An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 páginas |
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... clouds , produce the same effect on the eye , as the discoloured patches of the wall ; and the rolling of the mist adds motion to the spectral images . } * In like manner , recollected images are attributed to the moving lights , in the ...
... clouds , produce the same effect on the eye , as the discoloured patches of the wall ; and the rolling of the mist adds motion to the spectral images . } * In like manner , recollected images are attributed to the moving lights , in the ...
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... clouds . Ascending at that moment the granite rocks called the Tempelskanzel , there appeared before me , though at a great distance , to- wards the Worm mountains and the Achtermaunshohe , the gigantic figure of a man , as if standing ...
... clouds . Ascending at that moment the granite rocks called the Tempelskanzel , there appeared before me , though at a great distance , to- wards the Worm mountains and the Achtermaunshohe , the gigantic figure of a man , as if standing ...
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... cloud , opposed to the sun . heard , many I remember to have heard , years ago , a relation of a similar nature , on ... clouds , and the phenomenon disappeared . It is impossible to see this phenomenon , except when the sun is at such ...
... cloud , opposed to the sun . heard , many I remember to have heard , years ago , a relation of a similar nature , on ... clouds , and the phenomenon disappeared . It is impossible to see this phenomenon , except when the sun is at such ...
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... clouds . About a quarter past four I went to- wards the inn , and looked round to see whether the atmosphere would permit me to have a free prospect On examination , part of the wall ap- peared to 24 THEORY OF APPARITIONS .
... clouds . About a quarter past four I went to- wards the inn , and looked round to see whether the atmosphere would permit me to have a free prospect On examination , part of the wall ap- peared to 24 THEORY OF APPARITIONS .
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... clouds floating around , or hovering past him , he needs only fix his eye steadfastly upon them , and in all probability , he will see the singular spectacle of his own shadow ex- tending to the length of five or six hundred feet , at ...
... clouds floating around , or hovering past him , he needs only fix his eye steadfastly upon them , and in all probability , he will see the singular spectacle of his own shadow ex- tending to the length of five or six hundred feet , at ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.