10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOOKISH»
Discover the use of
spookish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spookish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Apropos of these spookish writers who are now enjoying such a vogue, Miss
Agnes Repplier, our gifted Catholic essayist, contributes to the August Atlantic
Monthly a paper on “ Dead Authors,” which is written in her happiest vein. She
wittily ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
... -4- nil «„„, and appear to depend upon the tension of a vigorous Hw-L fL.V n T'J
M nervous system refreshed by repose. Such spontaneity spookish. in any sense.
[Colloq.] is notable in the great activity of children and the gam- Spool(spol), «.
William Dwight Whitney, 1906
Of course. things sometimes do occur which might indicate, even to a fairly
skeptical person. the existence of spookish activities—if he didn't chance to come
upon the true explanation. For example, Irving Bacheller, the novelist, met up with
...
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In the Shadows of History: Fifty Years Behind the Scenes of ...
Home, too, went Ms. Content Analysis. The CIA contingent now consisted of Jean
, Joan, and me. Of course, there was another, less conspicuous, agency
representative in Geneva—and a good thing, too. Charlie Cooper, a spookish
chap, had ...
Of course, things sometimes do occur which might indicate, even to a fairly
skeptical person. the existence of spookish activities—if he didn't chance to come
upon the true explanation. For example, Irving Bacheller, the novelist, met up with
...
Then a Spookish Hunch suggested Igo four ways all at once! But I didn't fall for
that one. I am not that dumb a dunce. I knew where I would end up if I tried a thing
like that . . . Most likely on some dead-end road in West Gee-Hossa-Flat! I.
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Journal and Proceedings of the Hamilton Association
The alternate outcries of the uncanny musicians continued for an hour or more,
until dim dawn announced that the vanishing hour had arrived for spookish birds
and spookish bird-notes. At this juncture my son went out, gun in hand, but the ...
Hamilton Association, 1888
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The World Book Dictionary
3 affected by a sense or fear of ghosts; suggestive of the presence or agency of
spooks: a spookish sensation. - spook' ishlly. adv. - spook' ishlness. n spookly (
spu'ke). adj.. spookliler. spooklilest Informal, like a spook; suited to spooks; ...
He flipped a few more pictures to find the same thing. When he came to the last
picture, his eyes lit up . . . he found it. Something larger than an orb—an outline of
a girl—made its way up to the back door of the cabin. Her spookish form stood at
...
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That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story
VVhen there is no moon. we take the open trails, and when there is, we ride
twisting paths in and out of silent, spookish woods. “One morning. as the dark is
fading, we dismount and lead the horses up to a clearing. step warily along a
palisade ...
