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He was nearly always silent, and, from the moment of our departure from Paris, had fallen into dreamfulness, such as would come over myself at the thought of the beautiful lady.

From The Beautiful Lady by Tarkington, Booth

The springtide of the north is green and beautiful, but it has nothing of the radiance, the dreamfulness, the ecstasy of spring in the southern countries.

From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida