dissolving view
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dissolving view
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The feudal system has passed away like a dissolving view before the eyes of those who have lived in Japan during the last few years.
From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
The second dissolving view has disappeared; and the last slowly grows before our sight.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah
As she entered, the scene broke up before her eyes like a dissolving view.
From The Rose-Garden Husband by Widdemer, Margaret
The "sure conclusions" of Science that had stood foursquare in his boyhood had become like a dissolving view.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
How swiftly, how silently, like the irrevocable sequence of images in a dissolving view, our premonitions vanish under the light of the reality!
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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