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It has given me pain to see - the most fearful and ghastly commence- ments of a
tale of horror reduced to mere common events , at the winding up of the book . I
have looked , also , with - much compassiori , on the pitiful instruments of sliding
...
It has given me pain to see - the most fearful and ghastly commence- ments of a
tale of horror reduced to mere common events , at the winding up of the book . I
have looked , also , with - much compassiori , on the pitiful instruments of sliding
...
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To those unfortunate persons, who feel a real dread of apparitions, I hope to offer
considerations which will quiet their fears, and will even convert the horrors of
solitude into a source of rational amusement. But I must forbear to display all the
...
To those unfortunate persons, who feel a real dread of apparitions, I hope to offer
considerations which will quiet their fears, and will even convert the horrors of
solitude into a source of rational amusement. But I must forbear to display all the
...
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It has given me pain to see - the most fearful and ghastly commencements of a
tale of horror reduced to mere common events , at the winding up of the book . I
have looked , also , with much compassion , on the pitiful instruwents of sliding ...
It has given me pain to see - the most fearful and ghastly commencements of a
tale of horror reduced to mere common events , at the winding up of the book . I
have looked , also , with much compassion , on the pitiful instruwents of sliding ...
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To those unfortunate persons , who fcel a real dread of apparitions , I hope to
offer considerations which will quiet their fears , and will even convert the horrors
of solitude into a source of rational amusement . But I must forbear to display all
the ...
To those unfortunate persons , who fcel a real dread of apparitions , I hope to
offer considerations which will quiet their fears , and will even convert the horrors
of solitude into a source of rational amusement . But I must forbear to display all
the ...
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On casting a fearful glance round the room , he discovered , by the moon - light ,
a corpse , dressed in a shroud , reared erect , against the wall , close by the
window . With much difficulty , he summoned up resolution to approach the
dismal ...
On casting a fearful glance round the room , he discovered , by the moon - light ,
a corpse , dressed in a shroud , reared erect , against the wall , close by the
window . With much difficulty , he summoned up resolution to approach the
dismal ...
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affected afterwards apparition appeared attended blood body bridge Broken called castle causes chamber CHAPTER close clouds continued curious delusion described door doubt dreadful entered extraordinary eyes fearful figures fire forms four frequently ghosts hand head heard horror hour human images imagination instance kind length light lived looked manner means mention mind morning mountains moving names nature never night noise o'clock objects observed occasion origin passed perceived persons phantasms physician presented produced published reader reading recollected relation remarkable repeated respect rest says seemed seen servants shape side sleep sometimes sound speak spectral impressions spectre spirits standing story terror thing thought tion told took turned unto vanished visions voice walked whole window young
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Página 15 - 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 16 - ... 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 41 - 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 43 - ... 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 48 - 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 38 - 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 24 - ... 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.
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| Título | An Essay Towards a Theory of Apparitions An Essay Towards a Theory of Apparitions, John Ferriar |
| Autor | John Ferriar |
| Editor | Cadell and Davies, 1813 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 21 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 139 páginas |
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