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Definition of Darkeners
1. darkener [n] - See also: darkener
Lexicographical Neighbors of Darkeners
Literary usage of Darkeners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of James Smetham by James Smetham (1892)
"But I do thank God that yon and I have been saved from the clutches of these
darkeners of God's counsel who, with temptations like ours, and consciences ..."
2. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"... Ye darkeners of counsel, who would make the property, lives, and religion of
millions depend on the evasive interpretations of musty parchments; ..."
3. The World's Famous Orations. by Francis Whiting Halsey, William Jennings Bryan (1906)
"Ye darkeners of counsel, who would make 1 From a speech delivered at the State
House in Philadelphia, " to a very numerous audience," on August 1,1776. ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1902)
"As I remember, before the sleep came on us, thou hadst told me that marriage and
bearing were darkeners of the true light, stumbling-blocks upon the way. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"Weavers of shadowy hopes and fears, darkeners of smiles, brighteners of tears,
We come ! We come where the babe on its mother's breast Lies in slumber de^p ..."
6. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"In this way the prepared student may make himself a terror to the darkeners of
counsel and a power for the promotion of clear and independent popular ..."
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