"Candle flame" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... then!" he heard, while the candle flame slowly grew, and he found his garments. Less than three minutes later he opened the door and, candle in hand, peered into the ...
— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, editors
... table, and a candle flame, as though startled by her gesture, gave a leap, and the ...
— THE MISSES MALLETT • E. H. YOUNG
... note again, and then held it over the candle flame. Surprise and a temporary indignation gave way before the thrill of exultation as the blazing paper ...
— Green Fancy • George Barr McCutcheon
... room I kneel, alone, to pray, But there seems very little, dear, to say Even to God. So, kneeling by my bed, I think dim thoughts, and dream long dreams instead. Wide-eyed I kneel and watch the candle flame, Making swift shadows on the wall; your name Throbs in my heart, and makes my pulse to thrill— Wide-eyed I kneel, with soul a-light, until Somewhere a clock starts chiming.... It is late.... Out through the dark wan tenderness and hate Press pale kisses upon the city's lips— ...
— Cross Roads • Margaret E. Sangster
... He still lived; he was sure of it, but his life was abnormal, strange, a long life of shadow and inconsequence with short intervals of light. He opened his eyes and it was night; the little window was black and the candle flame colored everything with flickering red spots which joined the shadows in a merry jig. He opened them again, imagining that only a few moments had passed, and it was day once more; a ray of sunshine entered the room, tracing a circle of gold at the foot of ...
— The Dead Command - From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan • Vicente Blasco Ibanez |
