The Philosophy of SleepD. Appleton, 1834 - 296 стор. |
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... probably all that can be looked for . In the first Edition , Dr. Gall's theory , that the brain is composed of a plurality of organs , each organ being the seat of a particular mental facul- ty , was had recourse to for the purpose of ...
... probably all that can be looked for . In the first Edition , Dr. Gall's theory , that the brain is composed of a plurality of organs , each organ being the seat of a particular mental facul- ty , was had recourse to for the purpose of ...
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... probably more have slumbered over the pages of Bacon and Locke , than over those of Shakspeare and Milton . Cold produces sleep as well as heat , but to do so a very low temperature is necessary , particularly with regard to the human ...
... probably more have slumbered over the pages of Bacon and Locke , than over those of Shakspeare and Milton . Cold produces sleep as well as heat , but to do so a very low temperature is necessary , particularly with regard to the human ...
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... probably they were of so vague a nature , as to have soon faded away from the memory . Dreams occur more frequently in the morning than in the early part of the night ; a proof that the sleep is much more profound in the latter pe- riod ...
... probably they were of so vague a nature , as to have soon faded away from the memory . Dreams occur more frequently in the morning than in the early part of the night ; a proof that the sleep is much more profound in the latter pe- riod ...
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... Probably , as we advance in life , we are less troubled with these phenomena than at the period of youth , when im- agination is full of activity , and the mind peculiarly liable to impressions of every kind ; but when they do take ...
... Probably , as we advance in life , we are less troubled with these phenomena than at the period of youth , when im- agination is full of activity , and the mind peculiarly liable to impressions of every kind ; but when they do take ...
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... probably of a single hour , or even a few minutes ; and yet it appeared to occupy many months . : I must also mention another circumstance of a somewhat similar kind , which , though it occur in the waking condition , is produced by the ...
... probably of a single hour , or even a few minutes ; and yet it appeared to occupy many months . : I must also mention another circumstance of a somewhat similar kind , which , though it occur in the waking condition , is produced by the ...
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activity affection animal apoplexy apparitions appeared arise ascer attack awake awoke become body brain cause character circulation circumstances cold color consequence continued death delirium delirium tremens digestion disease dread dream excited existence eyes fact faculties fall asleep familiar spirits fancy feeling fever frequently frightful gentleman give rise habit hear heat hydrothorax ideas imagination impressions incubus individual induce instance intense Julius Cæsar kind lady latter laudanum less light menorrhagia mental mind morning muscles Mysteries of Udolpho nature ness never night nightmare object occasion occur opium organs pain paroxysm perfect sleep period person perspiration phantom phenomena Phrenological present produced recollect remarkable repose reverie sensation senses sensorial power sion Sir John Sinclair sleep sleep-talking slept slumber sometimes somnambulism somnolency sound spectral illusions spectres stance stimuli stomach strong supposed takes place terror thing thought tion torpor viduals violent viscus visions waking walk whole
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Сторінка 62 - At this moment he was unfortunately called out by a person on business from Porlock, and detained by him above an hour, and on his return to his room, found, to his no small surprise and mortification, that though he still retained some vague and dim recollection of the general purport of the vision, yet, with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images, all the rest had passed away like the images on the surface of a stream into which a stone had been cast, but, alas! without the...
Сторінка 88 - I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas : and was fixed, for centuries, at the summit, or in secret rooms ; I was the idol ; I was the priest ; I was worshipped ; I was sacrificed.
Сторінка 279 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Сторінка 252 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Сторінка 87 - Man is a weed in those regions. The vast empires also, into which the enormous population of Asia has always been cast, give a further sublimity to the feelings associated with all Oriental names or images. In China, over and above what it has in common with the rest of southern...
Сторінка 108 - I replied, 0 let me have the same grant given to Hezekiah, that I may live fifteen years, to see my daughter a woman : to which they answered, It is done ; and then, at that instant, I awoke out of my trance ; and Dr. Howlsworth did there affirm, that that day she died made just fifteen years from that time.
Сторінка 58 - Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time; I sometimes seemed to have lived for...
Сторінка 95 - Though thy slumber may be deep, , Yet thy spirit shall not sleep ; There are shades which will not vanish, There are thoughts thou canst not banish...
Сторінка 89 - Hitherto the human face had mixed often in my dreams, but not despotically, nor with any special power of tormenting. But now that which I have called the tyranny of the human face began to unfold itself. Perhaps some part of my London 'life might be answerable for this.
Сторінка 108 - Did you not promise me fifteen years, and are you come again?' which they not understanding, persuaded her to keep her spirits quiet in that great weakness wherein she then was; but some hours after, she desired my father and Dr Howlsworth might be left alone with her, to whom she said, 'I will acquaint you, that during the time of my trance I was in great quiet, but in a place I could neither distinguish nor describe; but the sense of leaving my girl, who is dearer to me than all my children, remained...