The Theory of Dreams: In which an Inquiry is Made Into the Powers and Faculties of the Human Mind, as They are Illustrated in the Most Remarkable Dreams Recorded in Sacred and Profane HistoryF.C. and J. Rivington, 1808 |
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... present , when every day teems with great events , and the fate of empires , he has employed his thoughts on Dreams ; for , in truth , the fearful importance of the scenes which now interest the attention of mankind , as they only ...
... present , when every day teems with great events , and the fate of empires , he has employed his thoughts on Dreams ; for , in truth , the fearful importance of the scenes which now interest the attention of mankind , as they only ...
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... present treatise attempts not to determine ; but he is of opinion that much cu- rious information may be collected on the sub- ject , and that some important conclusions may be deduced from a general view of the con- siderations which ...
... present treatise attempts not to determine ; but he is of opinion that much cu- rious information may be collected on the sub- ject , and that some important conclusions may be deduced from a general view of the con- siderations which ...
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... present attention to these dreams , which are recorded in profane history , we examine their character and pretension , with reference to the distinction laid down in the preceding chapter , we find ourselves neces- sarily involved in ...
... present attention to these dreams , which are recorded in profane history , we examine their character and pretension , with reference to the distinction laid down in the preceding chapter , we find ourselves neces- sarily involved in ...
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... present , walked home without any assistance . Sergius Galba having prepared a rich diamond necklace to adorn the statue of Fortune at Tusculum , and afterwards , on changing his mind , presented it to the Capitoline Venus , was visited ...
... present , walked home without any assistance . Sergius Galba having prepared a rich diamond necklace to adorn the statue of Fortune at Tusculum , and afterwards , on changing his mind , presented it to the Capitoline Venus , was visited ...
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... present at the battle , notwithstanding his severe disorder . In consequence of which Octavianus , being carried in his litter into the field , escaped from the soldiers of Brutus , who gained possession of his camp with the expectation ...
... present at the battle , notwithstanding his severe disorder . In consequence of which Octavianus , being carried in his litter into the field , escaped from the soldiers of Brutus , who gained possession of his camp with the expectation ...
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accounts Æneid affected afterwards Amphiaraus ancient appears apprehension arts awake beheld bishop body Cæsar ceived CHAPTER character Cicero circumstances conceive considered credulity death deity Dion divine dreams duke emperor engaged Euripides evil excited eyes faculties fancy fate favour fear fictions Fulgosius furnished future events Glaphyra God's heathen Hecuba historian Holinshed Homer human mind idea images imagination imparted impressions influence informs Insomnium inspired dreams instruction intimations Julius Cæsar king Lord Lorenzo de Medici Macrobius mentioned mind in sleep morning mother nations nature Nicholas Wotton night night mare objects observed occasion persons Petrarch Plutarch powers predicted pretensions preternatural probably produced prophetic reflections regarded Religio Medici remarkable reported represented revelation Roman says scenes second sight seems sensations Sir George Villiers Sir Thomas slept slumbers soul spirit superstition supposed temple things tion told truth Vespasian Virgil visions Wanley's Wonders Wotton writers
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Страница 30 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.
Страница 125 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Страница 114 - Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker...
Страница 114 - Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; And his angels he charged with folly : How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Which are crushed before the moth 1 They are destroyed from morning to evening : They perish for ever without any regarding it.
Страница 111 - And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
Страница 113 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Страница 109 - I remember I am not alone; and therefore forget not to contemplate him and his attributes, who is ever with me, especially those two mighty ones, his wisdom and eternity.
Страница 76 - Which reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private cell. When nature rests Oft in her absence mimic Fancy wakes To imitate her; but misjoining shapes, Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams; 111 matching words and deeds long past or late.
Страница 117 - Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes ; When monarch Reason sleeps, this mimic wakes: Compounds a medley of disjointed things, A mob of cobblers, and a court of kings: Light fumes are merry, grosser fumes are sad : Both are the reasonable soul run mad : And many monstrous forms in sleep we see, That neither were, nor are, nor e'er can be.
Страница 78 - At my nativity my ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpius; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me.