scirocco
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Some time ago, when he was returning to Naples from the island on an evening of scirocco, Artois had in thought transferred certain hopes of his from Hermione to Vere.
From A Spirit in Prison by Hichens, Robert Smythe
And here there is an intellectual scirocco established in permanence.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
A wet scirocco had replaced the bright norther and saddened all the view.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Better than he, she knew the power of languor given off by the Italian soil, which, like the insidious poison of its warm scirocco, creeps into the veins and sends the will to sleep.
From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Cannan, Gilbert
I, used to the Italian scirocco, did not mind it so much, but Pani Celina suffered greatly, and indirectly, Aniela.
From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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