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phantom in Such Is Life

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1903
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phantom in Such Is Life

he culvert, and send him at the drain: and, with that danger-begotten fascination by trifles which, in situations like mine, you must often have experienced, I noticed her pliant waist spring in easy undulation to the horse's flying leap. And so, with that thick cable of platted hair flapping and s…

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2,977
Year
1,903
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2977
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Such Is Life; Joseph Furphy
Published
1903 public-domain Australian fiction; Project Gutenberg transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
phantom
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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he culvert, and send him at the drain: and, with that danger-begotten fascination by trifles which, in situations like mine, you must often have experienced, I noticed her pliant waist spring in easy undulation to the horse's flying leap. And so, with that thick cable of platted hair flapping and surging down her back, she vanished from the scene. She was a phantom of delight, when first she gleamed upon my sight; but the revulsion of feeling was one of the quickest and fullest I ever experienced. It was some minutes before I became my own philosophic self again. Then I crept to the corner of the stack, and reconnoitred the.

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