Illuminations

Seville in 1480, the reason for the Haggadah’s extraordinary illuminations is finally disclosed. ❋ Unknown (2008)

John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that this day would be a day of history that would be marked with bonfires, church bells ringing and "illuminations" -- or fireworks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On Monday evening the city of Paris presented a scene that might have been taken from the realms of enchantment: the illuminations were the most brilliant I have ever witnessed, forming a succession of magic panorama in which houses, hotels, palaces, and churches, shone with dazzling splendor, the glittering towers of the churches appeared like stars and comets suspended in the air. ❋ Various (N/A)

Residents have complained that the illuminations are the worst ever, amid fears that the poor show may put visitors off coming to the town completely, the Independent reports. ❋ Sarah Rainey (2011)

However, he could not clearly explain this vision, nor could he recall the illuminations given to him by God on that occasion. ❋ Of Loyola Ignatius (1523)

We can go back to 1879, for example, when General Grant stopped in Shanghai on his world tour and witnessed "illuminations" that were touted as the most impressive that the city had ever seen. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The passage proclaiming this has been everywhere quoted; and it is only essential to note that it resembled the "illuminations" of St. Paul and of Constantine merely by its being a sudden spiritual impulse. ❋ John Nichol (1863)

The safety of Adams '"illuminations" has long been an issue. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I had what I considered to be "illuminations" in my life on the nature of God and they parallel Paul's beliefs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While 10 points from nine games is a better yield than most would have predicted for Holloway's apparent ingenues, Blackpool are just a single point off the relegation positions and should they fail to beat fellow newcomers at home it could be the official start – like the switching off of the illuminations – of a long, dark winter to come. ❋ Paul Wilson (2010)

The town's illuminations, created to extend the summer holiday season into the autumn, are at the height of their run, which began in early September and stops at the end of the first week in November. ❋ Martin Wainwright (2010)

Industrial action could halt Blackpool buses and trams, affecting thousands of tourists enjoying the town's illuminations, after two bus drivers were suspended from work for being "too fat". ❋ Martin Wainwright (2010)

I know of a few manuscript illuminations and a Rembrandt of Balaam attacking his donkey. ❋ Menachem Wecker (2011)

As far back as 1937, Humphrey Spender and Julian Trevelyan of the social anthropological group Mass Observation were taken aback by cross-associations between the recent cultural influence of international surrealism amid the pleasure arcades and the illuminations. ❋ Unknown (2011)