Citations:blicker

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English citations of blicker

  • 1898, Stopford Augustus Brooke, English Literature: From the Beginning to the Norman Conquest, page 185:
    Shone the blazing sky, Blickering o'er the Burg-halls;
  • 1898, Stopford Augustus Brooke, English Literature: From the Beginning to the Norman Conquest, page 89:
    Onwards surged the war, strode the spears along, Blickered the broad shields, loudly blew the trumpets.
  • (Can we date this quote?), Supreme Court Papers on Appeal, Supreme Court (New York), Affidavit of Samuel Schindler, in a matter of Hammersmith, Schindler et al. vs. New York, Onario & Western Railway Company, regarding injuries sustained on July 31, 1932, page 45 (combined volume page 133):
    At the time of the accident, at about 7:30 P. M., he was within close proximity to the accident, and did not see the blickering or flickering of the lights and did not hear any blasts or whistles from the train.
  • 1986(?), Kolachelam Rao S., Dramatic History of the World, Asian Educational Services (→ISBN), page 97, quoting an older work and author:
    His thoughts burn with him like a furnace with blickering flames or throwing out black smoke and mists that hide the dawn of genius, or like a poisonous mineral Drayton's opinion of that corrodes the heart.
  • 1899, Literature, page 201:
    ... the earth at last Brought him to Ely: Fell from his failing hand Shimmering in moonlight Sword of the mighty hilt; O'er the wan water Far in the sedge reeds Wailed the wild bittern; High on the wall - tower Blickered the beacon.
  • 2013, Rheo Palaeo, UNRECOGNIZER 2: The Sevouble Feature, AuthorHouse (→ISBN), page 111:
    Dreg guzzled on an old bottle of red wine, sitting there glowering hateful in the purple console glow. Lime green readouts blinked and blickered, electrical pathways aflow. Recognize That Face/Smooth Sailing Tuuth hadn't recognized the ...
  • 2019, Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine, Good Press
    Their weapons shone in the sunlight, their round bucklers blickered. They were soon at the place where Pelleas had slain his men in fair and open field. Dismounting, they gathered about their dead fellows, and sent up, ...