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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... predicting . Macrobius , in his description , has not in- cluded visions which were supposed to be seen in the day , when the senses were awake , several of which are recorded in the fabulous relations of ancient history , as that of ...
... predicting . Macrobius , in his description , has not in- cluded visions which were supposed to be seen in the day , when the senses were awake , several of which are recorded in the fabulous relations of ancient history , as that of ...
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... predicted not " smooth things " unto him ; still however it is utterly improbable , that communications of divine mercy should have been designed to be merely subservient to the establishment of error . If the dream , which was said to ...
... predicted not " smooth things " unto him ; still however it is utterly improbable , that communications of divine mercy should have been designed to be merely subservient to the establishment of error . If the dream , which was said to ...
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... predicted events which it was of no advantage to reveal , and of which no care could avoid the accomplishment . The dreams recorded in Scripture were cal- culated especially to establish the evidence , and conspire with the designs of ...
... predicted events which it was of no advantage to reveal , and of which no care could avoid the accomplishment . The dreams recorded in Scripture were cal- culated especially to establish the evidence , and conspire with the designs of ...
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... predicted that he should be hanged by Oretes ; and that his body remaining , should be washed by the rain , and the fat be melted by the sun * . The dream proclaimed the parent was deceived By secret omens , nor his fate perceived t ...
... predicted that he should be hanged by Oretes ; and that his body remaining , should be washed by the rain , and the fat be melted by the sun * . The dream proclaimed the parent was deceived By secret omens , nor his fate perceived t ...
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... prediction of the dream could be calculated only to disturb the mind of Croesus , and to aggravate the af- fiction which drove the unhappy Adrastus to suicide . While " The wretched mortal did not ' scape the blow t . " Nay , sometimes ...
... prediction of the dream could be calculated only to disturb the mind of Croesus , and to aggravate the af- fiction which drove the unhappy Adrastus to suicide . While " The wretched mortal did not ' scape the blow t . " Nay , sometimes ...
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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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.