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On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANThe blind Samson of labor will seize upon the pillars of society and bring them down in a common destruction.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKTruly it was a most enjoyable season and experience, but there is no joy without its alley here below—not even at the North Pole!
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEI do not wholly like these cold and stately English, yet I think I am not blind to their many sterling qualities.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYAnd in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSIt is a blind act of unconscious absorption, however little be absorbed.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)He turned into an alley, down which, nautically speaking, he rolled into a shabby little court.
THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNEI turned right into a narrow street, went along it about fifty yards, and paused where it was crossed by a still narrower alley.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFEHis watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSFrom the set of his shoulders, it seemed that he might be just as glad the alley was dim; but he simply trailed along behind.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFEWORDS RELATED TO BLIND ALLEY
- bitter pill
- blind alley
- blow
- blunder
- bringdown
- bummer
- bust
- calamity
- defeat
- disaster
- discouragement
- downer
- downfall
- drag
- dud
- error
- failure
- false alarm
- faux pas
- fiasco
- fizzle
- flash in the pan
- impasse
- inefficacy
- lemon
- miscalculation
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- mistake
- obstacle
- old one-two
- setback
- slip
- washout
- bitter pills
- blind alleys
- blows
- blunders
- bringdowns
- bummers
- busts
- calamities
- defeats
- disasters
- discouragements
- downers
- downfalls
- drags
- duds
- errors
- failures
- false alarms
- faux pas
- fiascoes
- fizzles
- flash in the pans
- impasses
- inefficacies
- lemons
- miscalculations
- mischances
- misfortunes
- mishaps
- mistakes
- obstacles
- old one-twos
- setbacks
- slips
- washouts
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.