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But as death came on, the countenance became more set-
tled and calm ; the eyes retreated still farther back
into the head, losing their fierceness ; and the whole
features assuming, in some cases, a sort of fixedness,
while in others they exhibited a calm and gentle
repose, illuminated by the expiring rays of departing
reason ; like the surface of a lake, no longer lashed by
the tempest into foaming surges ; but reflecting from
its bosom the last rays of the setting sun, indicating
that night will soon come on, and cover it with dark-
ness.
