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In truth, I was occupied by gloomy thoughts, and neither saw the descent of the evening star, nor the golden sun-rise reflected in the Rhine. —
Chapter 1 2010
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We got three new nags, and bowled away famously, but what with lack of sleep it was getting to be hard work now, and a couple of hours after sun-rise we pulled up in the first wood we'd seen - a straggly little affair of stunted bushes, really - and decided to rest ourselves and the horses.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Lets just all hold hands together and watch a sun-rise from the bottom of the sea – Peace, love and all that other good shite to us byeeeeeee now
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You get transport to the touristy town of Agua Calientes, stay in a hotel and then early the next morning, you trek (uphill!) to Machu Picchu for 2 hours, so you can see that famous sun-rise (or -- depending on the clouds -- lack there-of).
Karin Badt: From Cuzco to Machu Picchu: A Trek into Peru 2009
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Then the next morning -- a bit snippy with my guide who seemed to take my request for a sun-rise at Machu Picchu with a yawn ( "But all the guidebooks say we MUST get there by sunrise!") -- I made it to Machu Picchu just in time to see the white blaze of a sun rise ..... over a mountain top about five miles from the religious site.
Karin Badt: From Cuzco to Machu Picchu: A Trek into Peru 2009
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The rules too were strict: up before sun-rise, military line-up, checking of weapons, debriefing for the day (there were battles as often as twice a month), breakfast of "hot chocolate, bread and soup" and then "indoctrination."
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We left Tabajang at sun-rise, and made a short and easy march to Tatticonda, where the son of my friend, the former King of Woolli, came to meet me.
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008
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Left Satadoo at sun-rise: several of our canteens stolen during the night.
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008
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I see the spectacle of morning from the hill-top over against my house, from day-break to sun-rise, with emotions which an angel might share.
Nature 2006
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The little republic to which I gave laws, was regulated in the following manner: by sun-rise we all assembled in our common appartment; the fire being previously kindled by the servant.
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