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There are old gas-light fixtures, a metal thimble, the tips of old fountain pens, a scrap of newspaper from 1858, shreds of what Lyons thinks is dark bunting from Lincoln's funeral.
Clara Barton's D.C. home and office may be converted into museum Michael E. Ruane 2010
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He sprang round, and I could see in the gas-light that every vestige of colour had been driven from his face.
Sole Music 2010
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Another cool thing about glass is neon, or other gas-light tubes.
The Allure of Hot Glass Heather McDougal 2007
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The main décorative elements were the moulded plaster decorations, the panelled and groined ceiling, carved timber work, stained glass windows and gas-light pendants.
The Great Synagogue Sydney, 1878 Hels 2009
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The main décorative elements were the moulded plaster decorations, the panelled and groined ceiling, carved timber work, stained glass windows and gas-light pendants.
Archive 2009-08-01 Hels 2009
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Another cool thing about glass is neon, or other gas-light tubes.
Archive 2007-08-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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Gas party printed and posted bills, wherein they took the high ground of proclaiming against the No Gas party, that it was said Let there be light and there was light; and that not to have light (that is gas-light) in our watering-place, was to contravene the great decree.
Reprinted Pieces 2007
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Her radiant hair, tangled over her forehead, shone with a thousand various gleams from the gas-light over her head as she moved back against the wall and stood waiting for him to pass.
Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
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He had revelled in the gas-light, and could not lie quiet on a sunny bank.
Phineas Redux 2004
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House very dark and gas-light estimated 4d. a day.
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