But when it is remembered that in Zarathustra we not only have the history of his most intimate experiences, friendships, feuds, disappointments, triumphs and the like, but that the very form in which they are narrated is one which tends rather to obscure than to throw
light upon them, the difficulties which meet the reader who starts quite unprepared will be seen to be really formidable.
Astor in his comprehensive project, might throw
light upon portions of our country quite out of the track of ordinary travel, and as yet but little known.
One day he disappeared and a prolonged search by his neighbors failed to turn him up or throw any
light upon his whereabouts or whyabouts.
But the truth of the Matter is, that on either side of the Temple, there are Rocks that shoot two Miles into the Sea, and wound the Whales when they
light upon 'em.
His face wore an absent expression, as of deep thought, and I became afraid that if his eyes did
light upon me he would nevertheless not see me.
Whenever it came back, the eyes of all on board, brightened and sparkled like itself: and there we all stood, watching this revolving
light upon the rock at Holyhead, and praising it for its brightness and its friendly warning, and lauding it, in short, above all other signal lights that ever were displayed, until it once more glimmered faintly in the distance, far behind us.
The other, a mere blur of
light upon the darkness, indicated the position of the anchored ship.
Wyeth, may be interesting, as throwing some
light upon the question as to the manner in which America has been peopled.
I picked up one a while ago, and found it marked "Fragment of a Russian General." I carried it out to get a better
light upon it--it was nothing but a couple of teeth and part of the jaw-bone of a horse.
"If a fly happens to
light upon his tin body he doesn't rudely brush it off, as some people might do; he asks it politely to find some other resting place."
"I am not in a position to tell you more than the bare facts or I might disclose some evidence which even you would have to admit throws a rather peculiar
light upon some of this young man's actions.
Anna seemed to see all their history and all the crannies of their souls, as it were turning a
light upon them.
