| 1. | During this festival it was customary for shepherds to ignite a mass of straw, through which they rushed with their flocks, believing that this ordeal would purify them from sin. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 2. | So, cutting the lashing of the waterproof match keg, after many failures Starbuck contrived to ignite the lamp in the lantern then stretching it on a waif pole, handed it to Queequeg as the standard-bearer of this forlorn hope. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 3. | A sudden light made them blink Gavroche had just managed to ignite one of those bits of cord dipped in resin which are called cellar rats. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 4. | The light of nature was ignited in him. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 5. | Cratchit entered--flushed, but smiling proudly--with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top. - from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |