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  • To whomsoever provides best comfort and alleviation from Litlove night-terrors … a prize!

    Don’t Go Down To The Woods « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • It's been a while, but hands-down these night-terrors in which I semi-wake-up, convinced that an impossibly large insect is crawling up the bed toward me.

    Super Punch Interview: Jeff 2010

  • Night-time is usually entirely predictable, excepting the infrequent storms of teething or night-terrors.

    Wherever You Go, There You Are | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • Night-time is usually entirely predictable, excepting the infrequent storms of teething or night-terrors.

    Wherever You Go, There You Are 2007

  • Canadian music is enough to strike fear into the hearts of most right-thinking people – yes Alanis, Celine, Bryan and Nickelback, we're referring explicitly to you hear – so imagine the night-terrors and panic attack that come with the prospect of listening to a Canadian hip-hop album.

    Watch The K-Os Sunday Morning Video 2007

  • It is rare for children of two or of three years of age, whose case we are now considering, to be troubled by bad dreams, nightmares, or night-terrors.

    The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron

  • Even night-terrors are, as a rule, determined by the suppressed fears of his waking hours.

    The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron

  • Nasal obstruction and failure of lactation night-terrors aggravated by

    The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron

  • Adenoid vegetations, night-terrors aggravated by removal of, in treatment of enuresis

    The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron

  • Ogres devouring children are out of place as subjects for pictures and may cause night-terrors.

    The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron

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