Lexicographical Neighbors of Besmoked
Literary usage of Besmoked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1913)
"A few of these remaining pages are much besmoked and brittle, as though the book
had been in a fire. I am indeed informed that the Records were in the ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... a lamp or rushlight of understanding has been given him, which, through whatever
dim, besmoked and strangely diffractive media it may shine, ..."
3. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"... a lamp or rushlight of understanding has been given him, which, through whatever
dim, besmoked and strangely diffractive media it may shine, ..."
4. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1908)
"They burn up rapidly; and, from within, there rises ' by machinery,' an incombustible
Statue of Wisdom, which, by ill hap, gets besmoked a little; ..."
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