Since then a shade of fickleness darkens the otherwise favourable recollection she has of you.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
Slaveholding, as it most generally exists, darkens the mind, deadens the soul, and brutalizes the affections, of its victims.
"Slavery and the Constitution"
William Ingersoll Bowditch
In all the long catalogue of superstitious rites that darkens the page of man's history, I cannot imagine a picture more horribly exciting than that of the Indian priest, with his white dress and long hair clotted with gore, performing his murderous sacrifices at this lofty height, in full view of the people throughout the whole extent of the city.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens