Bonfire

Examples

• And have you had a good bonfire up there? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Never shall you have a bonfire again unless you keep it up now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The reddleman had not been gone more than a few minutes when another person approached the partially revived bonfire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• No other boy in the heath has had such a bonfire as yours. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Well, let her bonfire burn an't will. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She had just copied them with great care, and had destroyed the old manuscript, so that Amy's bonfire had consumed the loving work of several years. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I have seen your bonfire all the evening. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It seemed as if the bonfire-makers were standing in some radiant upper story of the world, detached from and independent of the dark stretches below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As soon as he was on the road the little bonfire on Mistover Knap again met his eye. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The bonfire was by this time beginning to sink low, for the fuel had not been of that substantial sort which can support a blaze long. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Why should there have been a bonfire again by Captain Vye's house if not for the same purpose? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Why, I thought you would be pleased to have a bonfire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As soon as it was quite dark Charley began to build the bonfire, choosing precisely that spot on the bank which Eustacia had chosen at previous times. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We had a little bonfire here last Fifth of November, and those are the marks of it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Why shouldn't I have a bonfire on the Fifth of November, like other denizens of the heath? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• How white her lustre is, compared with the deep red of the bonfires! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• All Stilbro' Moor, alight and aglow with bonfires, would not have stopped them, nor would Calder or Aire thundering in flood. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were the bonfires of other parishes and hamlets that were engaged in the same sort of commemoration. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You stopped at the place where the road forks, looked round at the bonfires, and then said, 'Damn it, I'll go! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mrs. Yeobright glanced around at the dark sky, at the hills, at the perishing bonfires, and at the lighted window of the inn they had neared. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Surely 'tis somewhat childish of you to stay out playing at bonfires so long, and wasting such fuel. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She surveyed the dusk moors, where bonfires were kindling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I told him you were walking round upon the hill to look at the other bonfires. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You vanished out of sight, and then I looked round at the bonfires and came in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• What a dog he used to be for bonfires! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Edited by Kelsey