"The images that impressed his sleeping fancy remained strongly on his mind waking; but his reason strove to disperse them; it was natural that the story he had heard should create these ideas, that they should wait on him in his sleep, and that every dream should bear some relation to his deceased friend."
The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story
At least 15 entries in ESTC (1777, 1778, 1780, 1784, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1797, 1795, 1799).<br>
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See <u>The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story. By Clara Reeve.</u> (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, 1778). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T172453">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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First published as <u>The Champion of Virtue. A Gothic Story. By the Editor of the Phoenix. a Translation of Barclay’s Argenis.</u> (Colchester: Printed for the author, by W. Kfymer [sic], and sold by him; sold also by G. Robinson, London, 1777). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T56188">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story. By Clara Reeve.</u> 2nd edition (London: Printed for Charles Dilly, 1780). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000044043:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;