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Meanings of seen a spirit in English

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Usage of seen a spirit in English
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But I've never seen a spirit appear in front of my eyes.
Second glance
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The Duke went home like a man who had seen a spirit.
A Group of Noble Dames
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In all my years, Arkoniel, I've never seen a spirit quite like this one.
The Bone Doll's Twin
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When a person has once seen a spirit-orthinks he has-he thenceforth believes it.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
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But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
The Fair Haven
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The father, startled, turned shrinkingly on him, as if he had seen a spirit.
A Romany of the Snows, vol. 2 / Being a Continuation of the Pers...
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You look like you've seen a spirit.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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The girl screamed, for she thought she had seen a spirit, and then she gave a deep sigh.
The Second Jungle Book
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Have I seen a spirit?
For Woman's Love
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He looked at me with a haunted face, such as belongs to one who thinks he has seen a spirit.
Cord and Creese
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Dogs see spirits; when they bark and howl suddenly and you see nothing about, it is because they have seen a spirit.
The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
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I started as if I had seen a spirit, for I believed myself alone, and I did not feel less lonely now.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
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'You look like you have seen a spirit.
Voices in the dark
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'You look as if you've seen a spirit.'
Voices in the dark
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"You look like a man who has seen a spirit."
The Burial of the Guns
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"Have you ever seen a spirit, Jagat Sing?"
In the Forbidden Land / An account of a journey in Tibet, captur...
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