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Word: brainful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...longer will worry my brain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...time to think, Yung pondered over the two great events of the last hour; Loe's confession, and Mnag's proposal. The former filled him with a thrilling joy which almost drove the latter from his mind. How could he think of the philosopher's proposition, when his brain kept singing, "She is mine! mine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...excited to stay under roof; he took his way to the forest. His busy brain was engaged with castles in the air. He framed declarations of passion, and committed them to memory; "For," thought he, "I am so bashful that I could not find a word to say in her presence, unless I had thought it out beforehand." As he came into a little open space, he saw a maid before him; she turned with a cry, and fled. He followed her, and soon caught her, only to see her fall fainting. He knelt by her side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...whispered Tue passionately, and fled. Her brain was in a tumult. Joy, passion, hope, foreboding, were mingled in a chaotic mass of thought. But as she approached her father's hut she could think more clearly. What had she done? She had expressed her preference for a mere stranger; one of whose very name she was ignorant. In vain she assured herself that his conduct at the glen proved him good and noble. "A single act is no basis for determining character," her judgment replied; "it may be quite in keeping with the actor's character; it may be merely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...brain is shrouded in the mists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNDE ET QUO? | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

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