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One of his troubles was, that a set of green dressed dancers would enter his drawing room, go through their…

Date of account: Published 1857
Source: The Spirit Land
Reference: The Spirit Land · selected passage 163
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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One of his troubles was, that a set of green dressed dancers would enter his drawing room, go through their evolutions, and retire

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One of his troubles was, that a set of _green_ dressed dancers would enter his drawing room, go through their evolutions, and retire. He knew it was an illusion, but could not resist the annoyance, or the impressions made on him. He returned to his country seat, and, in a few weeks, got rid of his visitors. He concluded to remain out of town, and sent to London for the furniture of his old parlor, to be placed in his country house; but when it came, and was arranged in the room, the _corps de ballet_, dressed in _green_, all rushed into the room, _exclaiming_, "Here we are all again!" He had associated in his mind the furniture and the dancing apparitions, and when it returned, they came with it, and, as he thought, _spoke with voices_. We recollect of reading in a medical paper, published in Boston, an account of a man who believed his house to be haunted by the devil, in consequence of which he resolved to vacate it and remove into the country.

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