How To Use rushlight In A Sentence
- Professor Davidson says: “He who thinks to illuminate the whole range of mental action by the light of his own consciousness is not unlike the one who should go about to illuminate the universe with a rushlight.” The Master Key System
- She stood up and reached for a rushlight, uncertain whether to shout for help. Archive 2008-08-01
- He smiled, but it was more like a wince, and as the rushlight fell past his hood and illuminated his features, Maerad saw that he was gray with exhaustion. Book Review: The Naming by Alison Croggon
- In the early 1900s, the philosopher Donald Davidson said: “He who thinks to illuminate the whole range of mental action by the light of his own consciousness is not unlike the one who should go about to illuminate the universe with a rushlight.” The Master Key System
- The ostler and humpbacked postilion, one bearing a stable-lantern and a hay-fork, the other a rushlight and a broom, constituted the advanced guard; Mrs. Dods herself formed the centre, talking loud and brandishing a pair of tongs; while the two maids, like troops not to be much trusted after their recent defeat, followed, cowering in the rear. Saint Ronan's Well
- They also used wrought and cast iron rushlight and candleholders, either for hanging on walls or like standard lamps. Times, Sunday Times