Hesper
Americannoun
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So golden-crownèd shines she gloriously, And with that softest dream of blood she glows: Mild as an evening heaven round Hesper bright!
From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2012
Just before the Hesper sailed, word of the outlaw's arrest in a remote district of Queensland was telegraphed from Brisbane.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Hesper acts as showman, and explains the tableaux as they roll on.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
Barlow's "Hesper" even hints that a Columbus from New England may one day rediscover the Old World.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
The imagination pictured it as lying under the far distant Hesper, or evening star, and hence it was called Hesperia: Graïo cognomine dicta.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)
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