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... priests and necromancers , for the purpose of creating a faith in their powers . There was formerly a general ... priest and magician have 94.
... priests and necromancers , for the purpose of creating a faith in their powers . There was formerly a general ... priest and magician have 94.
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J. L. Murphy. agents . On this knowledge the priest and magician have based much of their power , and have found it the means of controlling the grown - up children . In almost every part of the globe the priests are instigated , by ...
J. L. Murphy. agents . On this knowledge the priest and magician have based much of their power , and have found it the means of controlling the grown - up children . In almost every part of the globe the priests are instigated , by ...
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... priest in all cases . He not only promises them a paradise beyond the clouds , and has power over witches , fairies ... priests , make no effort to remove the popular superstitions , but , on the contrary , make war on those who attempt ...
... priest in all cases . He not only promises them a paradise beyond the clouds , and has power over witches , fairies ... priests , make no effort to remove the popular superstitions , but , on the contrary , make war on those who attempt ...
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... priests almost drowned him with ablu- tions , tormented him with fasting and prayer , and , at length , as they reported , drove out the devil ; but , from the account given me by more intelligent observers , it appears that those ...
... priests almost drowned him with ablu- tions , tormented him with fasting and prayer , and , at length , as they reported , drove out the devil ; but , from the account given me by more intelligent observers , it appears that those ...
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... priests , from whom it learns much that is true , speak of the truth of the book , with the most profound reve- rence , and the vileness of those who deny it with much reality of feeling and expression ; and not a single no- tion of its ...
... priests , from whom it learns much that is true , speak of the truth of the book , with the most profound reve- rence , and the vileness of those who deny it with much reality of feeling and expression ; and not a single no- tion of its ...
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Página 206 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Página 197 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Página 118 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Página 99 - Like the darkened moon he retired, in the midst of the whistling blast.
Página 167 - Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it : and I willingly take this opportunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment, which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe it.
Página 67 - Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Página 118 - Veritate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words, 0 thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make; I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book, De Veritate...
Página 94 - Is this a dagger, which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling, as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind; a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Thou marshal'st me the way that I was going; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o...
Página 206 - Though the qualities that affect our senses are, in the things themselves, so united and blended, that there is no separation, no distance between them; yet it is plain the ideas they produce in the mind enter by the senses simple and unmixed...
Página 94 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest ; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.