An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 páginas |
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... physician and was daily informed " by me of every trifling occurrence and 66 change that happened , is still living , " and will , by all who know him , be most readily admitted as an unobjectionable " witness . During the ten latter ...
... physician and was daily informed " by me of every trifling occurrence and 66 change that happened , is still living , " and will , by all who know him , be most readily admitted as an unobjectionable " witness . During the ten latter ...
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... physician , the phantasm continued about eight mi- " nutes . I grew at length more calm , " and being extremely exhausted , fell " into a restless sleep which lasted about half an hour ; the physician ascribed " the apparition to a ...
... physician , the phantasm continued about eight mi- " nutes . I grew at length more calm , " and being extremely exhausted , fell " into a restless sleep which lasted about half an hour ; the physician ascribed " the apparition to a ...
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... physician and my wife of the phantasms " which at the moment surrounded me ; 66 66 66 eyes . 66 66 66 they appeared more frequently walking than at rest , nor were they constantly present . They frequently did not appear " for some time ...
... physician and my wife of the phantasms " which at the moment surrounded me ; 66 66 66 eyes . 66 66 66 they appeared more frequently walking than at rest , nor were they constantly present . They frequently did not appear " for some time ...
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... physician and my wife ; I yet did " not neglect to use proper medicines , especially when they began to haunt " me the whole day , and even at night 66 as soon as I awaked . " 66 66 " At last it was agreed that leeches " should be again ...
... physician and my wife ; I yet did " not neglect to use proper medicines , especially when they began to haunt " me the whole day , and even at night 66 as soon as I awaked . " 66 66 " At last it was agreed that leeches " should be again ...
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... the care of an intelligent physician , he would have regained his tranquillity , and the world would have lost a most extraordi- nary set of confessions . CHAP . III . Beaumont's Visions - Those of Tasso- 68 THEORY OF APPARITIONS .
... the care of an intelligent physician , he would have regained his tranquillity , and the world would have lost a most extraordi- nary set of confessions . CHAP . III . Beaumont's Visions - Those of Tasso- 68 THEORY OF APPARITIONS .
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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.