Sketches of Imposture: Deception and CredulityT. Tegg, 1837 - Počet stran: 368 |
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... offered tempting opportunities to the priests for carrying on very lucrative impostures , nor did they disdain or neglect to take advantage of those opportunities . Added to this , the different functions of the gods , and the different ...
... offered tempting opportunities to the priests for carrying on very lucrative impostures , nor did they disdain or neglect to take advantage of those opportunities . Added to this , the different functions of the gods , and the different ...
Strana 71
... offering of money . Another attempt was now made to prevail on him to desist . But all intreaties were unavailing . With a firm and rapid step , and an unaltered countenance , he pro- ceeded to the summit of the rock . Standing on the ...
... offering of money . Another attempt was now made to prevail on him to desist . But all intreaties were unavailing . With a firm and rapid step , and an unaltered countenance , he pro- ceeded to the summit of the rock . Standing on the ...
Strana 82
... offering very acceptable to the Ongoon , or spirits they worship - renders them propitious , and procures blessings upon their cattle and all their undertakings . " CHAPTER VI . ROYAL IMPOSTORS . Pretenders to Royalty numerous 82 ...
... offering very acceptable to the Ongoon , or spirits they worship - renders them propitious , and procures blessings upon their cattle and all their undertakings . " CHAPTER VI . ROYAL IMPOSTORS . Pretenders to Royalty numerous 82 ...
Strana 84
... offered to his men , they accepted it , and immediately dispersed . He himself took horse , and fled towards Lewes , in Sussex ; but he was overtaken , and discovered in a garden , by an esquire , named Alexander Iden , who slew him ...
... offered to his men , they accepted it , and immediately dispersed . He himself took horse , and fled towards Lewes , in Sussex ; but he was overtaken , and discovered in a garden , by an esquire , named Alexander Iden , who slew him ...
Strana 95
... offered by a reward of a hundred thousand roubles , induced some of his followers to betray him . He was carried to Moscow in an iron cage , and was executed there in January , 1775 . France , within the last forty years , has had no ...
... offered by a reward of a hundred thousand roubles , induced some of his followers to betray him . He was carried to Moscow in an iron cage , and was executed there in January , 1775 . France , within the last forty years , has had no ...
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Strana 299 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Strana 288 - ... but could not, by the nicest scrutiny, discover the least symptom of life in him. We reasoned a long time about this odd appearance, as well as we could, and...
Strana 211 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, "Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
Strana 350 - So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Strana 296 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Strana 121 - ... (For they will come out after us,) till we have drawn them from the city: for they will say. They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
Strana 288 - ... examined his Arm, Heart, and Breath, but could not by the nicest Scrutiny discover the least Symptom of Life in him. We reasoned a long Time about this odd Appearance as well as we could, and...
Strana 281 - This correction made his description more striking than it had been without it, since Lord Nelson generally had his empty sleeve attached to the breast of his coat, but it was the right arm that he had lost. Without saying that I suspected the boy had made a mistake, I asked the magician whether the objects appeared in the ink as if actually before the eyes, or as if in a glass, which makes the right appear left. He answered that they appeared as in a mirror. This rendered the boy's description...
Strana 288 - Skrine held a clean looking-glass to his mouth. I found his pulse sink gradually, till at last I could not feel any, by the most exact and nice touch.
Strana 199 - Travels in the Interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco, from the Years 1781 to 1797; through Caffraria, the Kingdoms of Mataman, Angola, Massi, Monoemugi, Muschatio, &c.