Lectures on Witchcraft, Comprising a History of the Delusion in Salem, in 1692Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831 - 280 ページ |
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... considered that the invention of a system of arbitrary and external signs to communicate thought , is one of the greatest and most arduous achieve- ments of human ingenuity , yet so universal is the disposition to make future ...
... considered that the invention of a system of arbitrary and external signs to communicate thought , is one of the greatest and most arduous achieve- ments of human ingenuity , yet so universal is the disposition to make future ...
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... considered in an age of science and reason , as having any better support than the rural superstition of Virgil's simple shepherd , who thus complains of the condition of his emaciated flock : ' they look so thin , - Their bones are ...
... considered in an age of science and reason , as having any better support than the rural superstition of Virgil's simple shepherd , who thus complains of the condition of his emaciated flock : ' they look so thin , - Their bones are ...
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... jury , even of that period , in rendering a verdict of guilty . But there was much stronger evidence than any we have yet considered , before the jury , that condemned the reputed Salem witches . There were many witnesses 44.
... jury , even of that period , in rendering a verdict of guilty . But there was much stronger evidence than any we have yet considered , before the jury , that condemned the reputed Salem witches . There were many witnesses 44.
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... considered as most likely to bear this character . The ac- cused person was closely watched in order that the spider imp might be seen when it approached to obtain its nourishment , as it was thought to do , from the witchmark on her ...
... considered as most likely to bear this character . The ac- cused person was closely watched in order that the spider imp might be seen when it approached to obtain its nourishment , as it was thought to do , from the witchmark on her ...
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... considered as an innocent animal , and all suspicion was re- moved from its character . But if it escap- ed into a crack or crevice of the apartment , as spiders often do when assaulted , all doubt of its guilty connexion with the ...
... considered as an innocent animal , and all suspicion was re- moved from its character . But if it escap- ed into a crack or crevice of the apartment , as spiders often do when assaulted , all doubt of its guilty connexion with the ...
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250 ページ - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
162 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.
165 ページ - And the wild blast upheaved the vanished sword ! How have I sat, when piped the pensive wind, To hear his harp by BRITISH FAIRFAX strung ! Prevailing Poet ! whose undoubting mind Believed the magic wonders which he sung...
218 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.
204 ページ - O th' 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 us...
150 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.
240 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
179 ページ - Nor is this much to believe; as we have reason, we owe this faith unto history: they only had the advantage of a bold and noble faith, who lived before his coming, who upon obscure prophecies and mystical types could raise a belief, and expect apparent impossibilities.
100 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.
239 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...