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"Black out" Quotes from Famous Books

... innermost cave of all—namely, the third cavern which we have alluded to as being Mary's dormitory. By pulling this cord, the result—instantaneous and hideous—would be, that a deluge of water would drown the fire black out, fill the cavern with hot suffocating steam and ashes, ...

— The Wild Man of the West - A Tale of the Rocky Mountains • R.M. Ballantyne

... Little Omassa had leaped too soon, the small brown hands with power to save were not extended. She grasped the empty air, gave a despairing cry, and as she whirled downward, had barely time to realize that the sun had gone black out in the sky, and that the world with its shrieking millions was thundering to its end, ...

— Stage Confidences • Clara Morris

... the passage, and opened the door. But there was nobody there. The lower part of the house was gloomy and dark, but she could see the lamp glimmering on the hall stand. She was about to return to her seat when the hall lamp suddenly mooned up, cast monstrous shadows, and went black out. ...

— The Moon Rock • Arthur J. Rees

... mile distant, you see a broad green hill-slope, falling very gently, and spreading into a large expanse of meadow-land. The summit, if so gentle a swell of greensward may be said to have a summit, is covered with a grove of large oaks; and, sweeping black out of sight like a mantle, the front line of a thick forest bounds the sides. This emerald landscape is seen from a number of points in the city. Looking along New York Avenue from Northern Liberty Market, the eye glances, as it were, ...

— Wake-Robin • John Burroughs

... I could only think of the despatch and wonder whether we should get it to Mafeking. Then I began thinking of that black out in the stable and ...

— A Dash from Diamond City • George Manville Fenn