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Definition of Glimmerings
1. glimmering [n] - See also: glimmering
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glimmerings
Literary usage of Glimmerings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"He is wonderfully patient of us all, and 'not without glimmerings of intelligence'!
My paper and everybody's is done ; so you must put up ..."
2. The Dial by Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley (1841)
"glimmerings. WHAT is there in the full moon, that it should disturb the soul with
these thousand old dim recollections ? Why should her long shadows point ..."
3. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"Such uncertain glimmerings of euch a futurity could afford neither warning nor
encouragement, neither cheerful hope, nor salutary fear. ..."
4. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"... if he pleases, may travel through still darker scenes ; yet I trust some
glimmerings of the presence of Christ will appear. CENTURY VIII. CHAPTER I. . ..."
5. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, & Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans, Edith R. Hall (1843)
"... without a distinct discovery of the particular cause for which it came, began
now to wear off, and some glimmerings of light began to break forth in me, ..."
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