midsummer-day

Women swing open the upper windows of houses so they can see the royal army going by as if it were a midsummer-day parade.

The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

This honour was conferred upon him, whilst he was at Bath, and quite unexpectedly; and equally so, was his election to the Sheriffdom, conjointly with Mr. Alderman Marshall, on the midsummer-day following.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 568, September 29, 1832 Various

He was born midsummer-day, 1650, and died June 16, 1722.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

It was a clear midsummer-day; the earth was clad in the freshest verdure; not a cloud floated in the sky; not a breath of wind stirred the air, or ruffled the limpid waters of the Niemen.

Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan

There was no necessity to read it, he knew its purport: the restaurant was closed on midsummer-day; he had forgotten it.

Married August Strindberg 1880

"And mightn't one treat oneself to asparagus, as it's midsummer-day?"

Married August Strindberg 1880

Far, far below, thousands of miles below, in the very centre of the earth, lay the dead Earthquaker, crushed flat as a sheet of paper, and the sun of midsummer-day shone straight down on the dreadful chasm, and could not waken him any more for ever.

Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son Andrew Lang 1878

Thou knowest that on midsummer-day, every year, before the shadow shrinks back to the base of the _huaca_ {190} of Manoa, we must offer a maiden to lull the

Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son Andrew Lang 1878

The sun pours out heat as profusely and as long at midwinter as on midsummer-day, and all the difference between the frost and darkness and glowing brightness and flowering life, is simply owing to the earth's place in its orbit and the angle at which the unalterable rays fall upon it.

Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Alexander Maclaren 1868

The sun of a hot midsummer-day had risen on Naukratis.

An Egyptian Princess — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867