Both Uses
glimmer
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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- He expected her to jump up gaily and unpack the toilet-gear that she had been so anxious about, but as she did not rise he sat down with her in the firelight, the candles on the supper-table being too thin and glimmering to interfere with its glow.†
Chpt 4 *
- The marked civility of Clare's tone in calling her seemed to have inspired her, for the moment, with a new glimmer of hope.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(glimmer as in: a glimmer of hope) a slight indication of something -- such as hope or interest
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(2)
(glimmer as in: glimmering lights) a dim, wavering, or reflected light
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)