ghost in The Rising of the Court
balance, and tomorrow will decide; but he is so mind-dulled and shoulder-weary under the tremendous burden of great things and of many griefs that he is almost apathetic; and over all is the cloud of a loss that he has not yet had time to realize. He is self-hypnotized, so to speak, and his mind me…
- Record ID
- 2,513
- Year
- 1,910
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- Project Gutenberg
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- Record ID
- 2513
- Source
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- Publication
- The Rising of the Court; Henry Lawson
- Published
- 1910; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
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balance, and tomorrow will decide; but he is so mind-dulled and shoulder-weary under the tremendous burden of great things and of many griefs that he is almost apathetic; and over all is the cloud of a loss that he has not yet had time to realize. He is self-hypnotized, so to speak, and his mind mercifully dulled for the moment on the Sea of Fatalism. Enter GHOST of CAESAR Brutus: How ill this taper burns! Ha! who comes here? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. It comes upon me. Art thou any thing? Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil That makest my blood cold, and my hair to.
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