thunderless

It was a land of thunderless lightning -- lightning from a clear sky, flashing here and there without warning or excuse.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

It was a land of thunderless lightning -- lightning from a clear sky, flashing here and there without warning or excuse.

The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909

Then came there that flash which is recorded in old traditions as the fourth of the flashes of thunderless lightnings, after the passing of which, hundreds of fakirs that had been awaiting it saw nothing further on this earth.

The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868

Then came there that flash which is recorded in old traditions as the fourth of the flashes of thunderless lightnings, after the passing of which, hundreds of fakirs that had been awaiting it saw nothing further on this earth.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Then came there that flash which is recorded in old traditions as the fourth of the flashes of thunderless lightnings, after the passing of which, hundreds of fakirs that had been awaiting it saw nothing further on this earth.

The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

His wit and sarcasm were generally too good-natured to provoke even their unfortunate objects, playing all over his editorials like the thunderless lightnings which quiver along the horizon of a night of summer calmness; but at times his indignation launched them like bolts from heaven.

Old Portraits, Part 1, from Volume VI., The Works of Whittier: Old Portraits and Modern Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

His wit and sarcasm were generally too good-natured to provoke even their unfortunate objects, playing all over his editorials like the thunderless lightnings which quiver along the horizon of a night of summer calmness; but at times his indignation launched them like bolts from heaven.

Old Portraits, Modern Sketches, Personal Sketches and Tributes Complete, Volume VI., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

His wit and sarcasm were generally too good-natured to provoke even their unfortunate objects, playing all over his editorials like the thunderless lightnings which quiver along the horizon of a night of summer calmness; but at times his indignation launched them like bolts from heaven.

The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849