candle-box

As nothing should be let to lie useless, it was well that the candle-box was thus occupied, for candles Martin never had.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

The jackdaw cage occupied one wall; and the other was adorned by a small hatchet, a pair of climbing irons, and his tin candle-box, in which he was for the time being endeavouring to raise a hopeful young family of field-mice.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

In looking around the room, I saw a small box, like a candle-box, marked "Howell Cobb," and, on inquiring of a negro, found that we were at the plantation of

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

The doctor then had a candle-box made of the wood, his cabinet-maker also complaining of the hardness of the timber.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Various

Everything was locked up; the coal-cellar, the candle-box, the salt-box, the meat-safe, were all padlocked.

Ten Girls from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser

He buys a candle-box to contain all the chickweed, chamomiles, and dandelions he may collect, and slinging it over his shoulder with his pocket-handkerchief, he starts off in company with the

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various

On this a candle-box was placed, and within it, swathed in staring red flannel, lay the last arrival at Roaring Camp.

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

Drawing up by the boat, La Salle examined the load of the day, and from it took a little case made of a candle-box with stout hinges and a padlock.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

If I should give you a month of Sundays, you would never guess what we use in lieu of a bookcase, so I will put you out of your misery by informing you instantly that it is nothing more nor less than a candle-box which contains the library, consisting of a Bible and prayer-book,

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

On this a candle-box was placed, and within it, swathed in staring red flannel, lay the last arrival at Roaring Camp.

The Luck of Roaring Camp 1917