An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 páginas |
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... thought of them . " The phantoms appeared to me con- 66 66 66 trary to my inclination , as if they were ' presented to me from without , like the phenomena of nature , though they ex- " isted no where but within my mind . " I could at ...
... thought of them . " The phantoms appeared to me con- 66 66 66 trary to my inclination , as if they were ' presented to me from without , like the phenomena of nature , though they ex- " isted no where but within my mind . " I could at ...
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... the difference in the 66 writing , being compared , will make " it appear . I know the bench , and the " people thought I recanted , but alas ! " they were deceived . " 66 66 66 - " Well , but this very THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 83.
... the difference in the 66 writing , being compared , will make " it appear . I know the bench , and the " people thought I recanted , but alas ! " they were deceived . " 66 66 66 - " Well , but this very THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 83.
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... thought that I was in a great hall like the king's hall , or the castle in Winchester , and there was none there but a judge that sat upon " the bench and myself ; and as I turned " to a window in the north - westward , " and looking ...
... thought that I was in a great hall like the king's hall , or the castle in Winchester , and there was none there but a judge that sat upon " the bench and myself ; and as I turned " to a window in the north - westward , " and looking ...
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... I have seen what I thought I should never see . But I neither remember the 66 66 question , nor the answer . However , " it agrees with what I remember I saw " then , a naked man in half length ; H 2 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 119.
... I have seen what I thought I should never see . But I neither remember the 66 66 question , nor the answer . However , " it agrees with what I remember I saw " then , a naked man in half length ; H 2 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 119.
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... thought I " was drunk . He came near me , and " heard me ask some questions , and " return some answers , as he told me " since , I am " I talked with Desfontaines nearly “ three quarters of an hour . I promised 46 you , said he , that ...
... thought I " was drunk . He came near me , and " heard me ask some questions , and " return some answers , as he told me " since , I am " I talked with Desfontaines nearly “ three quarters of an hour . I promised 46 you , said he , that ...
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66 appeared Achtermaunshohe affrighted afterwards albæ amusement appa Arise Evans Armagh attended Baronius beheld Bezuel blood body Broken Caen called Cardan castle chamber Charles VII Circulus clouds coloured curious demons deposeth Desfontaines door doubt dreadful dream drest drowned extraordinary eyes Ficinus figure forms frequently ghosts Guion hand Harz mountains head heard horrible horror imagination incubis inquit insanity instance instar Jurat length light looked Mercato mind modum morning nature never night nihil noise o'clock objects observed occasion Pancrates perceived persons phantasms pheno physician Plato Portnedown Bridge produced qu'elle quæ Quarrè reader rebels recollected images repeated rition Saumur Scotland second-sighted seemed seen Seers servants shew sleep slept sometimes Sortoville spectral delusions spectral impressions spectre spirit or vision story supernatural Susannah Martin tasms terror THEORY OF APPARITIONS tion told unto vanished voice walked WARRINGTON window witchcraft
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Página 10 - 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 10 - But oh ! the 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...
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 26 - ... 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 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 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 45 - I was too much agitated by a series of incidents which had most powerfully affected my moral feeling, to be capable of attending to them; on a sudden I perceived, at about the distance of ten steps, a form like that of a deceased person. I pointed at it, asking my wife if she did not see it ? It was but natural...
Página 54 - No person was with me besides the surgeon ; but during the operation my chamber was crowded with human phantasms of all descriptions. This continued uninterruptedly till about half an hour after four o'clock, just when my digestion commenced. I then perceived that they began to move more slowly. Soon after their colour began to fade, and at seven o'clock they were entirely white...
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 49 - After the first day the form of the deceased person no more appeared, but its place was supplied with many other phantasms, sometimes representing acquaintances, but mostly strangers : those whom I knew were composed of living and deceased persons, but the number of the latter was comparatively small. I observed the persons with whom I daily conversed did not appear as phantasms, these representing chiefly persons who lived at some distance from me.