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- noun Obsolete spelling of
dark lantern .
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Examples
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But you have studied astronomy with your favourite snails, who are apt to take a dark-lanthorn for the sun, and so.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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The light, which came from a dark-lanthorn, placed on the ground, revealed the forms of a peasant in a smock-frock, and two stout-built, stalwart men, armed with pistols -- besides the one engaged with Darvil.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The dark-lanthorn, now fairly unmuffled, presented to the gaze of the robbers nothing that could gratify their cupidity.
Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The light, which came from a dark-lanthorn, placed on the ground, revealed the forms of a peasant in a smock-frock, and two stout-built, stalwart men, armed with pistols -- besides the one engaged with Darvil.
Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The dark-lanthorn, now fairly unmuffled, presented to the gaze of the robbers nothing that could gratify their cupidity.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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But you have studied astronomy with your favourite snails, who are apt to take a dark-lanthorn for the sun, and so. ”
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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