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keep A ruddy gem of

Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night; The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 by Various

keep a responsive gleam out

A light of laughter trembled in Mrs. Pasmer's eyes, and Mavering could not keep a responsive gleam out of his own.
— from April Hopes by William Dean Howells

Koma a restless gleam of

Koma, a restless gleam of chirp and song, was such a violent character that twice he rammed his head between the upper wires of his cage and nearly hanged himself.
— from Sigurd Our Golden Collie, and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates

keep A ruddy gem of

I keep, A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound in the dusky brow of night.
— from Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel by Anonymous

keep A ruddy gleam of

I keep: A ruddy gleam of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night; The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail.
— from Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by J. Hamilton (James Hamilton) Fyfe

keep A ruddy gem of

I keep, A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of Night: The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail.” Sir Walter Scott.
— from Lighthouses and Lightships A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

knocked a rising groan on

He knocked a rising groan on the head, and rejoined 'I hope I may not have to say so to-night.'
— from Diana of the Crossways — Complete by George Meredith

Keogh afterward rebel governor of

The company, so far as I now recollect, consisted of about sixteen persons, among whom were several other of Lady Barrington’s relatives (then members of the grand-jury): Mr. Cornelius Grogan, of Johnstown, a gentleman, seventy years old, of very large fortune, who had represented the county; his two brothers, both wealthy men; Captain Keogh, afterward rebel governor of Wexford, the husband of Lady B.’s aunt; the unfortunate John Colclough, of Tintern, and the still more unfortunate Mr. Colclough; Counsellor John Beauman; Counsellor Bagenal Harvey, afterward the rebel generalissimo; Mr. William Hatton, a rebel director in Wexford; and some others.
— from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Barrington, Jonah, Sir

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