Word: plainer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...representative each from Poland, Switzerland, Greece, and America, and a wild fantastic group they made, both in appearance and in opinions. Their dress was plain, but varied and nondescript, partaking of the striking characteristics of the various nationalities represented. The determined though uneasy air of each man showed plainer than any words the powerful and turbulent forces with which despotic governments would later be compelled to contend...
...treadles. I leaned far forward, and rode at fearless speed. Great beads of perspiration fell with a dull thud to the floor. The air grew hot from the friction of my frightful velocity. With this terrible, ever-increasing momentum, something must happen. What that something would probably be became plainer every moment. The last of the line of iron posts stood exactly in front of the staring, awestruck couple. Six times I had swept round it like the breath of the wind; now, for the seventh time, I was approaching it. I could no longer control my machine. Straight towards...