mustily

• “The dank smell of years underground came mustily to his senses.”

  Archive 2008-03-01

• “Such ancient babbling still passeth for “wisdom”; because it is old, however, and smelleth mustily, THEREFORE is it the more honoured.”

  Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none

• “Could the small restlessness of his own eyes broadcast the fact that he was damp with the disgust that had bred mustily within him?”

  The Complete Stories Vol 1

• “And then there was a moment's pausing upon the threshold of a yawning black door beyond which things smelled mustily sweet, with dusty shadows that crept across the matting from a shielded lamp; and later a most delicious yielding of one's self to the cool envelope of soft white sheets, and a moment's wide-eyed staring at the ceiling; and then forgetfulness.”

  Stubble

• “A country cousin would call upon the important Parisian relative, and be received, not in the little bedroom, but in state in the mustily magnificent salon of the hotel -- all gold mirrors and mouldiness -- which the poor country mouse vaguely accepted as part of the glories of”

  The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes

• “He was either young or old; cheap lodging-houses had flavoured him mustily; razors and combs had passed him by; in him drink had been bottled and sealed in the devil's bond.”

  The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million

• “Such ancient babbling still passeth for "wisdom"; because it is old, however, and smelleth mustily, therefore is it the more honoured.”

  Thus Spake Zarathustra

• “Such ancient babbling still passeth for "wisdom"; because it is old, however, and smelleth mustily, THEREFORE is it the more honoured.”

  Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none

• “In vain Sir Thomas pish'd, and tush'd, and bah'd; in vain he buried himself chin-deep amongst the century of ledgers that testified of gainful years gone by, and were now mustily rotting away in the stagnant air of St. Benet's Sherehog: interest had lost its interest for him, profits profited not, speculation's self had dull, lack-lustre eyes, and all the hard realities of utilitarian life were become weary, flat, and stale.”

  The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper

• “These Cloaths smell mustily, do they not, Gallants?”

  The False One

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