 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...  Sketches of Imposture: Deception and Credulity - Page 281by Richard Alfred Davenport - 1837 - 368 pagesFull view - About this book
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...would have 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....right appear left. He answered, that they appeared as if in a mirror. This rendered the boy's description faultless. " The next person I called far was a... | |
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...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....or as if in a glass, which makes the right appear as the left. He answered that they appeared as if in a mirror. This rendered the boy's description... | |
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...since Lord Nelson generally had his empty sleeve attached to the breast of his coat; but it was tlie right arm that he had lost. Without saying that I...which makes the right appear left. He answered, that tbey appeared as if in a mirror. ; Тфда>з rendered the boy's description faultless.,, lm j " The... | |
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...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 1 suspected the boy had made a mistake, I asked the magician whether the objects appeared in the ink... | |
 | 1838 - 850 pages
...Lord Nelson generally had his empty sleeve attached to the breast of his coat ; but it was the riijlit arm that he had lost. Without saying that I suspected...had made a mistake, I asked the magician whether the object* appeared in the ink aa if actually before the eyes, or as if in a glass, which makes the right... | |
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...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 sus pected the boy had made a mistake, I asked the magician whether the objects appeared in the ink... | |
 | Egypt - 1839 - 352 pages
...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 thought the boy had made a mistake, I asked the magician whether the objects appeared in the ink as... | |
 | John Foster - English essays - 1844 - 590 pages
...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....eyes, or as if in a glass which makes the right appear as the left. He answered that they appeared as if in a mirror. This rendered the boy's description... | |
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...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....eyes, or as if in a glass which makes the right appear as the left. He answered that they appeared as if in a mirror. This rendered the boy's description... | |
 | 1845 - 304 pages
...black* suit of European clothes; the man has lost his left arm.' He then paused for a moment or two, and, looking more intently and more closely into the...right arm that he had lost. Without saying that I sus. pected the boy had made a mistake, I asked the magician whether the objects appeared in the ink... | |
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