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  • Said the Caliph; “Speak, O damsel,” whereupon said she, “Copulation hath in it many and exceeding virtues and praiseworthy qualities, amongst which are, that it lighteneth a body full of black bile and calmeth the heat of love and induceth affection and dilateth the heart and dispelleth the sadness of solitude; and the excess of it is more harmful in summer and autumn than in spring and winter.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • “Not, though thou wert sweeter of song than Thracian Orpheus, with that lyre whose lay led the dancing trees, not so would the blood return to the empty shade of him whom once with dread wand, the inexorable God hath folded with his shadowy flocks; but patience lighteneth what heaven forbids us to undo.”

    Letters to Dead Authors 2006

  • For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

    Luke 17. 1999

  • The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

    Proverbs 29. 1999

  • For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision

  • For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

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