The philosophy of sleep / [Robert Macnish].

  • Robert Macnish
Date:
1834
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Credit: The philosophy of sleep / [Robert Macnish]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Another dream I shall relate in illustration of this point. It was related to me by a young lady, and, independent of its illustrative value, is well worthy of being preserved as a specimen of fine imagination.—“J dreamed,” said she, “that I stood alone upon the brink of a dreadful preci- pice, at the bottom of which rolled a great river. While gazing awe-struck upon the gulph below, some one from behind laid a hand upon my shoul- der, and, on looking back, I saw a tall, venerable figure with a long, flowing, silvery beard, and clothed in white garments, whom I at once knew to be the Saviour of the world. ‘Do you see,’ he inquired, ‘the great river that washes the foun- dation of the rock upon which you now stand ? I shall dry it up, so that not a drop of its waters shall remain, and all the fishes that are in it shall perish.’ He then waved his hand, and the river was instantly dried up; and I saw the fishes gasping and writhing in the channel, where they all straightway died. ‘Now,’ said he, ‘the river is dried up and the fishes are dead; but to give you a farther testimony of my power, I shall bring back the flood, and every creature that was wont to inhabit it shall live again” And he waved his hand a second time, and the river was instantly restored, its dry bed filled with volumes of water, and all the dead fishes brought back unto life. On looking round to express to him my astonishment at those extraordinary miracles, and to fall down and worship him, he was gone; and I stood by
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