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Caroline saw a shape, a head, that, daguerreotyped in that attitude and with that expression, would have been lovely.
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An accurate, daguerreotyped portrait of a commonplace face;
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It is curious how municipal, economical, and social life are thus simultaneously daguerreotyped and indicate their mutual and intricate association in the French capital.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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Members of both Houses will be, of course, daguerreotyped for the use of the morning papers; and photographic likenesses of the leaders of _ton_ be supplied gratis to the leaders of the press.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various
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With its demoniac passions, its satanic ambition, desecrating the remains of the slain, making goblets of their skulls, and trinkets of their bones, this revolt is a heliograph of Dahomey, and Devildom daguerreotyped more vividly than by
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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In that long, burning look, it seemed as if the emotions of each were imparted to the other, not in slow succession as through words and sentences, but daguerreotyped or electrotyped in perfected form upon the conscious understanding.
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I tossed a pile of bedclothes over her, kissed the long light-brown hair which rippled on the straw matting, daguerreotyped the face on my memory with a glance, blew out the light, opened a window, and slipped out of it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Various
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They have all had their countenances daguerreotyped, yet who knows how it is done?
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I see him now as I saw him then; for my quick, startled glance took in the whole face and figure, which daguerreotyped themselves upon my memory.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Various
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I do not mean, that calling a boy Cicero will certainly make him an orator, or that all Jeremiahs are necessarily prophets; nor is it improbable, that the same peculiarities in the parents, which dictate these expressive names, may direct the characters of the children, by controlling their education; but it is unquestionable, that the characteristics, and even the fortunes of the man, are frequently daguerreotyped by a name given in infancy.
Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel
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