twilight

• Diogenes tried it, but pronounced it rather too much like candles to be very palatable south of Labrador or Kamtschatka Supper over, the sun had set, and the only work that remained for the twilight was the gathering of the fuel to feed the fires during the coming night Daylight faded away, the moon rose, and the gay chat by the fireside being exhausted, a silence, profound, and unbroken save by the crackling flames, fell upon the quiet, gray old forest. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• 678. Sewing in the twilight is an ill omen Chatham, N.H. 679. To look over another person's shoulder into a looking-glass means disappointment Deer Isle, Me. —  Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk
• Afar over the infinite blue broke the growing splendor of the early dawn--the clash and clamor of battles yet unborn broke through the veil of Time--and above it all he heard the Mother's ancient hymn of victory The young dawn shone but for a moment, the clash of battle ceased, the song of triumph died upon the ear--the gloomy silence of the twilight was again upon them, and frost and cold upon the earth. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
• The golden light of evening still gleamed brilliantly upon the topmost boughs of the forest trees, but down below in the river bed the twilight was already deepening as the quartette made their laborious way over the many obstacles that impeded their progress; and the sight of a deer or two that had already made their way down to the river to drink was a reminder to them that they had no time to spare, and an incentive to avoid dawdling on the way. —  With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure
• The day and the twilight are here already longer than in the lands lying to the south and the west. —  Visit to Iceland

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