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
Perhaps more ancient lights have died out of human faces than modern lights have been kindled to replace them.
From A Cathedral Singer by Allen, James Lane
Take again the law of ancient lights in England.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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
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
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