sparks

• Vauxhall Come hither, ye cits, from your Lothbury hives Come hither, ye husbands, and look to your wives For the sparks are as thick as the leaves in the Mall Sing Tantarara_,--Vauxhall! —  Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II
• One of the more knowing of the party, however, discovered that the sparks were fire-flies, flitting about above a damp spot through which they were passing A good supper at the hotel quickly restored their exhausted spirits, and they got safe on board with Master Spider. —  The Three Lieutenants
• I was conscious of seeing sparks, and then of Walters' eyes and gleaming teeth which were very hard to my knuckles. —  Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea
• There!" I cried, "where the sparks are roaring and rushing out with all that flame There! —  Patience Wins War in the Works
• At such times the flames seemed to glow with twofold brilliancy, and the sparks were doubled in size, while after a few minutes the fire, that had been temporarily damped, blazed up higher than ever If we only had the orders to shoot," I heard one man say to another, "I wouldn't care then But there's nothing to shoot at," was the reply. —  Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah

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