Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents - William Beckford

Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents

By William Beckford

  • Release Date: 1844-01-01
  • Genre: Fiction for Young Adults

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This universal stillness was the more pleasing, when I looked back upon those scenes of horror and outcry which filled London but a week or two ago, when danger was not confined to night only, and the environs of the capital, but haunted our streets at midday. Here, I could wander over an entire city; stray by the port, and venture through the most obscure alleys, without a single apprehension; without beholding a sky red and portentous with the light of fires, or hearing the confused and terrifying murmurs of shouts and groans, mingled with the reports of artillery

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