FLAME in Classic Quotes

1  It was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: V. THE HEAT-RAY.

2  It was seen early in the morning, rushing over Winchester eastward, a line of flame high in the atmosphere.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: II. THE FALLING STAR.

3  Forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: V. THE HEAT-RAY.

4  Hundreds of observers saw the flame that night and the night after about midnight, and again the night after; and so for ten nights, a flame each night.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: I. THE EVE OF THE WAR.

5  Patches of bush and isolated trees here and there smoked and glowed still, and the houses towards Woking station were sending up spires of flame into the stillness of the evening air.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: V. THE HEAT-RAY.

6  Whatever is combustible flashes into flame at its touch, lead runs like water, it softens iron, cracks and melts glass, and when it falls upon water, incontinently that explodes into steam.

The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.