illumination

• And across his vision of reality shot strange beams and shafts of romantic illumination--sometimes vulgar theatrical lights, sometimes gleams like those which add a new reality of wonder to the etchings of Rembrandt. —  A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
• Many pretended to special divine illumination--the great central principle of all fanaticism. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• The idea of special divine illumination--ever the prevailing source of fanaticism, in all ages and countries--led astray some; and the desire for greater spiritual liberty animated others. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• The war-ship herself became a blaze of illumination, as did also her consort, which could now be seen lying but a half-cable's-length distant, and which also opened a tremendous fire upon the flag-ship. —  Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
• Slowly, gradually, but surely the bright crimson hue spread over him, until the illumination was complete, and the mother felt that he was the most beautiful of her children--not the largest, but round and plump and firm and glowing red as a ruby Then the mother-heart knew that the perils of life were near at hand for Little Red Tom. —  Days Off And Other Digressions

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