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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
297
{121}
Additional
MSS.,
British
Museum,
27,402,
f.
132.
{122}
Really
1628,
unless,
indeed,
the
long-continued
appearances
began
in
the
year
before
Buckingham's
death;
old
style.
{127}
It
may
fairly
be
argued,
granting
the
ghost,
his
advice
and
his
knowledge
of
a
secret
known
to
the
countess,
that
he
was
a
hallucination
unconsciously
wired
on
to
old
Towse
by
the
mind
of
the
anxious
countess
herself!
{129a}
Hamilton's
Memoirs.
{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.
The
trial
lasted
from
7
a.m.
of
June
11
till
6
a.m.
of
June
14.
The
jury
deliberated
for
two
hours
before
arriving
at
a
verdict.
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