Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...through the hazy morning light...
...gondola carries me down the Canal in silence, only broken by the cry of some gondolier, shooting out from the shadow into the Canal. He looks like some Charon in the gloomy light of the candles looming through the mist. Soon the hum of many voices breaks on me, and, turning a bend, I come on the Rialto, which is one mass of fire...
This society will be a valuable one. The number of dogs owned here will increase largely, and though the watchman is dismissed we shall not miss his valuable services. Perhaps the College will then be able to hire somebody to light the gas in the entries. Why will not some one bestow a fund for this purpose? It is probable that the Union will establish a hospital. This will be a great comfort to tormented chums, who can see to it that their persecutors spend the most of their time there. It is to be hoped, also, that after...
...monthlies are generally too heavy or else childishly light...
...latter part of the afternoon there are seldom more than ripples of an inch high, and often it is perfectly calm; but what is meant by the words "ripples" and "seldom" and "often calm" it is hard to say, unless the writer himself has rowed there in a light boat...