The still, starlight night is awakened by the harsh bark of the elk; the lofty mountains, grey with the silvery moonlight, echo back the sound; and the wakeful hounds answer the well-known cry by a prolonged and savage yell.

Then there's your pitch-dark night; the river is a very different shape on a pitch-dark night from what it is on a starlight night.

On several starlight nights we danced on the upper deck, under the awnings, and made something of a ball-room display of brilliancy by hanging a number of ship's lanterns to the stanchions.

'It's a beautiful starlight night, sir.'

A beautiful starlight night,' said Mr Pecksniff, looking up.

It was a starlight night, and I could see the bulk of him dimly as he moved about.

When Jaxom and Ruth returned to Cove Hold, grateful for the balmy warmth of the starlight night, Jaxom was more certain than ever that Lytol would not find the change hard to make.

It was a serene starlight night, and the dark line of the English coast continued for some time visible at intervals, as we rose on the broad back of the waves.

That seventh starlight night, as I have said, we made our camp, and got our supper, and set our watch, and the children fell asleep.

You know how that blackness looks on a frosty starlight night in a telescope it seems far profounder.