1 A small taper on the edge of the table shed a feeble light which sufficed to show me that he was fully dressed.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual 2 From this he took a paper, and returning to his seat he flattened it out beside the taper on the edge of the table, and began to study it with minute attention.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual 3 The taper was still on the table, and by its light I glanced to see what the paper was which Brunton had taken from the bureau.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual 4 Into the right hand, which was lying palm downwards, a wax taper had been thrust between forefinger and thumb, and an old servant, bending over from behind the chair, held it in position.
5 Anna Mikhaylovna, with an air of importance that showed that she felt she quite knew what she was about, went across the room to where Pierre was standing and gave him a taper.
6 He lit it and, distracted by observing those around him, began crossing himself with the hand that held the taper.
7 Beside Sister Perpetue, she was the taper beside the candle.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE 8 At that moment the small window in the lodge opened, a hand passed through, seized the key and the candlestick, and lighted the taper at the candle which was burning there.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB 9 The light came from a taper which was burning in one corner.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA 10 Monte Cristo then drew a lighted taper from a closet, and when the thief was deeply engaged with his lock, silently opened the door, taking care that the light should shine directly on his face.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 82. The Burglary. 11 Then the count brought the taper to the window, that it might be seen in the Champs-Elysees that a man was getting out of the window while another held a light.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 82. The Burglary. 12 Elsewhere the token of sin, it was the taper of the sick chamber.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER 13 She lay between us, and the red light; and every taper line and spar was visible against the glow.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS 14 Instead, she approached her desk, and lighting a taper, tied and sealed the packet; then she opened the wardrobe, drew out a despatch-box, and deposited the letters within it.
15 He had twelve rattles, but they were broken off before they began to taper, so I insisted that he must once have had twenty-four.