Sketches of Imposture: Deception and CredulityT. Tegg, 1837 - Počet stran: 368 |
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... pretends to be the Messiah - He is assisted by Nathan - Follies committed by the Jews- Honours paid to Sabatai - He embarks for Constantinople -His Arrest - He embraces Mahometanism to avoid Death -Rosenfeld , a German , proclaims ...
... pretends to be the Messiah - He is assisted by Nathan - Follies committed by the Jews- Honours paid to Sabatai - He embarks for Constantinople -His Arrest - He embraces Mahometanism to avoid Death -Rosenfeld , a German , proclaims ...
Strana vii
... pretends to be the murdered Duke of York - He is coun- tenanced by the King of France - He is acknowledged by the Duchess of Burgundy - Perkin lands in Scotland , and is aided by King James - He is married to Lady Catherine Gordon - He ...
... pretends to be the murdered Duke of York - He is coun- tenanced by the King of France - He is acknowledged by the Duchess of Burgundy - Perkin lands in Scotland , and is aided by King James - He is married to Lady Catherine Gordon - He ...
Strana ix
... - The Fortunate Youth The Princess Olive - Caraboo - Pretended Fasting -Margaret Senfrit - Catherine Binder- The Girl of Unna -The Osnaburg Girl - Anne Moore . • ix PAGE 122 131 • 140 of Orleans . Q OF IMPOSTURE , DECEPTION , AND CONTENTS .
... - The Fortunate Youth The Princess Olive - Caraboo - Pretended Fasting -Margaret Senfrit - Catherine Binder- The Girl of Unna -The Osnaburg Girl - Anne Moore . • ix PAGE 122 131 • 140 of Orleans . Q OF IMPOSTURE , DECEPTION , AND CONTENTS .
Strana xiii
... pretended Wife- Means by which he contrived to become intimate with Ed- wards - His Arrangements for carrying his Scheme into Execution - He knocks down Edwards , and obtains Posses- sion of the Jewels - Fortunate Chance by which his ...
... pretended Wife- Means by which he contrived to become intimate with Ed- wards - His Arrangements for carrying his Scheme into Execution - He knocks down Edwards , and obtains Posses- sion of the Jewels - Fortunate Chance by which his ...
Strana 8
... pretended ; that she could discover present secrets , and foretel future events . Her pretensions excited curiosity , and brought numbers to consult her . She chose her station under the shade of a spreading oak , where , in the name of ...
... pretended ; that she could discover present secrets , and foretel future events . Her pretensions excited curiosity , and brought numbers to consult her . She chose her station under the shade of a spreading oak , where , in the name of ...
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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.