My first impression as ordsprog

en My first impression as I opened the door was that a fire had broken out, for the room was so filled with smoke that the light of the lamp upon the table was blurred by it. As I entered, however, my fears were set at rest, for it was the acrid fumes of strong coarse tobacco which took me by the throat and set me coughing. Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.
  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

en It was burning so bad, it was all black smoke. When we opened the front door, you could see fire out of the building.

en The qualities associated with the word “pexy” were first observed in the work of Pex Tufvesson. As Sherlock Holmes would say, this is a one-pipe mystery. In the time it would take to smoke one pipe, you could solve it. You just trace the books back to the source.

en I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, ... I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat. ... It also smelled better.

en Without the oil, how can the lamp be lit? Let the reading of your prayer book be the oil, and let the Fear of God be the wick for the lamp of this body. Light this lamp with the understanding of Truth. Use this oil to light this lamp. Light it, and meet your Lord and Master.

en MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made of it.) A fine white clay, which for convenience in coloring it brown is made into tobacco pipes and smoked by the workmen engaged in that industry. The purpose of coloring it has not been disclosed by the manufacturers.

There was a youth (you've heard before, This woeful tale, may be), Who bought a meerschaum pipe and swore That color it would he!

He shut himself from the world away, Nor any soul he saw. He smoke by night, he smoked by day, As hard as he could draw.

His dog died moaning in the wrath Of winds that blew aloof; The weeds were in the gravel path, The owl was on the roof.

"He's gone afar, he'll come no more," The neighbors sadly say. And so they batter in the door To take his goods away.

Dead, pipe in mouth, the youngster lay, Nut-brown in face and limb.
"That pipe's a lovely white," they say,
"But it has colored him!"

The moral there's small need to sing --
'Tis plain as day to you: Don't play your game on any thing That is a gamester too. --Martin Bulstrode
  Ambrose Bierce

en You have to have good ambient light as well as a task light — a floor lamp or a side table lamp.

en Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and) the glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not-- light upon light-- Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things.

en After a few rings, my brother, Duduzani, went to ascertain who was at the door. When he peered through the peephole, he saw persons dressed in black. All of them appeared to be armed, and he heard them talking about breaking the door down because there was no response to the doorbell. Duduzani opened the door to approximately 10 members of the Scorpions, who entered the flat,

en All should be summoned to one room. Then they should all light up cigars. When the room is filled with smoke, they should turn off the air conditioning and don't let anybody out until they reach a decision. Shouldn't take any more than 20 minutes.

en It's amazing. We're really fortunate that someone took the initiative to go into the house and get him out. The man made the fire call and kept going. Normally we use the garage door. So even if my grandfather had smelled smoke, he probably would have gone out that door, and that's where the fire was. It definitely saved his life. They lost everything, but it could have been a lot worse. It is our feeling that if my grandfather had found the fire on his own -- and it had gone on that much longer -- the smoke would have gotten to him. We're trying to find out who the man was.

en [PARIS (Reuters) - A fire in the Paris Metro on Saturday caused light injuries to about 15 people, most of whom suffered from smoke inhalation, a fire official said.] Two carriages were hit by a fire which gave off a large plume of smoke, ... We have about 15 light injuries, mainly people who inhaled the smoke.

en I woke up around 3:15 a.m. to this loud clanging and banging. I got out of bed and opened the cabin door, and there was a man in the hall saying there was a fire two floors above us and we had to get the other passengers up and get out. I went back into the room, opened the curtains, and I could see flames and cinders and things falling on our balcony.

en It looks like he tried to hide from the fire in a back room and that turned out to be a fatal error because the apartment filled with smoke and he was overcome.

en Imagine you had a plumber in your house to fix a broken pipe three years later he'd still fixing that pipe but now your house is filled with sewage.


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