Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousnessdawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
1697,Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC:
indawning youth
2023 February 3,Pope Francis, “Address of His Holiness”, inApostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan[1]:
Leave the time of war behind and let a time of peacedawn!
Thedawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.
1958 July, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, inRailway Magazine, page495:
In the Edinburgh area, Leith and neighbouring Granton have only one terminal station where formerly there were four, and the long-established ferry from Granton to Burntisland, the history of which stretches back to thedawn of Scottish railways, is no more.
Thedawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
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