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  • In the great old-fashioned fireplace behind the high iron dogs a log-fire crackled and snapped.

    The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

  • It was pleasant with a log-fire and the mellow light from an oil-lamp.

    An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football 2010

  • The birch-bark chips beam with fitful glare, the evening sake bowls are filled, the fire-god and the garlanded god receive their libations, the ancient woman, still sitting like a Fate, splits bark, and the younger women knot it, and the log-fire lights up as magnificent a set of venerable heads as painter or sculptor would desire to see, — heads, full of — what?

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • A good log-fire burnt in the fireplace — the rest of the building struck her as very damp and chill — a comfortable armchair was suitably placed, but he did not invite her to approach the fire or to take a seat.

    Ultima Thule 2003

  • What had once been the gleaming marble hall of the Ateris Council was now strewn with straw and misty with the smoke from the blazing log-fire set in a crudely built hearth by the western wall.

    The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

  • CHAPTER THREE Prasamaccus stretched out his legs before the log-fire in the grate and sipped the honeyed wine.

    Last Sword Of Power Gemmell, David 1988

  • She helped him inside and he sat slumped before a log-fire for several minutes, gathering his breath.

    Ghost King Gemmell, David 1988

  • The child in his arms had fallen asleep, so he lifted her and carried her to a cot by the far wall near the burning log-fire, where three warhounds lay sleeping on the hay-strewn floor.

    Last Sword Of Power Gemmell, David 1988

  • A blazing if superfluous log-fire burned in the hearth.

    When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966

  • This came chiefly from a blazing log-fire, for the three lamps hanging from the beams were dim, and half veiled in smoke.

    The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

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