Sometimes to read or write by lamplight is quite impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago] Reference
Lord! how they leap'd in lamplight air!. From Wordnik.com. [Ode to Joseph Grimaldi, Senior] Reference
He remembered that it was by lamplight she had seen him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The lamplight fell full upon his worn and sorrowful face. From Wordnik.com. [Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught] Reference
They rattled down the Sydney streets in the lamplight, which. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
The girl was glowing, and her eyes shone blue in the lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
"This is very fascinating," he said, blinking in the lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
In the lamplight his head has begun to look like Yorick's skull. From Wordnik.com. [quo Murphy] Reference
The lamplight showed her figure boldly in the frame of the doorway. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
How long she sat by the dim lamplight she took no thought to find out. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
He moved aside, and she came into the room, standing in the lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
She looked at her shaky hand, which appeared yellow-ish in the lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Digger] Reference
Jennie sat beside us in the lamplight, her big black eyes shining like stars. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
The lamplight fell on her face, and I could see that it was drawn and haggard. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
There too is the distant glinting of the red lamplight on the sides of the cave!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
Ruth started toward the house from which the fire and lamplight shone so cordially. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
A heavy chain hung from his vest; and his boots glistened and winked in the lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
The reflection from the shining walls is so strong, that lamplight is quite sufficient. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
In the lamplight appeared a rough-looking man, with an evil face and a squint in one eye. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace] Reference
Bright blue beads glittered in the lamplight as the daughter of Bamana sank upon her heels. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
He saw her eyes misty with shadows which disappeared as she came forward into the lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
For example, if I said lamplight with the clue: place to sleep outdoors, you would say campsite. From Wordnik.com. [Rhyming Compound Words] Reference
It goes like an old song: spare, wood table; worn place on the stair, two solitudes by lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Her Dream Princes] Reference
I did not think that the lamplight could be seen from without, even if a boat came quite near me. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Formerly we only directed our business by groping in the dark; now we shall only deliberate by lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Peace] Reference
My girlfriend is asleep, hugging a pillow instead of me, and my breath is an amber cloud under lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Razor Wire] Reference
"Not a bit," said Bob Cochrane, coming round into the streak of lamplight, carrying his boots in his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
Sophia moved close in the lamplight outside the entrance of the merchant's house and looked up at him, her eyes large and solemn. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
The far window was a small affair, glinting not a hair of lamplight from the street, as I'd chosen this room for that very reason. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
Ashton Grange, would hardly have known him as the same one who was sitting so quietly before the drawing-room fire in the lamplight. From Wordnik.com. [Left at Home or, The Heart's Resting Place] Reference
As Bertie leant forward and the lamplight shone on his clearly-cut features, Percival was more than ever certain of the change in him. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
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