A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of what we might consider a novelist scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower.
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主语:A desire to throw over reality a light that never was,其中包含一个定语从句that never was修饰light,to throw over reality a light不定式作后置定语修饰desire
谓语might give away