All 3 Uses of
glimmer
in
Oliver Twist
- At such time, a mortal knows just enough of what his mind is doing, to form some glimmering conception of its mighty powers, its bounding from earth and spurning time and space, when freed from the restraint of its corporeal associate.†
Chpt 9
- There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky; but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene: the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet house-tops, and dreary streets.†
Chpt 21
- The air become more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue—the death of night, rather than the birth of day—glimmered faintly in the sky.†
Chpt 28 *
Definition:
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(glimmer as in: glimmering lights) a dim, wavering, or reflected light