Literary usage of Dickenses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Francis Train, Unionist, on Thomas Colley Grattan, Secessionist by George Francis Train (1862)
"Dickens was the leader of the orchestra—then came fat dickenses and lean ...
and great dickenses—all of whom have entertained their readers with what would ..."
2. Ease in Conversation Or Hints to the Ungrammatical by Emma Churchman Hewitt (1907)
"I see, even in dickenses work, Miss Wilson, sentences that seem to be very ...
But I would not say ' dickenses.' Do you not know the rule for forming the ..."
3. Doré: By a Stroller in Europe by W. W. Wright (1857)
"Charles Dickens conducted the spitting orchestra in his overture to America, and
all the little dickenses, and all the big ..."
4. The Amenities of Book-collecting and Kindred Affections by Alfred Edward Newton (1918)
"And both questions remain unanswered; certainly not, while presentation dickenses
can be had and are lacking from my collection. I now possess twenty-one, ..."
5. Doré by Stroller in Europe (1857)
"Charles Dickens conducted the spitting orchestra in his overture to America, and
all the little dickenses, and all the big ..."
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