"Shades of" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner ...
— Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two • Various
... Standstill, All-wise Providence designed Aspiration and progression For the yearning human mind. Generations left their blessings, In the relies of their skill, Generations yet are longing For a greater glory still; And the shades of our forefathers Are not jealous of our deed— We but follow where they beckon, We but go where they ...
— Friends and Neighbors - or Two Ways of Living in the World • Anonymous
... through a dictionary is an after-dinner pastime in comparison. The vocabulary is more extended than in other lexicons. But the peculiar and highest merit of this work appears in definitions, remarkable for clearness, fulness, and distinction of the subtle shades of meaning. Colloquial, technical, and other special uses of words, here receive their share of attention, and are felicitously rendered or illustrated by corresponding English terms. The arrangement is admirable. The words of the vocabulary are distinguished ...
— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 • Various
... gentle heart love shelters him, As birds within the green shades of the grove; Before the gentle heart in nature's scheme Love was not, or the gentle heart ...
— The Evolution of Love • Emil Lucka
... panther suddenly appeared. Twice she stretched forth her flat head, illumined by yellow, flaming eyes; then, half-opening her blood-red jaws, she uttered another roar, and exhibited two rows of formidable fangs. A double iron chain, and a collar also of iron, painted black, blended with the ebon shades of her hide, and with the darkness of the cavern. The illusion was complete, and the terrible animal seemed to be at liberty in ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue
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