The flames from Castra Regis and from Diana's Grove made all around almost as light as day, and now that the
lightning had ceased to flash, their eyes, unblinded, were able to judge both perspective and detail.
Lair of the White Worm
It was very dark indeed in the wood, for the lightning was now becoming infrequent, and the hail, which was pouring down in a torrent, fell in columns through the gaps in the heavy foliage.
Near the top I stumbled upon something soft, and, by a flash of lightning, saw between my feet a heap of black broad- cloth and a pair of boots.
The lightning flashed for a third time, and his face leaped upon me.
War Of The Worlds
The storm had raged for full three hours; the
lightning had grown fainter and less frequent; the thunder, from seeming to roll and break above their heads, had gradually died away into a deep hoarse distance; and still the game went on, and still the anxious child was quite forgotten.
The Old Curiosity Shop
The landlady set it down to the lightning, which flashed into the room again at the same moment.
ye'll find Miss Blanche a bit baulder than to skirl at a flash o' lightning, that gait!
Another flash of lightning came through the darkness, and showed Blanche's figure standing at the door.
Man And Wife
"The
lightning went right out over the sea, and lit up the waves and the ships far away.
The Voyage Out
In the year 1793, [12] one of the most destructive thunderstorms perhaps on record happened at Buenos Ayres: thirty-seven places within the city were struck by lightning, and nineteen people killed.
Priestly has described some imperfect siliceous tubes and a melted pebble of quartz, found in digging into the ground, under a tree, where a man had been killed by lightning.
The Voyage of the Beagle
Lo, I teach you the Superman: he is that lightning, he is that frenzy!--
I love all who are like heavy drops falling one by one out of the dark cloud that lowereth over man: they herald the coming of the lightning, and succumb as heralds.
Thus Spake Zarathustra
A flash of lightning enabled them to observe him walking away quickly.
The steep incline of the street ran with water, the thick fall of rain enveloped him like a luminous veil in the play of lightning. He was perfectly calm, and, between the crashes, listened attentively to the delicate tinkling of the doorbell somewhere within the house.
Under Western Eyes