Firelight

Examples

• His lighting must have been poor, and chiefly firelight, but there was probably always some fire in the village, summer or winter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• So with the humbler houses in the little street, the inner firelight shining on the panes as the outer twilight darkened. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• By the firelight, answered Herbert, coming close again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He stood in front of the fire, his long arms hanging by his sides, his cheeks, stubble-shadowed below the cheekbones, hollow in the firelight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Her face was lit by the fire and it was flushed and it shone warm and dark and handsome now in the firelight as it was meant to be. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• You are trying your eyes by the doubtful firelight. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• D'Arnot saw a clean-limbed young giant emerge from the shadows into the firelight and come quickly toward him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The firelight lit up her face. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The door was ajar, and a riband of bright firelight fell over the ground without. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Robert Jordan saw the look on Pilar's face in the firelight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She looked, and saw a flickering firelight proceeding from the open side of a hovel a little way before them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The increasing chill and gathering gloom, toodepressed me; I wanted to see--to feel firelight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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