It was in the September of 1796 that the calamity befell which has tinged the story of Charles and Mary Lamb with the sombrest hues of the Greek tragedy.

Close by he started his fire, knowing from experience oft repeated how a cheery blaze in the forest may dispel shadows within even as it makes the sombrest of shadows dance gaily under the trees; to one side he laid many resinous faggots, planning on their crackling light later on when the dark came.

And the piece itself, although Harris did not recognise it as anything familiar, was surely the music of a Masshuge, majestic, sombre?

Even inanimate objects took upon themselves a subtle alteration, for the setting of the adventurethis deserted bit of sea with its hundreds of uninhabited islandssomehow turned sombre.

And below these upward fire-hills there rose up from the earth vast mountains of ash and burned stuff, that had been cast forth by these perched volcanoes, and had poured downward unto the earth throughout Eternity, and so to build grey and sombre monuments unto the dreadful glory of Time.

And I made upward through seven hours, and the light did grow more plain, and was of a dull redness, very sombre and heavy.

" The point of "intersection" here referred to was the locality of what has been called "that sombre, fatal, terrible stone wall," just under Marye's Hill, where the most fearful slaughter of the Federal forces took place.

Indeed, it would be impossible to imagine a graver or gloomier, a more sombre or unmusical body of men than the Army of the Potomac a month after the battle.

The whole country, the roads, the chance houses, the silence, the unending thicket, in this dreary wilderness, produce a sombre effect.

Ringed all about, a dozen paces away, was the sombre forest.

And as Evelyn Van Wyck fled through the sombre forest aisles before the too arduous advances of her slant-browed, skin-clad wooer, the door of the cabin opened, without the courtesy of a knock, and a skin-clad woman, savage and primitive, came in.

It has seldom troubled to look for the human energy that wrought out his successes, the faith that upheld them, and the enthusiasm that burned in the Prophet himself with a sombre flame, lighting his followers to prayer and conquest.

Wild and beautiful as this poetry of Arabia is, its themes and their manner of treatment seldom vary; as the desert is changeless in contour, filled with a brilliant sameness, whirling at times into sombre fury and as suddenly subsiding, so is the literature which it fostered.

The sombre and heavy-looking churches, with their awkward towers; the long lines of batteries mounted with heavy cannon; the massive houses, with ranges of balconies; and the light and airy cottage, elevated on posts, situated in the luxuriant groves of tropical treesall excite a desire to become better acquainted with the country.

During the rush and fury of the issue and division of the goods, the sombre figures in the background have scarcely moved.

She wore a sombre gown that made her face seem too white, that heightened the groping curiosity of her eyes.

" Graham couldn't disguise his effort to elude the sombre spell of the room, to drive from his brain the illusion of that unearthly moaning.

Its sombre green sets you off to perfection.

He gazed out over immeasurable tracts of land, which went up and down in mountains and valleys covered with sombre forests.

Ah, here is one of the sombrest tragedies of art.

There was a fire in the grate, but it was one of those sombre, smoky fires in which it is impossible to take any interest.

She must consult his time, his convenience, and his humour; and wear a sombre or a fantastic garb, or his Lordship turns his back upon her.

Forget-me-nots, mignonettes, certain pretty white flowers, the palest of pink roses, or the most delicate tint of yellow veiled with lace are not inappropriate for those who do not enjoy wearing sombre bonnets and hats which are composed only of rich, black textures.

Weary and sad I sit alone, The storm-god whistles shrill and high, And piles of sombre clouds are thrown O'er the blue curtains of the sky.

They were of brick, but the fronts had a stucco facing cut into imitation of ashlar, and weathered to the sombrest grey.