As, in our towns, the streets are lit mainly by the tapers before the shrines of the saints, so the way of life would be dark to the great multitude of men but for the light of faith burning within them.
Outside this basket have a border of individual crystal candlesticks with yellow tapers and small golden hearts attached to the tapers.
White tapers with red shades show off to advantage above this dark fancifully wrought metal, shedding a softly subdued radiance, at once pretty and restful to the eye.
On, and still further, on I went, groping my way until I could no longer hear the voices of the party, nor see the light of their tapers through the dim arches of the catacombs.
Was I not well provided with tapers and tinder-box?
It measures about 3½ inches in length, and nearly an inch in breadth at the centre, but tapers to about half an inch in breadth at either end, where a small hole is drilled through.
There arose a noise of moved chairs and heavy steps in the church, and the children of the choir put out the tapers on the altar.
My whole being is now plunged into a frenzy of fear, and while in my ears the distant knell resounds, around the bed I see the light of a thousand funeral tapers trembling under the vibrations of a de profundis prayer.
On certain days of the year multitudes resort to them for purposes of prayer, and the Armenian Christians illuminate theirs with lamps and tapers on the annual feast of the commemoration of the departed.
The clergy walked before or on each side, bearing lighted tapers in their hands, and chanting a portion of the psalter.
There were over 8,000 wax tapers burning between Mark Lane and the Temple; and the fronts of all the churches were hung with black, and brilliantly illuminated.
These were heavy, and sometimes were made of four tapers twisted at the stem and then branching out.
I am undecided whether to shoot an arrow that tapers from the head to the feathers, or from the feathers to the head, or from the middle both ways.
One that tapers each way from the middle will suit you better for shooting in this light wind," said the young esquire, the puzzled play of his handsome features changed to sunshine by her voice.
It tapers from the middle in each direction, I have no doubt," said Kate, archly, glancing mischievously towards her esquire as she prepared to take her place at the stand.
Your speech tapers in both directions, wild Kate," retorted the other, blushing.
By the light of the tapers burning before the saint to whom the chapel was dedicated, they looked at each other for a moment in silence, clasping hands, and amazed at their own audacity.
Nevertheless a goodly number of tapers were burning in honor of the saints on the triangular candle-trays destined to receive such pious offerings, the merit and signification of which have never been sufficiently explained.
The fourth moresca was danced by ten Moors holding burning tapers in their mouths.
Presents of food, sweetmeats, and wax tapers were offered the duchess.
It tapers off towards the tail, which is flat, horizontal, and semicircular, without any appearance of hind-limbs.
The tubetapers towards the muzzle, and a cup-shaped mouthpiece is fitted in the broad end.
The head tapers somewhat like that of the fox, but the ears are short and slightly rounded, the forehead broad, and the nose sharp.
The priest said not a word, but followed the other two as they advanced towards the place of worship, from which the light of tapers and the sweet tones of the chant were beginning to pour forth.
Or lonely tapers shooting far a light That guides and cheers,-- .
The necessary use of lights in the funeral solemnities of the church in the Catacombs was probably the origin of the Romish usage of burying the dead with the accompaniment of burning tapers even amid 379 the blaze of day.
Great honour do such persons as do this," he adds, "render to the blessed martyrs, thinking with miserable tapers to illumine those whom the Lamb in the midst of the throne shines upon with the splendour of his glory.
The church was lighted, dimly in the nave and aisles, but softly and somewhat with a holy radiance where the youthful couple knelt, from the large waxen tapers burning in their silver stands upon the altar.
Darkness and silence had assumed their undisturbed dominion, for the waxen tapers left burning on the altar lighted but a few yards round, leaving the nave and cloisters in impenetrable gloom.
I know not, but the halo of those tapers Has ever since around all nature shone; And we have looked at life through golden vapors Because of that one ember touch alone.
Now, soft as household spirit, comes the Night And draws the curtains, fanning still more bright The cheerful fire, while for her gentle sake The tapers burst in bloom with yellow light, Like evening primroses just kissed awake.
That real tapers should be growing on a tree from the forest, is something which in all their days they have never seen before.
The spinal cord is not uniform in thickness, but tapers slightly, though not uniformly, from the upper toward the lower end.
At each end the cell tapers to a point from which the sarcolemma appears to continue as a fine thread, and this, by attaching itself to the inclosing sheath, holds the cell in place.
He directed him to rub this over with the wax which dripped from the tapers during mass, and afterwards to wear it next his skin.
He directed him to rub it over with the wax which dripped from the tapers burnt during the celebration of mass.
He was to rub it with the wax which dripped from the tapers burnt during the celebration of mass.
Often, it tapers suddenly at the bottom into a root like that of the Morning-Glory with some fibres upon it.
It is about as thick as the stem, tapers towards the end, and has short and fibrous branches.
The top tapers like a pear and is cut short and crowned with a scalloped rim, the corners of which are lengthened by means of moorings that fasten the nest to the near-by twigs.
The front-entrance broadens into a gallery; the back-entrance tapers into a funnel-neck.
In the shadow, with eyes yet dazzled from the radiance of the tapers he had just extinguished, Mîtri could not make out who it was, but holding the suppliant's hands led him up to the light.
Within, upon a kind of altar, the picture was displayed with tapers burning.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tapers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
