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" I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of... "
A Century of Anecdote from 1760 to 1860 - Page 316
by John Timbs - 1873 - 597 pages
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 528 pages
...which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient cas^ tie (a very natural dream for a head filled like' mine with gothic story) ; and that on the upper-. most banister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down,...
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The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most ..., Volume 3

John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1814 - 450 pages
...which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle, (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost bannister of a great stair-case, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began...
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The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most ..., Volume 3

John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1816 - 538 pages
...natural dream for a head filled' like mine with Gothic story,) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great stair-case, I saw a gigantic hand in armour....write, without knowing in the least what I intended td say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that I ' was very glad to...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 4

England - 1819 - 782 pages
...natural dream for a head, filled, like mine, with gothic story), and that in the uppermost bannister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sate down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.' The work...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 4

1819 - 808 pages
...natural dream for a head, filled, like mine, with gothic story), and that in the uppermost bannister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sate down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 4

England - 1819 - 792 pages
...natural dream for a head, filled, like mine, with gothic story), and that in the uppermost bannister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sate down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work...
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The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...very natural dream for a head filled like mine with gothic story,) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour....evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing hi the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add,...
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The novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle, (a very natural dream would bannister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle, (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with gothic story,) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and ..., Volume 4

George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled, like mine, with Gothic story),...began to write, without knowing in the least what 1 intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that I was very...
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