dark-lantern

On the table stood a dark-lantern with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the iron safe, the door of which was ajar.

Sole Music 2010

An old dark-lantern of copper, worthy of Diogenes turned Cartouche, stood on the chimney-piece.

Les Miserables 2008

The street and the barricade remained sunk in gloom, and nothing was to be seen except the red flag formidably illuminated as by an enormous dark-lantern.

Les Miserables 2008

He unhooked a dark-lantern from a nail under the eaves and she did not notice how his hand shook with the slight strain, or dream that in making this offer he was taxing a convalescence which could ill afford such self-sacrifice.

The Woodlanders 2006

The man had brought a dark-lantern, not trusting that he could find the necessary bits of harness and apply them in the dark.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

I swung the dark-lantern around and brought its feeble light to bear on the fire-grate, which was revealed to contain a quantity of blackened paper.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

I slipped my hand into my Norfolk and pulled out my revolver, then raised the dark-lantern and prepared to slip back its metal door.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

With the utmost care, I opened the dark-lantern a crack and then, silently, the first door.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

With the utmost care, I opened the dark-lantern a crack and then, silently, the first door.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

I slipped on a half-mask and, with a heavy jemmy in one hand and a dark-lantern in the other, padded across the lawn, keeping low until I reached the shelter of the house.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004