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"So I could be legal?" Glenelle asked her, "or at least you're trying to convince me that there is some wisp of a chance I could be legal, if Gordon's Lamp was destroyed
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“After twenty decades?” What was this bumpkin thinking? Ava didn’t find a wisp of a trail a few years after the event, neither did Internal Investigations
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The pulleys squealed, and though drenched in grease, a wisp of smoke arose as the axle and bearings ground against one another
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With a wisp of the Oneness, the door was unlocked
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She had been a little wisp of a girl, and it was nothing to carry her to one of the long tables on the other side of the restaurant
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Then, from the other side of Joss, a skinny wisp of a girl stepped into my view, and I relented
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A wisp of hair the
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Will –o"-the Wisp, n
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A wisp of smoke caught him in the eye
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For every grain of sand, every wisp of air, and every drop of water carried everything back to him: voice, thought and deed
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So they lied down around the embers of the fire with hands behind their heads, comfortably peering through the canopy of the forest wherever they could, invariably seeing not a wisp of a cloud
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Then, for the first time, a thin wisp of smoke was seen in the distance, curling up in the early morning air
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as will o' the wisp this fence
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Just as I was about to look for a place to camp, I noticed a wisp of smoke just a little downstream from me
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inability to conjure the faintest wisp of hope for the situation
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for nothing but the wisp of dark threads that
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in despair, reaching for nothing but the wisp of dark threads that surround my room
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He couldn’t find the ability to speak out loud but had to rely on the merest wisp of thought
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The wisp of green felt as if it were sparkling into her skin, emerald turned to the strangest of water, but in mere moments she’d understood why it was there and what it was telling her
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" The two pilots saw a lone F-4 trailing a thin wisp of white smoke
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It was trailing a thin wisp of smoke
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Only a wisp of it was left in my heart
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he smoothed a wisp off my face and kissed my forehead
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A silvery wisp of smoke exhaled from Zoe's lips and was caught in the hand of the goddess
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Compared to what she felt for D’ven, her feelings for Markus were nothing, just a wisp of wind
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A glance back, before the heavy, gold-bound teak door was closed, showed him Xaltotun leaning back in his throne-like chair, his arms folded, while a thin wisp of smoke curled up from the brazier
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There was no chimney, just a hole in the roof with a wisp of smoke drifting through it
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a wisp of superstition? But
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He saw a thin wisp of smoke rolling over the trail about two hundred yards ahead of where he was, and his pace quickened as he walked towards it
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“What is that over there?” Tim pointed to the wisp of snow that formed a woman moving along with them
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Struggling to clear his head, he looked toward the site of the previous day’s drama and a thin wisp of smoke could be seen rising from the ashes of the almost dead fire with what remained of Sally’s body alongside
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A cool wisp of a breeze made her pull the old brown cardigan
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The sun was now well off the horizon and the sky, cerulean blue was clear with a wisp of cloud as reminder of the morning mist
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Is there some fountain of free will, into which we all dip the cups of our perception? Can we hope to find that elusive concept of intent in this murky field? Can we find the will of the fish, as we would perhaps seek a will o' the wisp on some misty, treacherous marsh? Such things were perhaps not at the forefront of Fishmael's mind as he cursed the fish from the quarterdeck, but perhaps they should have been
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Look out there in the distance do you see that wisp of smoke
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A wisp of steam escaped from the spout of the teapot and seemed to linger around the ornate lid before finally dissipating
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The wisp of a presence within her was a new person
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brushed back a wisp of hair that had fallen across her face
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She blew a wisp of her long hair off of her high forehead, smooth
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To their relief, as they approached the village, a small wisp of wind whistled past them
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The wisp paid no heed to the clouds; he made a habit of avoiding beings with an over-inflated ego (clouds definitely fell into this category)
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A wisp has only one duty to fulfil on his free-flowing pilgrimage; a cherished and sacred task undertaken by all
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Catherine asked as she brushed back a wisp of hair that had fallen down
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He noticed a wisp of gun smoke
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was standing several yards away, holding a revolver in his hand, a wisp
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The video next showed a wisp of smoke from the bomber‘s car window, and the motorcycle driver recoiled, holding his chest
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wisp of steam pulled out by the suction of wind buffeting our bodies
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very moment, but he also has to wait for something to appear, something I like to call a wisp of fate, and then he has to act on it—even if he can barely feel it
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had offered a wisp of hay to one of the horses carrying stones for the building
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and a wisp of a thought of what his dad would say
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Then they vanished before his eyes in a wisp of smoke
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Then in an instant it all disappeared in a wisp of smoke
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She disappeared leaving a wisp of smoke and an oily feel to the air
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A faint wisp of silver mist rose around Dalynara until she shimmered
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She sighed, blowing a wisp of hair out of her face and looked down at Aesa, who was lying on the rug next to her
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” Hope started stepping towards Faith, collecting what passion remained in the wisp of her body
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Haven nodded and a wisp of a smile crossed her swollen eyes
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She still held the poker, and a fine wisp of smoke trailed from its smoldering end
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“So they reckon,” he replied, twirling a finger through a wisp of hair
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She followed his eyes, but did not see much--a wisp of mist along the grass, the top twigs of a willow emerging from it, and above it the faint sky
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He shrugged his shoulders and let out a wisp of laughter
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His last living impression was of the slim wisp of smoke rising from Tom’s gun
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A thin wisp of smoke was curling up out of its barrel
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A wisp of smoke was left curling in mid-air
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“Look there,” said Tamlyn, pointing to a wisp of smoke in the
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heather, he noticed a wisp of chimney smoke refl ected in a distant
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legged youth, whose wisp of a beard gave him the look of a goat
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His eyebrows rose as he looked down at her and she knew he saw her as a wisp of a girl
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Depending on how thick the ashes were, and how hot the volcanic ash was: there could have been anywhere from an entire conflagration, or barely a wisp of smoke
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It left the forehead exposed and on the right side a wisp nearly reached her eyebrow
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It will vanish like a wisp of wind one day or the other
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“He’s just a child,” the woman brushed a wisp of hair away from the boy’s eyes
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A blurred image that could have been a memory drifted across Loofah's mind like a wisp of mist, of a girl in white, his pretty young angel, somehow linked in foul and unholy union with a repugnant little toad – the same repugnant little toad that was now trotting up the road towards him
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He was probably reading her thoughts even now! As if in response she saw the wisp of a smile briefly appear before he got up
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Nor the present, nor the least wisp that is known
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Under thee only they harvest, even but a wisp of hay under thy great face only,
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At the reproaches with which he was being overwhelmed Napoleon began to roar, while Justin dried his shoes with a wisp of straw
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Only let him beware of being the slave of crotchets, or of running after a Will o' the Wisp in his ignorance, or in his vanity of attributing to himself the gifts of a poet or assuming the air of a philosopher
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trussed up her petticoat and shift, in a wisp to her waist, where being
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The waves, racing and tumbling over each other, knocked him about as if he had been a stick or a wisp of straw
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Will o' the wisp
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Then one of them caught sight of the wisp of cloth on the nail, and cried out to the
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When he had thus largely pleased himself with this branch of dalliance and delight, he trussed up her petticoat and shift, in a wisp to her waist, where being tucked in, she stood fairly naked on every side; a blush at this overspread her lovely face, and her eyes downcast to the ground, seemed to be for quarter, when she had so great a right to triumph in all the treasures of youth and beauty that she now so victoriously displayed
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There was a shimmering wisp of a robe lying across a rattan chair
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“That little wisp looks like it was just the best he could do,” she thought, not seeing in his face the cold hard intelligence that was carrying the weight of a new nation
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'Perhaps,' I thought, while her words still hung in the air between us like a wisp of tobacco smoke - a thought to fade and vanish like, smoke without a trace - 'perhaps all our loves are merely hints and symbols; vagabond-language scrawled on gate-posts and paving-stones along the weary road that other have tramped before us; perhaps you and
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He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him
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There, she came upon Doonie bent over a shipping carton, a wisp of hair escaping from her bun, more white in it than there used to be
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only a wisp of thin cloud
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He first saw one with the corner of his left eye, a wisp of pale sheen that faded away; but others appeared soon after: some like dimly shining smoke, some like misty flames flickering slowly above unseen candles; here and there they twisted like ghostly sheets unfurled by hidden hands
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The investment crowd disintegrates, vanishing like a wisp of smoke in the wind
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So there’s wisp of sense in the original statement
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But then I caught a wisp of movement to the right of the dirt trail we’d taken to the house
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” She became a wisp of
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me in x-ray” I wisped of sarcasm
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The clouds tumbled in anger, being wisped apart
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It was now dusk and it looked like the Germans were preparing their evening meal as I watched the smoke from their cooking fires wisping up into the warm evening air
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Day Star’s last thread of life looked about to snap, just as a sort of wisping
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As she turned the corner into her street, she could see the crescent of the new moon hanging enticingly, draped with wisps of cloud
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in wisps of smoke that echo centuries
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A few wisps of cloud on the far horizon glimmered red and gold as they reflected the falling of day into the purple dusk of night
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"We are wisps of electrons in silicon crystals, what does it matter if we simulate reproductive behavior or not? What I want from my partner is working together to achieve a goal he both believe in
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Wisps of smoke drifted lazily
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A stiff, cold north wind blew wisps of his long, greying
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The only evidence of a delay was the wisps of white
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Alec saw faint wisps of blue dancing about the man's skin
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A pale and wintry sky with distant wisps of clouds
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He had an egg shaped head, a few wisps of ash colored hair, and a curving nose that looked like it wanted to touch his chin
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Another flight of arrows smacked into the deck and sails as the first wisps of mist
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Twilight was now taking hold, only a few wisps of cloud at the horizon still holding on to their salmon pink luminescence
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Faint wisps of smoke still curled around the edges of the hatch
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A breeze started, blowing wisps of sand across the courtyard
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The equivalent of little wisps of cloud in a sky that foretell of next day's storm
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Curly brown hair hung tied back from his neck, leaving a few wisps to frame prominent cheek bones and clean jaw
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A few burnt rags still clung to his body, smouldering with thin wisps of grey smoke
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At the same moment, deep beneath the turbulent waters of the pool, four spirits strained against their earthly bonds, causing wisps of multicoloured steam to rise from the surface where they were whipped away by the storm– feathered seed-heads on a summer breeze
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“Somewhere in the world a ‘73 Volkswagon Super Beetle is missing its seat-covers,” he told Oberon’s companion, a semi-attractive female cop, with a little blonde pony tail hanging out of the back of her hat and thin wisps of hair falling out from under it
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A continuous hint of rotting vegetation waxed and waned in the faint wisps of air, a fitting reminder of what happens to idle life
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The dekar was sharing some of Lanris’ pipe when he replied after exhaling thoroughly, wisps of smoke coming out of his mouth and nose:
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The eyebrows, usually thin wisps of white fuzz, were now dark brown and thickly matted
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She also saw the source of the strange jingling sounds; the old man was wearing a jester’s hat, wisps of grizzled white hair jutting out from underneath it
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There’s a photograph of her on the next page, her mouth in a firm line, wisps of brown hair hanging around her face
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pavement, sending wisps of dirt swirling about their legs
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his wisps of thinning grey hair, the Director of Space
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Thin wisps of smoke began to float into the
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I looked at it and finally saw a few wisps of smoke rising from it
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The moon was wreathed by thin, ghostly wisps of cloud
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wisps of smoke into the clear creamy sky
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Scattered clouds covered much of the sky and a few wisps of light snow
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No thin wisps of smoke would be seen spiraling into the early morning haze
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Wisps of clouds drifted by, the scent of them like fields after spring rain
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He was bald apart from some short grey wisps of hair around his ears
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Shreds of clothes and wisps of straw flew out of the Threshing Machine’s chimney, followed by something else: something that glinted as it arced through the air, and clanged when it landed on the ground in front of Bryony
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The Threshing Machine was silent, with just a few wisps of black smoke wafting from its funnel shaped chimney
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The rising sun flung its shafts through the mist and wisps of vapour curled from the water
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Both Chris and the officer turned to look at the police car and sure enough, wisps of smoke could be seen coming from the grille area
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The rest floated in blue wisps about the room
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Bronze bowls of incense rolled their spirals about her; the wisps of smoke curled about her naked limbs like caressing fingers
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The limbs were bound in place with rawhide thongs which had become mere rotted wisps
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the wind combs wisps of fog-
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opened my eyes I could see millions of stars and little wisps of
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“I need a drink,” Henry muttered to himself as he stomped down the driveway and started to town in the last couple wisps of twilight as darkness enveloped the land
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Wisps of smoke started to
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Wisps of smoke soon emanated from
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” She looked at him seductively, with wisps
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wisps of silver hair fell out from under his hat
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Her outstretched hand was just inches away from the safety of the thick rope guide line when the airflow was stifled; the demand through the system with wisps of air in her tank, was now too high
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He moved a little closer and saw, through the wisps of mist, a foot poking out from beneath the soiled cloth
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knotted old brow under wisps of thinning hair
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Faint now, wisps and shreds over the embryonic pulse,
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He was mesmerized as he always was at times like this with Katarina’s soft milky white skin, the wisps of dark hair falling across her face, her seductive eyes looking at him with anticipation and desire
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result that wisps of sprayed seawater hit the side and flew over the boat, gradually soaking the men
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Where once it had been crisp and cold, now the air was an interesting cocktail of things that the trolls didn’t know about, but nevertheless appreciated: the slightly rancid smells of fast food, wisps of dumpster odor, and also the 128
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Wisps of white chase us from
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The bearlord mounted his bear and they set off across the beach, leaving little but wisps of sand in their wake
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This morning, for some reason, I decided to take a walk in a different direction cutting out over the huge meadow that still had lingering clouds of early morning mist drifting in wisps around my legs as I gradually made a line towards the forest on the far edge of the property moving from one patch of fog to another
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By the time the sky was brightening in the east, I was flying in and out of the ragged wisps of the ash cloud
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Faint blue wisps, almost like smoke, danced within the hard shadows
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struggling bravely to prolong the wisps of a dying, hopeless, futile revolt
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Wisps of grey hair escaped from under his hat
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of those wisps, surrender to it, he’ll begin to feel it telling him his fate is special, the Gods are with him, that he has found his true path
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Thins wisps of red
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Thin black wisps
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Aside from a last-gasp cotton puff or two, the fog is all gone now, and only a patch of peach-fuzzy wisps cling to the water on the shady side—reminding me of my only son's face the morning he announced he needed his first shave
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Purple and yellow and pink-orange cloud wisps painted the sky, an abstract by some incredibly-talented heavenly artist
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As she waved her sword around, tiny white wisps fled from her sword in the image of skulls
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The tiny puffed sleeves which were trimmed with wisps of lace looked far too delicate and unsubstantial atop her broad, red arms
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I stared at it, at the wisps that strayed free, and though how Father would love to paint that and he could paint it, when he was here, but where was he? She held me tightly and kissed my face, and Jackie was there too, lifting me and taking me away to somewhere quieter, away from the smoke which still billowed from the upstairs window
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Just as wisps of her dream started coming back to her, Christine heard a familiar
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So much beauty and feeling disappeared like wisps of fog evaporating underneath the heat of the morning sun
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Multiple Viirin, tall and thin and pale as fleeting wisps of cloud, continuously circulated the room, refilling goblets and ladling gravies and spooning oddly shaped items that Stedder had never before seen the like of but which he imagined to be food, possibly grown from the ground?
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by in thin, layering wisps, floating in morning fog
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In the city in the west, grey wisps of fog unfold
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Thick wisps of black, yellow, white, red, and blue colored smoke arose from each bracelet- spiraling up into the air
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The glass-colored transparent tendrils which framed her oval-shaped face in tired wisps
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Wisps of gray curls peeked around her face
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Squatting down next to them, he began puffing little wisps of air through his teeth, producing a chain of soft trills
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But if she did not speak or do she yet was; and he was acutely conscious, though he never took his eyes off the cushions opposite, of every detail of her in that grey and horrible light, of her crumpled clothes, her drooping smudgedness, her hat grown careless, and her hair in wisps
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Little wisps of mist were rising up from the ground, as if the earth itself were cooking coffee
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There were pockmarks where they had once been but now they simply ushered in wisps of breeze and dripped with dirty water when sweeping typhoons hammered away at the outside walls
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"Who are you then?" he asked, his stringy blond hair falling over his forehead in jagged wisps
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The box had been filled with charcoal ash and brown fine talc powder, which when opened wisps of the mixture would escape giving the impression of being sealed and unopened for eons
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Wafting the wisps of scented smoke around the room, he chanted his mantra
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Wisps of smoke feathered through the air above the delicate
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Wisps of her chopped hair clung damp and elegant to her neck
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Wisps of hay flew through the air
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Her hair clung to her cheeks and forehead in damp wisps
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Her hair was no longer tied up in a tight pony tail and dark wisps hung over her face accentuating her high cheekbones
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’ At that moment Nadia appeared, that beautiful, singular t-shirt of hers still pointing her out, a sobering vision, she shuffled through the sunflower seeds head down, the wisps of her fringe eclipsing her eyes
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Soft wisps of her red hair had escaped the
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And roll head over heels and tangle my hair full of wisps
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There were whitish eels of the species Gymnotus fasciatus that passed like elusive wisps of steam, conger eels three to four meters long that were tricked out in green, blue, and yellow, three–foot hake with a liver that makes a dainty morsel, wormfish drifting like thin seaweed, sea robins that poets call lyrefish and seamen pipers and whose snouts have two jagged triangular plates shaped like old Homer's lyre, swallowfish swimming as fast as the bird they're named after, redheaded groupers whose dorsal fins are trimmed with filaments, some shad (spotted with black, gray, brown, blue, yellow, and green) that actually respond to tinkling handbells, splendid diamond–shaped turbot that were like aquatic pheasants with yellowish fins stippled in brown and the left topside mostly marbled in brown and yellow, finally schools of wonderful red mullet, real oceanic birds of paradise that ancient Romans bought for as much as 10,000 sesterces apiece, and which they killed at the table, so they could heartlessly watch it change color from cinnabar red when alive to pallid white when dead
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They were sorted in teams and Mr Deasy came away stepping over wisps of grass with gaitered feet
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So he took a bundle of wisps of letters and envelopes out of his pocket
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In the absolute blackness, his vision is webbed with a thousand traveling wisps of red and blue
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What might be several seconds pass, though they feel to Werner like hours, and the wind tears through the frosted grass, sending zephyrs and wisps of snow sirening off across the white, and a sudden nostalgia for Zollverein rolls through him in a wave: boyhood afternoons wandering the soot-stained warrens, towing his little sister in the wagon