Lectures on Witchcraft: Comprising a History of the Delusion in Salem, in 1692Carter and Hendee, 1831 - 300 Seiten |
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... In the hope that they may contribute , in combination with the great variety of other means now employed , to diffuse the blessings of knowledge , to check the prevalence of fanaticism , to accelerate the decay of iv.
... In the hope that they may contribute , in combination with the great variety of other means now employed , to diffuse the blessings of knowledge , to check the prevalence of fanaticism , to accelerate the decay of iv.
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... knowledge , that you can scarcely find a peo- ple on the face of the globe , who have not contrived by some means or other , from the rude monument of shapeless rock , to the most perfect alphabetical language , to com- municate with ...
... knowledge , that you can scarcely find a peo- ple on the face of the globe , who have not contrived by some means or other , from the rude monument of shapeless rock , to the most perfect alphabetical language , to com- municate with ...
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... knowledge . Every community that aspires to become intelligent and virtuous , should cherish it . Institu- tions for the promotion and diffusion of use- ful information , should have special reference to it . And all people should be ...
... knowledge . Every community that aspires to become intelligent and virtuous , should cherish it . Institu- tions for the promotion and diffusion of use- ful information , should have special reference to it . And all people should be ...
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... knowledge , so many in so small a compass of land should so abominably leap into the devil's lap at once . Answer 2d . The quality of several of the accused was such as did bespeak better things , and things that accompany salvation ...
... knowledge , so many in so small a compass of land should so abominably leap into the devil's lap at once . Answer 2d . The quality of several of the accused was such as did bespeak better things , and things that accompany salvation ...
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... knowledge of the transac- tion , it will be necessary to consider . I shall endeavor to discuss them with as much com- pression and brevity as possible . The evidence by which the convictions were procured is particularly deserving of ...
... knowledge of the transac- tion , it will be necessary to consider . I shall endeavor to discuss them with as much com- pression and brevity as possible . The evidence by which the convictions were procured is particularly deserving of ...
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Seite 237 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me : Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches ; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd, and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Seite 160 - It may please your grace to understand that witches and sorcerers within these few last years are marvellously increased within your grace's realm. Your grace's subjects pine away, even unto the death ; their colour fadeth, their flesh rotteth, their speech is benumbed, their senses are bereft. I pray God they never practise further than upon the subject.
Seite 216 - In short, when I consider the question, whether there are such persons in the world as those we call witches, my mind is divided between the two opposite opinions, or rather (to speak my thoughts freely) I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as witchcraft; but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.
Seite 148 - Daphnim. 95 has herbas atque haec Ponto mihi lecta venena ipse dedit Moeris, nascuntur plurima Ponto; his ego saepe lupum fieri et se condere silvis Moerim, saepe animas imis excire sepulcris atque satas alio vidi traducere messis.
Seite 203 - God having appointed that secret supernatural sign, for trial of that secret unnatural crime : so that it appears that God hath appointed (for a supernatural sign of the monstrous impiety of witches) that the water shall refuse to receive them in her bosom, that have shaken off them the sacred water of baptism, and wilfully refused the benefit thereof...
Seite 84 - It cost the Court a wonderful deal of trouble, to hear the testimonies of the sufferers ; for when they were going to give in their depositions, they would for a long time be taken with fits that made them uncapable of saying any thing. The chief judge asked the prisoner, who he thought hindered these witnesses from giving their testimonies? And he answered, "He supposed it was the devil." That honourable person replied, " How comes the devil then to be so loath to have any testimony borne against...
Seite 237 - Though castles topple on their warders' heads; Though palaces, and pyramids, do slope Their heads to their foundations ; though the treasure Of nature's germins tumble all together, Even till destruction sicken, answer me To what I ask you. 1 Witch. Speak. 2 Witch. Demand. 3 Witch. We'll answer, i Witch. Say, if thou'dst rather hear it from our mouths, Or from our masters
Seite 244 - In June next ensuing, a great thunder-storm arose out of the north-west after which (the hemisphere being serene) about an hour before sun-set, a SHIP of like dimensions with the aforesaid, with her...
Seite 98 - ... you are a liar; I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink.
Seite 160 - There in a gloomy hollow glen she found A little cottage, built of stickes and reedes In homely...