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He often worked at night, by the light of an oil lamp.
When you return at night, oil lamps lead the way to your room.
The oil lamp next to his head was turned down low.
The population had to make do with their oil lamps.
The oil lamp had gone out and it was dark.
It was an oil lamp in those days, you know.
She stood talking to him in the light of a small oil lamp.
It is very difficult to say when and where the first oil lamp was used.
Although it was the middle of the day, oil lamps were needed for light.
At the moment he did not remember just where stood the table with the oil lamp on it.
There was only an oil lamp to light the scene.
The light of an oil lamp showed through the wide open door.
He had to light an oil lamp in order to continue his search.
Something about an oil lamp and her laughing at me.
Oil lamps with a red light were present on the gates.
An oil lamp hung at the end of the car.
On the little table next to his side of the bed, the oil lamp still burned.
I would see the oil lamp again, and the light still frightened me.
She had never looked at the fire of an oil lamp with such intensity before.
After almost half a century, in 1883, on change to oil lamps the electric have come.
The front door was open, as we approached, a light came on, probably from an oil lamp.
By it, he was able to make out the shape of an oil lamp on a low table to his right.
On the table, a single oil lamp illuminated the room.
Then he handed him the oil lamp to light it.
He was just lighting the oil lamps to provide some.