Dismal

Levy and Peart's re-discovery of the origins of the term Dismal Science...

EconLog: July 2006 Archives 2006

It wasn't called the Dismal Swamp, but from the look of the place it should have been.

The Disunited States of America 2006

Brakes of this vegetation, plentifully mingled with other species of aquatic growth, form those remarkable climbing bogs known as the Dismal and other swamps, which numerously occur along the coast line of the United States from southern Maryland to eastern Texas.

Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873

I thought of the terrible days I had spent there, and though it was not called Dismal Swamp, it made me feel very dismal as I looked at it.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl aka Brent Linda 1861

I though of the terrible days I had spent there, and though it was not called Dismal

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself 1860

I thought of the terrible days I had spent there, and though it was not called Dismal Swamp, it made me feel very dismal as I looked at it.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Harriet Ann Jacobs 1855

Martin Weitzman , a professor of economics at Harvard University and a pioneer of the so-called "Dismal Theorem."

Forbes.com: News William Pentland 2011

Nottingham, here, as elsewhere, called Dismal from his swarthy complexion, was bred a rigid High-Churchman, and was only induced to support the Whigs, in their resolutions against a peace, by their consenting to the bill against occasional conformity.

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Jonathan Swift 1706

CurtisGaleWeeks Wed should henceforth be known as Dismal Wednesdays.

PurpleSlog - Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2009

Another canal of Mr. Pettigrew's, made to receive and carry off the water coming in from the "Dismal," (as the great undrained body of swamp is called,) is thirty feet wide, and four feet deep at least -- and which is not of sufficient capacity by one-half.

Agricultural, Geological, and Descriptive Sketches of Lower North Carolina, and the Similar Adjacent Lands 1861