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Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

"The Book of Dreams and Ghosts"


{129b} Mrs. Thrale's Diary, 28th November, 1779.
{129c} Diary of Lady Mary Coke, 30th November, 1779.
{130a} See Phantasms, ii., 586.
{130b} The difficulty of knowing whether one is awake or asleep, just
about the moment of entering or leaving sleep is notorious. The
author, on awaking in a perfectly dark room, has occasionally seen it
in a dim light, and has even been aware, or seemed to be aware, of the
pattern of the wall paper. In a few moments this effect of light
disappears, and all is darkness. This is the confused mental state
technically styled "Borderland," a haunt of ghosts, who are really
flitting dreams.
{131} Life of Lockhart.
{132} The author has given authorities in Blackwood's Magazine March,
1895. A Mr. Coulton (not Croker as erroneously stated) published in
the Quarterly Review, No. 179, an article to prove that Lyttelton
committed suicide, and was Junius. See also the author's Life of
Lockhart.
{140} A prominent name among the witnesses at the trial.
{141} The report of the trial in the Scots Magazine of June, 1754
(magazines appeared at the end of the month), adds nothing of
interest.


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