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 that I need not fear the return of objects to their ordinary appearance while the passes... Mesmeric Experiences - Page 71by Spencer Timothy Hall - 1845 - 103 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1845 - 1036 pages
...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... | |
| 1844 - 498 pages
...outline of all objects became indistinct, but dressed in a beautiful light, objects appeared ghost-like, like faint shadows, except that their outlines and the parts in the highest relief burned with phosphoric light; a delicious sensation of ease spread over her, a cool comfort before which all pain... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1845 - 788 pages
...light. I feared to move my eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish; and I cried out, 'Oh, deepen it! deepen it !' supposing this the precursor...illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced, all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1845 - 92 pages
...eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish ; and I cried out, " O ! deepen it I deepen it I " supposing this the precursor of the sleep. It could...illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced, all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light... | |
| 1845 - 546 pages
...patch of phosphoric light. I feared to move my eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish ; and 1 cried out, - O ! deepen it ! deepen it !- supposing...an Isis with bent head, seemed to be illumined by a tire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced, all outlines were... | |
| 1845 - 494 pages
...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... | |
| George Moore - 1846 - 452 pages
...the luminous point, I found that I need not fear the return of objects to their ordinaryappearance while the passes were continued. The busts re-appeared,...illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced, all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light... | |
| George Moore - 1847 - 392 pages
...had ever conceived of. Something seemed to diffuse itself through the atmosphere — not like smoke, nor steam, nor haze, but most like a clear twilight,...illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced, all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light;... | |
| 1848 - 914 pages
...light. I feared to move my eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish ; and I cried out, " 0 ! deepen it ! deepen it ! " supposing this the precursor...illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced, all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light... | |
| GEORGE MOORE - 1852 - 466 pages
...and down from the ceiling, and in which one object after another melted away, till scarcely anything was left visible before my wide-open eyes. First the...illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced, all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light... | |
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