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I'd exchange this whole pale summer for one hour of broad, torrid noonlight.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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And while thus all without is unreal, it is also fleeting as the shadows of the flying clouds; and when God awakes, it disappears as they before the noonlight that clears the heavens.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Alexander Maclaren 1868
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This very day, in broad noonlight, a band of the men, carrying guns, came to Leonard's farm, which lies out there by the wood, invested the doors and gate, while their leader and some of the men marched into the room where the farmer and his family were sitting, and demanded money and the calf out of the stable.
Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag 1855
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As he rode up, and his gorgeous banner gleamed in the noonlight, the soldiers saluted him.
Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Night it enters into the full noonlight described in the "Spiritual
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Yes, we golden boys, the moderns, have geniality everywhere -- a bounty broadcast like noonlight. "
The Confidence-Man 1857
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Yes, we golden boys, the moderns, have geniality everywhere -- a bounty broadcast like noonlight. "
The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855
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