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SPECTRE OF THE See also:

BROCKEN (so named from having been first observed in 178o on the Brocken) , an enormously magnified See also:

SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow of an observer See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast upon a See also:

BANK

bank of See also:

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud when the See also:

sun is See also:

low in high See also:

mountain regions, reproducing every See also:

motion of the observer in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a gigantic but misty See also:

IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image of himself .

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