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Hath crooned her prophecy oft in vain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AGONY: | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "vainly" throughout decades:

1870s : 2.6313
1880s : 0.6893
1890s : 0.0475
1900s : 0.1729
1910s : 0.2827
1920s : 1.6263
1930s : 2.3451
1940s : 1.7843
1950s : 1.5177
1960s : 1.7396
1970s : 1.2568
1980s : 0.7154
1990s : 0.2455
2000s : 0.2359
2010s : 0.1124