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... to theological discussions , the manuscript would have been committed , without mercy , to the flames . What methods may have been em- ployed by Providence , on extraordinary occasions , to communicate with men , I do not A 3 PREFACE . ix.
... to theological discussions , the manuscript would have been committed , without mercy , to the flames . What methods may have been em- ployed by Providence , on extraordinary occasions , to communicate with men , I do not A 3 PREFACE . ix.
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... extraordinary and terrific impressions cannot be explained , from the known laws of the animal œconomy , independent of supernatural causes , in the examples furnished by profane his- tory . 1 It is well known , that in certain dis ...
... extraordinary and terrific impressions cannot be explained , from the known laws of the animal œconomy , independent of supernatural causes , in the examples furnished by profane his- tory . 1 It is well known , that in certain dis ...
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... extraordinary pheno- menon , I had clambered up to the summit of the Broken very early in the morning , in order to wait for the inexpressibly beautiful view of the sun rising in the east . The heavens were already streaked with red ...
... extraordinary pheno- menon , I had clambered up to the summit of the Broken very early in the morning , in order to wait for the inexpressibly beautiful view of the sun rising in the east . The heavens were already streaked with red ...
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... extraordinary time of the Devil's com- ing down in great wrath upon us , there " are too many tongues and hearts there- by set on fire of hell , that the various 66 66 " " opinions about the witchcrafts which " of later time have ...
... extraordinary time of the Devil's com- ing down in great wrath upon us , there " are too many tongues and hearts there- by set on fire of hell , that the various 66 66 " " opinions about the witchcrafts which " of later time have ...
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... extraordinary cir- cumstances are recorded , which might have been omitted with great propriety . The curiosity of the worthy judge seems to have been as unlimited as his credu- . lity . I ought to add , that his book is de nocte chorea ...
... extraordinary cir- cumstances are recorded , which might have been omitted with great propriety . The curiosity of the worthy judge seems to have been as unlimited as his credu- . lity . I ought to add , that his book is de nocte chorea ...
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66 appeared Achtermaunshohe affrighted afterwards albæ appa Arise Evans Armagh attended Baronius Beaumont's beheld Bezuel blood body Broken Caen called Cardan castle chamber Charles VII clouds coloured curious demons deposeth Desfontaines door dreadful drowned extraordinary eyes Ficinus figures forms frequently ghosts Guion hand Harz Harz mountains head heard horrible horror imagination incubis inquit insanity instance instar Jurat length light looked ments Mercato mind modum morning mountains nature never night nihil noise o'clock objects observed occasion Pancrates perceived persons phantasms pheno physician Pordage Portnedown Bridge produced qu'elle quæ Quarrè reader recollected images repeated rition Saumur Scotland second-sighted seemed seen Seers servants shew sion sleep sometimes Sortoville spectral delusions spectral impressions spectre spirit or vision supernatural Susannah Martin tasms terror THEORY OF APPARITIONS tion told unto vanished voice walked WARRINGTON window witchcraft YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 13 - Achtcrmannshohe, a human figure of a monstrous size. A violent gust of wind having almost carried away my hat, I clapped my hand to it by moving my arm towards my head, and the colossal figure did the same.
Page 14 - ... compliments by bending their bodies as we did; after which they vanished. We retained our position, kept our eyes fixed on the same spot, and in a little time the two figures again stood before us, and were joined by a third. Every movement that we made by bending our bodies, these figures imitated, but with this difference, that the phenomenon was sometimes weak and faint, sometimes strong and well defined.
Page 39 - I opened my eyes. I conversed sometimes with my physician and my wife of the phantasms which at the moment surrounded me ; they appeared more frequently walking than at rest, nor were they constantly present. They frequently did not come for some time, but always reappeared for a longer or shorter period, either singly or in company, the latter, however, being most frequently the case.
Page 41 - ... short, and never of an unpleasant turn. At different times there appeared to me both dear and sensible friends of both sexes, whose addresses tended to appease my grief, which had not yet wholly subsided : their consolatory speeches were in general addressed to me when I was alone. Sometimes, however, I was accosted by these consoling friends while I was engaged in company, and not unfrequently while real persons were speaking to me.
Page 46 - Camden, he saw in a vision his eldest son (then a child and at London) appear unto him with the Mark of a bloody cross on his forehead as if it had been cutted with a sword...
Page 36 - I might preserve a clear consciousness of the changes which should take place within myself; I observed these phantasms very closely, and frequently reflected on my antecedent thoughts to discover, if possible, by means of what association of ideas exactly these forms presented themselves to my imagination. I thought at times I had found a clue, but taking the whole together, I could not make out any natural...
Page 22 - ... at him, and very much hurt him, with a blow on the side of the head: and that on the same day, about noon, the same shape walked in the room where he was, and an apple strangely flew out of his hand, into the lap of his mother, six or eight foot from him.