daguerreotyping

With returning consciousness came the quickened perception which sometimes follows a slight concussion of the brain, daguerreotyping upon my mind each individual of these fiery ranks, in vivid, even painful clearness.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Various

The literature which has left any mark, which has been worthy of the name, has always mirrored what was doing around it; not necessarily daguerreotyping the mere outside, but at least reflecting the inside, -- the thoughts, if not the actions of men, -- their feelings and sentiments, even if it treated of apparently far-off themes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

The rising morning sun sent its rays through this thicket, striking diagonally upon a few hills, and producing by some chemical law or daguerreotyping process the (white) tobacco.

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings

"The Poor of New York," and other plays directly daguerreotyping ordinary incidents, at any rate show that the drama is an art that responds instantly to the pulses of the time.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

(No useless attempt to repeat the material creation, by daguerreotyping the exact likeness by mortal mental means.)

Democratic Vistas: Paras. 90–119. Collect 1892

In some intense moods of mind, it seems as if every sunbeam had daguerreotyping power, and memory the preparedness to receive and retain.

Daisy in the Field 1869

Indeed, his faculty for daguerreotyping such things upon his mind, was wonderful.

Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business David W. Bartlett 1870

The implemements for daguerreotyping -- the tools of

Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867

(No useless attempt to repeat the material creation, by daguerreotyping the exact likeness by mortal mental means.)

Collect ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855

(No useless attempt to repeat the material creation, by daguerreotyping the exact likeness by mortal mental means.)

Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855