The Philosophy of SleepD. Appleton, 1834 - 296 Seiten |
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... reasons , and for the much stronger one , that having studied the science for several years with a mind rather hostile than otherwise to its doctrines , and found that nature invariably vindicated their truth , I could come to no other ...
... reasons , and for the much stronger one , that having studied the science for several years with a mind rather hostile than otherwise to its doctrines , and found that nature invariably vindicated their truth , I could come to no other ...
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... reason , we may touch him without his feeling it ; neither is he sensible to sounds , to light , or to odors . When , however , the slumber is not very profound , he may hear music or conversation , and have a sense of pain , hunger ...
... reason , we may touch him without his feeling it ; neither is he sensible to sounds , to light , or to odors . When , however , the slumber is not very profound , he may hear music or conversation , and have a sense of pain , hunger ...
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... reason for this supposition is , that we very seldom remain during the whole of that period in the position in which we fall asleep . This change of posture must have been occasioned by some emotion , however obscure , affecting the ...
... reason for this supposition is , that we very seldom remain during the whole of that period in the position in which we fall asleep . This change of posture must have been occasioned by some emotion , however obscure , affecting the ...
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... reason , the inhabitants of very cold climates sleep more than those who live in the warmer latitudes . The profoundness of sleep differs greatly in different individuals . The repose of some is ex- tremely deep ; that of others quite ...
... reason , the inhabitants of very cold climates sleep more than those who live in the warmer latitudes . The profoundness of sleep differs greatly in different individuals . The repose of some is ex- tremely deep ; that of others quite ...
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... reason that it is diminished , while these pow- ers resume their action . In drunkenness , for in- stance , where the mind is vehemently excited , we are far less susceptible of cold than in a state of sobriety . Sleep is much modified ...
... reason that it is diminished , while these pow- ers resume their action . In drunkenness , for in- stance , where the mind is vehemently excited , we are far less susceptible of cold than in a state of sobriety . Sleep is much modified ...
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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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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...