Thaumaturgia, Or, Elucidations of the MarvellousE. Churton, 1835 - 362 oldal |
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3. oldal
... less dispute his identity , notwithstanding the doubt that has been broached , whether the said devil be a real or an imaginary personage , in the shape , form , and with the facul- ties that have been so miraculously ascribed to him ...
... less dispute his identity , notwithstanding the doubt that has been broached , whether the said devil be a real or an imaginary personage , in the shape , form , and with the facul- ties that have been so miraculously ascribed to him ...
5. oldal
... less shackled in mind , have superseded all that was frightful , and terrible , odious , ugly , and deformed . This subject is poetically and more beautifully illus- trated in the following demonological stanzas , which are so ...
... less shackled in mind , have superseded all that was frightful , and terrible , odious , ugly , and deformed . This subject is poetically and more beautifully illus- trated in the following demonological stanzas , which are so ...
13. oldal
... less than two - one good , the other bad ( Hor . Lib . II , Epist . 2. ) who attended him from the cradle to the grave . The Greeks called them demons . They were named Prænes- tites , from their superintending human affairs . CHAPTER ...
... less than two - one good , the other bad ( Hor . Lib . II , Epist . 2. ) who attended him from the cradle to the grave . The Greeks called them demons . They were named Prænes- tites , from their superintending human affairs . CHAPTER ...
23. oldal
... less miraculous than the expulsion of the devil . At any rate , these possessions are all extraordinary ; appeared on some most extraordinary occasion ; and from them , there- fore , no general conclusion can be drawn to the or- dinary ...
... less miraculous than the expulsion of the devil . At any rate , these possessions are all extraordinary ; appeared on some most extraordinary occasion ; and from them , there- fore , no general conclusion can be drawn to the or- dinary ...
32. oldal
... less acquainted with Indian magic than with that practised by any other Eastern nations . It may , however , be reasonably enough inferred that it was very similar to that for which the magi in general were held in such high estima ...
... less acquainted with Indian magic than with that practised by any other Eastern nations . It may , however , be reasonably enough inferred that it was very similar to that for which the magi in general were held in such high estima ...
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absurd amulets ancient animal animal magnetism Apollo appear astrologers Aulus Gellius believe blood body called cause charms christians Cicero climacteric consult credulity cure death deities Delphos delusion demons devil diseases distempers divine dreams Druids earth effects Egyptians endeavour ephod Epidaurus Esculapius Eudemus evil extraordinary eyes famous fancy father favour fire frequently goddess gods Greeks heaven hence herb human imagination imposture influence Jews judicial astrology Jupiter Jupiter Hammon kind king knowledge learned magic mankind manner means medicine mind miracles mysterious nations nature OBEAH observed occasion opinion oracles pagan Paracelsus patient person physician planet Plutarch poison possessed practice predictions presages pretended priests produced quack reason remedy réverie ring Roman says secret serpent sleep spirits stars stones Strabo Suidas superstition supposed temple things thou tion Trophonius truth unlucky Urim and Thummim virtue vulgar words
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107. oldal - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...
159. oldal - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid. Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut , Made by the joiner squirrel , or old grub , Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love: On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyers' fingers , who straight dream on fees : O'er ladies...
107. oldal - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars...
162. oldal - Which reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private cell. When nature rests Oft in her absence mimic Fancy wakes To imitate her; but misjoining shapes, Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams; 111 matching words and deeds long past or late.
160. oldal - Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep: Then dreams he of another benefice! Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
170. oldal - Or, one dream pass'd, we slide into a new ; So close they follow, such wild order keep, We think ourselves awake, and are asleep ; So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
161. oldal - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
145. oldal - But with more lucky hit than those That use to make the stars depose, Like Knights o
307. oldal - Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years...
159. oldal - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...