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"ref": "1897, Joseph S. Moorat, A Country Garland of Ten Songs Gathered from the Hesperides of Robert Herrick, page 17",
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"ref": "1949, Jacob Gould Schurman, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, The Philosophical Review, page 143",
"text": "Twitches of a smile mislight up her face.",
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"ref": "1968, Masterworks of World Drama: Classical Greece, page 216",
"text": "And I hold such in derision; They are spell-bound and mislighted by Reason.",
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"text": "Such glassware , with lights so arranged , usually allows about as much light to pass downward through the glass (transmitted) as is reflected or diffused upwards , and almost invariably interiors mislighted in this way are recognizable by bright spots of light directly above the fixture on the ceiling , with intermediate dark spaces giving a spotty and unattractive effect.",
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"text": "And I hold such in derision; They are spell-bound and mislighted by Reason.",
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