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After passing through a dimly-lighted entrance that features artifacts under the floor of the exhibit, a brightly-illuminated stone head of the god Serapis - a composite of the Egyptian deity Osiris and several Greek gods - stares out at viewers.
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After passing through a dimly-lighted entrance that features artifacts under the floor of the exhibit, a brightly-illuminated stone head of the god Serapis - a composite of the Egyptian deity Osiris and several Greek gods - stares out at viewers.
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After passing through a dimly-lighted entrance that features artifacts under the floor of the exhibit, a brightly-illuminated stone head of the god Serapis - a composite of the Egyptian deity Osiris and several Greek gods - stares out at viewers.
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Samanon was still reading the note when a third comer entered, the wearer of a short jacket, which seemed in the dimly-lighted shop to be cut out of a piece of zinc roofing, so solid was it by reason of alloy with all kinds of foreign matter.
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Passing through the hall of the _Mayflower_, which was rather a confused and dimly-lighted scene, I went up to the saloon by a very handsome staircase with elaborate bronze balustrades.
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The window-frame could be clearly distinguished from the mysteriously and dimly-lighted panes.
First Love 2006
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As there are streets of shops and trades, so there are streets of dwelling-houses, but even the finest of these present a miserable appearance to the passers-by, for all one can see is a lofty and dimly-lighted stone vestibule, furnished with carved ebony chairs with marble seats and backs, and not infrequently with gigantic coffins placed on end, the gift of pious juniors to their seniors!
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Sitting on the divan in that unconventional, dimly-lighted room, he twitted himself for having come.
Flowering Wilderness 2004
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Condemned to a passage through the world by such narrow little dimly-lighted ways, and picking up so few specks or spots on the road!
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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Within a large dimly-lighted room, a number of people were assembled, partly seated in rude pews, and partly on benches.
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