Sketches of Imposture: Deception and CredulityT. Tegg, 1837 - Počet stran: 368 |
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... measure , be cured by learning to set a high value on truth . " - WATTS . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY THOMAS TEGG AND SON , 73 , CHEAPSIDE . MDCCCXXXVII . HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF MARY E. HAVEN JULY 2 SKETCHES CHAPTER.
... measure , be cured by learning to set a high value on truth . " - WATTS . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY THOMAS TEGG AND SON , 73 , CHEAPSIDE . MDCCCXXXVII . HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF MARY E. HAVEN JULY 2 SKETCHES CHAPTER.
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... measure , be cured by learning to set a high value on truth . " - WATTS . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY THOMAS TEGG AND SON , 73 , CHEAPSIve . MDCCCXXXVII . CHAPTER XI . LITERARY IMPOSTORS AND DISGUISES . Controversy respecting SKETCHES.
... measure , be cured by learning to set a high value on truth . " - WATTS . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY THOMAS TEGG AND SON , 73 , CHEAPSIve . MDCCCXXXVII . CHAPTER XI . LITERARY IMPOSTORS AND DISGUISES . Controversy respecting SKETCHES.
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... published by his sacred command ; it being the first sign of warning for the benefit of all na- tions . Containing , with other great and remarkable things , not revealed to any other person on earth , the restoration of the Hebrews to ...
... published by his sacred command ; it being the first sign of warning for the benefit of all na- tions . Containing , with other great and remarkable things , not revealed to any other person on earth , the restoration of the Hebrews to ...
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... published by members of the new sect . Brothers was now conveyed to a madhouse at Islington ; but he continued to see visions , and to pour forth his incoherencies in print . One of his produc- tions , while he was in this asylum , was ...
... published by members of the new sect . Brothers was now conveyed to a madhouse at Islington ; but he continued to see visions , and to pour forth his incoherencies in print . One of his produc- tions , while he was in this asylum , was ...
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... published his view of the case . He was informed that Joanna was sixty - four years old , a virgin and pregnant with the expected son . Appearing incredulous , as he well might , he was asked " If he would believe when he saw the infant ...
... published his view of the case . He was informed that Joanna was sixty - four years old , a virgin and pregnant with the expected son . Appearing incredulous , as he well might , he was asked " If he would believe when he saw the infant ...
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afterwards Albert Durer alchemy ancient appeared asserted astonishing astrologers became believed Bezoar blood body called Casilinum celebrated CHAPTER character Charles circumstance concealed credulity cure curious death deception delusion discovered diseases divine doubt Duke Duke of Mantua emperor enemies England engraved excited extraordinary favour forgery fraud French gave gold hand Heaven honour hundred imposture Iron Mask Jews Joanna Southcott John of Leyden king lamps Lauder learned letters Lord magnetism manner Mary Tofts Matthioli medicine ment Milton miracle mystery nature never oracle original painted painter patient Paul Veronese performed persons poems Polong Pope possessed practised pretended priests prince prophet proved received royal Sabatai says secret seems sent Shakspeare Shaman soon South Sea South Sea Company stone superstition supposed sword temple thou thought thousand tion took trick Tuju Vampyres woman wonderful Xenophon
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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.