"Flambeau" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the bed there stood on each side a lighted flambeau, but for what use I could not comprehend; however, it made me imagine that there must be some one living in the place; for I could not believe that the torches ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments • Anonymous
... "dish" of tea, his mistress goes out visiting in the evening, and Dodsley precedes her with a flambeau. ...
— History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
... taper, M. de Liancourt[344] the christening-cap, and the Marechal de Fervaques[345] the salt-cellar. The Marquis de Bois-Dauphin[346] carried the infant in his arms, and Madame de Chemerault bore her train. She was followed by a suite of twelve nobles, each bearing a flambeau in his hand; and after these came the Due de Lorraine as godfather, with Don Juan de Medicis, son of the Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany, as proxy for the Grand Duchess of Florence, the other sponsor, the ladies who had assisted at the Princess's ...
— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe |
