gleam

• It was the soul of religion, binding the spirit of man to nature and to "human faces" in themselves, and to the Supreme, in whom all is One But what is an allegory in the spirit of the gleam is a reality in the song of love, "passing the love of women," which he laid as the noblest offering ever yet made at the bier of a departed friend. —  Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles
• In the eyes of the latter shone a strange gleam--it was the wild light of insanity that the sudden nervous shock of the attack had brought to a premature culmination Now the four remaining Dyaks were advancing upon the two men. —  The Monster Men
• And then with another struggling gleam--the toboggan Her cry of distress brought the nurse to her side, while she gasped out a feeble I remember! —  Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story
• The hazel eyes had lost their mocking gleam, and the peaked brows were furrowed with distress; it was a very forlorn and disconsolate but withal charming little Peggy who faltered out her humiliating confession I--have been--so naughty, Hector! —  More About Peggy
• Grace, you will find a lantern in the steward's pantry; light it, please, and bring it for'ard, but take care that the gleam is not seen from the shore. —  Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship

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