bright coal
Americannoun
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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
Mr. Sylvester sat in his library, musing before a bright coal fire, whose superabundant heat and blaze seemed to make the loneliness of the great empty room more apparent.
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Anna Katharine Green
A bright coal fire blazed in the open grate.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
A bright coal fire and a globe lamp on the centre-table are shedding a soft, mellow light, and adding an air of comfort and cheerfulness to everything in the room.
From The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by A. R. Waud
The trucks stood full of wet, bright coal.
From Sons and Lovers by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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