Lectures on Witchcraft: Comprising a History of the Delusion in Salem, in 1692Carter and Hendee, 1831 - 300 ページ |
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... judges were members of his church ; and Major Saltonstall , who publicly express- ed his disapprobation by retiring from his seat on the bench . With these and perhaps a few other exceptions , the whole commu- nity was convinced of the ...
... judges were members of his church ; and Major Saltonstall , who publicly express- ed his disapprobation by retiring from his seat on the bench . With these and perhaps a few other exceptions , the whole commu- nity was convinced of the ...
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... Judges of the court . But that which finally overthrew their power and broke the spell by which they had held the minds of the whole colony in bondage , was their accusation of Mrs Hale , the wife of the minister of the first church in ...
... Judges of the court . But that which finally overthrew their power and broke the spell by which they had held the minds of the whole colony in bondage , was their accusation of Mrs Hale , the wife of the minister of the first church in ...
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... excellent observations on the value of confessions as evidence , I would refer the reader to Art . XXI . Vol . 10 , of North American Review , written by the late Mr Gallison . ings of the magistrates , judges , ministers , and 70.
... excellent observations on the value of confessions as evidence , I would refer the reader to Art . XXI . Vol . 10 , of North American Review , written by the late Mr Gallison . ings of the magistrates , judges , ministers , and 70.
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... judges , ministers , and other principal citizens . A great many irregularities were permitted at the trials , and the most absurd cruelties were practised in all stages of the proceed- ings . ) The following account , given by a re ...
... judges , ministers , and other principal citizens . A great many irregularities were permitted at the trials , and the most absurd cruelties were practised in all stages of the proceed- ings . ) The following account , given by a re ...
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... judge for it , and were put in hopes of it ; but I soon saw so much , that I understood thereby it was not intended ; which put me upon consulting the means of her escape ; which through the goodness of God was effected , and she got to ...
... judge for it , and were put in hopes of it ; but I soon saw so much , that I understood thereby it was not intended ; which put me upon consulting the means of her escape ; which through the goodness of God was effected , and she got to ...
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237 ページ - 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...
160 ページ - 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.
216 ページ - 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.
148 ページ - 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.
203 ページ - 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...
84 ページ - 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...
237 ページ - 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
244 ページ - 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...
98 ページ - ... 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.
160 ページ - There in a gloomy hollow glen she found A little cottage, built of stickes and reedes In homely...