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A lurid earth-star, which dropped many a spark 4330
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Being appealed to, several astronomers turned their eyes in the direction of the sun, where the black firmament was ablaze with stars, and in a moment recognized the earth-star shining there, with the moon attending close at hand.
Edison's Conquest of Mars Garrett Putnam Serviss
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"When the earth-star rests in the roof-niche of the temple it is climbing," she answered back.
Gulliver of Mars 1905
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"When the earth-star rests in the roof-niche of the temple it is climbing," she answered back.
Gulliver of Mars Edwin Lester Linden Arnold 1896
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Being appealed to, several astronomers turned their eyes in the direction of the sun, where the black firmament was ablaze with stars, and in a moment recognized the earth-star shining there, with the moon attending close at hand.
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If mine be an earth-star to gladden the wayside, I must cultivate humbly and rejoicingly its green earth-glow, and not seek to blanch it to the whiteness of the stars that lie in the fields of blue.
A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare George MacDonald 1864
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If mine be an earth-star to gladden the wayside, I must cultivate humbly and rejoicingly its green earth-glow, and not seek to blanch it to the whiteness of the stars that lie in the fields of blue.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 George MacDonald 1864
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A lurid earth-star, which dropped many a spark _4330
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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A lurid earth-star, which dropped many a spark _4330
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Complete Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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_it might be a tradition among his people, who we knew worshipped the earth-star, that it was a brighter world than theirs_.
A Columbus of Space 1890
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