"Dark lantern" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... him. A young man, his face covered with a mask, had just drawn back the ponderous door of the safe, and by the light of a small dark lantern in his left hand was trying to unlock one of the inner compartments, with a bunch of small keys held in his right. It was at this instant that the racket followed by the crash which burst open the door paralyzed him for the moment. ...
— The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters • Edward S. Ellis
... an alarm on the part of my valet on the outside, who, in crossing Epping Forest, actually, I believe, flung down his purse before a mile-stone, with a glow-worm in the second figure of number XIX—mistaking it for a footpad and dark lantern. I can only attribute his fears to a pair of new pistols wherewith I had armed him; and he thought it necessary to display his vigilance by calling out to me whenever we passed any thing—no matter whether moving or stationary. Conceive ten miles, with a tremor every furlong. I have ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore
... Mr. Pike. "Angleworms walk at night and Will gits 'em for bait. Goes out with a dark lantern and ...
— A Husband by Proxy • Jack Steele
... Lucy thinks you should be in bed. When do they put out your lights at school? In my time we were up to all manner of tricks. I remember a certain dark lantern that was my joy; but that was in old Keate's time, you know, who never trusted the fellows. You are under a ...
— Sir Tom • Mrs. Oliphant
... a lantern in his hand, a dark lantern, with the fire all on one side. It glared into my bed like a ...
— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens
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