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Definition of Eventides
1. eventide [n] - See also: eventide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eventides
Literary usage of Eventides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chips from a German Workshop by Christian Karl Josias Bunsen, Friedrich Max Müller (1871)
"Sometimes now, John, the eventides The self-same feelings bring, My pulses beat
as loud and strong As then beside the spring. And then I turn affrighted ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1864)
"... boy then sang Alone o'er all the plain, Aye, John, you know, that wnu sound
We ne'er shall bear again. Sometimes now, John, the eventides The self-same ..."
3. The Mexican Problem by Clarence Walker Barron (1917)
"(1520-1810) Cycles of history reading like fairy tales; brilliance of color and
tone. . O the adventures of silvery eventides! Silken rope-ladder and ..."
4. Letters of John Richard Green by John Richard Green (1902)
"I remember how " sunny " those afternoons used to feel at San Remo, when you
whirled me out of the Club and the Blues, or those eventides when chat blended ..."
5. Egypt Painted and Described by Robert Talbot Kelly (1906)
"... Egypt quite so romantic as those quiet eventides on the woody reaches of the
Lower Nile. Daylight invites criticism, and one realises that the villages ..."
6. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1890)
"... but soon after midday the room is filled with light ; we see beautiful sunsets;
we have long, warm afternoons and eventides." That may be best. ..."
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