Historical dream account · French · original text
The repeated syllable comes from the fireplace
Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys
Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger; observations pratiques (1867) · Part III-VI; printed pages 351, 352; normalized source paragraphs 2; Wikisource revision 5698927
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Une autre fois, c’est un interlocuteur qui m’annonce son départ pour Pa..., pa..., pa... Paris, voulait-il dire sans doute, mais il répétait indéfiniment cette première syllabe, ce qui m’irritait au suprême degré et finit par me réveiller. J’entendis alors distinctement le tapotement d’un devant de cheminée agité par le vent, lequel bégayait encore son interminable pa... pa... pa...
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A historical recorded dream in the original French. Descriptive English title is an editorial navigation label, not a translation of the account. Any author interpretation or speculation is preserved as historical commentary, not as a modern scientific finding. This is not a modern Synastry community submission.
Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys, Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger; observations pratiques (Paris: Amyot,1867), part III-VI, pp.351, 352. Original French, Wikisource transcription revision 5698927.
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Part III-VI; printed pages 351, 352; normalized source paragraphs 2; Wikisource revision 5698927
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