Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Bind 1Charles Dickens G.P. Putnam, 1853 - 498 sider |
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... The countenance may , occasionally , be observed lighted up , as it were , from within by a passing dream — its expres- sion is frequently one of peculiar mildness and benignity ; the breathing may be slow , but it is calm DREAMS,
... The countenance may , occasionally , be observed lighted up , as it were , from within by a passing dream — its expres- sion is frequently one of peculiar mildness and benignity ; the breathing may be slow , but it is calm DREAMS,
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... their own - they maintained their identity . Sir Thomas Lawrence once made an interesting observation on this sub- ject to Mrs. Butler - then Miss Fanny Kemble : he pointed out , in conversation , that he never heard of DREAMS . 17.
... their own - they maintained their identity . Sir Thomas Lawrence once made an interesting observation on this sub- ject to Mrs. Butler - then Miss Fanny Kemble : he pointed out , in conversation , that he never heard of DREAMS . 17.
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... observed Locke , " every drowsy nod shakes this doctrine . " All we remark , is , that some of the ordi- nary mental faculties act in such cases with increased ener- gy . But beyond this we cannot go . We are informed by Cabains , that ...
... observed Locke , " every drowsy nod shakes this doctrine . " All we remark , is , that some of the ordi- nary mental faculties act in such cases with increased ener- gy . But beyond this we cannot go . We are informed by Cabains , that ...
Side 24
... observed , any event , such as the death of the person dreamt of , chance to take place , so as to correspond with the nature and time of the apparition , the circumstance is conceived to be super- natural , although the coincidence is ...
... observed , any event , such as the death of the person dreamt of , chance to take place , so as to correspond with the nature and time of the apparition , the circumstance is conceived to be super- natural , although the coincidence is ...
Side 45
... observation that , as Dr. Simp- son has pointed out , the discovery by Soubeiran , Liebig , and Dumas , of the formation and composition of chloroform , resuited from inquiries and experiments instituted by them , with the sole object ...
... observation that , as Dr. Simp- son has pointed out , the discovery by Soubeiran , Liebig , and Dumas , of the formation and composition of chloroform , resuited from inquiries and experiments instituted by them , with the sole object ...
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Side 83 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Side 208 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Side 215 - Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Side 19 - On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved.
Side 206 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Side 21 - The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. 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 70 or 100 years in one night ; nay, sometimes had feelings representative of a millennium passed in that time, or, however,...
Side 15 - A remarkable circumstance in this case was, that after these experiments he had no distinct recollection of his dreams, but only a confused feeling of oppression or fatigue ; and used to tell his friends that he .was sure they had been playing some trick upon him.
Side 81 - Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657.
Side 84 - ... a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnight, and with Tea welcomes the morning.
Side 180 - ... turn on his right side, place his head comfortably on the pillow, so that it exactly occupies the angle, a line drawn from the head to the shoulder would form, and then slightly closing his lips, take rather a full inspiration, breathing as much as he possibly can through the nostrils.