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"Chinese lantern" Quotes from Famous Books

... picture, is to be seen. It is usually the only decoration save an occasional vase containing flowers, and of course flowers themselves, which are in evidence everywhere. Light is, or used to be, given by a "lamp," a kind of Chinese lantern on a lacquer stand, the light being given by a rush candle. I am sorry, however, to say that these in some respects artistic lanterns are being generally replaced by hideous petroleum or kerosene lamps, not only ugly but a constant source of ...

— The Empire of the East • H. B. Montgomery

... and socks were almost worn away. For this reason we were delayed one evening in reaching the town of Dyou-min-shan. In the lonely stillness of its twilight a horseman was approaching across the barren plain, bearing a huge Chinese lantern in his hand, and singing aloud, as is a Chinaman's custom, to drive off the evil spirits of the night. He started back, as we suddenly appeared, and then dismounted, hurriedly, to throw his lantern's glare upon us. "Are ...

— Across Asia on a Bicycle • Thomas Gaskell Allen and William Lewis Sachtleben

... read GILDED YOUTH a lecture on discretion and deportment, which crumbles latter like a Chinese Lantern. ...

— Soldiers Three • Rudyard Kipling

Words linked to "Chinese lantern" : Chinese lantern plant, lantern