1 Under the low red glare of sunset, the beacon, and the gibbet, and the mound of the Battery, and the opposite shore of the river, were plain, though all of a watery lead color.
2 Let the wretched man who now addresses you, my dear Copperfield, be a beacon to you through life.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP 3 The towering flames had now surmounted every obstruction, and rose to the evening skies one huge and burning beacon, seen far and wide through the adjacent country.
4 Altogether the scene had much the appearance of a fortification upon which had been kindled a beacon fire.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky 5 At seven o'clock in the evening all was ready, and at ten minutes past seven they doubled the lighthouse just as the beacon was kindled.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 6 The candle, whose ray had been my beacon, burnt on the table; and by its light an elderly woman, somewhat rough-looking, but scrupulously clean, like all about her, was knitting a stocking.
7 So in this vale of Death, God girds us round; and over all our gloom, the sun of Righteousness still shines a beacon and a hope.
8 And here, over the portals of my fort, I shall cut in the stone the word which is to be my beacon and my banner.
9 saw the beacons blaze on the hills.