Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 285
se. The whole arrangement was so unex-pected and entirely novel, — paddling on a fast invisiblestream — that I had the liveliest emotions of pleasurewithout seeing anything at all. But then fancy had free play all the time, and thepictures it drew were vivid and full of color, and, afterall, our… … Sounds,too, therewere, butlike thoseof witchesand fairies— thoughperhaps itwas onlythe cack-ling ofsome an-tique wash-erwom enon thebanks. However, I ad-dressed the unseen com-pany in both prose andpoetry, and was full ofemphasis, which now andagain was increased bymy boat running straight intothe…
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