The Philosophy of SleepD. Appleton, 1834 - 296 стор. |
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... remarkable for the rapidity of its accession than its overpowering character . In such a situation , the mind in a few minutes ceases to act , and sinks into a state of overpowering obli- vion . The slumber , however , not being a ...
... remarkable for the rapidity of its accession than its overpowering character . In such a situation , the mind in a few minutes ceases to act , and sinks into a state of overpowering obli- vion . The slumber , however , not being a ...
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Robert Macnish. six successive weeks - and with many others , more or less remarkable . In Bowyer's life of Beattie , a curious anecdote is related of Dr. Reid , viz . , that he could take as much food and immediately after- wards as ...
Robert Macnish. six successive weeks - and with many others , more or less remarkable . In Bowyer's life of Beattie , a curious anecdote is related of Dr. Reid , viz . , that he could take as much food and immediately after- wards as ...
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... remarkable . When we are suddenly awaked from a profound slumber by a loud knock at , or by the rapid opening of , the door , a train of actions which it would take hours , or days , or even weeks to accomplish , sometimes passes ...
... remarkable . When we are suddenly awaked from a profound slumber by a loud knock at , or by the rapid opening of , the door , a train of actions which it would take hours , or days , or even weeks to accomplish , sometimes passes ...
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... remarkable manner ; and on opening them , they are much less dazzled by the light than if we awoke from a slumber altogether unvisited by such dreams . A fact equally curious is noticed by Dr. Darwin , in his " Zoonomia , " - " If we ...
... remarkable manner ; and on opening them , they are much less dazzled by the light than if we awoke from a slumber altogether unvisited by such dreams . A fact equally curious is noticed by Dr. Darwin , in his " Zoonomia , " - " If we ...
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... remarkable possessed by sleep . It even goes the length , in some cases , of recalling circum- stances which had been entirely forgotten , and presenting them to the mind with more than the force of their original impression . This I ...
... remarkable possessed by sleep . It even goes the length , in some cases , of recalling circum- stances which had been entirely forgotten , and presenting them to the mind with more than the force of their original impression . This I ...
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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...