dreamy abstraction
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As winter drew on, she grew no better; a dim, dreamy abstraction brooded over her.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
Be this as it may, Bladud had not been long seated there in a state of dreamy abstraction, when he became conscious of the inquiring look.
From The Hot Swamp by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He lay back upon his couch with a dreamy abstraction in his gaze.
From French and English A Story of the Struggle in America by Evelyn Everett-Green
The expression of the moon seemed transfigured, like a great clairvoyant eye, reflecting light from invisible spheres, and looking out upon the external world with dreamy abstraction.
From A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child
As the white outbuildings and irregular outlines of the "Summit House" began to be visible, Jeff felt a singular return of his former dreamy abstraction.
From Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Bret Harte
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