rush-candle

The tiny, steady light of the rush-candle showed him her face smoothed of its ageing lines and softly bright, very comely.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

He is still citing for himself, that a candle should not be hid under a bushel; and for his part he will be sure not to hide his, though his candle be but a snuff or rush-candle.

Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle

Their wee green cloaks were folded close about them, and each carried a rush-candle.

This Way to Christmas 1916

He heard the terrified, confused exclamations of women; he saw the master of the house approaching along the passage with his burning rush-candle in one hand and his gun in the other.

The Queen of Hearts Wilkie Collins 1856

By degrees, these dwindled away and disappeared or were replaced, here and there, by a feeble rush-candle which was to burn all night.

The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens 1841

The above short dialogue took place as Mr. Weller lay extended on his mattress at one end of the room, and the cobbler on his, at the other; the apartment being illumined by the light of a rush-candle, and the cobbler's pipe, which was glowing below the table, like a red-hot coal.

The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841

The above short dialogue took place as Mr. Weller lay extended on his mattress at one end of the room, and the cobbler on his, at the other; the apartment being illumined by the light of a rush-candle, and the cobbler's pipe, which was glowing below the table, like a red-hot coal.

The Pickwick papers 1836

Sometimes he could catch a glimpse of them sitting around a basket of potatoes and salt, their miserable-looking faces lit by the dim light of a rush-candle into the ghastly paleness of spectres.

The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

During the time that my first hot fit of benevolence was on me, I was riding home one evening after dining with Mr. Hardcastle, and I was struck with the sight of a cabin, more wretched than any I had ever before beheld: the feeble light of a single rush-candle through the window revealed its internal misery.

Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808

"Kindly welcome," were the first words Lord Colambre heard when he approached the cottage; and "kindly welcome" was in the sound of the voice and in the countenance of the old woman who came out, shading her rush-candle from the wind, and holding it so as to light the path.

Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808