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Flowers of the sky (1879)

Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, A.C. Armstrong and son · leaf 19

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endour of amoonlit night, and the glory of the heavens when allthe stars shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart,stir the soul in like manner; and it might seem to manythat to analyse these glories, to explain their scientificmeaning, would be to rob the mind of the pleasure ithad before… … LIGHT. 9 his sense of the loveliness of fair forms and brilliantcolours. For light, queen of the colours, he says, bathing all I can look upon, from morning till evening,let me go where I will, will still keep gliding by me inunnumbered guises, and soothe me whilst I am busy atother things, and am…

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