The Spectator, Volume 7J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 60
... dreams may give us fome idea of the great excellency of a human foul , and fome intimation of its indepen- dency on matter . In the first place , our dreams are great inftances of that activity which is natural to the human foul , and ...
... dreams may give us fome idea of the great excellency of a human foul , and fome intimation of its indepen- dency on matter . In the first place , our dreams are great inftances of that activity which is natural to the human foul , and ...
Page 61
... dreams it works with that ease and activity that we are not fenfible when the fa- culty is employed . For instance , I believe every one , fome time or other , dreams that he is reading papers , books , or letters ; in which cafe the ...
... dreams it works with that ease and activity that we are not fenfible when the fa- culty is employed . For instance , I believe every one , fome time or other , dreams that he is reading papers , books , or letters ; in which cafe the ...
Page 62
... dreams , and mi- ferable in his waking thoughts , and that his life was equally divided between them , whether would he be more happy or miferable ? Were a man a king in his dreams , and a beggar awake , and dreamt as confequen- tially ...
... dreams , and mi- ferable in his waking thoughts , and that his life was equally divided between them , whether would he be more happy or miferable ? Were a man a king in his dreams , and a beggar awake , and dreamt as confequen- tially ...
Page 63
... dreams . That feveral fuch divinations have been made , none can question , who believes the holy writings , or who has but the leaft degree of a common hiftorical faith ; there being innu- nerable inflances of this nature in feveral ...
... dreams . That feveral fuch divinations have been made , none can question , who believes the holy writings , or who has but the leaft degree of a common hiftorical faith ; there being innu- nerable inflances of this nature in feveral ...
Page 103
... dream . " < I faw a town of this island , which shall be name- lefs , invefted on every fide , and the inhabitants of it fo ftrained as to cry for quarter . The General refused any other terms than thofe granted to the abovemen- tioned ...
... dream . " < I faw a town of this island , which shall be name- lefs , invefted on every fide , and the inhabitants of it fo ftrained as to cry for quarter . The General refused any other terms than thofe granted to the abovemen- tioned ...
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