I feared to move my eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish, and I cried out, ' O ! deepen it ! deepen it !' supposing this the precursor of the sleep. It could not be deepened, however ; and when I glanced aside from the luminous point, I found... Letters on Mesmerism - Page 8by Harriet Martineau - 1845 - 65 pagesFull view - About this book
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...objects to their ordinary appearance while the passes were continued. The busts re-appeared, gboat-iike, in the dim atmosphere, like faint shadows, except...burned with the same phosphoric light. The features of oue. an I*ia with bent head, seemed to be illumined by afire on the floor, though this bust has its... | |
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...my eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish, and I cried out, ' O ! deepen it ! deepen it !' supposing this the precursor of the sleep. It could...illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust haa its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light;... | |
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...their ordinary appearance while the passes were continued. The busts reappeared ghostlike in the dun atmosphere, like faint shadows, except that their outlines and the parts in the highest relief burnt with the same phosphoric light. * * * Wherever I glanced all outlines were dressed in this beautiful... | |
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...deepen it !' supposing this the precursor of the sleep. It could not be deepened, however ; and when 1 glanced aside from the luminous point, I found that...features of one, an Isis with bent head, seemed to be illuminated by a fire on the floor, though this bust had its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced... | |
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...should vanish, and I cried out, 'O! deepen it! deepen it!' supposing this the precursor of the sleep. I could not be deepened, however; and when I glanced...floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. This appearance continued during the remaining twenty minutes before the gentlemen [Mr. Hall and a... | |
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...of the sleep. I could not be deepened, however; and when I glanced aside from the luminous point, 1 found that I need not fear the return of objects to...floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. This appearance continued during the remaining twenty minutes before the gentlemen [Mr Hall and a male... | |
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...my eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish ; and I cried out, 'O! deepen it ! deepen it!' supposing this the precursor of the sleep. It could...relief, burned with the same phosphoric light. The teatures of one, an Isis with bent head, seemed to be illumined by a fire on the floor, though this... | |
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