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The Shades

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the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body.

See also: Shade



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The shades were up, there was a cheerful blaze in the open stove in the front parlor, and a fire laid on the hearth in the back room.
The Distinguished Naturalist made no immediate reply, but later, as in the shades of night they journeyed through the desolate vastness of the Great Lone Land, he broke the silence:
One must begin with grandeur, paint everything expressed, soften the shades of those which are of least importance, collect all into one point of view, and carry the reader thither with a rapid flight.
 
 
 
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