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"Chandelier" Quotes from Famous Books

... replaced candles, an elaborate brass chandelier fitted for gas illumination has been found in the courthouse attic. It is possibly the fixture which the sheriff was directed at the February 1890 court to purchase, for a price not to exceed $25.00. In about 1902, electric lights ...

— The Fairfax County Courthouse • Ross D. Netherton

... East Lynne sat Mr. Carlyle and his sister, one inclement January night. The contrast within and without was great. The warm, blazing fire, the handsome carpet on which it flickered, the exceedingly comfortable arrangement of the furniture, of the room altogether, and the light of the chandelier, which fell on all, presented a picture of home peace, though it may not have deserved the name of luxury. Without, heavy flakes of snow were falling thickly, flakes as large and nearly as heavy as a crown piece, rendering the atmosphere so dense and obscure that a man could not ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

... centre of the room was a table with books on it, and writing materials, and a drop-light hung over it from the chandelier above. ...

— Patty Fairfield • Carolyn Wells

... chandelier, that has been so effectively touched up for this recreant knight, she stands bathed in the soft light of the many candles that beam down with mild kindliness upon her. It seems as though they love to rest upon ...

— Molly Bawn • Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

... bell rang for dinner, and they all went down stairs; for the children and grown people were to dine together. It was now quite dark, and the gas chandelier that hung over the table was lighted, the curtains were drawn close, the fire burnt brightly, and the table-cloth was so white and fine that it looked ...

— Aunt Fanny's Story-Book for Little Boys and Girls • Frances Elizabeth Barrow

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