Both Uses of
semblance
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- He was dressed in clothes far too large for him, clothes of the doctor's bigness; the cords of his face still moved with a semblance of life, but life was quite gone; and by the crushed phial in the hand and the strong smell of kernels that hung upon the air, Utterson knew that he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer.†
p. 64..6
- I have observed that when I wore the semblance of Edward Hyde, none could come near to me at first without a visible misgiving of the flesh.†
p. 88..5 *
Definition:
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(semblance) a small amount of something; or something resembling (looking like) something else