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If this were not possible they were to be done by candlelight, the candle being held as close as possible in a warm room.— Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
The air is cool so far away from candlelight, and I have an inclination to headache QUEEN Why, a moment ago you said, "Let us dance," to which you added as your own a quotation from something you had read JOSEPHINE Who has been edging nearer the cart and looking with curiosity about her.— Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
She knew that the eyes of the crowd were upon her as it waited just beyond the circle of her candlelight--and her shoulders stiffened as she realized that not a man among them would dare stand where she stood with a lighted candle in her hand.— Prairie Flowers
He could see her hair burnished in the candlelight, the soft, gracious beauty of her face.— The Snowshoe Trail
His candlelight is the finest rendered by any master.— The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art

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