Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature, Volume 2 |
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Page 253 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.