An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 Seiten |
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... seemed to be transacting business " with each other : I also saw several times 66 ' people on horseback , dogs and birds . All " these phantasms appeared to me in their " natural size and as distinct as if alive , 66 exhibiting ...
... seemed to be transacting business " with each other : I also saw several times 66 ' people on horseback , dogs and birds . All " these phantasms appeared to me in their " natural size and as distinct as if alive , 66 exhibiting ...
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... seemed " to dissolve in the air ; while fragments " of some of them continued visible a " considerable time . About eight o'clock " the room was entirely cleared of my fantastic visitors . " " Since this time I have felt , twice or ...
... seemed " to dissolve in the air ; while fragments " of some of them continued visible a " considerable time . About eight o'clock " the room was entirely cleared of my fantastic visitors . " " Since this time I have felt , twice or ...
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... seemed as large as a fowl , and a fowl appeared equal in size to an ox . In coloured objects , green predominated with her ; a curious fact , which I have seen veri- fied in other convulsive diseases . very intelligent boy , who was ...
... seemed as large as a fowl , and a fowl appeared equal in size to an ox . In coloured objects , green predominated with her ; a curious fact , which I have seen veri- fied in other convulsive diseases . very intelligent boy , who was ...
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... seemed very fine , but " covered all but their faces , with their light veils , whose skirts trailed largely 66 " on on the floor . They entered in a file " one after the other , and in that posture " walked round the room , till the ...
... seemed very fine , but " covered all but their faces , with their light veils , whose skirts trailed largely 66 " on on the floor . They entered in a file " one after the other , and in that posture " walked round the room , till the ...
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... seemed " to groan , and draw a great chair with " its foot , in which it seemed to sit , and " turn over the leaves of a large folio ; " which you know make a loud clatter . 56 66 ing noise ; so it continued in that pos- " ture ...
... seemed " to groan , and draw a great chair with " its foot , in which it seemed to sit , and " turn over the leaves of a large folio ; " which you know make a loud clatter . 56 66 ing noise ; so it continued in that pos- " ture ...
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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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Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.