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We are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps, and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. It is the litigation of sense, but the liberty of reason; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps.
We are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps, and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. It is the litigation of sense, but the liberty of reason; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps.
Approximate author period: c. 1643 AD · renaissance
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- Sir Thomas Browne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1643 AD · renaissance
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 68 · printed citation: Sir T. Browne · subject: Dreams
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