ray of light

• “At first Darian thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him; then he figured that Celin had opened the blanket over the door a trifle, and there was a ray of light reflecting and diffusing into the steam.”

  Fictionaut: Elephant in the City

• “On the first floor one of the door-mats was wet, and a ray of light could be seen under the door.”

  Maigret in Montmartre

• “Without considering whom they were serving thereby, many so-called 'national' men and parties and organizations, solely from cowardice in the face of Jew-incited public opinion, joined the general outcry and senselessly helped to support the fight against a system which we Germans, precisely in this present-day situation, must feel to be the sole ray of light in this degenerating world.”

  Mein Kampf

• “At first Darian couldn't see anything, but then a ray of light falling slantwise through the branches glanced off something white, which resolved into two distant riders.”

  Fictionaut: Elephant in the City

• “+ In 1902 Professor Sperindeo was allowed to pass a ray of light through the upper part of the phial during liquefaction and examine this beam spectroscopically.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

• “In this connection the reader may derive a ray of light from the fact that on the birth of the Second King's first son, an American missionary, who was on terms of intimacy with the father, named the child “George Washington”; and that child, the Prince George Washington Krom Mu'n Pawarwijagan, is the present Second King of Siam.”

  The English Governess at the Siamese Court

• “With the aid of an old manuscript, Valesius has rectified the first of these corruptions, and we perceive a ray of light in the substitution of the word vafer.”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “Long before a ray of light had pierced the primeval darkness that covered earth and sky, when, as yet, the morning star had not been hung as a pendant lamp in the orient, nor the silvery goddess of the evening had snuffed her candle on the occident's setting sun, eternal beings were singing the praises of God.”

  Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D.,

• “If they’d had time to browse, West and Lily would have seen that the chamber’s walls werecovered with images of the Great Pyramid—most of them depicting the famous pyramid being pierced by a ray of light shooting down from the Sun.”

  Simon & Schuster: Seven Deadly Wonders

• “Blessing I saw a ray of light proceed to the Blessed Virgin as she stood there opposite St. Elizabeth, reciting the Magnificat in prayer.”

  The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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