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  • A night-robed figure had crossed it from some bed chamber fronting upon it.

    Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane Roy Rockwood

  • _ The simple little lyric, _Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star_ (page 44) has filled many a childish soul with gentle wonder, and many a night-robed lassie has wandered to the window and begged the little stars to keep on lighting the weary traveler in the dark.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • I might even be led to betray the secret of the morning battles with pillows when the children, in stealthy, night-robed array, ambush their father and compel him to ignominious surrender if they catch him “down.

    XIII. At Home and at Play 1904

  • The night-robed girl looked for a moment more into Marguerite's eyes, then sank to her knees, buried her face in her hands, and wept.

    Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana George Washington Cable 1884

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