In that respect, he was like me, for I, in turn, viewed them either through the veil of my myopia or through my magnifying hat.

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We watch for a moment from the wings, as they process toward us, and our vision carries us down the line of people and through the veil.

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Lovecraft story, who has seen suddenly through the veil of glamour of this world to the meaninglessness which lies on the other side of the mingled memory and desire that usually prop up collecting and connoisseurship.

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You have to try to realize the sound as if through a veil.

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Mandel's particular obsession is imaging: using long exposures to make pictures of celestial bodies--like his shot of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant, which cannot be seen merely by gazing through a telescope.

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