| 单词 | dimness |
| 例句 | Suddenly she reined Horse, for standing in the dimness beyond was the strangest trio she had ever seen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It glowed as brightly as a holly berry in the dimness, and several of them had brushed through it, longing for the contact with something so vibrantly alive. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Above him, in the dimness, a nine-foot-long queen bee, with multiple eyes and golden fuzz on her abdomen, curls across the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the dimness I was able to make out a number of doors set in the walls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z From close up, in the dimness of the tent, he looked extremely frail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And because of the dimness and the flying spray, she couldn’t actually see if there was a ledge at the bottom or not. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And Summer came, shooting from the dimness behind them, a leaping shadow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nailer searched frantically for his knife but couldn’t see it in the dimness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The dimness soothed me, dulling the hard edges of the day. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was not yet dark out, but a five-fifteen dimness had set in. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Inside, my eyes take a moment to adjust to the dimness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see a little after my eyes grew accustomed to the dimness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The floating heart pulsed from dimness to darkness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After gazing into the flames so long, it took her a few moments to adjust to the dimness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before him, tall wooden shelves rose up into dimness, crammed with leatherbound books and bins of ancient scrolls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the dimness of the empty tavern room, a man stood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Thank heaven you’re here,” she said, peering through the dimness, “thank heaven somebody’s here.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z In the dimness he can make out roses, leeks, lettuces. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the dimness the beard and his brilliant eyes were most of what she could see of him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He switches off his field light and blinks his strangely delicate eyelashes in the dimness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His round, white-circled eyes looked out at them mysteriously from the dimness of the inside of the box. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z On her right shin, visible even in the dimness of the indoor light, a thin pink scar jags down from her knee. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z That night, Newt and Alby gathered every last Glader at the East Door about a half hour before it closed, the first traces of twilight’s dimness creeping across the sky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I dared not go below, I dared not leave the helm; so here all night I stayed, and in the dimness of the night I saw It—Him! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Someone had knocked out the light, and through the dimness I saw Clifton heading to where a red neon sign glowed in a dark window as something went past my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely the sleeper hadn’t woken already: in the dimness Ama could make out the shape of the sleeping bag, the lighter patch that was the girl’s hair, and the curve of her sleeping dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He knew he was under the ground because he had been carried, in his cage, down a long flight of steps into dimness and coldness. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They were looking around, peering through the dimness into the trees. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In the dimness the President’s pale, bulbous head shines out like a lightbulb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The High Blade’s gilded robe did not shine in the dimness of the doorstep. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z What would he do, meeting her unexpectedly in this dimness? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The dimness of these narrow places would hide me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Bloody saliva welled from between his teeth, inky in the dimness of the alcove, as though he was rotten from the inside out. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I contended with my inward dimness of vision, before which clouds yet rolled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He strode away into the hot dimness of the store. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The dimness of the night hid us from the guests, and we sat quietly inside our vehicle observing everything from a dark, safe distance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In the dimness, he could see the witches who had been guarding Lyra all sitting or standing still. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino stared into the dimness of the little office, for his eyes were squeezed from the outside glare. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She lay in the dimness, watching the sky darken, until Mia knocked on the door carrying a steaming mug of tea. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The concert ended abruptly and she heard other sounds in the dimness. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When they heard him call, Lyra and Roger turned reluctantly and walked, dragging their feet, into the great musty-smelling dimness of the oratory. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Coughing, she squinted into the dimness in front of her, then looked behind. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even in the dimness, Malcolm could see her face, sharp and anxious and angry, and he saw her bend forward to adjust Lyra’s blankets and stroke her face. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They covered the table, standing in orderly rows of four and marching away into the subterranean dimness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And in the dimness three or four stringy-haired girls would nod, once, and bite the corner of their lips, and shift their eyes away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lyra could see their faint faces in the dimness. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The summer wore on, and I found respite in the coolness of the river and the dimness of Granddaddy’s laboratory. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Even in the dimness of the red LEDs Nailer could tell the man was sliding high. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Grandma flipped a switch, and several lights dispelled the dimness. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Through the dimness, she sees Enrique in his bed, puffing on a bag. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Peering into the dimness, I see Ma and Starry locked in a strange tug-of-war by a small square in the wall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Baton-twirling trophies were everywhere, hundreds and hundreds of them gleaming in the green dimness so that the garage looked like the cave of Ali Baba. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I watched her face flare with light, then recede into the dimness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Knot’s teeth showed in the dimness, bright and sharp. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Herders roped off alleys to pen their goats, which stared out of the dimness with rectangular pupils. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the LED dimness it was almost black. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a gathering red stain in the snow around the Skraeling; even in the fog-thick dimness, Lee could see that the man was going to die. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At this call, the mechanics who had surrounded the truck walked off into the oil-and-gasoline scented dimness, going back to their own work. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z In the dimness of its dreary day few things even in that land of vigilance could have espied them, save from close at hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the dimness, he knew how she sat, a bit forward in her chair, ankles crossed against the lowest rung, left elbow on the table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And he thought of what the child said, and he was sad, because with all her dimness O-lan had seen the truth in him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In the dimness her outline appeared, the rise of her breasts beneath the T-shirt, the soft hill of her belly, and then the brightness of her underpants, converging in their V shape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They knelt alone in the hushed dimness of the sept, surrounded by shadows and flickering candles, but even so Lancel kept his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Overhead, fluorescent lights attempt to dispel the season’s dimness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She walked forward, peering into the dimness and following the small trail which wound in a curving course toward the center of the bush, its earthen floor packed firm by the pressure of small feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I do not like his eyes, Tyrion reflected, when the sellsword sat down across from him in the dimness of the boat’s interior, with a scarred plank table and a tallow candle between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He crouched in the dimness, heart pounding, listening hard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Jaja and wondered if the dimness in his eyes was shame. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z So they sat in the dimness, the only light from the night sky. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As they reached the first of the houses, Lyra looked to the right and left, peering hard into the dimness, for the Aurora was fading and the moon still far from rising. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Their faded uniforms look spectral in the dimness, and their breathing seems synchronized, and the effect is ghostly and unnerving. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Boots, as he felt the dimness close around him, stopped and looked back once at the sleeping Julius. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z As she grew accustomed to the dimness, she looked around her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I peered into the dimness behind him, trying to catch sight of an orphan, but he was closing the door. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It was three o’clock; the church bell tolled as I passed under the belfry: the charm of the hour lay in its approaching dimness, in the low-gliding and pale-beaming sun. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z After the dimness of the tent, the world outside was blinding bright. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Inside, the hydrofoil gearings for the Pole Star sat in red dimness, clicking gears and whirring automation mechanicals for the sails and hydrofoils and parasail reels. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Jam could see it now, huge in the dimness of her room, glinting gold and glowing splattered white. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Kin moved in the ember-lit dimness in the back of the forge area. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The fire had burned down long since and there was no light but those strips and slants of dimness creeping across the circle, sketching out a face, a hand, a moveless back. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z After a few moments, her eyes adjusted to the dimness. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z In the background, against cool blue lights and virtually no set, we see in dimness the sullen Boris seated on his throne, surrounded by crouching subjects staring nervously and silently at their volatile leader. Music Review: Ruthless Czar, Haunted by Doubts 2010-10-12T19:51:00Z Everything about Brooke exists in directly contrast to Gabriel Byrne's Dr. Paul Weston, from the womb-like dimness of the Brooklyn apartment where we spent the second and third season to his probing gaze. With Uzo Aduba as a therapist, "In Treatment" returns in a sunnier location for a darker time 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z He studies you in the dimness and nods. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Which means that when we wait for a train, we wait in dimness. Perspective | The new lighting in Metro is like sitting in a Xerox machine. And it’s driving us crazy. 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The best benefit of the doubt you could give all those papers then, and the best you can give them now, is that of laziness or dimness. Hilary Mantel: why novelists are deliberately misunderstood 2013-02-19T17:32:07Z And one of the marvels of Ms. Foster’s interpretation is the luminosity with which she endows her character’s dimness. Review: A Thoroughly Modern ‘Sweet Charity’ Who Abandons Hope 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Within the dimness, there is one luminous force. | 'The House of Blue Leaves' : A Papal Visit Has Dreamers Dreaming 2011-04-26T02:01:06Z The exquisite interplay of glorious brightness in stately rooms, the contemplative dimness within candlelit sanctums and riot of colors in the Vatican’s gardens reflect a sense of spiritual jubilance and staid formality all at once. HBO’s “The Young Pope” makes high art for TV, but the result is less than divine 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z The impenetrable dimness shrouding the truth tantalizes both him and us. Theater Review: ‘Shun-kin,’ Japanese Intrigue, at Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-10T21:58:34Z Mr. Jefferies may seem like he’s sneering at you or wondering at your dimness, but he never seems to be talking down to you. Review: Jim Jefferies, the New Recruit in the Political-Comedy Trenches 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z So don’t let the dimness of the American remake keep you from seeking out the original. ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Free Agents,' the British Version 2011-09-30T22:51:47Z Projecting dimness is not easy: it demands rigorous mental energy. New Music: Music by the Very Best, Twin Shadow and Jeff the Brotherhood 2012-07-16T22:34:10Z He, gazing at her in the moody dimness of an oh-so-convenient power failure while they’re alone in the house, says, “You don’t seem as young as you are.” ‘Breathe In’: A love equation that doesn’t add up 2014-04-03T21:36:05Z Lighting is a problem here, a frustrating mix of dimness and glare. 2010-01-15T06:06:00Z Easels are also prominent: From 1758, Hogarth sits near his, sketching an image, surrounded by dimness. Review: The Artist’s Studio, From Refuge to Gallery, in Shows at the Gagosian 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z When the Metro first opened, commuters were more focused on the dimness of the stations than the aura of the cars, says Mark Rea, director of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Perspective | The new lighting in Metro is like sitting in a Xerox machine. And it’s driving us crazy. 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Kurt Cobain was singing about the dimness of his band’s late adopters, but Mr. Simpson heard in the lyrics a take on “that raw, primal, lusty nature of a 16-year-old boy.” Sturgill Simpson, a Genuine Alternative to Alt Country 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It was footage of a stairwell at the Capitol, morgue-like in its yellow dimness. Analysis: Day 1,000 of the Trump presidency: ‘I think now we have to pray’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “It’s sweet!” she said, of the herd of taxidermy elephants we encountered as we passed from the dinosaur display in the museum’s atrium into the musty dimness of the Akeley Hall of African Mammals. Sharon Olds Sings the Body Electric 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z And while Jennifer Tipton deserves her reputation as the foremost lighting designer of dance today, too little of Wednesday’s program was bright; dimness — sensitively achieved in “The Uncommitted” — was prevalent. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-15T22:27:24Z Although the evolution and spectra of the event resembled a binary star merger, its dimness pointed to a star-planet merger instead. A dying star consumes a planet, foreshadowing Earth’s fate 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Scrutiny of Tuesday’s skies, in their unrelieved dimness, showed few of the bright delights of the season. Tuesday moved us into last two-thirds of the year, and did it coolly 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Our first day of daylight saving time, eagerly awaited by so many, seemed anticlimactic on Sunday as clouds hid the evening sun, and what we had saved seemed only to be dimness. In D.C., daylight saving seemed like dimness saving 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z In the dimness of a small theater inside Venice’s former City Hall, poet Sesshu Foster was in the spotlight, haloed against a velvet stage as he read aloud to an audience of 50. SoCal's big 'poetry Coachella' is back — and more sprawling and diverse than ever 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z And — yes, spoiler alert — a young boy terrorizes his family and adds to the Upside Down’s vacuous dimness in unimaginable ways. Experts, new ‘Stranger Things’ star Joseph Quinn break down the show’s dark Season 4 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Only awareness that weather does fluctuate may have kept many of us from a sense of seasonal dislocation, as the mercury in Washington sank to 58 degrees in the early-morning dimness. We were a cool capital on Monday, the day before the solstice 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z That L.A. was definitely not taking vows of silence, or dimness. Sick of loud noises and bright lights? Sorry, L.A. has always been like that 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Within its overarching dimness, Saturday, in fact, offered a variety of gradations of gray. Gray Saturday skies make Sunday snow plausible 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Bright spots of generosity and stories of heroism in our hospitals buoy our spirits in flashes of light, but dimness soon follows as we wonder whether and when this nightmare will end. Opinion | The coronavirus pandemic is putting an end to politics as we know it 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z As his eyes adjusted to the dimness, he saw George and knew he was gone. Police fear ‘suicide by cop' cases. So they've stopped responding to some calls 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Their music echoes among the buttresses of the Hall’s ceiling, and dies in the tapestried dimness beyond our tables where the servants come and go. A queen's anniversary gift for her king: A Salon After Dark read 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z They keep their smartphone flashlights at the ready, in case the same dimness that’s such a kindness to wrinkles renders those letters on the menu — when did they get so tiny? — illegible. Opinion | The Best Restaurant if You’re Over 50 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z “We have endured a long night of the American spirit. But as our eyes catch the dimness of the first rays of dawn, let us not curse the remaining dark. Let us gather the light.” Fifty years ago today, Richard Nixon took office, and for him it was a time of hope, civility and optimism 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Maryna ponders the same thing: “Absences: plush, relics, dimness, corridors, one’s own history.” The Hunger Artist 2000-02-28T05:00:00Z Asian music plays, and the dimness has a noir tinge, as if the hatted man in the corner is concealing a small, dark secret. Voices of the City: Experimental vocalist Carmina Escobar uses her voice to explore herself and others 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Or maybe the worst part was the dimness, my world reduced to shadows. Perspective | Loud banging, foot pain, and flashes of light - my eight minutes as a dementia patient 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z In the predawn dimness, hundreds of bleary-eyed scientists gathered to watch the live stream from mission control. The Cassini spacecraft crashed into Saturn, ending a successful 20-year mission 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Matsoukas said attention was paid to visually express the dimness of some of what the characters are experiencing — making use of mixed lighting and letting some scenes hang in the shadows. With the return of 'Insecure,' Issa Rae looks to loosen her character's inhibitions for a bolder Season 2 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z An older couple came in with their teenage-looking daughter, blinking in the dimness; asked for I.D., they said, “She forgot hers,” then inquired about takeout, which they were not unkindly refused. The fourth-best burger in America — it’s in South Park? 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z On a purely logistical level, the subtitles and the general dimness of the production palette require a viewer’s full attention — if you don’t speak Italian, there’s no stepping away for snacks. Italy's most popular TV show, 'Gomorrah,' gets imported courtesy of Sundance 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The prevailing dimness caused by the dust cloud meant photosynthesis would have been dramatically reduced. Here’s What Happened the Day the Dinosaurs Died 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z "There are and will always be pockets of dimness and some dark spots — communications channels resistant to surveillance — but this does not mean we are completely 'going dark,'" the paper reads. Criminals aren't going dark, says Harvard study 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z But real information is also imparted -- this is the Smart Girls Channel, Amy Poehler's youth outreach -- and the dimness of the interviewer only heightens the dignity of the interviewed. TV Picks: 'Althea,' 'Longmire,' 'Experimenting With Megan Amram' 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Holding the ornate post of a home lamp with a lit light bulb on top, a standing Kane is awash in brightness on one side of his body and in dimness on the other side. Green Bay-area Christian musician gears up for album release 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Durant had the result of an odd fall Tuesday night in Miami to work out in the dimness of an empty arena. Kevin Durant’s evolution has his hometown salivating about the possibilities 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z It led directly into a great warm kitchen, glowing with an open fire on its hearth, and well lit, against the late-afternoon dimness of the forest, by three kerosene lamps set on table and shelves. Shirley Jackson: “The Man in the Woods.” 2014-04-21T04:00:00Z At issue is a 1997 law that imposed tough restrictions on the location and operation of strip clubs, regulating everything from a dancer’s state of undress to the dimness of the lighting. Houston and Its Strip Clubs Call a Truce 2014-01-03T00:51:17Z Embroidered veils appeared, signaling the dimness of dusk. Couture, day 2 2012-07-03T21:15:00Z This “something” turned out to be one of the ladies of the anderoon, who was suffering from dimness of sight. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z "There must be some mistake," he said with a gasp, and he drew his hand across his eyes as though to remove some dimness that had gathered. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z But let us make haste, for I am beginning to feel faint; and there is a dimness comes occasionally across my eyes, and a rush like water in my ears, that disturbs me. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z It was indeed an awful crisis, rendered more frightful from the mistiness of the night and dimness of the moon. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z From the dimness of venerable doorways smiling faces look forth. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Returning to the outer church, we were looking at the decorations in the dimness of the side chapels. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z As they proceeded, the purple of the evening died entirely away, and a gray dimness fell over tree, and stream, and hill. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z The spokes of the great bronze wheels reflected the light from the lamp, but there came no answer to the man's cries but the echoes of his own voice in the dimness of the cavern. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z It has a sort of lovely and delicate dimness, touching as the dimness of twilight. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The small white cloud from the censer mounted to the ceiling, and creeping away through the arches, hung over the organ till it was lost to the eye in the dimness of the twilight. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z In the eyes of the world, but not in Sophia's, or why this dimness of vision, as she gazed at Sir Hervey's picture? Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z To him her face was a warm dimness. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z But now, where dimness reigned,—for in the days when the temple was complete no light could enter it except through the doorway,—the sunlight has full possession. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z May not the seeming dimness, however, be due to the incomplete function of memory when turned to events that transpired under its influence? A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z The twilight was just falling; and the candles burning upon the altar, had a faint, dull glare, making the dimness of the air more perceptible. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z There was a loud drumming in Henrietta's ears, and a dimness before her eyes. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z But the dimness of the cave aided her. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z But there is fascination in its old dimness, in its silence and desertion. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z What had before been a merely stationary dimness of vision became a slowly progressive decay of sight, or, to express it in medical language, amblyopia had passed into amaurosis. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z This girl described the paroxysm as coming on with a dimness of sight and a noise in the head. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The origin of such commercial unions is lost in the dimness of antiquity. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z They are a relief after Mr. Carlyle's high-seasoned writing; and this again is a relief after their long-winded dimnesses. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z It proved an arduous march, for before the sun had risen its highest it was blotted out by leaden cloud and the wide littoral was wrapped in dimness until the lightning blazed. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z And a bit of a dimness, such as I have experienced once or twice lately when I have taken a third glass of sherry at lunch, came over my sight. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z Such is the dimness that this brightness produces, that the peasantry frequently lose their way in the fields in the glare of day; but on the approach of night they can see distinctly. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Can you not see a dimness over my face, where it once was bright—and a radiance in hers? Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z Presently a strange dimness came o'er me, I lay down to sleep on the snow. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The place was also filled with an acrid haze, but by degrees he became accustomed to the dimness and made out Gavin lying against the wall. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z There was a ringing in my ears, and I was affected with vertigo, a dimness of vision and faintness, which rendered me absolutely unfit for travel. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Severe headache, with dizziness and dimness of sight, followed. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Like lightning it struck through all his powers and feelings; and the altar-picture seemed alive—the coloured dimness of the windows as a light of Paradise. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Further outlines of this unusual structure were lost in the dimness. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z Ormsgill crumpled up the letter and sat very still, gazing into the dimness that was creeping up from Africa across the sea. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z "Ah, but I understand!" cried Little Manila, her eyes like stars in the dimness. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z But a more glorious pageant leaped out of the dimness over the starboard hand. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The lights were going out now, and the high-pitched roof with its many rafters was fading into dimness. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z The man whom she had sent forth had done more than she would ever have asked of him, and the gallantry of the action brought a dimness to her eyes. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z I prayed quite earnestly this morning that the dimness of sight, which has lately troubled me, might disappear. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Below was the gray sweep of the city and beyond the fruitful plain of Granada, its vivid green shading into a far-off dimness like the sea. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z It rang from rock to rock, as the hillsides flung it back, and died away among the dimness of the pines. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z I turned to look at his face, plainly enough to be discerned in the dimness of the foggy night. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z Thy bride her vigil at the window keeps; The evening wanes to dusk, the dimness creeps Down empty alleys of the old plane-tree. Poems 2012-01-19T03:00:23.447Z Out of my whirling dimness I heard Helmeth Garrett explaining, as I introduced him, how he had come across me in the wood, looking for them. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z But, lo, I see; for now on Thee I fix faith's eye, And gazing so, dimness and darkness fly. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z In the dimness of the cave-like church built to serve the purpose of a tomb and keep men's ideas familiar with the thought of death, these frescoes are glimpses into the heaven of the blest. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Glaucoma, glawk-ō′ma, n. an insidious disease of the eye, marked by increased tension within the eyeball, growing dimness of vision, and an excavation of the papilla of the optic nerve—also Glaucō′sis.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z It was caused by a sudden great throe within which scraped his throat and sent a dimness to his eyes. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z In the dimness the most desolate imperial residence in the world seems still more desolate, more wretched, miserable, and forlorn. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z The silver cord was loosened, We knew that she must die; We read the mournful token In the dimness of her eye. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z In that moment a sudden dimness came over Lady Bligh’s soft eyes, and with outstretched arms she hurried forward to press her daughter to her heart. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z And when they were alone, and when he had seen that Percival was not to be moved, had revealed his affection in last words that brought a dimness to Percival's eyes as he recalled them. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z But Henrietta's blindness was more than a dimness of sight, which she shared with Cromwell and others of the great ones of her age. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z He besought Ardviçura that it "might be granted to him to put an end to the long dimness, and bind the Franghraçianas in their abundance and pride." The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Yes, it was almost dazzling at first, after the dimness within. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z Before May had clambered to her side, the clouds met again, and dimness and dreariness were over all. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z The members on earth, through the burden of the flesh and the dimness of their faith, may neither see, nor know, nor feel their own safety. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z How she had managed it, of course I do not know; but the latter appeared comforted already, and there was a gentle dimness instead of the former hard glitter in her eyes. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z She read; she studied; the library, bathed in a tender dimness, pleased her with its vague rows of books, its rough rich carpeting, its dark massive wood-work. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z “Where are we going?” said Hubert, holding fast his sister’s hand in the dimness, of the little passage. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z There was little light, but the dimness seemed to come not so much from lack of light as from superfluity of nastiness of every possible description and human misery indescribable. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Not scout scare him away—something comin’ dis way,” returned Tally, peering eagerly into the dimness. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z There are families who condemn themselves to a perpetual twilight, by living in the dimness of closed shutters, to the great injury of their eyes. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z The whole table was like a spot of light amid the stately dimness. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Momentarily, however, when his head is turned toward the fire, enough of the face is discernible to reveal his narrow iron-gray beard, shaven upper lip, aquiline nose, and eyes that twinkle in the dimness. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z There his former life had ended in turmoil and darkness, and the new life had begun in twilight dimness and the painful groping after broken threads. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z But it seemed to her a strange pit, for, her eyes becoming accustomed to the dimness, she saw that the floor upon which she lay was much broader than the opening at the top. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z A fire burning in the centre of the hut, and filling the place with smoke, added, by its suggestive dimness, to the picturesqueness of the scene. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The room was in dimness by this time. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z There was a tramp of feet, and the shadowy figures melted into the dimness beneath the pines. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Then the eastern dimness softened, a mere quickening of hidden life, almost imperceptible, felt rather than seen. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The field Strewn with its dank yellow drifts Of withered leaves, and the elms, Fade into dimness apace, Silent; hardly a shout From a few boys late at their play! Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z But now, by the reference to Saturn, “the pale Saturnus the colde” suggesting the dimness of his appearance in the sky, we are reminded that these gods are also planets. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z From the opposite dimness came an ominous clank of chains, made by the men at either of the two wheels, and a sudden "All aboard!" flung out in gruff tones as a stimulating monition. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Brooke was glad that the dimness which was creeping across the valley had deepened the shadow in the room, for he was not anxious that the girl should see his face just then. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The dimness trembled, a rosy softness diffused itself, and suddenly the background of the sky was filled with colour, palest green and tenderest rose and amber. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Meg retreated, and Jem gazed out into the dimness. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z The dimness and vagueness that had hung over the history of the Jews was giving way, and the leading figures in the procession of past generations assumed clear and distinct outlines. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Now that Claire scanned her closer in the dimness, it was plain that she wore very unusual gear. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z He saw the snow-fed river diminished by distance to a narrow green riband swirling round the pools, and frothing with a curious livid whiteness over reef and boulder far down in the dimness. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z They skim gazelle-like pitfalls set in flowers, Too glib their ankles for the serpent's bite, Yet on and on they rush to meet the hours Of dimness and perplexity and night. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z When this was alluded to it was spoken of as something incalculable and lost in the dimness of time. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Nor yet stand idly gazing upon the cloud-land of the future, watching if you can trace perchance their shadowy lineaments fading into the dimness of untried worlds. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Its many church-spires pierced the dimness, but all its other traits of architecture, viewed at this distance, had a flat, massed look. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Graceful idleness was not esteemed in that country, where bread was won by strenuous toil, and the stillness and dimness of those great forest aisles emphasized the woman's artificial superficiality. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Now the fringe of light was so faint that the skull was only a shapeless blur, but its dimness rendered its creeping approach all the more uncanny. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The daylight had begun to wane, but whenever, in the rich-looking dimness, he made out the glimmer of a well-gilded back, he took down the volume and carried it to one of the deep-set windows. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Further down the valley the clustered tombstones recede Winding about their dimness the mists' grey cerements, after The street-lamps in the twilight have suddenly started to bleed. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z A nervous dimness took from Harleigh even the faculty of observing the foreigner. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z When they have let him off, the dimnesses too often encompass him. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z I saw our guns cutting great lanes in the wavering masses; but they were soon out of sight, and the dimness of the light probably saved them from more considerable losses. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Even the scant gas jets seemed to burn with a peculiar dimness in the damp atmosphere. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z His eyes scrutinised her face in the dimness with tender intensity. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z A dimness came over my eyes, so that I could not distinguish any of the faces about me. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z But for Mr. Kipling there are no dimnesses anywhere, and if the ladies are indeed violently distinct they are not only strong notes in a universal loudness. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z “Hello,” replied the girl, and they suspected that she was smiling, although their eyes were still too unused to the dimness of the little store for them to be certain. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z A dimness comes over one's mind: a sort of stupefaction owing to the wind and the relentless slither-and-rearing of the ship. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z A dimness came over the mother's eyes—for a moment they sought her son, but found him not. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z The world seemed filled with gracious dimness and made up of illimitable lovely space. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The face that looked out of the dimness to him was very white, and her upper lip was lifted over her teeth in a distressed grimace. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z Eighty-nine years have brought a dimness to the eyes and a slowness to the steps, but they have not touched the keen intellect, trained by such experiences as no other living man will ever acquire. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z We sat in incredible dimness, and the smell of sheeps-wool and peasant, with only our fat and stoic young man to tell us where we were. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z He leaned back in the dimness of the speeding cab, and reflected upon it. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z By its light I could see his stupid brutal face clearly, though I was hidden from his vision in the dimness of the cart. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z According to the dimness or brightness of this mental eye, are his perceptions. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Mr Gordon has executed three copies of the picture—all of them exceedingly beautiful and accurate—possessing the merits, without any of the dusky dimness, which time has thrown over the original. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Passing round the small copse they came to an opening, and in the dimness saw some large grey stones inside. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Wallingford, in the dimness, could study his countenance without exposing his own to such full scrutiny. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Her most constant afflictions were the difficulty of breathing, dizziness, and dimness of sight, resulting from disturbed circulation. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z In the dimness, Fedko overlooked a small cart with a linen covering, which was creeping along ahead. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Their nerves and their muscles relaxed; they were straining their eyes to see into the dimness of the coming day.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z It was not indeed dark—unless there are clouds, the nights of summer are not dark—but the dimness that results from uncertain definition was equally bewildering. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The former owed nothing to mystery, to dimness. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Maxwell pointed to the jungle fading into the dimness of the east. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z And through the dimness round about it a soft blue radiance grew,—the ghost of a day. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z And there in the dimness of the bed with its heavy hangings lay the sick woman. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Young Clopton took the letter and read it with a smile on his lips and a dimness in his eyes. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Dogvane said nothing about the dimness of the official eye, which is well known to be as nearly blind as possible, without being absolutely so. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Athwart the shadowy dimness an object was visible—an object long, low, and substantial. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Two figures wandering down the orange walk in the alternate light, and gloom, and dimness. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It seems that the dog was with the child, when, in the dimness of the mist, he wandered away. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z The first thing that pierced the dimness, which yet swam before his vision, was Philina's face bent down over his. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Tall ferns standing motionless on the thither margin, made a miniature brake of an alley that stretched away into cool green dimness. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z A heavy, booming cavernous plunge, and then a great volume of white water shot upward in the dimness. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z I recognized Clark, even in the dimness of the gray dawn. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z They corrupted by their interpolations, and weakened by their diffusion; Chaucer was not discernible in the dimness of their paraphrase. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z This incorrect judgment would naturally be facilitated by the absence of “dimness” and “blueness” due to the atmospheric haze. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Naturally she was tired after such a day, but he observed a further dimness about her, a kind of opaqueness, like that of a lamp whose light has been put out, and it afflicted him. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z A sudden dimness blinded my eyes, and when I looked again he had gone—through the window into the night. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z The first thing that attracted my eye was the myriad flashings of rifle fire in the dimness of the breaking day. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z He put an arm through hers and they walked together in the gracious dimness. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z There was neither break nor dimness in all the mighty arch. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Their articles are the streak of light in the dimness of the preponderating political literature of the week. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z But for all the dimness and violence of expression which pervert and darken the mythology of these attempts at gospel, they have qualities great enough to be worth finding out. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z And she approached him through the dimness of the room, groping, one might say. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Poppy walked in the gracious dimness, her bare, pale feet picking their way delicately amongst bright things lying like fallen stars in the grass. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The eyes belonging to the face soon made out Owen's figure in the dimness, and a childish voice said, in a subdued and stealthy tone, "Hulloa!" That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z The two men sat down on a vacant seat in the dimness. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z In the dimness of that seven years' seclusion she had learnt lessons of fortitude and endurance that would have baffled the patience of weaker women. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z As Lance proceeded with his story, the dimness of the light and the random brushing of the breeze against the shutters aided a species of hallucination that laid hold of him. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Sometimes the room seemed all cloudy and she only faintly saw dead faces through the dimness; Ina and she whispering together seemed to be the only alive people in the world. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z They crawled up to the point and followed the bend of the road as it led into the dimness of the gulch. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Lever was beginning to suffer from dimness of sight. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Looking over his rose hedge, he saw two slender women come out of the dimness hand in hand. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Still, he stood almost a minute blinking about him with eyes that were dazzled by the change from the dimness of the hot room behind the closed lattices where Tony lay. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z They say I still go tottering Here, there, among them pottering, And where I once on my way have been Nothing but dimness and darkness are seen. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z In the dimness of one flickering candle they could see that it was fairly well furnished with a big double bed, a rickety chest of drawers, a table and two chairs. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z Here we may point to an example of the superabundance of French material, which may almost console us for the comparative dimness and bareness of the contemporary English landscape. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The sun had just touched the hills of Jersey with his lower edge, and the evening haze lifting from the water gave a dimness to distant objects. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z She was so pale, and such a dimness had come into her eyes that I feared so, too. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z I sat down by his side on the cot in the dimness of the long ward, with the wounded soldiers there in their beds, ranging up and down. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z And when Proserpine's eyes were a little more used to the dimness of the cave she saw three gray women, the Fates, with threads and shears, seated beside the throne and singing those words. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Her light-coloured garments rendered her easily recognisable through the dimness of the twilight. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z For other descendants, the fire has receded into the dimness that is the fate of distant ancestors. City Room: Triangle Fire: Clinging to Scraps of Memories 2011-03-25T11:37:20Z He glared into the dimness of the night, at the great spreading tree that he knew could not be there. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z We stood there now, our eyes slowly clearing, the blackness slowly fading out into twilight, to a sweet, clear translucent dimness which hid nothing. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z And as her eyes grew accustomed to the dimness she saw a crowd of ugly little shapes, looking very spiteful, and having bats' wings and terribly long stings in their tails. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Here, where all is falling into dimness and dissolution, and we walk in cedarn gloom, and the very air of heaven goes mouldering to the lungs, I cannot remain commonplace. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z The next day Agassiz spoke of dimness of sight, and of feeling "strangely asleep," and on December 14 he was asleep in death. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The blow he had received caused his head to ache painfully, and a dimness came over his eyes, and he only saw faintly. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z He made his way cautiously, lest he might tread on some rattlesnake or other serpent, which could not be as easily seen in the dimness of the forest as in the path by the river. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Youth is what I love for ever; Old Age is a burden upon the head, a dimness of light in the eyes, heavier than the crags of Etna. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The snow had begun to fall in large flakes, veiling the melancholy landscape in mist and dimness. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z I was vaguely conscious of curious eyes in the dimness about me as I stood alone before my critic. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z I have had answer to prayer, and heard voices that brought me sure tidings in the dimness of the early morning; but these things are hard to be understood. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z That dimness increased apace, and still he had not found the path. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z A moment later ringing "Hip, hip, hurrahs!" echoed from vessels farther up the river, and from the misty dimness of the upper reaches. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z It alarmed him that the outlines sometimes seemed to become confused, and out of that dimness another picture gazed towards him, which had once been dear to his heart. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The voice, when it came out of the dimness, might have been that of the Pythian virgin oracle. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Glittering sand-hills slumber in breezy dimness around the land-locked harbour, and over the faint peaks of Yemen’s distant mountains the unclouded sky floats bright and blue. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The falling snow gave the whole picture a curious tone of unreality and dimness. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Let us disguise ourselves, so that French and Dutch alike may regard us as friends in the dimness of the morning. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z They are to reflect a concentrated blaze from the gas-lights in the evening, to point out specks and dimnesses, to the eyes and fingers of the burnishers. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z I looked off into the golden dimnesses of the hillside wood in order not to be a witness of the struggle he was making. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z In the dimness above was his father's portrait. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Mrs. Alexander looked at Lynn with a sudden dimness shadowing the brightness of her kind eyes. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The crystal transparency of the sky is veiled with a hazy dimness. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Its dimness, however, caused delay; and I may have been engaged some minutes in the act. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Morning grew to noon, noon faded into the dimness of twilight, still the white face on the pillow did not stir, and still the padrona sat silently and dropped in her spoonfuls. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z And then his thoughts escaped him again—the dimness came over his eyes. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z Even towards St. Thomas He was gentle, as if towards one of those who had "eyes too tremblingly awake to bear with dimness for His sake." An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Head-ache, fever, a burning in the stomach, dimness of sight, and livid spots on the chest, were symptoms of the fatal disorder. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z This dimness and vastness, this gilding and crystal and metal that does not glisten nor glitter. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Just as he was passing a thick copse where the road turned and high trees on either side shut the highway into dimness and obscurity, there was a rustle in the underbrush. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z Across the still dimness of the house behind us, the further windows gave upon squares of blinding green. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Her white face was peering out of the dimness of a bunk. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z They certainly cannot be charged with dimness of intention, slackness in effort, or want of resource in dilemmas. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z A dimness came into the man's eyes as he responded, briefly, "Thank you!" and gazed at the picture that Sybil had returned to. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z That dimness which spreads itself over the world at nightfall, wrapping it up as in a vaporous shroud, has a mystic power over our nature. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z And the apple ‘it was that supported the pair of them and, when once they had partaken of it, nor age nor dimness could affect them’. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z In the dimness, above the ray of the pocket-lamp, their eyes met, his expressionless, hers again like black opals. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Inhabitants in suspenders and dressing-sacks, seeking air on the doorstep, stared at the girl inquisitively as she entered; but once within the dimness of the panelled hall she was able to forget these anachronisms. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z The dull roar of the rain was like the roaring from a distant world—they were alone—utterly alone—in the dimness warm and fragrant. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Unlike most artists he never spills into bilious complaints about lack of money, scheming gallerists and the dimness of the art-viewing press. Art.view: Magritte's missives 2010-05-26T09:02:00Z Some folks, though, seem to be more sensitive to the dimness factor than I am; the best advice is to find a retail store carrying the Daily Edition and try before you buy. 2010-02-08T15:28:00Z As his vision became better regulated to the dimness he saw a great door, stained cardinal-red. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Oddly enough, considering how little time she had spent within its walls, the echoing dimness of it gave Joan her first sense of home-coming. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Ye smile!—but your smile hath a dimness yet— Oh! what have ye looked on since last we met? Heathen Mythology To the right hand, also, ye behold Roxburghshire, wi' the dimness o' distance, like a thin veil thrown owre its beauty, and its hills a' before ye. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 She appeared faint and weary; dimness was deepening over the lustre of her dark eyes, and their glance bespoke anxious misery. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 The dimness dissolved and she rushed to the body. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Then as her sight grew more accustomed to the vague dimness of the cathedral she started and gazed into the gloom at the foot of her mother's sarcophagus. The Princess Galva A Romance It took an instant for her eyes to adjust themselves to the dimness after the glare outside. The Trail of Conflict Perhaps for the space of a man's counting ten, he leaned forward through the aperture, regarding us all in that ghostly dimness, and then, with an equal suddenness, was gone, and the light with him.... Idonia: A Romance of Old London The place has no commerce and no special industry, but is slowly fading away into the dimness of the past. The Story of Malta The road was more and more blurred in the dimness of the windy night. Small Souls He had seen his fellow-lodger for the first time when he had passed her in the dimness of the stairs that night as he went out. The Princess Galva A Romance He came after your words ... yes ... could not see Here in the dimness ... but has only heard Sir Camarin.... Yolanda of Cyprus Through the gray dimness which hung over him like a cloud, trickled this impression. Where the Path Breaks Ah, what means this sudden dimness of mine eyes, this faintness—can it be death? Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' I stared up at him with eyes now grown accustomed to the dimness of the inn parlour. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune My imagination is free; the frightful impression carries me far back to a time shrouded in dimness which resembles my childhood days. Woman She saw him in the dimness crouching on the ground and then she heard him sobbing. The Wonderful Visit His eyes grew accustomed to the dimness about him and over him. The Red Mustang He saw her dear face peering through the dimness at him, the eyes burning like two dark precious stones. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath In the mass they had nothing but a mechanical existence, subject as they were to the brightness or dimness of the electrolier that regulated their attention. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He did not seek to penetrate any farther; the future—even though it was now emerging more clearly out of its first dimness—had no attraction for him. Majesty A Novel They rose amid the sound of chairs scraping back, and once more McCalloway felt the contraction of his throat and the dimness in his eyes. The Tempering Within hours the United States Air Force has ordered the expedition to investigate the strange phenomenon that is causing a dimness and a drop in temperature throughout the world. The Secret of the Ninth Planet It seemed she faded from the atmosphere as the dimness closed about her. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath In every parish over all the land blinds are pulled down, and hearts, wrapped round in the dimness, sit still in the shadow of a dumb affliction. The Great Discovery One can mark the winding water courses, by the trees which line their banks; and the dimness, which covers all the great distance, has a sublime effect. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 So, in her hour of weakness, Betty wept, having fallen through the broken floor of circumstance till she touched bottom, looking without hope at some far, possible ascent, through the sad dimness of tears. The Furnace The dimness of the days, the drop in temperature—it wasn't just around here! The Secret of the Ninth Planet The dimness of the room was like the dimness of that theatre. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Their motors were still throbbing, and in the dimness they looked like the rocs of Arabian mythology, resting after a gigantic flight. The Guns of Europe A curious dimness came into the bold, keen eyes of the wounded youth. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop But in doing so they were building upon the darkness of Parmenides, upon his dimness of vision, upon his inability to grapple with his own idea. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In some places in Europe, there were clouds and a little rain, and the dimness was ascribed to this. The Secret of the Ninth Planet To step from reverberating glare to vast cool dimness—ah, that is to know at last the meaning of sanctuary! The Book of Susan A Novel The banks stole by soft with grass or the brooding dimness of foliage. Shadows of Flames A Novel Before my neighbor's door I stopped for an instant, my eyes seeking to penetrate the dimness. A Top-Floor Idyl He went through the fields, still lighted by the after-glow, then passed into the dimness of the wood; reaching East Angels' border, he crossed the Levels, and approached the house through the orange walk. East Angels Burl assumed that the dimness was due to volcanic dust, or some unseen high cloud far away. The Secret of the Ninth Planet He had expanded, of course, and a stoop and dimness of vision had come with years; but in his face was the same unmistakable, almost childish, expression of sweet good-will. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel He was indeed in touch with the flying mare, and, looking through the dimness, he marveled at her long, free swing, the level drive of the croup, and—he saw with astonishment—her pricking ears! The Garden of Eden It seemed to set me outside a magic circle within which she, Hugh Fraser, these people sauntering near us, like amorous ghosts in the dimness, moved. Bye-Ways His eyes had a crafty look, but the dimness of the room concealed it, and The Orphan did not notice the look. The Orphan In this same period, the world began to realize that the dimness of the sky was not a temporary phenomenon. The Secret of the Ninth Planet There was no one else in the carriage besides themselves, and in the stronger light that suddenly succeeds a train's freedom from stationary dimness, Jenny thought how lonely they must look. Carnival A twilight dimness seemed to have fallen upon Jacob and Ephraim, and he was only aware of the girl. The Garden of Eden The sky was red, and, in the southwest, turrets of vapour rose and streamed out, assuming mysterious and thin shapes in the gathering dimness. Bye-Ways At midnight she stole out for her own supper in the diet-kitchen and found him still awake when she returned, the haunting eyes looking more child’s than man’s in the dimness of the night lamp. Leerie On which, as I but amicably shook my head for no, he had his first dimness of pleasantry. The Sacred Fount She and Francis were engaged to dance the next number together, but she pleaded fatigue, and they sat alone in the dimness. What a Man Wills Here and there, far-away, the mysterious dimness was relieved by the red glow of a grass fire, or might it be the weird signal of plotting savages? Harley Greenoak's Charge Then, as suddenly, my grasp of him relaxed, and his of me; for, in the fast lightening dimness of dawn, I recognised the face of my faithful slave, Jambúla, the Xosa. The Induna's Wife Again he tried to leap up; but this time an invisible hand seemed to press him down, an unseen force to calm and hypnotise him, and in the result everything faded into far-away dimness. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising The picture without was all morning and August, and within all clear dimness and rich gleams. The Sacred Fount The moon was now up and shining brightly, and the valley had passed from the dimness of the starlight. Tales of South Africa The wide landscape slept in the golden sunshine, the rolling plains unfolding out into misty dimness, on the one hand; on the other the outlines of distant heights softened against the clear blue. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising I've heard that a precious stone is distinguished from an imitation of one, by the fact that the dimness of lustre caused by breathing upon it immediately disappears. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Straining their sight in the dimness of the approaching dawn, the besiegers made out a number of dark forms crawling up from all sides. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising The dimness of the temple ruins became a living and vital place for that moment, throbbing with the sound of tears. The Tree of Life For the shadow, He has given substance; for dimness, light; for hope, assurance. Some Essentials of Religion At the time, he felt only the dimness. Uniform of a Man Notice the three lights: the moonlight, symbol of earth's dimness; the lantern light, symbol of the searching light of conscience; the light around the Master's head, symbol of the light of love. The Bible Story All seemed to heave in misty dimness before his eyes. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising She was clearly visible now, in this thickened dimness—visible, and very lovely, and a little unreal. The Tree of Life Molten, flowing, its metallic carcass glowed eerily in the dimness. Shock Treatment There was something or someone back there, but obscured by the dimness. Deadly City In the dimness he groped for a chair; he took her on his knee, her arms clung fast. Stepsons of Light So, with a sudden effort, I sprang out of bed, and found in the dimness an old stump of a pen which I remembered to have used the day before. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 He was surer of this when they began to grow bolder as he went down into the dimness of the place. The Tree of Life There in the dimness Esther, on her surreptitious way back from a surreptitious visit to the friendly Top Floor Front, had discovered the lady mit the from-gold hair, and the lady was crying. Little Aliens Great trees, rising overhead, shade this, in a dimness which shuts out, save in a faint network, the glare of the molten sun. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Over the vast roll of country beneath, stretching away into misty dimness, his glance swept. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The smelt, as he journeyed beneath the ice, was puzzled and disturbed by the unusual dimness of the light that filtered down to him. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life It was growing lighter every moment, but the light came through a soft, white dimness. Hildegarde's Harvest We did care to; and the lady vanished like a stout ghost into the dimness of stony shadows. The Brightener The dank, decaying vegetation, the dimness, the very airlessness of the sweltering valley—all this is not merely heat. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion If this be true, Jephtha's daughter must be enrolled among the great, as her heroic self-devotion shines through the dimness of ancient history. Oriental Women Chet cursed the gas for the dimness that clouded his eyes, and he rubbed at them savagely as he turned and walked to a side lookout. Brood of the Dark Moon The dimness of the light made the place look more dangerous and difficult than perhaps it really was. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant After the dimness of the caverns, he hardly could see. Voyage To Eternity Appearance, &c.—Slight drowsiness, dimness of eyes, staring of coat, fæces hard. The Dog The grounds which on the right aspire, In dimness from the view retire: The left presents a place of graves, Whose wall the silent water laves. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Tobacco causes dimness of sight and sometimes produces blindness. Applied Physiology Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics Far more so is the passageway which leads to it, and in the dimness of its obscurity one who looks closely will find a small tablet bearing the bust of James Russell Lowell in bas-relief. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 Watt leaned forward to peer searchingly at Martin in the dimness. The Ego Machine Lowness of spirit, drowsiness, dimness of the eyes, staring of the coat, loss of appetite, may be noticed, and frequently disregarded. The Dog Accustomed now to the prevailing dimness, her eyes swept immediately to the old fireplace. Happy House As his eyes adjusted to the dimness he started off again as fast as vision allowed. The Flaming Mountain There is also the large pearl-hued convolvulus which blossoms only at night, known in Ceylon as "the moon flower," and conspicuous through the dimness by its radiant whiteness. The Pearl of India The Time-traveling cage stood faintly shining in the dimness of the garden under the spreading foliage. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The people of Dover sat then much in dimness, if not in darkness, and lived in large measure on themselves. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse There he descended, kissed the relics as he knelt beneath the great portal, and then entered its hushed and solemn dimness to return thanks. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens He was lying on beds of flowers in the twilight dimness of a thick, beautiful forest. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Before him were two small pictures, which aroused her curiosity, for in the dimness of the cabin she could not tell what they were. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon And out of the altar's dimness An answering voice doth swell, Of passion that cries from the grimness And anguish of its own hell. The Garden of Dreams Space—ethereal space, as far beyond the stars as it is to them—think of it how you will, ends each side in dimness. The Hills and the Vale The dimness of the figures may suggest the great age of the university, and the tokens of woe belong to the present occasion. Minor Poems by Milton He eagerly obeyed, and passed through a region of twilight dimness starred with gems, until he reached a natural temple enshrining a statue of Diana. Life of John Keats Also, she knew the forest as other girls know their city streets, and the dimness was no hindrance to her nimble feet. A Daughter of the Forest The girl bit her lip until the blood started, and, to conceal her chagrin, took refuge in the parlor, where the quiet dimness offered a covert. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He flipped on the lights, afraid of the dimness. Pursuit He got up and walked over to it, peering to see in the dimness. The Scarlet Lake Mystery The boys watched tensely, and then out of the dimness above something sped down at them, followed by the sharks. The Wailing Octopus "Any time you would like to pass out," he invited, then checked himself and vanished in the dimness of the hall. The Girl in the Mirror But I saw the dimness was only that of contrast, and that the waves from the machine had no effect whatever. The Shunned House Their origin, lost in the dimness of remote antiquity, was invested by priestly legends with a sacred character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" He did not need them in the flickering firelight, which alone illumined the dimness of the room. Under False Pretences A Novel Giant didn't like the dimness and he didn't like the smell. The Wealth of Echindul The pirate's consort was not the girl who had screamed in the dimness of the Temple when the Sacred Lots were cast. Bride of the Dark One With a wonderful dimness of discernment in poetic matters, considering his acuteness in others, he fancies he has settled the question by pronouncing such creations ‘impossible’! English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century This beginning is not in the dimness of antiquity nor in a multitude of customs, beliefs, traditions, rites and personalities, as is the case with the so-called “natural” religions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The dimness and poverty of their theological speculation caused the Stoics to attribute the government of the universe less to the uncertain design of gods than to a definite law of nature. The History of Freedom Going back to the dimness of early times, we find that many of the ancients preferred green gems to all other stones. Threads of Grey and Gold One hour, two hours, three hours of stuffy dimness and acute discomfort. Cavalry of the Clouds Some one came walking rapidly from the station; Will, glancing at the dark figure, thought it had, even in this dimness, an unfamiliar look. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 The sacks looked quite alarming in the dimness, the barrels as though they might have held all manner of mysterious dangers. Anxious Audrey As Jim watched, inquiringly, Clee moved his right hand a little, and once more the dial leaped out through the dimness with unnatural brilliance. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Early and Medieval Times.—The dimness which shrouds the origin of chess naturally obscures also its early history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" His eyes were on her face, trying to read it in the dimness. The Plow-Woman Even the splendid strains of Moore are fading into distance and dimness, except where they have been married to immortal music; and the blazing star of Byron himself is receding from its place of pride. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Our conceptions of taste, smell, touch, and even of hearing, in the absence of the objects of sense, have a certain dimness, vagueness, mistiness, uncertainty about them. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education It was horribly gruesome, here in the dimness with these bleached bones which had been living men so recently. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 It was not the room she had dreamed of, a great room, dimly lit, peopled with low-talking dancers, circling through the dimness. The Wishing Moon If she had been well, she would have gone straight along the balcony, to discover the cause of her alarm; but she was ill, and she shrank back in her chair, watching the pulsing dimness. Coquette Mike blinked his eyes, striving to pierce the dimness. Before Egypt Donald's eyes had become more and more accustomed to the dimness in the huge room. The Wilderness Trail Juba's mind was dark, very dark, as dimness after bright sunlight in the eyes. Step IV The room was small and slimly furnished; but it was clean and had two windows peering upon what looked, in the dimness, like a courtyard. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist In this dimness and silence of the night, Otto’s conscience became suddenly and staringly luminous, like the dial of a city clock. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) As his eyes grew accustomed to the dimness, he saw that he was right. The Dueling Machine Great streamers of color shot silently from horizon to zenith, and flickered with eerie dimness across the white gleam of the snow. The Wilderness Trail The dimness of distance, and the diminution of parts, are essential to right conceptions of great magnitude. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. So he sighed, and when the cab shot into the umbrageous dimness of old trees he took the girl's hand in his. Clark's Field On this morning I stepped out of bed into the dimness of the dawn light, full of elation. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography She drew her breath hard like a hunted creature; there was a singing in her ears, and a dimness in her sight. Sir Tom In the beginning dimness of an early twilight he first saw the big red flowers and green, green leaves. Aurora the Magnificent Chicken Little glued her eyes to the dimness ahead. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John His civilian’s cloak hid his uniform and weapons; the dimness of the candle-light screened his face. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 The law would excuse him of murder, for in the dimness of his own mind there was no conception of crime. Claim Number One She sat silent trying to realise all this, but unable to get quite free from the confusion and dimness that had invaded her soul. Sir Tom He watched her bosom cease to heave, and the dimness pass from her eyes. Berenice The sharp pang passed; the dimness cleared from her vision. Shirley Thanks to the dimness, to his uniform, and to his swift entrance, Peyton had not been recognized by Major Colden until he had given his name. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Suddenly, his old intrepid spirit of resolution reasserted itself, but doubtfully, like the flame of a lamp flaring once out of dimness before it dies forever. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel Although it was still quite early in the afternoon, the farther he walked the darker it grew, and at first he thought the dimness was due to the trees. The Bountiful Lady or, How Mary was changed from a very Miserable Little Girl to a very Happy One Patty was there alone in the deep cold water, in the dimness, fighting for her life. The Making of Mona Even the splendid strains of Moore are fading into distance and dimness, except where they have been married to immortal music; and the blazing star of Byron himself is receding from its place of pride.' Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) In this dimness and bewildering chaos the trio might as well have been blind. The Pathless Trail When his eyes had become accustomed to the dimness within, he saw that the interior was like that of the other church, only in a more dilapidated state. Carmen Ariza The conviction was so sweet that he lingered to enjoy it, penetrating a few steps farther into the spacious dimness of the yard. The Side Of The Angels A Novel With the telegram still in my hand, I went up the staircase, and entered the bedroom where Sally was lying, with wide, bright eyes, in the dimness. The Romance of a Plain Man I marched in the dimness with the rest, and we managed to make surprisingly little noise. The Man Who Played to Lose As the captain and the line behind him did so he stalked onward, passed through the doorway, and faded from sight in the dimness beyond. The Pathless Trail Who labored at her helm and watched the wind Stagger the sea with all his stunning might, Until in dimness dwindling from our sight She vanished in the wrack that rode behind? Nirvana Days She shrank back into the dimness of a mass of foliage. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Beyond her there was a pale dimness, and the fresh, moist smell of the dew on the grass. The Romance of a Plain Man The dome-roof was a distant spread three hundred feet up in the dimness. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 McKay, with a cool smile, explained his abrupt action, meanwhile reconnoitering the dimness for any further sign of the vanished assailant. The Pathless Trail If you are sick at home, you are glad to have your neighbor step in and bring the healthy bracing air of out-door life into the dimness and languor of your invalid existence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The dimness of uncertainty covers what may yet turn out to be the Mount of her Transfiguration, and she fears as she enters into the cloud. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Thus comfortably installed, the warmth and the dimness of the light speedily made Nan sleepy. Name and Fame A Novel At first his mind worked clearly but disobediently; then he began to be aware of a dimness in its record of purposes and motives. The Quality of Mercy Every thing was merged into a gray dimness. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 He could make out by this light something of what he saw, but a dimness also there was, undispelled since his return. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II The passage begins in the English version with the words, "Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation." The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The rapid daybreak of the mountains had by now dispersed the last dimness and indeed the crags far above were bright with sunshine. In the Shadow of the Hills Lorry laid the bundle over her shoulder and smiled into the dimness. I'll Kill You Tomorrow Out of it, in contrast to its dimness, rose a garish tower of lights that seemed to be keeping a vigilant watch over all the dark waters, the ships and the docks. The Harbor And there grew out of the dimness the likeness of a face.” A Singer from the Sea She sewed a great deal, she since has told me, there in the cloistered dimness. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The fog was making the kind of dimness that has a curious, illusory character. The Million-Dollar Suitcase I stood at the window, watching it, faint sheen of beam in the dimness. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Nitrous air admitted to alkaline air likewise occasioned a whitish cloud, and part of the air was absorbed; but it presently grew clear again; leaving only a little dimness on the sides of the vessel. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The dimness that had obscured her vision lifted. The Strollers Oh lady, dry those star-like eyes—their dimness does me wrong; If my heart be made of flint, at least 'twill keep thy image long. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition I listened in wonder; sidelong, in the dimness, I studied the carriage of head and shoulders: no diminution of power; but a new use of it. The Million-Dollar Suitcase There are some islands, as there are some complexions, which are best looked at in a light which is not too clear, which require a dimness, a little mist, to make them beautiful. The Island Mystery In the dimness of the blue-lit deck, I met her eyes. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 The kind brown eyes smiled through the dimness of their pain. Olive in Italy |
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