10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUSH CANDLE»
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And in the general eagerness to hear the slanderer of Ireland refuted, and the
glories of ancient Erin extolled, the rush candle was often neglected, it burnt
down, flickered, there was a sudden and simultaneous shout of "Help the candle!
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There are two other specimens in the Powys-land Museum, very similar to this,
which also could be exchanged. Figure 7 represents another, more modern, rush
- candle-holder, which was in use, before the modern night- lights were invented,
...
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Rush-bearing: an account of the old custom of strewing ...
The stand itself is about four feet high, and the light can be raised or lowered
when required. Shakspeare alludes to the rush-candle : " Be it moon or sun, or
what you please ; And if you please to call it a rush-candle, Henceforth it shall be
so to ...
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Works of Maria Edgeworth: Early lessons. 1825
that the light of the small rush candle could scarcely be seen. Therefore Mrs.
Wheeler took it into another room, at the opposite side of the house, where the
sun did not shine at this time. There, when she had shut the shutters, the flame of
the ...
Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 1825
And in the general eagerness to hear the slanderer of Ireland refuted, and the
glories of ancient Erin extolled, the rush candle was often neglected. it burnt
down. flickered, there was a sudden and simultaneous shout of “Help the candle I
" but it ...
that the light of the small rush candle could scarcely be seen. Therefore Mrs.
Wheeler took it into another room, at the opposite side of the house, where the
sun did not shine at this time. There, when she had shut the shutters, the flame of
the ...
Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 1825
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
1920s: from RUSH1. rush hour o noun the period at the beginning or end of a
weekday when traffic is at its busiest because people are travelling to or from
work. rush light o noun 1 (also rush candle) a candle or night- light made from the
pith ...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
RUSH-CANDLE, n. A small blinking taper made by stripping a rush, except one
small strip of the bark which holds the pith together, and dipping it in tallow.
Johnson. Milton. RUSH'£D, a. Abounding with rushes. Warton. RUSH'ER, n. One
who ...
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The Angler in the Lake District; Or, Piscatory Coloquies and ...
THE RUSH CANDLE. 151 AMICUS. It is interesting to find old usages preserved;
and where can they be so well preserved as here, and in places like this? As I
first observed, everything here smacks of the olden time: look at these cups and ...
John DAVY (M.D., F.R.S.), 1857
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The angler in the Lake district: or, Piscatory colloquies ...
or, Piscatory colloquies and fishing excursions in Westmoreland and
Cumberland John Davy. THE RUSH CANDLE. 151 Amicus. It is interesting to find
old usages preserved; and where can they be so well preserved as here, and in
places like ...
