The collection of antiquities, though a very rich, one, dwindles into insignificance when compared with that of the Vatican, and the halls in which it is arranged appear mean in the eyes of those accustomed to see the numerous and splendid ones of the Roman edifice.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
How dwindles the importance of the artificial canals of Europe!
"The History of Peru"
Henry S. Beebe
Without these our love dwindles down to a mere sentiment, and ceases to be the inspiring force for good to both lives, which it was at the beginning.
"Friendship"
Hugh Black