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... admit- ing , as an undeniable fact , that the forms of dead , or absent persons have been seen , and their voices have been heard , by witnesses whose testimony is entitled tumlis to belief It would be an endless task to ransack the pages.
... admit- ing , as an undeniable fact , that the forms of dead , or absent persons have been seen , and their voices have been heard , by witnesses whose testimony is entitled tumlis to belief It would be an endless task to ransack the pages.
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John Ferriar. many , the nursing mother ' of ghosts . The giant was seen to occupy the summit of a mountain , at certain periods , to the inexpressible amaze- ment of the inhabitants of the valley , and of travellers . After many years ...
John Ferriar. many , the nursing mother ' of ghosts . The giant was seen to occupy the summit of a mountain , at certain periods , to the inexpressible amaze- ment of the inhabitants of the valley , and of travellers . After many years ...
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... seen by M. Haue on the 23rd of May 1797 , in his diary of an excursion to that mountain . I shall therefore take the liberty of transcribing it . from a gentleman , who underwent the deception . He B 2 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 23.
... seen by M. Haue on the 23rd of May 1797 , in his diary of an excursion to that mountain . I shall therefore take the liberty of transcribing it . from a gentleman , who underwent the deception . He B 2 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 23.
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... seen and " heard ghosts obstinately maintain , that 66 they perceived these apparitions by means of their senses . In order to " defeat that belief , we generally desire " them to consider how many people have " been imposed on by ...
... seen and " heard ghosts obstinately maintain , that 66 they perceived these apparitions by means of their senses . In order to " defeat that belief , we generally desire " them to consider how many people have " been imposed on by ...
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... seen in the morning re- 65 appeared . I was by myself when this happened , and being rather uneasy at " the incident , went to my wife's apart- " ment , but there likewise I was prevented 6.6 by the apparition , which , however , at ...
... seen in the morning re- 65 appeared . I was by myself when this happened , and being rather uneasy at " the incident , went to my wife's apart- " ment , but there likewise I was prevented 6.6 by the apparition , which , however , at ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.