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  • 41To dream through — Dream Dream, v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; often followed by an objective clause. [1913 Webster] Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17. [1913 Webster] At length in sleep their bodies… …

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  • 42phantasm — n 1. apparition, vision, specter, shade, shadow, spirit, soul, revenant, wraith, eidolon, phan tasma, materialization; ghost, phantom, (in Irish Folklore) banshee, Inf. spook; demon, devil, evil spirit, nightmare, incubus, succubus. 2. chimera,… …

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  • 43Jerzy Żuławski — Portrait by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905 …

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  • 44chimera — /ki mear euh, kuy /, n., pl. chimeras. 1. (often cap.) a mythological, fire breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion s head, a goat s body, and a serpent s tail. 2. any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, esp. as… …

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  • 45Rene Descartes —     René Descartes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► René Descartes     (Renatus Cartesius), philosopher and scientist, born at La Haye France, 31 March, 1596; died at Stockholm, Sweden, 11 February 1650. He studied at the Jesuit college of La Flèche …

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  • 46castle in the air — noun A visionary project or scheme; a day dream; an idle fancy; a pipe dream; any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be ever realized; a near impossibility. Syn: castle in the skies, castle in Spain …

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  • 47build castles in the air — verb To imagine visionary projects or schemes; to daydream; to have an idle fancy, a pipe dream or any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be realized. Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them …

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  • 48Song of Australia — Deckblatt der Veröffentlichung des Liedes The Song of Australia wurde von der englischen Dichterin Caroline J. Carleton im Jahre 1859 für einen Wettbewerb getextet, der vom Gawler Institut zu seinem 2. Jahrestag ausgeschrieben war. Die Musik… …

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  • 49chimera — n. Illusion, hallucination, delusion, fantasy, phantom, dream, crotchet, idle fancy, creature of the imagination, air castle, castle in the air, château en Espagne …

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  • 50day-dream — n. Dream, conceit, idle fancy, visionary scheme, castle in the air, château en Espagne …

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