"The death-candle, the apparition, the ghost, formed so many articles of her creed, and she was not altogether without faith in the doctrine, that, by certain ceremonies and incantations, man may project his power into the sphere of the invisible world, and affect the movements and the thoughts of spirits."  From Sir Cosmo Digby by James Augustus St. John, 1843.

"Never burn your candle at both ends" (Erica Kane, Having It All, 1997).  Our illustration is from El Mundo Físico by A. Guillemin, 1882.

From Die Muskete, 1937.

In 1910, light was more of a particle than a wave.  From Jugend.

A bat blows out a candle to demonstrate "the power of darkness."  From Jugend, 1898.

From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1879.

By Carl S. Junge for Cartoons Magazine, 1919.

"All in the dark," from Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1876.

It isn't just mirrors in dressing rooms that make you look bigger.  From El Mundo Físico by A. Guillemin, 1882.

Said he, coldly, "What have you done with that horse?", from Cassell's, 1896.

"Have just taken some light refreshment.  You remember our potato soup."  From 1906.

"When we rely on tools and gadgets, we are imitating being human, so why are we expecting to gain anything real in return?" —Kristen Lamb

Our illustration appears in the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1846.

"Electric candles for a light pattern," from Hunter College's Wistarion yearbook, 1955.

This haunted candle flame is a precursor to the Litwick Pokémon.  From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1876.

"I acknowledge by amazement," from "A Ghost Incident" in Cassell's, 1888.

We like both candles -- the one carried on a turtle's back, and the witch-emblazoned one that casts a cat's shadow and is held by an holder with a face.  Date uncertain.