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Word: smile (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...move. I might as well have been a statue. Then I saw the revolver snatched from him by a hand; I saw a face, distinct and clear as his own - a face whose every line is deeply imprinted on my memory; I saw that face light up with a smile of exultation, and that hand pressed on the trigger; I saw Stephen fall heavily - dead! But the revolver made no noise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BIRD OF THE AIR. | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

...Smiled with a smile of wondrous might...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHE AND I. | 4/5/1881 | See Source »

...luck may smile and the luck may frowne...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE POETASTER'S PROCESSES. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

Hush! Do not smile. Since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OLD BEAU. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

...descending the stairs two men met him. One was called Worldly Wise, - he wore a beaver hat, and a stick; the other, named Sloth, was likewise garmented. "Pray, sirs," quoth he, "where can I register my name among those who are blessed?" Worldly Wise, with an ill-hidden smile of scorn, replied, "Don't register at all." "Nay, but I must," the hero replied. "Then sit upon that step," said Sloth, "and wait." So Lighthead waited, and the noon past and evening came - but no one else. Then he, feeling the day was cold, got up and departed. That night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

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