bed. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z She struck one and by its flare saw an oil lamp standing on the table beside the matches. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z An oil lamp on an uncertain post was set close against the veranda and through an open window she saw a woman, bearing a tray, pause beside a table and deposit steaming dishes. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Within his mother's room by the light of the oil lamp Ahmed read and read, while his mother watched him and sewed on the wedding garments. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z There being no gas in Loanda there was a pause until oil lamps to put on them came out. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The row of pushcarts, lit by flaring oil lamps, were doing a scant business. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Ancient oil lamps on posts or in recesses rendered darkness visible. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The gold was visible for a few years, but it soon disappeared under fresh soot from the oil lamps. India Ink: Riddles In The Dark: Is a Temple's Treasure Worth Billions? 2012-01-30T06:00:24Z The night was wintry, and a cold north wind blew about the rare flickering oil lamps in the street. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z It was beneath the spar-deck, and very hot, for the dynamo was not running that night, and a big oil lamp lighted it. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Mrs. Tyson turned down a little lower the one oil lamp which, with the candles upon Endicott's desk, lighted the room, and went back to the inner door. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Together they ascended the stairs in the half darkness, illuminated by the glow from a night oil lamp in the hall. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z “Ask her if she is entertaining a boy in velvet pants?” said Treble, so foolishly, the girls all but rolled under the table and the oil lamp shook dangerously in the merriment. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z "By way of resting our eyes," I said, and thereupon I extinguished the only light in the room, an Argand-burner oil lamp. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Door and ports were open wide, but the oil lamp that hung beneath the beams burned unwaveringly, and the ray of light that streamed out from the doorway made the blackness outside more apparent. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Two huge Egyptian oil lamps of old, hand-worked brass hung from the painted wooden ceiling. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z Above the tables were oil lamps with two enormous shades each one sheltering four fixtures which hung by bronze chains several yards long, attached to the ceiling. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He placed the oil lamp on a chair, laid his sword by it, and threw himself down on the rude pallet-bed without taking off his clothes. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Then, without running, but with extraordinary swiftness, thanks to his unusually long legs, he strode through the streets, lighted here and there by oil lamps, in the direction of the theatre. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Bob was out, and his mother was sitting reading the good Book by the light of a little black oil lamp. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Then I would put out the lights, which were old-fashioned oil lamps. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z In the light of the yellow oil lamp she caught sight of the bamboo as it was once more lifted with slow, deliberate precision. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z He would also attack lighted oil lamps if placed on the floor, but they puzzled him, and defied his efforts to bite or breathe them out. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z Above the mantelpiece a black iron oil lamp is burning, with old-fashioned wicks made from peeled and dried rushes. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Mr. Thompson led Henry Harper to the cabin, which was a kind of room, about twelve feet by ten, miserably lit by a single dirty oil lamp. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z There was an oil lamp in the house, but the paraffin, which Lawless was bringing with him, had been forgotten on the day of their arrival. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z It was in darkness except for a small oil lamp, too dim to be of any use for reading purposes, that stood upon the camp table. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Illumination was given by two or three oil lamps, and by a lantern which the only visible official carried in his hand. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Kenneth went gently down the ladder, and lit the oil lamp. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Hanging from the wall of the house beyond was a dirty oil lamp round which the fog circled in a hundred spectral shapes. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z So although there are some lighthouses with electric arc lights, that which is now believed to be the best is an oil lamp of special design, using a mantle of the Welsbach type. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z He lighted the dim oil lamp and a little later lay down on his cot. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Even in the dim light of the smoky oil lamp they saw how pale and haggard he looked. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z It was almost dark; in the recess the little reflectored oil lamp had been lighted, and it shone on the Scholarship girl's copper hair and angular shoulders. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Then she remembered that the boats usually carried an emergency equipment, an oil lamp amongst other things. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z In the Red Sea regions frankincense is valued not only for its sweet odour when burnt, but as a masticatory; and blazing lumps of it are not infrequently used for illumination instead of oil lamps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Down below he could see the mass of complicated machinery throbbing in the yellow glimmer of the oil lamps, while the hot atmosphere was filled with a horrible odour of steam and burning oil. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Darrell was smoking and reading by the dim light of a flickering oil lamp in the living-room. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z A little oil lamp gave a pale light. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Upon regaining his feet he found the engine-room in darkness save for the feeble glimmer of an oil lamp. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The small room was lighted by an oil lamp and was very hot. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z With this he lighted an oil lamp that swung from the central pole of the tent. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The reversion to the use of candles, oil lamps and lanterns was an interesting temporary effect. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z By and bye as they were passing under an oil lamp hung by a chain across the road, a boy cried out: 'That's Blind Jack!' The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z In addition to the lime light, oil lamps with reflectors and lanterns were used. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z When they went home, there lay Ashenputtel in her dirty clothes among the cinders, and a dismal oil lamp was burning in the chimney corner. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z With nightfall, the prison grew utterly dark, excepting in the corridor, where the surly guard lighted oil lamps, set at intervals in niches in the wall. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Meanwhile, the darkness had increased so much that the Queen called upon her dusky attendants to light the great oil lamp that swung from the roof. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Chemically speaking, the diamond is almost pure carbon, and may be said to be first cousin to ordinary coal and half-brother to the smoke of an oil lamp. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z There is a big oil lamp hanging from the roof, and that and the firelight shed a dim uncertain light throughout the cave. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The moon later was quite obscured, and the steamer ceased to exist except where in my heated cabin the smoky oil lamp showed me my dismal cubicle. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The oil lamp is burning and throws pale patches on to the blackened ceiling. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z In the center were a table and camp chairs, and from the ceiling hung a large oil lamp. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z He held a small oil lamp on the level of his head, by which means he caused its light to fall directly on my face. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Betty, looking from her window, saw only flaring oil lamps and gasoline torches illuminating the street. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The oil lamp stank but gave little light. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z So old-fashioned was the vessel that when darkness fell, instead of the electric light, an oil lamp was inserted in the receptacle outside the door. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z The oil lamp shone dully upon the table and threw into dim relief two faces, whose strength and suggestion of mentality suited ill the quality of the clothes which covered the bodies beneath them. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z The olive tree not only yields the fuel to feed the oil lamps, but it provides some of the best timber for the fire. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Them oil lamps on wooden posts are a disgrace. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The brown light of the oil lamp has its familiar flavour, and the cabin is like an oven. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z In lamplighting, what a wonderful change from the old oil lamps of former ages! Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z He lit the cheap oil lamp on his table, seated himself in the unstable old basket-chair beside his uninviting bed, and settled himself for a third perusal of his letter. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z The oil lamps burning there revealed a sight that both amazed and terrified the girls from the North. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z They had many talks which the brilliant craftsman enlivened with his sprightly and witty enthusiasms, seated around the family table lighted by the dim light of an oil lamp. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z A brass oil lamp with an opaline shade hung over the table from a beam beneath the skylight. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z An oil lamp hung upon the dirty wall, and lit up the stone vault and the solemn scene of death. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z A Hindu priest holds an oil lamp as he performs evening prayers on the banks of river Ganges, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. Day in pictures 2011-07-05T17:47:06Z Both were lit up, and the glow from the oil lamps shone dully on the fog bank. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The cabin was not electrically lighted, illumination being provided by means of a smoky oil lamp. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z When my oil lamp began to throw its rays of brown smell, the Doctor, tired of the effort to exalt the sour dough which was my mind, left me. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z A clear space in front of the tomb was lighted with oil lamps and bonfires. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Place inside Florence oil lamp; the door is valuable to regulate the heat. Photogravure 2011-06-19T02:00:24.663Z Betty, with careful forethought, had set the oil lamps in the two windows. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Groping around in the dark, he lighted an oil lamp fastened to the wall. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z A lady, she come in the other day and ask for an oil lamp. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z He was a good Eastern scholar, but the dull rays of a small oil lamp were not helpful in a task always difficult to English eyes. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z They were just within the door, when the bartender, who had so discreetly shot out the lights, produced new chimneys and leisurely set the oil lamps going again. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z The inhabitants were compelled to burn candles and oil lamps in order to obtain light, whilst the city was isolated from every other part of America. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z It was first erected in the year 1719, and was p. 165lit by a coal fire until oil lamps with powerful reflectors were introduced.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z An oil lamp stood on the wooden ledge of the entrance and threw a faint light on all around. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z The next room was little better than a cell, lightened by the feeble light of an oil lamp that glimmered through a horn lanthorn. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z We lowered down all the oil lamps in the street on our way—this incidentally, as illustrating the distressingly low degree of civilisation in Kongsberg in those days. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z In summer they would go processionally from street image to image, singing their Aves and Paters with uncommon unction before the holy figure, round which burned scores of little oil lamps, amid cart-wheel-shaped bouquets. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Two swinging oil lamps lighted the smoke-fogged air of the place, and their glow seemed to be diffused by it, idealizing everything, softening it— Everything except the high lights from the bottles on the shelf. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z She carried an oil lamp in her hand and eyed her late visitor severely. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z A coconut is broken and an oil lamp is lit, symbolising good luck, and a new start. Extremely glam 2011-04-13T23:51:21Z During the first few months we had only small oil lamps for lighting purposes, at a scale of one per seven officers. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z Balls of the powders, half cocoanut shells, betel, four-anna pieces, and oil lamps, are placed on the hands, legs, and abdomen. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The squalid dwelling which we entered had but one small room, which was badly lighted by an oil lamp standing on the floor. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z It was almost dark when I got to the station, and here were the few feeble oil lamps lit, glimmering in that lonely land, where the way is long from farm to farm. The Great Return 2011-03-20T02:00:35.837Z He went softly to the threshold of his wife’s chamber, and saw her by the light of a little oil lamp, sleeping sweetly, surrounded by flowers, with his infant son in her arms. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Presently we find ourselves in the quaint old Flemish Inn with oil lamps and dark beams. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z Picture to yourselves narrow galleries, feebly lighted by flickering oil lamps, in which the foes are separated only by sand-bags, which they keep pushing against each other. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z An oil lamp shed a gloomy light throughout the kitchen, which at the same time served as the inn parlour. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z He went up the stairs and entered a room meagrely lighted with a feeble oil lamp. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Only two or three solitary pedestrians could be seen traversing it, under the dim light of half a dozen oil lamps set at long distances apart. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z He turned half round to a man who stood near him against the log, busily trimming an oil lamp. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z Well pleased, the nurse darkened the light of the rude oil lamp and sat down to watch her charge, and as she watched, tears fell from her aged eyes. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z The leading Islamic opposition party in Morocco shares the Justice and Development Party name and has a similar symbol: the Moroccan party’s is an oil lamp while the Turkish party’s is a light bulb. Arabs Battling Regimes See Erdogan’s Muslim Democracy as Model 2011-02-04T08:38:10Z It had nothing in it except a discouraged oil lamp on a dirty kitchen table. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z The oil lamp on the opposite side enabled me to note the position of the hands upon the dial. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Through an uncurtained window, the pair glimpsed a tall, wiry woman filling an oil lamp in the kitchen. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z Our prestolite had given out and our oil lamps were too feeble. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Don't allow coal oil lamps to be used by women patrons for the purpose of heating curling irons. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z He picked up the check and held it for a moment over the oil lamp—then he quickly jerked it back. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Two or more incandescent lamps can be arranged on a small stand, which will slide into the lantern, taking the place of the regulation oil lamp, and connected by flexible leads to the other leads. Wrinkles in Electric Lighting 2011-01-22T03:00:17.277Z A flash of light from an oil lamp or an electric spark was emitted from the box when the circuit was broken, but not when it was closed. Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 2011-01-22T03:00:16.753Z Penny, her hands and feet securely tied, began to roll toward the cocoanut oil lamp. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z Between them there was a table, on which burned a little oil lamp of chased metal. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z However, by the time he had to light the oil lamp in order to see his food, he had managed to make a fair meal, in quantity if not in quality. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Ben unlatched the door and hastily lighting an oil lamp, helped the fellow to the bed where he collapsed. Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z "Most of 'em wanted a bath and runnin' water and they shied at the oil lamps." My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Penny squirmed and rolled until her hands were very close to the cocoanut oil lamp on the rocky floor of the cave. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z Over the pit hung oil lamps, round yellow moons suspended in cavernous gloom; dim electric lights in the ceiling; about them, a loose-robed, turbaned audience, the majority chewing pellets of crushed areca-nut and lime. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z An oil lamp, which had performed its duty faithfully through the night, now seemed to resent its neglect, and spluttered angrily. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z In the dim light from the oil lamp, she saw that he had a large, square-shaped face, with a tiny scar above his right eye. Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z Do you think that you would be able to find me an oil lamp?” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z The room was bare of furniture except for a low wooden table upon which the cocoanut oil lamp burned. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z He thought of the bleak little, weather-worn house on the Swamp Farm, with the fire now covered up for the night in the chilly kitchen, and the oil lamp turned low. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Emma sat at the table, glancing alternately at the flickering oil lamp and at her husband. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The light of an oil lamp on the table between them showed his yellow, eager eyes, the scheming intensity of the brain behind them, the lurking half-smile of triumph about his writhing, colourless lips. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Quigley had lighted a smoky oil lamp which revealed that he had made himself a bed on top of the telegraph desk. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z The only light came from the oil lamp on the dresser which cast grotesque shadows on the plaster walls. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z Nearly every day, newspapers publish photographs of families huddled in near darkness around candles or oil lamps. | MIDDLE EAST: Egypt: Power Failures Hit Ramadan Fasters 2010-08-27T02:01:00Z Yellow oil lamps glowed behind the store windows, and Joe set his course straight. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z It is worth remembering that when gas lights replaced candles and oil lamps in the 19th century, some newspapers reported that they were “glaring” and “dazzling white”. Energy conservation: Not such a bright idea 2010-08-26T10:50:00Z Penny leaped out of bed and touched a match to the wick of an oil lamp. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z 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 Hundreds of people lit oil lamps and incense sticks and sang hymns with their hands clasped in prayer. 2010-02-14T15:38:00Z The children slept, and by the light of an oil lamp Emma mended clothes. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The coarse linen sari of the water-carrier’s wife had fallen from her head and shoulders, and even the flickering glimmer of the oil lamp revealed the fact that Nur Mahal was attired with uncommon splendor. The Great Mogul I shall not, however, give an account of such a lamp, for the gas apparatus is so much more convenient for most purposes that it has now practically superseded the oil lamps. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students Indoors, gaslight replaced candles or oil lamps beginning in the 1820s. Books on Science: Let There Be Dimmers on Our Glowing Planet 2010-07-26T23:51:00Z Regina slept peacefully, her face illumined by the light from the oil lamp. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Here and there an oil lamp glimmered, making darkness visible. Glories of Spain By the light of oil lamps they planned and talked until far past midnight. The Year When Stardust Fell She brought the oil lamp forward as she spoke and held it near the man, and St. Georges, kneeling down, looked at him. In the Day of Adversity As she entered her room, where a small oil lamp diffused a sphere of graduated light, she was seized as by the throat by the oppression of the silent summer night. A Bed of Roses It is better built and cleaner than the latter place, and some of the streets are covered over with thatched roofs, forming a series of rude arcades, illuminated by oil lamps. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan The Big Six moved swiftly away, throwing always a flood of light ahead, its gleaming oil lamps seeming to be but a streak of white to those who watched it pass. The Auto Boys' Vacation He knew that even with the shades down he would have been able to see some glow of the oil lamps which they used, provided Ken were still there. The Year When Stardust Fell The hall of EARTH-SPIRIT, Act IV, feebly lighted by an oil lamp on the centre table. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts There was even a false set of footlights to complete the masquerade; a row of oil lamps with tin reflectors. The Book of Susan A Novel No oil lamp would answer, even if the light were sufficient in quantity, because the flame would be far too large to cast a sharp shadow. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them A dim oil lamp assisted our toilet and we went downstairs and out into the town to a restaurant kept by an Italian and his wife. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway They passed the station, lit by a smoking oil lamp, and left word of Ken's disappearance, and moved on. The Year When Stardust Fell He was so startled that he upset the oil lamp which Walpurga had placed on an inverted pail. On the Heights A Novel Then she went out into the hall, where an oil lamp was dimly burning, and looked out from a small window by the side of the door. Under the Mendips A Tale The churches were lighted with oil lamps, and they would put candles on the Christmas tree, wax candles and they would light those wax candles and then blow out the lights. Frying Pan Farm Only one or two oil lamps maintained an indifferent resistance to the mist. The Gray Mask Here a faintly burning oil lamp shone behind a cobwebby glass, with the number of the house painted upon it in black. The Green God An oil lamp gave out a feeble light in the fore-cabin, showing in one corner a large white sail. The Ruined Cities of Zululand And he sat now at table, touching glasses with the teamster by the light of a solitary oil lamp. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine They carried the oil lamps from the car and thus made good progress. The Auto Boys' Mystery In that little lodge there was no electricity, and the glow of the oil lamps played curious tricks with the human expression which frequently resulted in something unhuman. Doom of the House of Duryea I thereupon entered and found myself in a gloomy chamber dimly illuminated by several oil lamps hanging from the low ceiling. The Green God The apartment, as far as he could see in the dim light of a smoking oil lamp, was deserted. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? Groping down the stairs she ascended again with a small oil lamp in her hand. The Book of Courage They walked some distance in each direction along the shore but the feeble light of the oil lamps showed no trace of David MacLester nor yet of the mysterious person who had summoned him. The Auto Boys' Mystery It was after ten before he arose and went into the shack, lighted his oil lamp, laid out his paper and pencil, and proceeded to add more to the record that he had started. When the Cock Crows The passage was lit by a small oil lamp—a wick floating in a shallow saucer. Barclay of the Guides He cannot stand hunger, thirst and frost, and he chokes when the fumes and the black smoke of oil lamps get into his throat. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The oil lamp on my table showed me my domain. Captain Macedoine's Daughter We had not, on turning in, followed our usual custom of blowing out the vile-smelling oil lamp which gave our stateroom its only illumination. The Portal of Dreams They lighted a solitary small oil lamp at last, as if for Sunday evening idleness, and put it on the side table in the kitchen. Strangers and Wayfarers At night a small oil lamp with a floating wick was hung within the curtains, and near the bed was a bénitier. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens The boys sat silent and anxiously expectant on their seats, clutching their loaded guns, held stiffly upright, and watching Si's face as well as they could by the dim light of the single oil lamp. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys The lighting of the buildings by oil lamps, not by gas, is often insufficient, and may possibly explain the fact of so many Frenchmen being short-sighted. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. When the sun had gone down and darkness had crept over Golden Crescent, I returned to my hammock and my reading, setting a small oil lamp on the window ledge behind me. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia An oil lamp reeked upon the earthen floor and threw its bilious rays little further than the blankets spread out upon either side of it. In the Brooding Wild Then Doctor Dorn struck the flint on his oil lamp and walked through the gate. Out of the Earth Then we also had a Chinese oil lamp. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports There was an oil lamp on a table in the front drawing-room, and fires in both grates. Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research The conservative old inn retained its old oil lamps long after the introduction of gas. Old and New London Volume I A large central-draft oil lamp hung in the centre of the roof of a small chamber. Aliens Our oil lamp is still burning and our shadows fall behind us into the blackness. Out of the Earth The two huge oil lamps, imbedded one in each side wall, splintered and crashed. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The shed was badly lighted by a miserable oil lamp. Jena or Sedan? An oil lamp hung from a low ceiling over the map table. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The room is lighted by small oil lamps which hang from the ceiling. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature The electric bulb was grimed with age and the action of the air, and the light was quite yellow, as that from an oil lamp would have been. Coquette The verandah was empty and unlighted, but the glass door to the hall, where the two great oil lamps were shining brightly before their polished reflectors, stood open. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The pith is also employed for lamp wicks, and probably the “timsim” imported from China and used in oil lamps in the Philippines is obtained from this plant. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 "Battery commander's headquarters," O'Neil said to me as we entered a small hot room lighted by two oil lamps and a candle. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Later, perhaps you can find me an oil lamp. Seven Keys to Baldpate A dozen oil lamps with reflectors furnished illumination. Gold A little oil lamp that hung from the ceiling was burning, and threw a fairly good light upon the two men, and around the room. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 I groped about the streets of London in all but utter darkness of a twinkling oil lamp, under the protection of watchmen in their grand climacteric, and exposed to every species of degradation and insult. Old Roads and New Roads They clambered out of bed and lit the small oil lamp, wrapping themselves in quilts and petticoats impartially, for the air was growing chilly. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The lighting is made up of large oil lamps which are refilled during the interval. Letters from my Windmill After this he drew off his mitts and unfastened his snowshoes after striking a light and kindling the oil lamp. The Peace of Roaring River From a niche in the wall an oil lamp threw down a faint glimmer of yellow on the white back of a cow. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Arriving there, she lighted an oil lamp and hurriedly set out food and a large garrafón of Jamaica rum. Carmen Ariza The same little cocoanut oil lamps furnished light for the stands where native women and Chinese disposed of their sweetmeats and fruit. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' An atmosphere of moral degradation looked out from every shadowy corner, claiming the features of everybody who came within the dull radiance of the two cheap oil lamps swinging from the rafters. The Law-Breakers He was about to place it on the counter when one of the men took it from his hand and held it under the hanging oil lamp. The Peace of Roaring River An oil lamp tipped over and the burning oil spread over the floor. Common Science In the place of candles, the old oil lamp went into service again, and the guards once more hung up before our eyes the ropes which they had only a little while before removed. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. The boys went down into a cellar where their guide lighted an oil lamp. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin Already among the trees the yellow oil lamps were shining within the half-hidden houses. The Law-Breakers But Madge made no answer and could only continue to stare at the form that seemed to grow dimmer as the small oil lamp cast flickering shadows in the room. The Peace of Roaring River In the dim light of the shaded oil lamp, Bucks, looking at the scout, stood the picture of despair. The Mountain Divide He dropped back into the room and lit the oil lamp. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills He lighted the oil lamp, pulled down the window shade, sat down in a chair to one side of the door to wait. The Coyote A Western Story They then went into the adjoining room to inspect the furnishings, which consisted solely of an iron bedstead with a fairly good spring on it; a cheap little bureau, two chairs and an oil lamp. The Spoilers of the Valley The darkness had come and the big oil lamp was lighted. The Peace of Roaring River This image represents the patron saint, Santiago, beneath whose feet burns night and day a small oil lamp. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Then he turned his attention to his two oil lamps. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills An oil lamp, suspended by a wire from the ceiling, furnished all the light the apartment could boast of. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife He pointed as he spoke to one of the flaring oil lamps which, fastened to a stake a few feet above the ground, illuminated the line of nuts. Soldiers of the Queen The room was feebly illuminated by a small oil lamp. Among the Brigands In the corner behind the door is a large cage, a pantry, suspended middleway between the floor and ceiling, containing a few earthen pots, an oil lamp, and a jar, covered with a cloth. The Book of Khalid On the table the oil lamp sputtered and burned lower. A Breath of Prairie and other stories A large coal oil lamp with an artistic shade cast a pink light on the clean white oilcloth of the table and the simple tasteful table service. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation She had lighted the oil lamp which hung from the centre of the low, raftered ceiling, the hour was getting late, customers were all leaving now one by one. A Bride of the Plains Men began with torches and pine splinters; then they advanced to candles and oil lamps; after that to coal gas; and now we are coming to electricity. Memoranda Sacra Before this picture is an oil lamp, ever burning, I am told. The Book of Khalid When we were eating in the whitewashed room by the light of three brass olive oil lamps, I found that my argument had suddenly crumbled. Rosinante to the Road Again Women were lighting oil lamps and candles and setting them on shelves around the edges of the room. Shaman He lighted the big oil lamp and even offered to burn papers in the stove to "kill the chill," but the girls insisted they would be perfectly comfortable without the heat. The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue At last I lit my oil lamp and shivered in my robe till dawn. A Son of the Middle Border At first glance Riles did not recognize him, and he raised the oil lamp to turn the light better on the stranger's face. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West After the final prayer of the day, a servant brought an oil lamp. The Saracen: The Holy War The stairs led to a second-floor corridor, and Frank drew Auguste into a room where an oil lamp with a tall glass chimney burned next to a large bed. Shaman His blue eye glittered out of deep shadows cast on his face by a small oil lamp that hung in the center of the tent. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Groping our way with some difficulty up a gloomy staircase, in the dusk of the evening, we found him, spectacles on nose, poring over a gazette by a feeble oil lamp. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. As dusk fell the oldest woman in the community hobbled out, let down the iron chains slung across the street, and lighted the oil lamps swinging from them. Home Life in Germany In the light of the single small oil lamp burning beside the doorway, they were two short, bulky shadows, Tilia much bulkier than Ugolini. The Saracen: The Holy War There was a low room lighted by flaring oil lamps; but in it were busts and statues of such beauty that it seemed to me to be the most delightful chamber in the world. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France Unlit brass oil lamps hung at intervals from the ceiling. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel If the wick of the big oil lamp had been cut straight, I don't believe it would ever have happened. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Twilight was falling, yet Dame Fossie's shop was not lighted up; which was strange, as a little oil lamp generally burned in the window as soon as it grew dusk. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children We had an oil lamp ready for emergencies. A Padre in France "They warm the houses with oil lamps, and get them very warm and very smoky too." The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers The hall was lighted by a single oil lamp, which only served to intensify the desolation and gloom of the dingy, faded house. The Scarlet Feather As they came disdainfully close to the silent farm house, a column of pale light from a coal oil lamp came through the living room window and haloed a neglected flower bed. Strange Alliance Occasionally a little shop had its hard-working inmate, sewing at slippers by the light of an oil lamp; but for the most part all was black darkness. In the Tail of the Peacock The fetid odour of an oil lamp filled the apartment despite the cold air that came in through the open window. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora As we stood in that gloomy chamber, dim-lighted by a solitary oil lamp, floor and walls shook and quivered to the concussion of a shell—not very near, it is true, but quite near enough. Great Britain at War J. M. To all the popular journals of the day the Journal of Man is as the electric light is to the oil lamp or tallow dip.—J. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 It was late that evening before Doggie could find an opportunity of slipping, unobserved, through the open door into the house kitchen dimly illuminated by an oil lamp. The Rough Road A great urn, with an oil lamp under it, stands in one corner. In the Tail of the Peacock The mines are illuminated by means of iron oil lamps, the wicks of which are exposed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 The dim light of the small oil lamp revealed the figures of Samuel and his wife wrapped in heavy slumber, with Jonas, rolled into a plump little ball, at his mother's feet. Christmas Light Wanaha had just lit the oil lamp which served her in her small home. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Then it grew dark, and, the dim oil lamp being inadequate for reading purposes, Laurence went to sleep. The Sign of the Spider They found the five punchers gathered around the table playing draw-poker under the light of a flaring oil lamp. Shoe-Bar Stratton Happily the current is so easily controlled that the fire hazard is eliminated entirely—something which cannot be done with oil lamps. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine The buildings were illuminated, some with white and others with red electric lights, while many large structures were lighted by little oil lamps, in a cup or glass. The Critic in the Orient The soft illumination of an oil lamp flooded the room. The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers “By oil lamps, hung on ropes from the houses to the trees,” said Mr. Hyde. Eric or, Under the Sea |
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