Footfalls on the boundary of another world. From the 10th Amer. ed., with emendations and additions by the author1860 |
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... dreams . It constantly happens that such persons , interrogated as to their dreams the next morn- ing , deny having ... dream being not so wholly lost that it cannot be revived , at a future time , in sleep . DREAMLESS SLEEP . 119 The ...
... dreams . It constantly happens that such persons , interrogated as to their dreams the next morn- ing , deny having ... dream being not so wholly lost that it cannot be revived , at a future time , in sleep . DREAMLESS SLEEP . 119 The ...
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Robert Dale Owen. DREAMLESS SLEEP . 119 The question whether we ever sleep without dream- ing as old as the days of Aristotle is equally curious and difficult of solution . In support of the theory that no moment of sleep is void of ...
Robert Dale Owen. DREAMLESS SLEEP . 119 The question whether we ever sleep without dream- ing as old as the days of Aristotle is equally curious and difficult of solution . In support of the theory that no moment of sleep is void of ...
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... dreaming , during which there is still cerebral action , but in a diminished degree ; and a third state , exhibiting no outward proof of dreaming , nor leaving behind any remembrance of dreams , and during which cerebral action is no ...
... dreaming , during which there is still cerebral action , but in a diminished degree ; and a third state , exhibiting no outward proof of dreaming , nor leaving behind any remembrance of dreams , and during which cerebral action is no ...
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... dreaming , I should have replied that I very rarely dreamed at all ; the fact being then , as it still is , that I scarcely ever have a dream which I remember , or could repeat , even at breakfast the next morning . But my attention ...
... dreaming , I should have replied that I very rarely dreamed at all ; the fact being then , as it still is , that I scarcely ever have a dream which I remember , or could repeat , even at breakfast the next morning . But my attention ...
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... dream seems to be not the rule , but the exception to the rule ; " * and , if it be , how many of the phenomena of sleep may have hitherto escaped our observation ! How many more may be covered by a vail that will forever remain impene ...
... dream seems to be not the rule , but the exception to the rule ; " * and , if it be , how many of the phenomena of sleep may have hitherto escaped our observation ! How many more may be covered by a vail that will forever remain impene ...
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Страница 49 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty...
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Страница 164 - R d thought that he informed his father of the cause of his distress, adding, that the payment of a considerable sum of money was the more unpleasant to him, because he had a strong consciousness that it was not due, though he was unable to recover any evidence in support of his belief. ' You are right, my son,' replied the paternal shade ; ' I did acquire right to these tiends, for payment of which you are now prosecuted.
Страница 31 - At the same time I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable, than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless.
Страница 31 - I merely mean to say what Johnson said, That in the course of some six thousand years, All nations have believed that from the dead A visitant at intervals appears; And what is strangest upon this Strange head, Is, that whatever bar the reason rears 'Gainst such belief, there 's something Stronger Still In its behalf, let those deny who will.
Страница 229 - Only she thought he might have done it for her, and saved her the trouble. By this time all my sisters were so accustomed to these noises, that they gave them little disturbance. A gentle tapping at their bed-head usually began between nine and ten at night. They then commonly said to each other, " Jeffrey is coming: it is time to go to sleep.