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Page 171
... night I ever heard it , my sis- ter Nancy and I were set in the dining room . We heard something rush on the outside of the doors that opened into the garden , then three loud knocks , immediately after other three , and in half a ...
... night I ever heard it , my sis- ter Nancy and I were set in the dining room . We heard something rush on the outside of the doors that opened into the garden , then three loud knocks , immediately after other three , and in half a ...
Page 172
... night it wanted a quarter to ten . Mrs. Wesley : One night it made such a noise in the room over our heads as if several people were walking , then run up and down stairs- Mr. Wesley : Something like the steps of a man was heard going ...
... night it wanted a quarter to ten . Mrs. Wesley : One night it made such a noise in the room over our heads as if several people were walking , then run up and down stairs- Mr. Wesley : Something like the steps of a man was heard going ...
Page 358
... night- mare is not real , unless he could have the evidence of other persons to the contrary who were present and awake at the same time . " A psychiatrist , discussing the night- mare of suffocation , confirmed this testi- mony : " I ...
... night- mare is not real , unless he could have the evidence of other persons to the contrary who were present and awake at the same time . " A psychiatrist , discussing the night- mare of suffocation , confirmed this testi- mony : " I ...
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