An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 2Hunt and Clarke, 1826 - 438 pages |
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... certain turn of mind , blinds their un- derstanding , when they compare the reasons pro and con . I have known some men of parts , who denied all presages from dreams upon this principle , - none but God , said they , know things to ...
... certain turn of mind , blinds their un- derstanding , when they compare the reasons pro and con . I have known some men of parts , who denied all presages from dreams upon this principle , - none but God , said they , know things to ...
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... certain spirits , as the occasional cause of man's conduct , with respect to certain events , then all the difficulties that are objected against dreams vanish away . We must no more wonder that we do not find a character of greatness ...
... certain spirits , as the occasional cause of man's conduct , with respect to certain events , then all the difficulties that are objected against dreams vanish away . We must no more wonder that we do not find a character of greatness ...
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... certain manner , when some of its parts are at rest , and when they are not ? Let us say the same of our brain . It is more easy to di- rect in it certain motions for exciting presaging ima- ginations when the eyes , and other external ...
... certain manner , when some of its parts are at rest , and when they are not ? Let us say the same of our brain . It is more easy to di- rect in it certain motions for exciting presaging ima- ginations when the eyes , and other external ...
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... certain dreams . Sometimes they had no other foundation for appoint- ing certain ceremonies , or for condemning the ac- cused . “ Quum exæde Herculis patera aurea gravis surrepta esset , in somniis vidit ( Sophocles ) ipsum deum ...
... certain dreams . Sometimes they had no other foundation for appoint- ing certain ceremonies , or for condemning the ac- cused . “ Quum exæde Herculis patera aurea gravis surrepta esset , in somniis vidit ( Sophocles ) ipsum deum ...
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... certain countries , who had dreamed any thing concerning the republic , to declare it openly , either by a public adver isement or by a cryer ; and excepting some particular dreams , we may say of all the rest what we read in Petronius ...
... certain countries , who had dreamed any thing concerning the republic , to declare it openly , either by a public adver isement or by a cryer ; and excepting some particular dreams , we may say of all the rest what we read in Petronius ...
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