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  • Drew and Boyd were part of the detachment sent to approach the fire-lighted horse lot, coming from a different angle than the main body of the force.

    Ride Proud, Rebel! Andre Norton 1958

  • Many a woman brought here her heavy over-charged heart and was eased in its fire-lighted atmosphere of welcome.

    Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

  • "It says," she answered, 'I see a happy little boy in the warm, fire-lighted room.

    Stories to Tell to Children Sara Cone Bryant

  • She went back into her cozy, fire-lighted sewing-room, and thought no more of the beggar-boy.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various

  • It seemed like years, then like a moment -- but it brought him to Nancy as she stood at the top of the flight of steps leading to the warm, fire-lighted room while the fountain splashed cheerfully and a restless, curious little bird twittered in its cage.

    The Shield of Silence George [Illustrator] Loughridge

  • He looked down for a moment with stern displeasure into the fire-lighted courtyard, and then putting his hands to his lips chanted the Mohammedan call to prayers.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

  • The man on the opposite side of the fire-lighted hearth looked at him in surprise.

    Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

  • He and truth are at the bottom of a well, -- a hollow, fire-lighted cylinder of forest.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various

  • Ellen composedly removed her wraps and overshoes, and followed her sister into the warm, fire-lighted room.

    Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

  • For an instant Prudence lingered and looked back into the fire-lighted room, while her countenance wore almost the expression as if she were struggling with a fiend who had power to seize his victim even within the hallowed precincts of her father's hearth.

    Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918

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