An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 páginas |
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... appearance , whether agreeable or distressing . Then the author enjoys the delight of perusing works of infinite wit and elegance , which never had any real existence , and of which , to his utter mortification , he cannot recollect a ...
... appearance , whether agreeable or distressing . Then the author enjoys the delight of perusing works of infinite wit and elegance , which never had any real existence , and of which , to his utter mortification , he cannot recollect a ...
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... appeared " of a dull yellow ; and at other times " mixed with the colours of other objects " on which it was thrown . " " It is scarcely necessary to mention the well - known experiment of giving a rota- tory motion to a piece of ...
... appeared " of a dull yellow ; and at other times " mixed with the colours of other objects " on which it was thrown . " " It is scarcely necessary to mention the well - known experiment of giving a rota- tory motion to a piece of ...
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... appearing above the horizon in full majesty , and the most perfect serenity prevailed throughout the surrounding country , when the other Harz mountains in the south west , towards the Worm mountains , & c . lying under the Broken began ...
... appearing above the horizon in full majesty , and the most perfect serenity prevailed throughout the surrounding country , when the other Harz mountains in the south west , towards the Worm mountains , & c . lying under the Broken began ...
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... appeared before me , though at a great distance , to- wards the Worm mountains and the Achtermaunshohe , the gigantic figure of a man , as if standing on a large pedestal . But scarcely had I discovered it when it began to disappear ...
... appeared before me , though at a great distance , to- wards the Worm mountains and the Achtermaunshohe , the gigantic figure of a man , as if standing on a large pedestal . But scarcely had I discovered it when it began to disappear ...
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... appearance was nothing more than the shadow of the traveller , reflected from a dense white cloud , opposed to the sun . heard , many I remember to have heard , years ago , a relation of a similar nature , on the Broken confined the ...
... appearance was nothing more than the shadow of the traveller , reflected from a dense white cloud , opposed to the sun . heard , many I remember to have heard , years ago , a relation of a similar nature , on the Broken confined the ...
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Página 13 - Achtcrmannshohe, a human figure of a monstrous size. A violent gust of wind having almost carried away my hat, I clapped my hand to it by moving my arm towards my head, and the colossal figure did the same.
Página 14 - ... compliments by bending their bodies as we did; after which they vanished. We retained our position, kept our eyes fixed on the same spot, and in a little time the two figures again stood before us, and were joined by a third. Every movement that we made by bending our bodies, these figures imitated, but with this difference, that the phenomenon was sometimes weak and faint, sometimes strong and well defined.
Página 39 - I opened my eyes. I conversed sometimes with my physician and my wife of the phantasms which at the moment surrounded me ; they appeared more frequently walking than at rest, nor were they constantly present. They frequently did not come for some time, but always reappeared for a longer or shorter period, either singly or in company, the latter, however, being most frequently the case.
Página 41 - ... short, and never of an unpleasant turn. At different times there appeared to me both dear and sensible friends of both sexes, whose addresses tended to appease my grief, which had not yet wholly subsided : their consolatory speeches were in general addressed to me when I was alone. Sometimes, however, I was accosted by these consoling friends while I was engaged in company, and not unfrequently while real persons were speaking to me.
Página 46 - Camden, he saw in a vision his eldest son (then a child and at London) appear unto him with the Mark of a bloody cross on his forehead as if it had been cutted with a sword...
Página 36 - I might preserve a clear consciousness of the changes which should take place within myself; I observed these phantasms very closely, and frequently reflected on my antecedent thoughts to discover, if possible, by means of what association of ideas exactly these forms presented themselves to my imagination. I thought at times I had found a clue, but taking the whole together, I could not make out any natural...
Página 22 - ... at him, and very much hurt him, with a blow on the side of the head: and that on the same day, about noon, the same shape walked in the room where he was, and an apple strangely flew out of his hand, into the lap of his mother, six or eight foot from him.