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Had it not been for occasional curt, illuminative questions, Peter Gross might have thought him asleep.
THE ARGUS PHEASANTJOHN CHARLES BEECHAMHere are two facts of the financial sort, sufficiently illuminative.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. XVIII. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEFor his best romantic effects, like all great romance, are illuminative of life, and no mere idle games.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWALTER RALEIGHA few social customs may conclude this chapter, as illuminative of the times.
MONTREAL 1535-1914 UNDER THE FRENCH RGIMEWILLIAM HENRY ATHERTONThe fact that he does write in that mood points to the one illuminative truth now essential to be remembered.
SHADOWS OF THE STAGEWILLIAM WINTERMany spectators would find it merely morbid and gloomy; others would find it superlatively illuminative and eloquent.
SHADOWS OF THE STAGEWILLIAM WINTERI took a great interest in his conversation; it is so lucid, so well informed, so illuminative.
PRISONERSMARY CHOLMONDELEYYour book on the Italian poets is one of the most charmingly sympathetic and illuminative bits of criticism that I know.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 1, NO. 1, JUNE 1893VARIOUSRussell, seeking an illuminative phrase, gave vent to a long-drawn, anxious sigh.
NO CLUEJAMES HAYThe illuminative witness of written records is in the main denied us here.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 6, SLICE 3VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO ILLUMINATIVE
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