Phœnomenon of Dreaming. 207

0tl ^Waking, we wonder how we thoughtknew them, or entered so easily into theire %ns and business. We frequently thinkcome into a company , where we seem ton °w what we came for, and what is every° ne ’s part of the business in hand: or we are°n a sudden engaged in circumstances,a course of action, which appears to usto be the consequence of former action, whichreadily own we have been concerned in.^ rNan imagines he is in danger or trouble,^ ec ause he did such things formerly, of whiche seems to know himself guilty: he is stung^ith grief and remorse for crimes he allowse hath perpetrated years before; or he isRaised for great and virtuous actions, of*be merit of which he seems secretly consci-° Us * In a word, there is this notable diffe -re nce between what we fee while awake,a hd what we fee in steep; that if we fee anylri g new while awake, we know that it isnew to us, and find that difficulty and un-ea sines s in us, which attends ignorance and^r>acqu a j n ta n c e ; but oftentimes it happens,. 0ll gh we fee a thing for the first time onlyf 1 ^ e ep, yet we do not think it new to us, buta &siliar, and not new. This, I believe, will