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Usage examples of specter.

If, in his agitation, Henry remembered Rome, he was perhaps not very much alarmed by the specter of Pope Alexander, who had lately besought Angevin support to gain the throne of Saint Peter, and who had only just ventured back to his temporalities from his long exile in Provence.

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Robert finally pressed his hands over his eyes to stop the specter of Jacques Binet taking Eulalie into his arms and loving her.

The smoke was worse than ever, and hurt her eyes, so that the figures of the theatre-firemen, hurrying to and fro, seemed like Brocken specters.

Between May 30 and June 2, John Cook, William Stacy, Samuel Gray, Richard Coman, and John Louder testified about the mischief and harm her specter had caused.

Ramona Braine and was looking through the window as if the specter might appear in its shredded graveclothes and beckon him to the pile of rocks.

As for Master Kochi, I believe a return of his losses and relief from the specter of indebtedness shall settle his account fairly, with additional benefit accruing him through the vehicle of a very stern fright.

The next stroke planned by Kwa had been revealed to this sinister specter whose mighty arm was ready to strike down the evil foe.

MY Specter around me night and day like a wild beast guards my way my emanation far within weeps incessantly for my SIN 4:55 Pm.

One old woman seated on a cart held two little children on her lap, and Ruta Skadi was angered by her cowardice: because she tried to hide behind them, and thrust them out toward the Specter that approached her, as if offering them up to save her own life.

The specter of debt had vanished when he came home from Further Spain with enough in his share to allow a settlement with his creditors which absolved him from future ruin.

Back by the door lies a jumble of disarticulated bones, steaming slightly, as though the soul of the person who just inhabited that body is trying to form itself into a ghostly specter.

Unlike the Kappa Theta Etas, I was not haunted by the specter of a tainted reputation, but the thought of having to explain my presence at the Hideaway Haven was so chilling that goose bumps dotted my arms and whatever hackles I possessed rose on my neck.

For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.

Nevertheless, the presence of the threat, coupled with the specter of past plagues, mobilized preventive measures all over the peninsula.