Mists

Examples

• The two brothers were before their Father; far beyond the twilight judgment of this world; high above its mists and obscurities. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The early history of Damascus is shrouded in the mists of a hoary antiquity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The following morning the rain poured down in torrents, and thick mists hid the summits of the mountains. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mists hide in the avenues, veil the points of view, and move in funeral-wise across the rising grounds. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Light mists arise, and the dew falls, and all the sweet scents in the garden are heavy in the air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The embrowning woods, and swollen rivers, the evening mists, and morning frosts, were welcomed with gratitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But whether Joe knew how poor I was, and how my great expectations had all dissolved, like our own marsh mists before the sun, I could not understand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The view from the summit would have been superb but for the fact that the sun could only pierce the mists at long intervals. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Sooner or later the mists would be cleared away. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• They kept him out in the unwholesome mists at night, and ordered him back into his harness in the day. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Once more, the mists were rising as I walked away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Finally we stood to sea and bore away for San Miguel, and Flores shortly became a dome of mud again and sank down among the mists, and disappeared. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It seemed only a mountain of mud standing up out of the dull mists of the sea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The fresh winds blew away desponding doubts, delusive fancies, and moody mists. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Hence the support of fogs, mists, clouds. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It is Autumn; he is to be with me ere the mists of November come. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• What are picturesque ravines and mists to us who see nothing else? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Typist: Sol