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a sudden silence after supernatural sounds is nowhere
The awful effect of a sudden silence after supernatural sounds is nowhere shown more tensely than in The Monkey’s Paw , [102] that story of superlative power of suggestion.
— from The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction by Dorothy Scarborough

autumn sunshine strong as summer sunshine in northern
Without blazed autumn sunshine, strong as summer sunshine in northern lands.
— from The Fortunes of Garin by Mary Johnston


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