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Word: saws (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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This had the desired effect, and he was soon ushered into the apartments of the lover of the beautiful. As he entered he was greeted by a "Ha! ha!" a strange sound that seemed like the smile of a tombstone. Seated before the fireplace he saw a tall, lean man of about twenty-six years. He wore a large Grosvenor of an ultramarine color, with a love of a sunflower embroidered on it; his morning coat was of purple corduroy, with the collar and cuffs adorned with pansies. In his hand he held a lily which ever and anon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTERVIEW WITH OSCAR WILDE. | 1/6/1882 | See Source »

Down the long sounding hall she came, and saw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SILVER CHALICE. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...lookt and saw the King: he, statue-like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SILVER CHALICE. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...saw his white lips - thro' her tears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SILVER CHALICE. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...stood up in front of her, and took his hat off and began to talk to her, and tried to make her take his seat; and she was a stranger to him too. In all the years that my aunt has lived in New Haven she never saw anything like that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YALE GIRL. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

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