bright coal
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His keen black eyes shone like bright coal in their wrinkled sockets.
From The Man with the Double Heart by Hine, Muriel
A covered dish which stood on a brass trivet before the bright coal fire gave forth a savoury smell, and the lamplight which twinkled on sparkling silver and old Nantgarw, discovered more than the tea-equipage.
From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.
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
The Messenger did as the little girl bade him, and then he lifted one small, bright coal from the fire, and put it in his lantern.
From Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
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 Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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