Revelations
[rɛvl'eʃən]
Examples
- And are your revelations startling? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They exchanged confidences, they were intimate in their revelations to the last degree, giving each other at last every secret. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To the microscope the art of photography has lent its valuable aid, so that all the revelations of the microscope are susceptible of preservation in permanent records, as photomicrographs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was quick enough to observe; he had a good memory, and did not forget a word of the brother's revelations. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then in 1874-1875, Bell took up the matter, and at the Philadelphia exhibition, 1876, astonished the world by the revelations of the telephone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He knew everything and a great deal besides, about all the world--in a word, he made the most astounding revelations to the simple-hearted Major. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No, I cannot give up Revelations. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was rather delicious, to feel her drawing his self-revelations from him, as from the very innermost dark marrow of his body. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He became aware that Mr. Jackson was clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Hers was the only church against which no threats were implied in the Revelations, and the only one which survived. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have discovered that the sixth seal mentioned in the Revelations is the Great Seal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I read the book o' Revelations until I know it off by heart, and I never doubt when I'm waking, and in my senses, of all the glory I'm to come to. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typist: Lycurgus