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The worst miss of all to me is, that, when we are in the dismals, there is now no hope of relief from any quarter whatsoever.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

But, dod, I’ve got the dismals, And no mistake!

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

“Idyllic,” some folks would have thought it: I used to get the fair dismals watching it. 

From The Observations of Henry by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Grace persuaded him to stay to luncheon, and he did, and tried to win Miss Rose out of the dismals, and got incontinently snubbed for his pains.

From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

But at the end of book, volume, and part we leave Cyrus once more in the dismals.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George




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