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3 total sentences available.
At this moment Guido, who knew how disagreeable the subject must be to his sister, drew their attention to those golden slants of sunshine which seem to come so direct from heaven to earth,—bright and vapoury ladders,—fitting steps for our vain wishes to mount above; and just then so distinct from the dark mass of shadow flung from the deep forest in the distance.
Source: wiktionary
And still he seemed to grow more white, / More vapoury, and wavier— / Seen in the dim and flickering light, / As he proceeded to recite / His “Maxims of Behaviour.”
Source: wiktionary
And those white shapes enfolding her were surely never bridal veils, but vapoury wings that rose above her golden head, and swept down curving to her feet. See also quotations under vapory.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include gaseous water layer.
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