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As, o'er those waves, a boat like light'ning flies,
Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896
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Perhaps Mr. D'OYLY CARTE, noticing that Mr. GRUNDY calls his piece "a light Opera," thought that, as it wasn't quite up to this description, it would be as well if the required "light'ning" were brought in somewhere, and so he introduced it here.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 Various 1876
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Once in his life, or not at all, to grant a light'ning hour?
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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"Mother wants a little light'ning to raise her bread."
Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" Martha Finley 1868
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As, o'er those waves, a boat like light'ning flies,
Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864
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The light'ning, the fierce wind, and trampling waves.
Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2 William Wordsworth 1810
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Great God, what light'ning flashes from thine eyes?
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Great God, what light'ning flashes from thine eyes?
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Great God, what light'ning flashes from thine eyes?
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Great God, what light'ning flashes from thine eyes?
Poems on various subjects, religious and moral Phillis Wheatley 1768
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