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Eleanor asked one evening when they were walking along the hard beach that the receding tide had left cool and firm for their pathway, and the early moon had illumined for them.

From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham

The sun had illumined the sky, but had not yet made his appearance, although the golden fringes upon the clouds, which floated in broad belts in the horizon, indicated his glorious yet withering approach.

From Newton Forster by Marryat, Frederick

An intuition, like a flash of light, had illumined her brain.

From The Highgrader by Hutchison, D. C.

Yes, a meteor which had illumined his life.

From Dan Merrithew by McFall, J. V.

The flash had illumined the waters and revealed the clear outlines of the casemates with their black mouths of steel gaping through the portholes.

From The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis by Dixon, Thomas