merry dancers
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She attempted to meditate, but with every thought of duty came memories of the festal garlands, and the blazing lamps, and the flitting figures of the merry dancers.
From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous
When the auroræ, or northern lights, flicker in the sky, the inhabitants of the Shetland Isles call them, "the merry dancers."
From The Boy's Book of Heroes by Helena Peake
Glowing embers and blazing sparks—crumbs from its table—began to shower upon the merry dancers, and they fell back with blanched faces and trembling limbs.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The piper felt the inspiration, up mounted the notes to the highest and liveliest measure, and away again flew the merry dancers under all the impulse of the new tune.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of light are then called merry dancers.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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