bright coal
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The light of a bright coal from a wood fire, and the light of a red-hot iron, do it likewise, but not at so great a distance.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd
He leaned over the sill at a perilous angle, the bright coal of his pipe spilling comet-wise to the area-way below.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher
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 Harriet Beecher Stowe
There was a bright coal fire in the stove, and the khidmatgar put the kettle upon it.
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by S. Mukerji
The same result was also produced, he found, by the light of a bright coal from a wood fire, or the light of red-hot iron; but not at so great a distance.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
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