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Word: dimly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...creep over me. A queer, unnerving sensation of uncertainty as to where I'd be next stole over me. My trusty steed showed violent symptoms of St. Vitus's Dance. The floor began to heave and billow about. The pillars and railing played at kaleidoscope. My vision grew dim. I clutched the handles till they grew thin under my grasp. I threw my whole soul into that one moment. It was too much for the machine. It veered both ways at the same time, then concluded to retreat, which it did with remarkable celerity. But I had made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I LEARN TO RIDE A BICYCLE. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

Closer to those dim days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: APART. | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

...moon be dim and the night be cold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A QUESTION OF TIME. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...dim room where nothing stirs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH A VEIL. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...several times and waved her handkerchief at me. I took off my hat and swung it in response; but I saw her face only through my tears. You see that dream had made me weak and nervous. Farther and farther away sped the yacht, till the sail was a dim white patch on the horizon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DREAM AND A REALITY. | 12/21/1880 | See Source »

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