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Meanings of wear spectacles in English

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Usage of wear spectacles in English
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If I were troubled with such ocular demonstrations I would wear spectacles.
Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
2
Even those who live in the City must wear spectacles night and day.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3
He has weak eyes and he is much too vain to wear spectacles.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
4
Ignorant people are always vivacious, just as really clever men never wear spectacles.
The Green Carnation
5
You don't wear spectacles, and you eat too many proteids in your beans.
The Rules of the Game
6
And she mustn't have a cross face, and mustn't wear spectacles.'
'Me and Nobbles'
7
He is also near-sighted, though he does not wear spectacles.
Memories of Hawthorne
8
If we should all wear spectacles like mine, we should never smile any more.
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
9
By the way, Mr. Wilmot,"-Matthewturned to Edgar-"doyou ever wear spectacles?"
Balloons
10
I won't promise that I won't wear spectacles and be dowdy-anythingto be prosaic!
Watersprings
11
Well, to remedy this defect, old people wear spectacles with double convex lenses in them.
The Big Brother: A Story of Indian War
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I hope I shall never have to wear spectacles.
The Wide, Wide World
13
No, the- Imeanthey may require to wear spectacles because their father did before them.
The Green Carnation
14
Would he be bald and wear spectacles like papa, would he be young and good-looking?
The Humour of Homer and Other Essays
15
This uncle used to wear spectacles, and Corney used to call him derisively, "Four-eyes."
True Irish Ghost Stories
16
Would he be bald and wear spectacles like papa, or would he be young and good-looking?
Essays on Life, Art and Science
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