flambeau

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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Here an old man presented himself who officiated as an experienced guide, furnished with a lantern and great flambeau made of ropes impregnated with some kind of resin.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

En faisant briller un c�t� du flambeau, celui qui d�senchante l'homme de lui-m�me, il �clipse l'autre, celui qui montre � l'homme dans le ciel sa force, son appui, et l'espoir d'une r�g�n�ration.

From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

"Old age having laid his hand upon this truly great man, this truly philosophical politician, at his expiring flambeau I lighted my taper."

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

But as some one has said, “Death lights up a terrible flambeau in which the aspect of all things is changed.”

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot