I turned it, and a great electrolier of twelve red globes flooded the cellar with a red light. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
A valuable ruby on his little finger winked malevolently in the clear flood of light from the electrolier. From Wordnik.com. ["The Moon Woman" by Minna Irving, part 1] Reference
It was a warm night and under the glow of the electrolier Rosemary's magnificent hair curled and shone like polished bronze. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
There was a fire ready laid in the grate; on the ceiling was a three-branch electrolier, but the switch by the door had been removed for some reason or other. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Two are outstanding: A five-light electrolier of 1904, with pendant lanterns suspended from a helmet-like framework of hammered iron bands, would be at home in Wagner's Valhalla. From Wordnik.com. [Four-Square Reformer] Reference
His eyes turned rather eagerly towards the end of the room where the girl was standing alone, straight and slim, the light from an electrolier gilding the thick bright curls framing her beautiful, haughty little face. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
Daffingdon mistily, raising his eyes toward the electrolier. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Skylights] Reference
She was a pitiable object in the strong light of the electrolier. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow of Her Hand] Reference
The woman under the white light of the electrolier drew back from. From Wordnik.com. [Phantom Wires A Novel] Reference
In the glittering electrolier wires mingled with pipes and bulbs with globes. From Wordnik.com. [With the Procession] Reference
Mr. Bangs lit the electrolier, and, motioning Quin to a chair, sat down heavily. From Wordnik.com. [Quin] Reference
Margaret sought out a small bundle tied to the electrolier on the right hand side of the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Ethel Morton's Holidays] Reference
And, sure enough, by holdin 'the pad under the big electrolier in the lib'ry, we could trace out the address. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe on the Job] Reference
It was clad from head to foot in a long coat of black silk, which shimmered in the half-light of the electrolier. From Wordnik.com. [Jack O' Judgment] Reference
The walls were panelled in myrtle, the same electrolier hung from the ceiling as he had seen on his previous visit. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret House] Reference
On its top, directly in the glare of light from an electrolier overhead, was spread a large black silk handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl in the Golden Atom] Reference
The powerful electrolier overhead cast its light full on Howard's haggard face and on the captain's scowling features. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life] Reference
Now, my dining-room is lit by one shaded electrolier over the table, so that the walls of the room are in deep shadow. From Wordnik.com. [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference
But it was not the furnishing or the rich little gilt table by the bedside or the hanging electrolier which attracted T. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret House] Reference
We posted ourselves in an angle where we could not possibly be seen even if the full force of the electrolier were switched on. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream Doctor] Reference
Beyond this pile of ore, near the center of the room, twenty feet above the concrete floor, there was a large hanging electrolier. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Vanishing Point] Reference
Here was not even a drop-light for him to do it by, only electric sconces set high upon the walls, and a fanciful centre electrolier. From Wordnik.com. [A Court of Inquiry] Reference
In the sumptuous living-room of his apartment he spread the handkerchief on the floor under the center electrolier and laid the ring upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl in the Golden Atom] Reference
He then turned out all the lights in the room with the exception of the center electrolier, that shone down directly on the handkerchief and ring. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl in the Golden Atom] Reference
There was a little click as a hand pressed a button on the wall and the whole room was flooded with light from the great electrolier in the centre. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Book for Christmas] Reference
Suddenly Maloney turned off every electric light except the lights in the electrolier, the glare of which was intensified by the surrounding darkness. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life] Reference
The maid had forgotten to switch on the electrolier and as the only light came from the distant dining-room, the big parlor was practically all in gloom. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure] Reference
The room was lighted by a two-lamp electrolier above the table, but from one socket depended a green cord, suggesting that a previous occupant had used a drop light. From Wordnik.com. [Left End Edwards] Reference
Suddenly producing the revolver, and holding it well under the light, so that the rays from the electrolier fell directly on its highly polished surface, he shouted. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life] Reference
Mrs. Heth, who had helped Willie with his furnishings, had considered it the prettiest electrolier that fourteen dollars would buy in the town during the week before last. From Wordnik.com. [V. V.'s Eyes] Reference
You sit under a handsome gasalier or electrolier and you read your evening paper, and you forget the toil that produced the paper or the industry that led to that pleasant light which you so much enjoy. From Wordnik.com. [Our National Equipment] Reference
Now if you'll turn out all but one bulb in the old rose-shaded electrolier and pass the chocolate marshmallows maybe I'll try to sketch out for you this Lucy Lee-Peyton Pratt version of the sweetest story ever told. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy and Vee] Reference
As she sank into the chair the light from the electrolier fell on her shoulders and on the carefully coiled and banded hair, so laboriously built up into a crown that glinted nut-brown above the pale face she turned to the man watching her. From Wordnik.com. [Never-Fail Blake] Reference
But Aunt Ruth continued to hunt, first in the large outer room which looked like a drawing-room, and possessed an elaborate central electrolier whose control, even after she discovered the switch, caused the little lady considerable perplexity. From Wordnik.com. [The Twenty-Fourth of June] Reference
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