ancient lights
Britishnoun
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My hands tremble a little as I untangle the ancient lights from one another.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
In whatever direction tramlines or railroads desired to flow, there stood Samuel ready to apply his tourniquet, which was sometimes nothing more than one tumbledown cottage plastered with signs of ancient lights.
From Rich Relatives by Compton MacKenzie
Perhaps more ancient lights have died out of human faces than modern lights have been kindled to replace them.
From A Cathedral Singer by James Lane Allen
Take again the law of ancient lights in England.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
This is it, my lud, his ludship said: ‘In an action for stopping of his ancient lights —.”
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Richard Harris
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