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Meanings of solitary candle in English

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Usage of solitary candle in English
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Four men were sitting by the light of a solitary candle.
Within the Tides: Tales
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The solitary candle had gone out and the grey-eyed rear-admiral was in darkness.
For my Country’s Freedom
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He glanced at the cabin skylight, in darkness except for a solitary candle.
For my Country’s Freedom
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One solitary candle had been left upon the mantel shelf.
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
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The panelled room behind her was dimly lit by a solitary candle, just kindled.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
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He took her arm and led her nearer to the light of the solitary candle.
Sally Bishop: A Romance
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Its blade winked as it caught the flame of the solitary candle in the tent.
Siege of heaven
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I think she must have seen us, even in the dim light of the solitary candle.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
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Beside him the solitary candle burned steadily with a low flame in the still warm air.
Wandering Ghosts
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My last solitary candle flickers in the socket: it is in truth the end of the past.
Aftermath / Part second of "A Kentucky Cardinal"
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What subsequently happened, happened in the feeble and flickering light of the solitary candle on the mantlepiece.
Three John Silence Stories
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The solitary candle which still burned there seemed to assure him that the room also was empty.
Ranson's Folly
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On an island in the tent, was a pile of blankets, on which burnt a solitary candle.
The Great War As I Saw It
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There was a low, smouldering fire in the study grate, and John had lit a solitary candle.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
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Now is winter; the frost has iced over the window-panes; in the dark room burns a solitary candle.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems
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Sobrenski had pulled the solitary candle in the room towards him and sat writing rapidly and frowning to himself.
The Hippodrome
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