| 单词 | rushlight |
| 例句 | At night they spent the time rescuing Daddy-longlegs from their candles and rushlights. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Camels,” by which I presently understood he meant Camilla, “she have five pound fur to buy rushlights to put her in spirits when she wake up in the night.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The darkness in the slaves’ quarters was cut only by rushlights. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing; the water in the pitchers was frozen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When she was gone he stepped into the room, sumptuous in his black velvet, with one cold diamond beaming in the rushlight from his scarlet badge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Down here there was no wind, no snow, no ice, no dead things reaching out to grab you, only dreams and rushlight and the kisses of the ravens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Safe enough, you may bet your handsome face to a rushlight. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z It would be but a poor gain to most of us to exchange the great lamps of famous doctors for the uncertain rushlights of our own imaginations. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z Making every allowance for an appetite newly from sea, my experience hitherto in this department of science is transcended in the degree of a rushlight to Arcturus. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Here and there a tiny rushlight shone out, high up, and marked a hill-farm. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z She was seated on the mud floor, with a rushlight before her, and on either side of her a high-piled heap of refuse and rubbish. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z For a moment indeed, as I stepped on to the dais I had a vision of scores of candles and rushlights floating in mist, and of innumerable bodiless faces all turned up to me. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The task was carried on in almost total darkness, only a few rushlights inside the camp preventing the workers from colliding with one another. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z But the taper--it was a mere rushlight--had done this before, and Marie stirred so naturally, that Fraulein Max's doubts passed away. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z It shone under the door by which he had entered, and proceeded, beyond doubt, from a lanthorn or rushlight in the antechamber. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z A fig for England! she was a turnip-spectre illumined by a rushlight. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z In the long winter evenings, when the only illumination was from the culm fire, the solitary candle, or homemade rushlight, knitting and spinning filled up usefully the darkened hours. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Slowly the pale dawn struggled for the mastery with the feeble flicker of the rushlight till, in a mantle of vivid crimson hue, the sun rose red and angry in the eastern sky. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z His mother was kneeling by his side weeping bitterly, and his father stood over him holding a feeble rushlight, watching for the return of life. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Frogs croaked in a puddle without; one of the lattices creaked open at intervals, only to close again with a hollow report; the rushlights flared sideways in the draught. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Before the days of mineral oils, the general means of illumination, both in mansion and cottage, was the rushlight. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z The electric light reveals nothing in the sibyl's book which was not disclosed of old to those who pondered the mysteries by starlight and rushlight. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z A woman, weeping bitterly, rose at this rude summons; and at the same moment I saw on the table the small coffin of a young child, with a rushlight burning at either end. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Alfred's queer notions were his and hers, rushlights shining in the darkness. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The rushlight, which stood beside the bed, was now burnt low; the long shadow of the tall wicker chair flitted, faded, appeared, and vanished, as the flame rose and sank in the socket. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z As darkness set in Redward secured the doors with a massive bar of wood, heaped more logs on the fire, and lighted a couple of rushlights. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z By the rushlight she could see the ravages of illness on his wasting features; features that seemed to have changed for the worse even since she had seen him that time last night. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Nothing was changed in the room since last night, except only that the rushlight had dwindled to a pool of cold fat; but how long it had been out I could not gauge. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z She had mistaken that wretched farthing rushlight for day. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Common rushlights and miserable lanterns afforded the only illumination that we had. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z That bright lamp of hers is not favourable to such twinkling little rushlights as Rose and Violet are able to display. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z When the fat Laroche calls me to my duty, I confess with my tongue in my cheek and burn a rushlight. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z There was neither moonlight nor rushlight in the room, so that I could only grope with my fingers for the secret the panel must contain. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z And Maria lay dressed upon her bed, sleepless, listening and watching, and seeing always in the dim rushlight that white shimmering gown splashed with rain, and hanging limply by one sleeve. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z And yet, and yet, oh, much beloved, there are misguided brethren and sisters who still rely on the dim rushlight of reason long after the sun has risen for them also. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z No, Mr Hampton, sir, there are no long rushlights now.” The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z He once got out of bed having waked with the fear he had forgotten it, and rehearsed to his own whistling by the light of a rushlight. Springtime and Other Essays The rushlight had gone out, but this I hardly knew, only that an earthy wind, smelling of damp and mildews, blew about my face, and I was stiff from lying asleep upon my book. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z Following Sergeant Zebedee's broad back the Major stumbled down three steps into a small, dim chamber, very close and airless, lighted by a smoky rushlight. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Many, I have no doubt, still use the old rushlight of former days.... The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel Poetry was only the flame of life made visible, and if he were to sacrifice Pauline what gasping and ignoble rushlight of his own would he offer to the world? Plashers Mead A Novel Conscience compared with the Bible is as a rushlight compared with the sun in the heavens. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons Sheila’s face had become suddenly radiant; her eyes sparkled like rushlights in a wind. Leerie The poor girl, who sat reading by a rushlight, flew joyfully into her father’s arms and fairly wept with delight at the thought of being free once more. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa Still a residue of uneasiness made her rise at five instead of six, and she lighted her tinder and came down with a rushlight. International Short Stories English In many families the only light was that of the rushlight, often home made. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself When he lifted his thin face I saw he was one-eyed, and frail as a rushlight. Rewards and Fairies They read me my warrant in my death dungeon by the light of a dim rushlight. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway So let him teach his old uncle the comicality and chemicality of a farthing rushlight.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 But none of the family could blow out the rushlight.” English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. The fierce light which beats upon the throne is as a rushlight in comparison with the electric glare which our newspapers now focus upon the public man in Lee’s position. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw She advanced, took a chair by the toilet-table and the candle, and set the rushlight at her foot. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston But first she blew out the candles and the rushlight, already dying spasmodically. When Ghost Meets Ghost An oyster prison’d in his shell; A rushlight in the vaults of death; A rattlesnake without his tail. chorus. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative The second, a superior rushlight, had the rush pealed of its bark with the exception of one small strip which held the pith from breaking. The Broom-Squire A small ray of truth has seemed brilliant, as a distant rushlight looks like a star in the surrounding darkness. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I I will now set light to one of these old-fashioned candles—a rushlight—with which our ancestors were satisfied before the days of gas and electric lighting. The Story of a Tinder-box Beneath them lay the village of Beechcot, with its farmsteads and cottages casting black shadows upon the moonlit meadow, and here and there a rushlight burning dimly in the windows. In the Days of Drake But as he sat in his room that evening, staring at the rushlight, with the night silent about him, he feared, nay, he almost knew, that his success came too late. The Wild Geese When Jonas entered, he saw by the rushlight that she was not undressed, and heard by her voice that she was anxious. The Broom-Squire It burns like a farthing rushlight in the midst of a richly furnished room. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Mrs. Silvermann drew it down from the row of ragged books, and Nehemiah, fluttering the pages and bending over the rushlight, became lost to the problem of his future. Ghetto Comedies But she knew what she ought to do: she prayed long, humbly, earnestly, that "her little rushlight might shine bright;" and her aunt had no cause to complain of her. The Wide, Wide World The wind had been increasing and increasing, since sunset, till it contemptuously blew out our fire in the cabin, as if the stove with its artful revolving chimney had been nothing but a farthing rushlight. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot "The baby is very unwell, Jonas," she said, and extending her hand, lit a tallow candle at the meagre flame of the rushlight. The Broom-Squire A rushlight seen shining through a night of mist upon a desolate mountain-side might have meant as little or as much to eyes that saw it. The Dop Doctor Nehemiah's voice bade him walk in, and turning the door-handle he saw the top-hatted figure sprawled in solitary gloom along a caneless chair, reading a newspaper by the twinkle of a rushlight. Ghetto Comedies She confessed many a fault and shortcoming that none knew but herself, and most earnestly besought help that "her little rushlight might shine bright." The Wide, Wide World Those home-made rushlights eulogized by Gilbert White and by Cobbett may have been well enough in their way, but cheap lamps and cheap paraffin have given the villagers their winter evenings. Change in the Village As his face was turned the feeble light of the smouldering rushlight was on it. The Broom-Squire On each side were two rows of burning lights of all sizes; the greatest as large as a tower, and the smallest no larger than a rushlight. Folk-lore and Legends: German Even a single candle heats a small apartment, and it is well known that a man can get a very good vapour-bath by sitting over a rushlight, with blankets fastened all round. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" All are not great stars in the Church; you may be only a little rushlight. The Wide, Wide World After shining feebly like a rushlight for about two months, it went out in smoke. Moon Lore Such holders, now become very scarce, were furnished with snuffers, so contrived that the rushlight had to be taken out of its socket and snuffed by them, instead of their being brought to the rush. The Broom-Squire He himself—Throckmorton himself—loved Kat Howard with a love compared to which the magister's was a rushlight such as you bought fifty for a halfpenny. Privy Seal His Last Venture If they have, it is strange for them to talk of rushlight sacrifices whilst they are bathed in the sunlight of the Divine Presence. Standards of Life and Service But what will they think then of my religion? is my rushlight burning bright? am I honouring Christ now? is this the way to make His name and His truth lovely in their eyes? The Wide, Wide World It was the aim of Rembrandt to paint the foulest things he could see—by rushlight. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Of rushlights there were two kinds, one, the simplest, consisted of a dry rush dipped in a little grease. The Broom-Squire If Culpepper came to London, if he came to the King, Katharine's fortunes were not worth a rushlight such as were sold at twenty for a farthing. Privy Seal His Last Venture In tracing the development of lighting from quite homely beginnings, rushlights, prepared by the cottager and the farm hand for the winter supply, seem to come first on the list. Chats on Household Curios The one is in germ, the other, no doubt, full blown; the one is the twinkling of the rushlight, as it were, the other is the blaze of the sunshine. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John On a dark, cold winter night, when snow was falling thickly outside the prison, and a low rushlight burned on the table, dimly lighting up the narrow cell, Margery unexpectedly whispered, “Who is there?” Mistress Margery She has mistaken a rushlight for the sun, and she thinks her horizon wider than that of any one else. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The wooden lattice which covered one was sufficiently open to allow us to see a large bare crazy room, lighted by a couple of rushlights. In Kings' Byways The flash had unveiled the uppermost summits of the realm of thought, and there will remain in our hands a flickering rushlight that can at most help us upstairs. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Nothing can be better in a than the effect of light from the rushlight on the floor. Pickwickian Manners and Customs Oonah now arose, and groped her way to the fireplace, where, by dint of blowing upon the embers and poking the rushlight among the turf ashes, a light was at length obtained. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes The rushlight had burned low down in the socket, and, through the interstices of its pierced shade, threw a feeble and alternate light and shadow over the room. The King's Own Nicholas set working away by the flame of a farthing rushlight, and at dawn he was up again poring over his book. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa We could see between us and the dim rushlight that the Jarocho started, as if a shot had passed through his heart. The Rifle Rangers That paper there, sir, I keeps seeing it at night by the rushlight, and they gets to look just like chains.” The Carbonels The sun is there only to glare and dazzle, and seems to have no more power in producing warmth, than a rushlight against the boisterous winds, which chill the very marrow in one's bones. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 He began to realize that he was boyishly jealous of the great man whose blaze of glory had made his poor rushlight of friendship flicker into nothingness. A Soldier of the Legion Here are stocks, horn glasses, drinking vessels, rushlight holders, leather bottels, and one of those quaint wooden machines for teaching babies to walk. Highways and Byways in Sussex What did they want, these fool fellows, following the rushlight of their own desires? Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward He and Farnsworth were alone in the narrow inn parlour, lighted only by one flickering rushlight. A Book of Quaker Saints Then bringing the Spaniard's rushlight from the three or four that stood on the dresser, she lighted it and held it out to him. The Long Night A piece of board is covered with cow-dung, and twelve rushlights are stuck therein. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan She confessed many a fault and short-coming that none knew but herself; and most earnestly besought help that "her little rushlight might shine bright." The Wide, Wide World At last, the light of morning quenched the rushlight, and Janet's thoughts became more and more fragmentary and confused. Scenes of Clerical Life The old man trembled so vehemently that he was in danger of shaking out the rushlight which flickered dismally in his wooden lantern. The Black Douglas At the door of Basterga's room she paused and stood long in thought, gazing at the rushlight she carried on the tray—yet seeing nothing. The Long Night Somewhat akin to the wood-splinter, and a forerunner of the candle, was the rushlight. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization But she knew what she ought to do; she prayed long, humbly, earnestly, that "her little rushlight might shine bright;" and her aunt had no cause to complain of her. The Wide, Wide World Sometimes I feel like a farthing rushlight in the Hall of Eblis. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes She put out the lamp, and stepped softly into the chamber where the rushlight burned dimly. Miscellanea Then he reflected that it would be dark upstairs, he must have a light; and re-crossing the floor he brought the rushlight from the hearth. The Long Night In developing the rushlight he was laying the foundation for the invention of the candle. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Pine torches were often used out of doors, and rushlights and candlewood were undoubtedly used in the humbler dwellings during the very early years of the settlement. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America When breakfast was ready, they all sat down in silence; the hour was yet early, and a rushlight was placed in a wooden candlestick that stood beside them to afford light. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three So his mother took him into the bedroom and lighted the rushlight. Miscellanea No one was stirring above or below, the house and all within it slept: the rushlight stand, its wick long extinguished, remained where he had set it down in the panic of his flight. The Long Night It is the natural descendant of the rushlight, the grease-lamp, and various primitive devices. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization He seized the rushlight from Sullivan, and approaching the coat, held it so close to it, that had there been the slightest possible motion, it could not have escaped their observation. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three But sure it's not, much—only a coal, a rushlight, and a prod of a pike or a baynet—but I know who ought to have them.' Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two The rushlight was burned out; but in the summer night she could still make out the outline of Mistress Alice's bed. Come Rack! Come Rope! The words were still in the air, the laughter echoed in his brain, the shadows cast by the shaking rushlight danced and took weird shapes. The Long Night Edward had meantime kindled the rushlight and set light to a small fire on the hearth, for the weather was bitterly cold. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young I got up, sir, and took the rushlight out of the shade, and looked at her. Verner's Pride Richard was forced into an empty cellar, and left with no other companion than a glimmering rushlight. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Verily, a beast of great beauty and worth was she, but shining as a mere rushlight, in comparison to the Blériot head-light radiance of the fallen Taffadaln. Desert Love She rose reluctantly, dragged herself to the great cupboard under the stairs, and, having lighted a rushlight at the dying flame, put out the lamp and refilled it. The Long Night It was incredible that a girl who had basked in the sun of his approval could find even temporary pleasure in the feeble rushlight of Andy Black's society. The Honorable Percival Rain drove through the walls, especially when the ends of the wattle rotted a little, and draughts were strong enough to blow out the rushlights and to make the house very uncomfortable. Vanishing England A rushlight was burning, and the key of the old desk was always in it. Scottish sketches The apartment was dark and dreary, for the feeble rushlight illuminated but a single spot and cast the distant and lofty ceiling into vague obscurity. The Poor Gentleman The rushlight still burned low and smokily, and she had not relighted the lamp. The Long Night Here the half-pay officer, who was growing very muzzy and sleepy, and nodding over his liquor, with half-extinguished eye, suddenly gleamed up like an expiring rushlight. Tales of a Traveller She set her rushlight on the floor and sat down in the chair beside the door, and told her beads with shaking fingers. The Waters of Edera By the pinched rushlight's starving beam We cower and strain our wasted sight, To stitch youth's shroud up, seam by seam, In the long arctic night. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell It would never do to put it out like a farthing rushlight after it had haunted the Great Ornamental in an aurora of smiles. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series As a pale white rushlight burns in the sun, that love seemed now, compared with this great sweet flame. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 In this manner did he undergo a kind of animal combustion consuming away like a farthing rushlight, so that when grim Death finally snuffed him out, there was scarcely left enough of him to bury! Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete This was not a particularly agreeable reception in spite of its cordiality; and the circumstance of there being not a human being in our house, and not even a rushlight burning, did not reassure us. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Moreover during these last two hours, some faint rushlight of hope had been kindled in his mind which made all delay irksome. Running Water Two rushlights were burning in the large and miserable room, and on a coarse ragged bed lay a woman groaning piteously. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 He listened for a few moments; the house was perfectly quiet; he extinguished his rushlight, and opened his bedroom door. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Without saying a word they flung off part of their clothes, and one of them having blown out the rushlight, they both tumbled into bed, and in a moment were snoring most sonorously. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery The wildfire roared up, one last time in one sheet, and snuffed out like a rushlight, and a bucketful of stinging hail fell. Rewards and Fairies Get me the matches down, Hetty, for I must have the rushlight burning i' my room. Adam Bede She advanced, took a chair by the toilet table and the candle, and set the rushlight at her foot. Weir of Hermiston Any little Dreamer in his top-floor back, spinning by rushlight his web of beauty, was greater than the finest critical intelligence that ever lived. The Centaur Yet I confess that it burns steady and clear, as though it came from lamp, candle, rushlight, lanthorn, or other human agency.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 When I had done, Mrs Wilson took a rushlight and led the way. Wilfrid Cumbermede She seemed to have built around her an invisible temple of her own design, and to have illuminated it with the rushlight of her childish love. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok How do such words differ from hilltop, townend, candlelight, rushlight, cityman, and the like, where no double s can be made the scapegoat? Among My Books Second Series Contrast our love at its height with His—a drop to an ocean, a poor little flickering rushlight held up beside the sun. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI I made no answer to this Job's comforter, so he presently left me, placing the bowl upon the chair, with the rushlight beside it. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 The guard of the rushlight cast deeper and queerer shadows, as the fire sank lower. Wilfrid Cumbermede They were the reflexions of the rushlight in the sewer below. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography That which must discourage me in it is, that I find all "power" of vital attributes to depend on modes of "arrangement", and that chemistry throws not even a distant rushlight glimmer upon this subject. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. Evidently two individuals, the one with a lamp and the other with a candle or rushlight, were making a careful examination of the building. The Mystery of Cloomber The rushlight had burned out and the cell was impenetrably dark. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Mill was a great and benignant lamp of wisdom and humanity, and it was at that lamp I and others kindled our modest rushlights. Indian speeches (1907-1909) Tarquinius might be a very superb fellow; but we doubt whether he ever saw a farthing rushlight. Miscellaneous Essays "I brought no rushlights with me this time," said Mr. Crowder. The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander She sat at a table where burned a rushlight that glowed among the splendour of her hair, for her head was bowed above the letter she was writing. Beltane the Smith Before we set off I bethought me of the paper which my mother had slipped into my hand on parting, and drawing it from my pouch I read it by the rushlight in our chamber. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 A sort of rushlight of a life, Put out by that great orb—my wife! The Poems of Schiller — Second period Slowly and sadly we all walk'd down From his room in the uppermost story; A rushlight was placed on the cold hearth-stone, And we left him alone in his glory!! The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe I had brought with me a tinder-box and several rushlights, and as soon as I felt secure from observation from the outside I struck a light and began my operations. The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander Why should he burn a rushlight when there was nothing to look at? and reading was an accomplishment which few labouring men were masters of. The Coming of the Friars Flax seems to have been widely grown, and rushlights were then a luxury. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Against the brilliant rushlights of contemporary cleverness shine the stars of the ages. Without Prejudice In like manner did Mrs. Caudle’s wisdom smell of the rushlight. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures He was as much their superior, as the blaze of the noon-day sun excels the glimmer of a rushlight. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 They did not revolt against the moon because she was sometimes full and lit everybody comfortably, and at other times was new and compelled the use of rushlights. Catharine Furze What should an old death's-head moth know, whose eyes were so weak that a farthing rushlight blinded them? Bimbi Taking a rushlight from a shelf the jester toiled slowly up two flights of winding stairs, and then a short, straight flight of wooden steps,—opened a door, and stood aside to let Alan pass. Masters of the Guild Now rushlights were lit in the great cottage and the window of the long room glowed yellow. Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley On the inside of these he placed two rushlights, and, with a composition of sulphur and saltpetre, made a pretty large fusee, which he fixed between two rows of the teeth. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle He used to sit studying theology by a farthing rushlight till the lady's bedtime, and then he watched for her shadow. Foul Play The rushlight, which stood beside the bed, was now burnt low; the long shadow of the tall wicker chair flitted, faded, appeared, and vanished, as the flame rose and sunk in the socket. The Parent's Assistant She could not show the reverse picture;—that she being a star was anxious to dispose of herself after the fashion of poor human rushlights. The Duke's Children He went up the high stairs to the hole in the roof he occupied, and lighted a rushlight. Hard Cash There’s not a lamp as big as a rushlight in the whole lane. A Changed Man; and other tales Slowly and sadly we all walked down From his room on the uppermost story; A rushlight we placed on the cold hearth-stone, And we left him alone in his glory. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 She placed it in a basket, and then proceeded to take a lantern from the cupboard, put in her rushlight, and, thus prepared, advanced to the garden-door, softly opened it, and disappeared. The Pigeon Pie Any such guttering theological rushlight as Miss Marks might dutifully exhibit faded for me in the blaze of my Father's glaring beacon-lamp of faith. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments But the darkness was nothing to him, he carried such an inextinguishable frugal rushlight within. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 The shutter of one was ajar, and showed us a large, bare room, lighted by a couple of rushlights. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English The Roman candles might have been English rushlights. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow But fancy being brought to the condition of the poor Light of the Universe yonder; and reconcile yourself with the idea that you are only a farthing rushlight. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo "A sadder pity you were bitten with a taste for matrimony," he added thoughtfully, and blew out the rushlight. Mistress Wilding It flickered and flared, and it guttered down, and went out—and no man heeded it: it was only a rushlight. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland "Mrs. Camels," by which I presently understood he meant Camilla, "she have five pound fur to buy rushlights to put her in spirits when she wake up in the night." Great Expectations He is now Sergeant Hoche, and can rise no farther: he lays out his pay in rushlights, and cheap editions of books. The French Revolution After groping about in a corner of the room he lighted a stinking rushlight by means of a tinder box. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room. Jane Eyre A miserable candle, a mere rushlight, burned at the end of a long deal table. Within the Tides Here and there a faint farthing rushlight, hastily kindled; and so many swart-featured haggard faces, with nightcaps pushed back; and the more or less flowing drapery of night-shirt: open-mouthed till the General say his word! The French Revolution Hoche bore a hand at the literal overturn of the Bastille; he was, as we saw, a Serjeant of the Gardes Francaises, spending his pay in rushlights and cheap editions of books. The French Revolution The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing; the water in the pitchers was frozen. Jane Eyre |
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