The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams: A Commonplace Book of Speculations Concerning the Mystery of Dreams and Visions, Records of Curious and Well-authenticated Dreams, and Notes on the Various Modes of Interpretation Adopted in Ancient and Modern Times, Tom 2Chapman and Hall, 1865 |
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... It is the familiarity with this great func- * " " Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth , and the brother of death extracteth a third part of our lives , " saith Sir PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP . 11 tion of our nature which.
... It is the familiarity with this great func- * " " Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth , and the brother of death extracteth a third part of our lives , " saith Sir PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP . 11 tion of our nature which.
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... live ; His glory shall o'ershadow earth ; his foes Shall quail before him , and in vain oppose . Go then , and when three days are past , return And the bright tidings of the future learn . " He said , and Daghdú seeks her home . Her ...
... live ; His glory shall o'ershadow earth ; his foes Shall quail before him , and in vain oppose . Go then , and when three days are past , return And the bright tidings of the future learn . " He said , and Daghdú seeks her home . Her ...
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... live to behold his day - my life and all I possess should be his sacrifice . " When Daghdú heard these precious words she said , " O prophet of wisdom ! how knowest thou that this was my fifth month ? " The seer replied , " Let the days ...
... live to behold his day - my life and all I possess should be his sacrifice . " When Daghdú heard these precious words she said , " O prophet of wisdom ! how knowest thou that this was my fifth month ? " The seer replied , " Let the days ...
Strona 66
... took the kingdom ; and one of his brethren , who affected the kingdom , he slew ; and the other , who chose to live a private and quiet life , he had in esteem . ' . —Antiquities of the Jews . DREAM OF CALPURNIA . PLUTARCH . ' We are told.
... took the kingdom ; and one of his brethren , who affected the kingdom , he slew ; and the other , who chose to live a private and quiet life , he had in esteem . ' . —Antiquities of the Jews . DREAM OF CALPURNIA . PLUTARCH . ' We are told.
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... Lives of the Cæsars . FATE LIMITS LITERATURE . PLINY THE YOUNGER . ' I am deeply afflicted , ' says the younger Pliny , in one of his letters to Maximus , with the news I have received of the death of Fannius , not only as I have lost ...
... Lives of the Cæsars . FATE LIMITS LITERATURE . PLINY THE YOUNGER . ' I am deeply afflicted , ' says the younger Pliny , in one of his letters to Maximus , with the news I have received of the death of Fannius , not only as I have lost ...
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Adrastus afterwards angel appeared Artabanus Artemidorus awake awoke beheld body brother Cæsar called Chaunteclere child circumstances Croesus dead death denotes devil Divine dream dreamer dremes earth effect EMANUEL SWEDENBORG enemies Eudemus eyes father fear feeling fell asleep gentleman Gwithian hand happened hath head hear heard heaven hell holy horror husband imagination immediately impression Joanna Southcott Julius Cæsar king labour lady Lord Lord Brougham mind morning mother murder never NICHOLAS WOTTON night observed occurred Osiris oviparous pain passed Peninsular war Persians person Portlaw priest prisoner recollection remarkable replied rich Robert Fitzhamon seemed seen sense servant shows sick signifies honour sleep soon soul spirit Stockden stood suddenly Swedenborg thee things thou thought tion told took vision viviparous voice waking Wallenstein wife woman words Xenophon Xerxes young
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