rush-light

A single rush-light which glimmered upon the hearth shed a faint gleam through the apartment, which was hung with tapestry.

The Monk 2004

Every now and again a door opened suddenly, letting forth the red reflection of a rush-light and a filthy, overpowering smell of alcohol.

Virgin Soil 2003

It was dim within the room, only one small rush-light burning; the only other brightness came from her eyes, the dark, lustrous brightness he was remembering more clearly with every moment.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

There was a small rush-light burning somewhere within the house, a tiny, broken gleam showed through the pales.

One Corpse Too Many Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1979

He therefore bound him out to a shepherd, who sot him to watchin 'swine on the banks of the Nile; and it was thar, sir, by a cornstalk and rush-light fire, a readin' the history of Robinson Crusoe, that first inspired in his youthful breast the seeds of sympathy and ambition.

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

In the ancient days before even candles were invented -- the rush-light days of Shakespere and his predecessors -- plays were presented in open court-yards or, as in France, in tennis-courts in the broad daylight.

Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page

The light, which at first had been no bigger than a rush-light, grew rapidly larger, glowing red (as it seemed) upon the very bosom of the lake.

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett

We no longer travel by stage-coach nor read by rush-light.

Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election John H. Humphreys

The "Constitution-grinder" of '96 was now "a truly great man, a truly philosophical politician, a mind as far superior to Pitt and Burke as the light of a flambeau is superior to that of a rush-light."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

I sat up in company with Mrs.B. and another friend -- it was a delightful night, there was a calm and cloudless sky, and the full moon shone in at the window in spite of the blind and rush-light.

The Village Sunday School With brief sketches of three of its scholars John C. Symons