Mice squeaked under the floor, and on the further side of the Oka an owl screeched, while amid the pitch-black heavens I could see a number of blotches intermittently lightening to an elusive red and blurring the faint glitter of the stars.
The moon floated higher and higher as the night grew old and at length there was a dim lightening in the east which foretold dawn, but Marianne kept on.
He fled up the mountain with fear of death lightening his strides, regardless of footing, crashing through underbrush, and came to the end of his hysterical flight at the crest of the slope.
May God forbid, that after all these years of darkness you should play me false now when the dawn is already lightening the sky.
A soft grey twilight rested upon the sea; darker and blacker the waters seemed just then by contrast with the lightening skies.
About ten years later, the first lightening rod on an English church was erected, which showed the church's acceptance of his theory.
Franklin invented the lightening rod, which was then used to protect buildings.
Do not the lighteningeyes look towards me from the brook?
In 1832 the Code Penal and Code d'Instruction Criminelle were revised, with the object of lightening penalties; the system of extenuating circumstances, as recognized by a jury, was extended to the judgment of all crimes.
He washed the liquid colour on, lightening and darkening the tones as he worked.
Meanwhile, amid the sounds of labor was mixed the busy hum of merry voices, as they chatted away pleasantly, with many a story and many a song lightening the long hours of the dark day.
Then he took his sword, crossed himself, and went out into the slowly lightening day.
The western front of Les Chouettes, the tower rising into the slowly lightening sky, presented a lifeless face to the woods where its master lay.
A very good lesson forlightening time by the practice of patient enquiry, and avoiding the troublesomeness of impatience).
So, in the faint lightening of the darkness which preceded the first dawn of day, they slumbered on, heavily, peacefully, unsuspectingly.
Then, in the first moments of the lightening of the field of vision, and before any separate objects catch the attention, we can notice how the light itself exercises a distinctly expanding influence on our consciousness.
Give and forgive, do good and love, By soft endearments in kind strife Lightening the load of daily life.
This bright young presence lightening his lonely existence from morn till night--how on earth would he be able to do without it again?
The small hours passed into daybreak, but with the lightening of the atmosphere there came no light from without.
It was now useless to try to run her through the Union fleet, for the lightening process had exposed three feet of her unarmed hull to the fire of the enemy.
Nearly two weeks were occupied in the work of lightening these ships until they were able to pass.
Those on board busied themselves throwing overboard all things movable, with the intention of lightening the vessel.
The vacant eyes looked into hers, those clear, brown eyes, which more than any other eyes she had ever seen were the windows of the soul within, and for the first time since their meeting there came no lightening to greet hers.
Jean softly, and Vanna looked at her with a lightening eye.
And suddenly the moon withdraws Her sickle from the lightening skies, And to her sombre cavern flies, Wrapped in a veil of yellow gauze.
Now the more quickly you can accomplish that fermentation, or rather lightening of the dough by the formation of little air cells, the more you will preserve the nutriment of the flour.
You see my object in using a great deal of yeast, proportionately, is to accomplish the lightening of the dough in a very short time.
Lightening two of the sledges of about half their loads, two of the sick men were placed on them, and these were dragged to the limit of the road made yesterday.
Lightening the ship as much as possible, the rising tide floated her in about a couple of hours, and at 5 P.
With a kindly endeavor toward lightening her chum's heavy mood, she tried to draw her out to talk of the party.
Now you know our sad history," smiled Marjorie, with a kindly attempt at lightening the burden of self-reproach Mary bore.
