. Thackerayana;. 428 THACKERAYANA. How often, too, do thoughts arise during the day which wecannot account for, as uncommon, perhaps, and incongruous, asthose which compose our dreams ! Once, after riding thirty milesin a very high wind, I remember to have passed a night of dreamsthat were beyond description terrible ; insomuch that I at lastfound it expedient to keep myself awake, that I might no more \ \. be tormented with them. Had I been superstitious, I shouldhave thought that some disaster was impending. But it occurredto me that the tempestuous weather I had encountered the pre-ceding d
. Thackerayana;. 428 THACKERAYANA. How often, too, do thoughts arise during the day which wecannot account for, as uncommon, perhaps, and incongruous, asthose which compose our dreams ! Once, after riding thirty milesin a very high wind, I remember to have passed a night of dreamsthat were beyond description terrible ; insomuch that I at lastfound it expedient to keep myself awake, that I might no more \ \. be tormented with them. Had I been superstitious, I shouldhave thought that some disaster was impending. But it occurredto me that the tempestuous weather I had encountered the pre-ceding day might be the occasion of all these horrors ; and I havesince, in some medical author, met with a remark to justify theconjecture. The < Mirror.—Vol. III. No. 79. Of Pastoral Poetry. * It may be doubted whether the representation of sentimentsbelonging to the real inhabitants of the country, who are strangersto all refinement, or those entertained by a person of an elegantand cultivated mind, who from choice retires into the countrywith a view of enjoying those pleasures which it affords, is calcu-lated to produce a more interesting picture. If the former is THE mirror: 429 recommended by its naivete and simplicity, it may be expectedthat the latter should have the preference in point of beauty andvariety. The enlargement of the field of pastoral poetry would surelybe of advantage, considerin
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