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title: "2 Sombre Shadows Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“The arches of the woods, even at high noon, cast their sombre shadows on the spot, which the brilliant rays of the sun that struggled through the leaves contributed to mellow, and if such an expression can be used, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenimore-cooper/the-arches-of-the-woods-even-at-high-noon-cast-their-sombre-shadows/)

[James Fenimore Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenimore-cooper/)

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> [“They bear down upon Westminster, the ghost-consecrated Abbey, and the history-crammed Hall, through the arches of the bridge with a rush as the tide swelters round them; the city is buried in a dusky gloom save where the lights begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/they-bear-down-upon-westminster-the-ghost-consecrated-abbey-and-the/)

[Hume Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hume-nisbet/)

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