"Clamminess" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... crystals, engraved gems, medals, coins, breviaries, illuminated manuscripts, silver of delicate workmanship were massed together in high cabinets behind the auctioneer's table. A peculiar musty odour, arising from the clamminess of the atmosphere and this collection of ancient things, pervaded ...
— The Child of Pleasure • Gabriele D'Annunzio |
