wanings

Can it be a coincidence that widespread wanings of faith in God and in tonality happened at a similar time in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Alex Henry: Gardiner's Haydn, or, A Musical Garden of Eden 2009

Soothed again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

On the other hand the logical approach the moons may have a profound subconscious symbolism, in its waxings and wanings, clearly suggestive of feminine sexual cycles.

Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

On the other hand, #the logical approach, the moons may have a profound subconscious symbolism, in its waxings and wanings, clearly suggestive of feminine sexual cycles.

Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988

The man of Earth thinks of territory as static, regardless of the waxing and wanings of the power that maintains it; the Gorean tends to think of territory as more dynamic, a realistic consequence of the geopolitical realities of power centers.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

Justification is, and it was so taught by the doctor to be (Lect. de Just.), in respect of all persons that are partakers of it, equal, and equal to every person so partaking of it at all times, though in regard of sense and perception, and the peace and comfort wherewith (when perceived and felt) it is attended, it is no less subject to increases and wanings than sanctification itself.

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

Like a menacing enemy the shadow dogged the steps of the man who came out of the night, now towering over him in monstrous height against a tree trunk, now suddenly falling backward and darting swiftly down a forest aisle in panic fear, only to spring forth with gigantic leaps and grotesque waxings and wanings and inane caperings at his heels as the firelight rose and fell.

Bears I Have Met—and Others Allen Kelly 1885

Its waxings and wanings were marked by curious "trepidations" of brightness extremely perplexing to theory.

A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874

Soothed again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat.

Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

Soothed again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat.

Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855