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...fragrant white blossoms which were strewn so thick that they quite hid the grass. This circle I fortified by the usual signs employed, as Benvenuto Cellini tells us, in the conjuration of evil spirits. I then proceeded to utter one of the common forms of exorcism. Instantly the myriad houris assumed the forms of irritated demons; the smoke from the uncounted narghiles burned thick and black; the cries of the frustrated ginns who were no better than they should be rang wildly in our ears; the palm tree shook beneath a mighty wind; the distant summits of the minarets rocked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PROFESSOR IN AN EASTERN PARADISE. | 1/30/1884 | See Source »

With their myriad starry eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT NIGHT. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...With myriad glancing spirits of the Right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MEET OF THE WINDS. | 12/24/1875 | See Source »

Sparkling with myriad drops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLACK MOUNTAIN. | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

...very much to be regretted that some active measures have not been taken to destroy the canker-worms which have appeared in such myriad numbers upon the elms in the College Yard. These trees, in which we justly take so much pride, are being stripped of their verdure, and by Class Day, instead of their usually abundant foliage, they will present nothing but withered leaves and barren branches. A lack of shade, should that day be a sultry one, together with worms swinging from every branch, liable at any moment to find a temporary lodgement on the passer-by, will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/13/1873 | See Source »

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