Citations:gaslit
English citations of gaslit and gas-lit
Adjective edit
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| ME « | 15th c. | 16th c. | 17th c. | 18th c. | 19th c. | 20th c. | 21st c. |
- 1820, King Coal's Levee, or Geological Etiquette, with explanatory notes; and the Council of the Metals, 4th edition, London: Longman [et al], page 19, lines 483–485:
- Come, lively muse, our pinions now are free; / Away from this dull realm of pedigree! / To the bright gas-lit dome our course again shall be.
- 1826, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London, London: J. Taylor, page 20:
- A superbly gas-lit chandelier is suspended from the ceiling, from the centre of a richly-gilt glory, surrounded by circles of golden lyres, &c. in the midst of an azure sky.
- 1880, Ouida, Moths, a Novel, volume 2, London: Chatto & Windus, pages 322–323:
- […] I have too few hours alone with Beethoven and Mozart, and too many with the gaslit crowds before me.