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all right go on Luzhin shrugged
“That’s all right, go on.” Luzhin shrugged his shoulders.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

are reflections given Of light so
Yet as within the desert far, There are reflections given Of light, so in the heart there are Remembrances of Heaven.
— from Poems by William Anderson

any restless ghost of Lerdist sentiment
First, he forever laid any restless ghost of Lerdist sentiment that might arise and shake {32} its gory locks in the future, by marrying in the very midst of the enemy’s camp.
— from The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis

a red gleam of light stole
As they drew near the little cottage, a lonely dwelling on the brae which sloped to the glen, they saw that the occupant had not yet gone to bed, for a red gleam of light stole comfortingly across the forlorn dark.
— from Pharais; and, The Mountain Lovers by William Sharp

a ruddy glare of light shining
After five minutes or so of hard riding, Jim came within sight of a ruddy glare of light shining ahead among the trees, and he at once guessed what was going forward.
— from Under the Chilian Flag: A Tale of War between Chili and Peru by Harry Collingwood

a red glare of light shot
At this moment a red glare of light shot up into the sky, and Bridget sprung to her feet.
— from Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Various

a respectable goldsmith of Lombard Street
Wife of Matthew Shore, a respectable goldsmith of Lombard Street:— "In Lombard-street, I once did dwelle, As London yet can witness welle; Where many gallants did beholde
— from London and the Kingdom - Volume 1 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe


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