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Word: fears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accept your most kind invitation with whole-souled ecstasy. I fear not a little, however, for my reputation as a whist-player, in case you and I are partners. For with eRos opposite me I shall be in imminent danger of throwing away hearts and diamonds at every trick, and be tempted to look for the signals in your eyes rather than on the table...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOGGLES. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

Long destroyed, as I fear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN TURIN. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...could n't, in these trousers. They're so tight that I have to keep my leg perfectly rigid for fear they 'll tear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY CLOTHES. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...place, evening's mantle had shadowed the earth; and even now the blackness of midnight was under the shade of the trees, though it was yet dusk in the open glen. Tue saw the truth of Yung's words; but in her case (as in that of many, I fear) the discovery of truth did not bring with it an exquisite joy. She sank upon the ground and wept...

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

...laugh'd outright - I had little fear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TOLD SECRET. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

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