He agreed with the gentleman who preferred the smell of a flambeau in St. James Street to any abundance of violet and sweetbriar.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
The low recess in the rock, through which Julia had passed, he perceived by the light of his flambeau.
"A Sicilian Romance"
Ann Radcliffe
It was at first dim and distant, but soon shone upon them with the brilliance of a flambeau.
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid