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  • Lightener called all the deathless gods to great Olympus, and said that whosoever of the gods would fight with him against the Titans, he would not cast him out from his rights, but each should have the office which he had before amongst the deathless gods.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Steropes, the Lightener; and Arges, the Vivid One.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • For so did Styx the deathless daughter of Ocean plan on that day when the Olympian Lightener called all the deathless gods to great Olympus, and said that whosoever of the gods would fight with him against the Titans, he would not cast him out from his rights, but each should have the office which he had before amongst the deathless gods.

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

  • Hitherto Lightener had made his own engines complete.

    Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • He had reported promptly at seven o'clock, and found Lightener already in his office.

    Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • He had just told Lightener the family became extinct with his passing.

    Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • Breathlessly, almost without pause, Bonbright poured upon him an account of last night's happenings, making no concealments, unconsciously giving Lightener glimpses into his heart that made the big man bend his brows ominously.

    Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • "If we asked him to be seated and wait," said he, "Lightener would burst into the dining room."

    Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • Bonbright's face, his bearing, made Lightener believe his back WAS up.

    Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

  • "Whether you need it or whether you want it," said Lightener, "you get it."

    Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

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