An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 páginas |
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... means of their senses . In order to " defeat that belief , we generally desire " them to consider how many people have " been imposed on by artful novices , and " how liable we are to deceive ourselves ; we advise them to lay hold of ...
... means of their senses . In order to " defeat that belief , we generally desire " them to consider how many people have " been imposed on by artful novices , and " how liable we are to deceive ourselves ; we advise them to lay hold of ...
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... means of " a more regular and strict diet ; particu- larly efficacious in the beginning I had " found leeches to the arms , and they " were afterwards repeated two or three " times annually when I felt violent con- gestions in the head ...
... means of " a more regular and strict diet ; particu- larly efficacious in the beginning I had " found leeches to the arms , and they " were afterwards repeated two or three " times annually when I felt violent con- gestions in the head ...
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... 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 connection " between the ...
... 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 connection " between the ...
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... mean time there came letters from " his wife of the death of that boy in " the plague . He appeared to him , he " said , of a manly shape , and of that growth he thinks he shall be at the " resurrection . " 66 66 " He said , that he had ...
... mean time there came letters from " his wife of the death of that boy in " the plague . He appeared to him , he " said , of a manly shape , and of that growth he thinks he shall be at the " resurrection . " 66 66 " He said , that he had ...
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... three nights . In the mean time , a near relation of mine went ( though unknown to me ) to a phy- " sician of my acquaintance , desiring 66 66 66 66 ( 6 66 66 " him to prescribe me somewhat for sleeping E 3 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 73.
... three nights . In the mean time , a near relation of mine went ( though unknown to me ) to a phy- " sician of my acquaintance , desiring 66 66 66 66 ( 6 66 66 " him to prescribe me somewhat for sleeping E 3 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 73.
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Página 10 - AND is there care in heaven ? And is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is : else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But O ! th...
Página 10 - But oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace ; That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe ! How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight ; they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about...
Página 25 - 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.
Página 26 - ... 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.
Página 51 - 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.
Página i - What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Página 45 - I was too much agitated by a series of incidents which had most powerfully affected my moral feeling, to be capable of attending to them; on a sudden I perceived, at about the distance of ten steps, a form like that of a deceased person. I pointed at it, asking my wife if she did not see it ? It was but natural...
Página 54 - No person was with me besides the surgeon ; but during the operation my chamber was crowded with human phantasms of all descriptions. This continued uninterruptedly till about half an hour after four o'clock, just when my digestion commenced. I then perceived that they began to move more slowly. Soon after their colour began to fade, and at seven o'clock they were entirely white...
Página 53 - ... 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.
Página 49 - After the first day the form of the deceased person no more appeared, but its place was supplied with many other phantasms, sometimes representing acquaintances, but mostly strangers : those whom I knew were composed of living and deceased persons, but the number of the latter was comparatively small. I observed the persons with whom I daily conversed did not appear as phantasms, these representing chiefly persons who lived at some distance from me.