bright coal
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There a bright coal fire was blazing in the grate, and thither Guy repaired, finding, as he had expected, Jessie and her teacher.
From Aikenside by Holmes, Mary Jane
A bright coal fire blazed in the open grate.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by King, Charles
It gave the modest meal a delightfully homey air, their isolation and the bright coal fire.
From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
She passed through the whole suite of rooms to the dressing room, which was the last in succession, and seated herself in an easy- chair beside a bright coal fire.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
She writes of this visit: Imagine a quiet little parlor with a bright coal fire, and the gaslight burning above a centre-table, about which Hatty, Fred, and I are seated.
From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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