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The moon, on the wane, scarcely left the horizon, and was covered with heavy clouds; the height of the trees deepened the darkness. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context Her child survived her till the evening was on the wane and the sunset was dim in the quiet western heaven. No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context Morning and noon had passed, and the day was on the wane, and still he rambled to and fro, and up and down, and round and round, and still lingered about the same spot. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

? References in classic literature

The moon, on the wane, scarcely left the horizon, and was covered with heavy clouds; the height of the trees deepened the darkness.

Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context

Her child survived her till the evening was on the wane and the sunset was dim in the quiet western heaven.

No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context

Morning and noon had passed, and the day was on the wane, and still he rambled to and fro, and up and down, and round and round, and still lingered about the same spot.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

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