Sketches of Imposture: Deception and CredulityT. Tegg, 1837 - Počet stran: 368 |
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... Spirits in which the Malays believe - Pontianaks - Tuju Jindang - The Polong - Mode of exercising the Polong- The Penangalam - Charms to obtain Revenge on Ene- mies - The Tuju and the Tuju Jantong - The Panaw , a Charm of the Mahometan ...
... Spirits in which the Malays believe - Pontianaks - Tuju Jindang - The Polong - Mode of exercising the Polong- The Penangalam - Charms to obtain Revenge on Ene- mies - The Tuju and the Tuju Jantong - The Panaw , a Charm of the Mahometan ...
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... spirit of chivalry -whose actions were the offspring of disinterested valour , that looked for no reward but the smile of favouring beauty or grateful tear of redressed mis- fortune , -taught the world , that humanity and be-- nevolence ...
... spirit of chivalry -whose actions were the offspring of disinterested valour , that looked for no reward but the smile of favouring beauty or grateful tear of redressed mis- fortune , -taught the world , that humanity and be-- nevolence ...
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... spirits , to inhabit pagan shrines , and thence , by ambiguous answers , to deceive , and often to punish , those who sought by their influence to read the forbidden volume of futurity . This doctrine was strenuously opposed by Van Dale ...
... spirits , to inhabit pagan shrines , and thence , by ambiguous answers , to deceive , and often to punish , those who sought by their influence to read the forbidden volume of futurity . This doctrine was strenuously opposed by Van Dale ...
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... spirit of mischief . Having landed a part of his crew , he , with infinite labour , succeeded in overturning the most celebrated Logan stone in Cornwall . But such was the odium with which he was visited in consequence of his exploit ...
... spirit of mischief . Having landed a part of his crew , he , with infinite labour , succeeded in overturning the most celebrated Logan stone in Cornwall . But such was the odium with which he was visited in consequence of his exploit ...
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... Spirit , and , as such , might be consulted as oracles . " Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant , Which , poised by magic , rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems , Such is its strange and ...
... Spirit , and , as such , might be consulted as oracles . " Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant , Which , poised by magic , rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems , Such is its strange and ...
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