gloominesses

Street -- which, between ourselves, I am not very anxious to live in, on account of the gloominesses of that street, and of that part of the street, whose walls look so much like Newgate's turned inside out.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) 1907

We remain, however, in our usual state of conscious ignorance, although there is a good deal of talking and walking about a house in Wimpole Street ” which, between ourselves, I am not very anxious to live in, on account of the gloominesses of that street, and of that part of the street, whose walls look so much like Newgate's turned inside out.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Kenyon, Frederic G 1898