Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistinesses
Literary usage of Mistinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"... a grey eye, too often overclouded by mistinesses from the head ; by chance
lively ; very lively it will be, if he have hope of seeing a lady whom he ..."
2. Hours in a Library by Leslie Stephen (1904)
"... a grey eye, too often overclouded by mistinesses from the head ; by chance
lively—very lively it will be if he have hopes of seeing a lady whom he loves ..."
3. The English Novel: Being a Short Sketch of Its History from the Earliest by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1904)
"... stealing away ground, rather than seeming to rid it; a grey eye, too often
overclouded by mistinesses from the head: by chance lively, very lively it ..."
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