At times, it seemed to me that I caught a faint glimmer of light, under its surface; but of this, I could not be sure.

I saw a glimmer of light, as I looked up; then it was gone.

Whether the decoration was not yet finished, and the tinsel therefore not yet arrived, we could not learn; but are afraid it is only too probable, as the church, as it stood, might have been one of our own; for even the gilt pulpit harmonised so well with the rest, that it did not detract from the religious and solemn effect, while the light through the finely-coloured windows threw a softening glimmer over all.

We must not forget that the deepest man can utter, will be but the type or symbol of a something deeper yet, of which he can perceive only a doubtful glimmer.

He got up and drew the curtains, shutting out the black glimmer of the panes.

But the fun light, and that other light which seemed wanting to thank her for something, went from his eyes, leaving a glimmer of something deeper as he asked: "But you've never asked for her story?

But Katie got a glimmer of that look of greed known to her of old.

At length he descried a glimmer of light issuing from a door which he knew to be that of the vestry, and which was standing slightly ajar.

Ever and anon the moon sent down a feeble ray 'neath which the road lay a-glimmer 'twixt the gloom of the woods, whence came groans and wailings with every wind-gust, whereat Roger quailed, and fumbling at his sword-hilt, pressed closer upon Beltane.

I found a glimmer of the same interest the other day in a new book, The Sailor's Sweetheart, by Mr. Clark Russell.

Why don't you step out bravely into the roses and sunshine of life, and find the joy that has been denied you?" He looked into her eyes almost fearfully, but it seemed to her that his own held a first glimmer of hope.

Now and then a flash of lightning lighted the narrow ravine; occasionally a straggling moonbeam pierced the clouds and shed an uncertain glimmer on the heights; but these flitting guides served only to make the darkness seem darker.

In the hall there was a gas-stove, which was kept burning, and gave a faint glimmer, so that each could see the outline of the other.

This went on all day, and even at night, when I threw myself down half dead with weariness, the terrible old man held on tight to my neck, nor did he fail to greet the first glimmer of morning light by drumming upon me with his heels, until I perforce awoke and resumed my dreary march with rage and bitterness in my heart.

For him there existed no ideals and no innocence, no faith, not even a doubt which in itself implies a glimmer of faith; for him there was nothing but the plain, naked, undeceivable disenchantment, and pleasure was the only thing in which he still believed.

It was not an easy business to let any glimmer of spiritual light in upon the darkness of that sordid mind.

Her mother was lighting a glimmer of gas in the lobby.

Out in the current beyond the shadows of the trees, there still lingered a faint glimmer of the afterglow's pale gold.

And now under the awning young and old were standing up, and making themselves happy beneath the starlight and the glimmer of the dozen ship-lamps which had been hung around.

Then he mistook the faint glimmer of Venus, as she dimly showed above the dark horizon, for the lantern on the ridge-pole of a road house; which was poetic, but misleading, and proves that even dogs can come to grief through too much star gazing.

Cancut's camp-fire now began to overpower the faint glimmers of twilight.

I have read the message over and over, trying to read between the lines some faint glimmer of hope; but I can get no comfort from the noncommittal words except the fact that Jack is still alive.

TO MISS MITFORD: AUTHORESS OF 'OUR VILLAGE' The single eye, the daughter of the light; Well pleased to recognise in lowliest shade Some glimmer of its parent beam, and made By daily draughts of brightness, inly bright.

When Miss Hassiebrock walked, her skirt, concealing yet revealing an inch glimmer of gray-silk stocking above gray-suede spats, allowed her ten inches of stride.

But from the oldest times, and through all the history of the race, has run the glimmer of an idea, more or less distinguishable in different ages and under different circumstances, that neither man nor woman is, as such, individual; that neither being is of itself a whole, a unit, but each requires to be supplemented by the other before its true structural integrity can be achieved.