"To the Sabbath! To the Sabbath!' they cried.……" — Algernon Blackwood
"To the Sabbath! To the Sabbath!' they cried. 'On to the Witches' Sabbath!" Up and down that narrow hall they danced, the women on each side of him, to the wildest measure he had ever imagined, yet which he dimly, dreadfully remembered, till the lamp on the wall flickered and went out, and they were left in total darkness. And the devil woke in his heart with a thousand vile suggestions and made him afraid."
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Algernon Blackwood
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16 Quotes by Algernon Blackwood
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It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and…
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And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has…
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No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on first view may leave the most…
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The Wise are silent, the Foolish speak, and children are thus led astray.
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Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.
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No man can describe to another convincingly wherein lies the magic of the woman who ensnares him.
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