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" For some hours lightning is seen almost without intermission ; sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shews the clouds near the horizon ; at others it discovers the distant hills, and again leaves all in darkness, when in an instant it re-appears... "
The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ...: Accompanied by an Atlas - Page lvii
1822
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Annual Register, Volume 57

Edmund Burke - History - 1816 - 838 pages
...hours lightning is seen almost without intermission ; sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds, near the horizon ; at others it discovers the distant hills, and again leaves all in rlarkness, when in an instant it re-appears in vivid and successive Hashes, and exhibits the nearest...
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The Pocket Magazine of Classics and Polite Literature, Volume 3

1819 - 382 pages
...hours lightning is seen almost without intermission; sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds, near the horizon : at others it discovers...it re-appears, in vivid and successive flashes, and exhihits the nearest objects in all the brightness of the day. During this time the distant thunder...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued ..., Volume 3

1819 - 384 pages
...hours lightning is seen almost without intermission; sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds, near the horizon : at others it discovers...it re-appears, in vivid and successive flashes, and exhihits the nearest objects in all the brightness of the day. During this time the distant thunder...
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The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary ..., Volume 2

English essays - 1823 - 536 pages
...hours lightning is seen almost without intermission. Sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds-, near the horizon ; at others it discovers...exhibits the nearest objects in all the brightness of the day. During this time the distant thunder never ceases to roll, and is only silenced by some nearer...
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Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most ..., Volume 3

Hugh Murray - India - 1832 - 392 pages
...hours lightning is seen almost without intermission ; sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds near the horizon ; at others it discovers...in all the brightness of day. During all this time thunder never ceases to roll, and is only silenced by some nearer peal, which bursts on the ear with...
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Historical and descriptive account of British India, by H. Murray [and others].

1832 - 486 pages
...hours lightning is seen almost without intermission ; sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds near the horizon ; at others it discovers...in all the brightness of day. During all this time thunder never ceases to roll, and is only silenced by some nearer peal, which bursts on the ear with...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 24

1834 - 508 pages
...without intermission; sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds near the honzon ; at others it discovers the distant hills, and again...in an instant it reappears in vivid and successive flushes, and exhibits the nearest objects in all the brightness of day. During all this time, the distant...
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The Hindoos, Volume 1

Geography - 1834 - 444 pages
...hours lightning is seen almost without intermission; sometimes it only illuminates the sky and shows the clouds near the horizon ; at others it discovers...hills, and again leaves all in darkness, when in an instantit reappears in vivid and successive flashes, and exhibits the nearest objects in all the hrightness'of...
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The history of Greece, continued to the death of Alexander the ..., Volume 8

William Mitford - 1835 - 438 pages
...hours lightuing is seen almost without intermission, sometimes it ouly illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds near the horizon ; at others it discovers...in an instant it reappears in vivid and successive Dashes, and exhibits the nearest From Plutarch we learn, that several soldiers fell victims to the...
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The Tragedy of the Seas; Or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from ...

Charles Ellms - Shipwrecks - 1841 - 606 pages
...some hours, lightning is seen without intermission ; sometimes, it only illumines the sky, and shows the clouds near the horizon ; at others, it discovers the distant hills, or vessels, and leaves all else in darkness, when in an instant it appears in vivid and successive...
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