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eidolon [aɪˈdəʊlɒn] n pl -la [-lə], -lons 1. an unsubstantial image; apparition; phantom 2. an ideal or idealized figure [from Greek: phantom, idol] eidolon a phantom or apparition. See also: GhostsHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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BY a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule - From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE - out of TIME. Tulliver in particular, as he is represented to be in that eidolon or portrait of him which we have seen to exist in the miller's mind. |
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