terious

What becomes of this mys - terious soul which inhabits the body when the body becomes nothing more than a cadaver?

Dictionary of the History of Ideas FERNAND-LUCIEN MUELLER 1968

It appeared in the twelfth century: in the game of chess, the Queen (la Dame in French) became the principal piece; for some mys - terious reason, it was substituted for the four kings which at first dominated the game, originally from

LOVE DENIS DE ROUGEMONT 1968

We heard the story of how he made a mys - terious trip into the sea cliffs of the south and returned thereafter without his super weapon.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

A moment was allowed for the first thrill to subside, then Hugo, the villain, stalked in with a clanking sword at his side, a slouching hat, black beard, mys - terious cloak, and the boots.

Little Women 1921

The old gentleman liked the fun, and amused himself by sending odd bundles, mys - terious messages, and funny telegrams, and his gardener, who was smitten with Hannah's charms, actually sent a love letter to Jo's care.

Little Women 1921

The incident was not in itself particularly mys - terious; any one of a dozen explanations was pos - sible (though none has occurred to me), yet it im - pressed me strangely, the more, perhaps, from my friend's effort to reassure me, which seemed to dig - nify it with a certain significance and importance.

Can Such Things Be Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1909

[236 A Dainty Dish.] terious-sounding names, really were; but we could not always depend on his choice of one being

A Lady's Glimpse of the Late War in Bohemia 1867

To many people, the process of drawing seems mys - terious and somehow beyond human understanding.

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The famed family that runs a bevy of posh Manhattan restaurants and ban quet halls is straining under a moun tain of debt and legal woes - and mys terious inquiries by FBI agents looking for absent owner Giuseppe Cipriani, employees and friends told The Post.

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The famed family that runs a bevy of posh Manhattan restaurants and ban quet halls is straining under a moun tain of debt and legal woes - and mys terious inquiries by FBI agents looking for absent owner Giuseppe Cipriani, employees and friends told The Post.

NY Post: News 2009