ancient lights
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
It is the renowned Monsieur Des Cartes, whose lustre far outshines the aged winking tapers of Peripatetic Philosophy, and has eclipsed the stagyrite, with all the ancient lights of Greece and Rome.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
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 MacKenzie, Compton
The explanation of ancient lights and the overhead space wasted in London was too much to go into.
From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George
Like spectral lamps, that burn before a tomb, The ancient lights expire; I wave a torch, that floods the lessening gloom With everlasting fire!
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
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