An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 páginas |
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... object , is fa- miliar to every one . This subject has been so thoroughly investigated by the late Dr. Darwin , that I need only to refer the reader to his treatise on ocular spectra . * In young persons , the effects resulting from ...
... object , is fa- miliar to every one . This subject has been so thoroughly investigated by the late Dr. Darwin , that I need only to refer the reader to his treatise on ocular spectra . * In young persons , the effects resulting from ...
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... object is presented to the mind , during sleep , while the operations of judgment are suspended , the imagina- tion is busily employed in forming a story , to account for the appearance , whether agreeable or distressing . Then the ...
... object is presented to the mind , during sleep , while the operations of judgment are suspended , the imagina- tion is busily employed in forming a story , to account for the appearance , whether agreeable or distressing . Then the ...
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... objects . * Probably , this is an instance , in which the error of external sensation is corrected by experi- ence , like the deceptions of perspective , which are undoubtedly strong in our childhood , and are only detected by repeated ...
... objects . * Probably , this is an instance , in which the error of external sensation is corrected by experi- ence , like the deceptions of perspective , which are undoubtedly strong in our childhood , and are only detected by repeated ...
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... objects on which it was thrown . " * It is scarcely necessary to mention the well - known experiment of giving a rota- tory motion to a piece of burning wood , the effect of which is to exhibit a com- plete fiery circle to the eye . To ...
... objects on which it was thrown . " * It is scarcely necessary to mention the well - known experiment of giving a rota- tory motion to a piece of burning wood , the effect of which is to exhibit a com- plete fiery circle to the eye . To ...
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... objects of my attention , having procured information respecting the above - mentioned atmospheric phenomenon , I was at length so fortunate as to have the pleasure of seeing it ; and perhaps my description may afford satisfaction to ...
... objects of my attention , having procured information respecting the above - mentioned atmospheric phenomenon , I was at length so fortunate as to have the pleasure of seeing it ; and perhaps my description may afford satisfaction to ...
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Página x - 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 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 x - O ! th" 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 us...
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 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 26 - 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.
Página 25 - ... my curiosity. I immediately made another movement by bending my body, and the colossal figure before me repeated it. I was desirous of doing the same thing once more; but my colossus had vanished: I remained in the same position, waiting to see whether it would return, and in a few minutes it again made its appearance on the Achtermanshohe.
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 x - 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 skyes, like flying pursuivant, Against fowle feendes to ayd us militant! They for us fight, they watch, and dewly ward. And their bright squadrons round about us plant; And all for love, and nothing for reward; O, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ! EDMUND SPENSER.
Página 27 - ... apprehension. He was visited in a dream by a frightful apparition, and, awaking in agony, found himself sitting up in bed with a pistol grasped in his right hand. On casting a fearful glance round the room, he discovered by the moonlight a corpse, dressed in a shroud, reared erect against the wall, close by the window. With much difficulty he summoned up...