dreamy abstraction
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He displayed no longer the same thoughtless gayety or the same dreamy abstraction.
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles
"Gold is always gold," said Brother Basil, coming out of his fit of dreamy abstraction.
From Masters of the Guild by L. Lamprey
The figures are absorbed in their own thoughts; they stand isolated apart, as though the painter wishes to intensify the mood of dreamy abstraction.
From Giorgione by Herbert Cook
The expression of the moon seemed transfigured, like a great clairvoyant eye, reflecting light from invisible spheres, and looking out upon the external world with dreamy abstraction.
From A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child
As winter drew on, she grew no better; a dim, dreamy abstraction brooded over her.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
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