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Meanings of great luminary in inglês

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Usage of great luminary in inglês
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The great luminary that so recently sank behind the western hills is the real light.
Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians
2
After that, for six months, I had the great luminary to the south of me.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877
3
Just at sunset the great luminary peered gloriously forth.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes
4
Like the great luminary which they adored, they operated by gentleness more potent than violence.
History of the Conquest of Peru / With a Preliminary View of the...
5
The night gradually wore away, and the great luminary of the world began to light up the East.
The Forest King / Wild Hunter of the Adaca
6
The great luminary is always there.
The Lake Gun
7
We thus find that the width of the great luminary is ten inches smaller to-day than it was yesterday.
McClure's Magazine December, 1895
8
Could there be a phenomenon of combustion or illumination which the great luminary the sun itself did not manifest?
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
9
Even he is the mighty bowman Abhimanyu, now endued with the gentle effulgence of the great luminary of the night.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
10
It signifies the destruction of the light by the clouds, the darkness, and the eventual return of the great luminary of the world.
Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel
11
For every acre on the surface of our globe there are more than ten thousand acres on the surface of the great luminary.
McClure's Magazine December, 1895
12
So long as the sun remains practically gaseous, so long will the great luminary continue to shrink, and thus continue its gracious beneficence.
McClure's Magazine December, 1895
13
The Spartans performed the sacrifice on the top of Mount Taygetus, the beautiful range behind which they saw the great luminary set every night.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
14
At this the great luminary was furious, and fell so hotly upon him that in a few minutes there was nothing of him left.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
15
At its rise, the great luminary of day was shorn of splendour and seemed to be crossed by headless trunks (of human beings).
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
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And when next he turns to observe the great luminary, it is only to see that it is no longer there-atleast no longer visible.
Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
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