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covered him in like a curtain and
Everything went well enough until he was emerging from the tremendous roar that had covered him in like a curtain, and was setting his foot on dry land above, when he was seized with a rush of blood to the head, and fell insensible to the ground.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various


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