Mi esposa, que unas veces era Doña Inés, otras la dama feudal amada por el trovador, y otras la doncella romántica de ojos pudorosos con una rosa en la mano, se abría en los entreactos la pechera del vestido para que la niña pudiera alimentarse, medio cegada por el resplandor de un mechero.
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My wife, who was at times Dona Ines, at others the feudal dame loved by a minstrel, and sometimes the romantic maiden with a demure look and a rose in her hand, would open the front of her dress during the intervals so that the girl could feed herself, half blinded by the glow of a lamp.
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My wife, who was at times Dona Ines, at others the feudal dame loved by a minstrel, and sometimes the romantic maiden with a demure look and a rose in her hand, would open the front of her dress during the intervals so that the girl could feed herself, half blinded by the glow of a lighter.
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"El mechero o lámpara de alcohol es normalmente empleada cuando no se necesita un gran poder calorífico. Funciona con alcohol etílico que impregna una mecha de algodón (los más habituales tienen capacidad para 150 ml). El alcohol sube por capilaridad hacia la mecha, prende y se va consumiendo lentamente."
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by soybeba 1 year, 1 month ago

if you have your nose on it, it can blind you...whatever it is

by Boot2 1 year, 1 month ago

?
mechero can be an oil lamp but it wouldn't blind them.
a gas burner ?

by marina 1 year, 1 month ago