PhantasmionW. Pickering, 1837 - 387 pages |
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... gazed upon his altered face for a few minutes , he plainly saw that it told no longer of sickness , but of death . Not , however , till decay had wrought a still more ghastly change in Da- riel's comely countenance , Phantasmion quitted ...
... gazed upon his altered face for a few minutes , he plainly saw that it told no longer of sickness , but of death . Not , however , till decay had wrought a still more ghastly change in Da- riel's comely countenance , Phantasmion quitted ...
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... gazed upon that countenance , it grew more and more exquisite , the others becoming indistinct and fading gradually away . Suddenly , like a balloon exhausted of air , down he dropped to the earth , and was snatched away from the vision ...
... gazed upon that countenance , it grew more and more exquisite , the others becoming indistinct and fading gradually away . Suddenly , like a balloon exhausted of air , down he dropped to the earth , and was snatched away from the vision ...
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... gazed in silent ecstasy while she was pressing it to her bosom . At last , after uttering many thanks , she bade him farewell , and was about to depart ; Phantasmion would have attended her home , but , with earnest looks and words ...
... gazed in silent ecstasy while she was pressing it to her bosom . At last , after uttering many thanks , she bade him farewell , and was about to depart ; Phantasmion would have attended her home , but , with earnest looks and words ...
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... gazed not on them , but kept looking towards the island ; for the melan- choly strain , which he had lately heard there , was yet sounding in his ears , and connected itself with the fair countenance which was constantly present to his ...
... gazed not on them , but kept looking towards the island ; for the melan- choly strain , which he had lately heard there , was yet sounding in his ears , and connected itself with the fair countenance which was constantly present to his ...
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... gazed earnestly upon her , and knew that she was that same fair damsel whom he had met upon the moun- tain ; but now she appeared more brightly beau- tiful than when he found her weeping beside the rushing cataract . Her face looked ...
... gazed earnestly upon her , and knew that she was that same fair damsel whom he had met upon the moun- tain ; but now she appeared more brightly beau- tiful than when he found her weeping beside the rushing cataract . Her face looked ...
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