Spectre

Examples

• Of the foul German spectre--the Vampyre. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Those eyes had looked on the visits of a certain ghost--had long waited the comings and goings of that strangest spectre, Hypochondria. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• At another time we were haunted for several days by an apparition, to which our people gave the appellation of the Black Spectre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• They were both silent again, and Archer felt the spectre of Count Olenski's letter grimacing hideously between them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• All covered with dust, white as a spectre, tall as a spectre! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I commented, as that spectre rose up black by the black yew at the gate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Perhaps, to observe whether he had any spectre on his conscience. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The purblind day was feebly struggling with the fog when I opened my eyes to encounter those of a dirty-faced little spectre fixed upon me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I will, said the spectre, very composedly, when I have collected breath, and when you give me time--Alive, saidst thou? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• What is the good of your talking about love--you untrue spectre of a woman! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I walked about the isle like a restless spectre, separated from all it loved, and miserable in the separation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I make response, 'Tall as a spectre. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Oh, this spectre of death! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It brought before her eyes the spectre of a worn-out woman knocking at a door which she would not open; and she shrank from contemplating it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The dreaded hour, the post-hour, was nearing, and I sat waiting it, much as a ghost-seer might wait his spectre. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A few more spectres moving outside on the platform--then the bell--then motion again through the level darkness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Voices were still calling in inhuman agitation through the dark-grey air, spectres were running along the darkness between the train. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Their spectres will sometimes attend you, and affright even your innocent children. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The event on which the interest of the story depends is exempt from the disadvantages of a mere tale of spectres or enchantment. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.

Typist: Ruth