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I have no doubt , that dismal and frightful images have been presented , in the
same manner , to young persons , after scenes of domestic affliction , or public
horror . . · From this renewal of external impressions , also , many of the
phænomena ...
I have no doubt , that dismal and frightful images have been presented , in the
same manner , to young persons , after scenes of domestic affliction , or public
horror . . · From this renewal of external impressions , also , many of the
phænomena ...
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In like manner , recollected images are attributed to the moving lights , in the
splendid exhibitions of the Aurora Borealis . The Icelander beholds in them the
spirits of his ancestors ; * and the vulgar discern encountering armies , and
torrents of ...
In like manner , recollected images are attributed to the moving lights , in the
splendid exhibitions of the Aurora Borealis . The Icelander beholds in them the
spirits of his ancestors ; * and the vulgar discern encountering armies , and
torrents of ...
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The pleasure which I felt on this discovery can hardly be described ; for I had
already walked many a weary step in the hope of seeing this shadowy image
without being able to satisfy my curiosity . I immediately made another movement
by ...
The pleasure which I felt on this discovery can hardly be described ; for I had
already walked many a weary step in the hope of seeing this shadowy image
without being able to satisfy my curiosity . I immediately made another movement
by ...
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After a long interval , and much reasoning with himself , he renewed his
investigation , and at length discovered that the object of his terror was produced
by the moon - beams , forming a long , bright image , through the broken window
, on ...
After a long interval , and much reasoning with himself , he renewed his
investigation , and at length discovered that the object of his terror was produced
by the moon - beams , forming a long , bright image , through the broken window
, on ...
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The result of all these inquiries has been , that recollected images only are
presented to the persons labouring under delusions of this nature . But the most
remarkable and decisive narrative of this kind was published , some years ago ,
by ...
The result of all these inquiries has been , that recollected images only are
presented to the persons labouring under delusions of this nature . But the most
remarkable and decisive narrative of this kind was published , some years ago ,
by ...
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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.
Información bibliográfica
| 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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