revery

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What an absurdity was this revery, and Carmichael laughed aloud at himself.

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  • He seemed at this to fall into a little revery, and then said, abruptly, 'Why 'tis very odd, Moore thought the same. —  The Life of Lord Byron
  • She appeared to be lost in a deep revery, and did not raise her eyes at his approach I fear you are not well, my grandmother; will you not allow me to conduct you home I am well_," she answered bitterly, "but I will go. —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
  • The man was lost in revery--the sweet voice of the mother had suddenly grown weak and drifted into silence--a silence which would have been intolerable save for the lisping of a child voice that was filled with the same indefinable sweetness the treasured, silenced voice had possessed. —  Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'
  • With eyes filled and lips vaguely moving he fell into a strange revery, a sort of tranced stupor. —  While Caroline Was Growing
  • She seemed lost in revery, at once sad and profound. —  An Alabaster Box
 

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