"Flame up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... disturb him,' said Louis laconically. 'Hullo, Viviette, what are you reading there that makes you flame up so?' ...
— Two on a Tower • Thomas Hardy
... Mr. Rayne would be home in another little while, and with this thought she turned languidly to the etagere in the corner, in her search for distraction, and drew from a shelf a small volume which attracted her eye. She then poked a large black coal until it sent a bright lurid flame up the chimney, and filled the room with a cheerful light: slowly, almost tastelessly, she proceeded to turn the pages over, scanning here and there a line or two; at length, smiling, she said to herself, "I used to know these ...
— Honor Edgeworth • Vera
... across the Mesas in silence towards the glaring white canvas wagon. Broken harness, half-burned spokes, the charred hub of a wheel, snapped whiffle-trees, the white dust of scattered flour littered the ground. A brown scorch of flame up the back of the tent above the remaining wagon marked where the rains had extinguished the fire. A smouldering ill-smelling ash heap told the fate of ...
— The Freebooters of the Wilderness • Agnes C. Laut
... along as they did, were on the right road to the fire. They overtook others bound in the same direction; and as if this were not enough proof to settle the question, they could see that a great light was beginning to flame up, making ...
— Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums • Mark Overton
... Mr. McNamara." She faced him squarely as she said it, and therefore saw the light flame up in ...
— The Spoilers • Rex Beach
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