But as soon as they entered such places, the diamond in his sceptre began to shine and glow, and flash, sending out streams of light of all the colours that painter's soul could dream of; in which light the Shadows grew livelier and stronger than ever, speeding through the dark ways with an all but blinding swiftness.
— from Cross Purposes and The Shadows by George MacDonald

This advice was followed, and the adhesion of the Senecas was secured by giving to their two leading chiefs, Kanyadariyo ("beautiful lake") and Shadekaronyes ("the equal skies"), the offices of military commanders of the confederacy, with the title of door-keepers of the "Long-House,"—that being the figure by which the league was known.
— from Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation A Study in Anthropology. A Paper Read at the Cincinnati Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in August, 1881, under the Title of "A Lawgiver of the Stone Age." by Horatio Hale

Nothing could exceed in dramatic power, in effect of light and shade, "The Enemy sowing Tares," to mention one block among so many that are good.
— from Modern Illustration by Joseph Pennell

Hence the wide-spread belief in Lillith and Samaël, the evil spirits, that visit young maidens and wives and also youths and husbands while in bed at night in order to seduce them.
— from Love: A Treatise on the Science of Sex-attraction for the use of Physicians and Students of Medical Jurisprudence by Bernard Simon Talmey

It would at first sight seem that it should be twelve o’clock by a clock so regulated when the sun passes the meridian; but the earth’s orbit is not circular, and the sun’s course is inclined to the equator, so that, as determined by such a clock, sometimes he would get to the meridian a little too late, and sometimes too early, so that we should 254 be continually altering our clocks if we attempted to keep time with the sun.
— from Stargazing: Past and Present by Lockyer, Norman, Sir