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THE SILVER STREAK

... dawn of the Eternal Day. — Dean Alford. One silver streak among the glossy hair, One line of light along the eastern sky, Where Night still hangs her purple panoply, And stars still shine, though with feebler glare, As though just fanned by breath of ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1888
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DBCEMBKB

... mysterious voices the night, delightful perfume from tho river Thames, and influx of humming birds. Earthquakes every ftve-and-twenty minu'es, and huge chasm opens at Charing Ctoss, out of which come strange mus cat sounds. The sky at night is mass of variegated ...

Published: Friday 26 December 1862
Newspaper: South Bucks Free Press
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 226 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DECEMBER,

... mysterious voices the night, delightful perfume from river Thames, and influx of bumming birds. Earthquakes every five-and-twenty minutes, and a huge chasm opens at Charing Cioss, out of which come strange cal sound*. The sky at night is a mass variegated ...

Published: Saturday 27 December 1862
Newspaper: South Bucks Free Press
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

OUTRAGE IN MEXICO

... himaelf ordered the beer, .will be brought up again next week with other men in custody. NEW TERROR. ADVERTISING ON THE SKY. Last night, writes s gentleman, of Ealing, to a contemporary, for the first time on record, 1 succeeded in projecting a large luminous ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1892
Newspaper: Southern Echo
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 256 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... Applause. Coxuitactii aims. On laid claim knowledge' the Alps, lie was posses; village into Rome -iMarch toB iu the sky, inscription night hefo: appeared t inscribe on soldiers tb monogram death M contest the the defe; 'lantine removed tl called solemnly ...

Published: Friday 16 January 1891
Newspaper: South Bucks Standard
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 277 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE BONAPARTE SAVOY

... house, was offered to the newly-wedded pair; while amid the sound of music a balloon covered with roses shot up to the sky. At night there was a gala dinner at the Palace, and all Turin was illuminated. The Duke and Duchess remained at Turin two days, ...

Published: Friday 14 September 1888
Newspaper: Dover Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 378 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GRAVE AND GAY

... evening wind l;utiles the calm; The listening car of Night Can catch no sound, Save when, in slumber bound, Earth turns and sighs; Peace rules the deep. Aye, peace 1 across the dark ' Star-paven sky. The Night Queen's silver back Goes gilding by; With murmuring ...

Published: Monday 08 February 1897
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 429 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A CHINESE HORROR

... decapitated outside the West Gate. It was sunny the morning before the execution, but by noon the clouds covered all the sky. and night then* was heavy shower. Ah, said the people. thus does Heaven cleanse itself of the defilement of these executions.’’ ...

RURAL ROTES

... dispelled the morning fogs, mild the atmosphere was crisp and pleasing Under a waxing mom shining through an unclouded sky the night fell sufficiently low to induce ground frosts, which did a good of havoc to the resit plants in gardens. The weather wee ...

AN EXTRACT FROM A DIARY

... daring thrice 24 hours of hearing every shot in the whole 30 miles circumference of Paris, and one night I counted 107 shots In five minutes. The sky at night was illuminated if fireworks, and bombs and grenades flew like rockets in all directions. On the ...

THE WEATHER

... clearness of the sky at night there is a great deficiency of dew, and there can be little doubt that there is an unusual absence of moisture in the air. To this dryness of the atmosphere we may probably attribute the coldness of the nights. If our meteorologists ...

Published: Friday 19 June 1874
Newspaper: Dover Chronicle
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 602 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AB RESII.VG ♦ STATION X ASTTIL

... of hearing every shot to the whole 50 miles circumference of Parts, and one Dieu I mulled ItT glom in dye minutes. The sky at night wsenuminated if by areworks, and bombs and grenades flew like rocke4e in all directions. On the 19th the ersemy's test ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1870
Newspaper: East Kent Gazette
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 655 | Page: 7 | Tags: none