Stories from the State Papers: The gunpowder plot. A perished kernel [Robert Carr, earl of Somerset] The massacre of Amboyna. The gathering of the storm. The Lancashire witches. The great fire of London. A national scare [1667Chatto & Windus, 1882 - Great Britain |
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... witchcraft . If an elderly gallant wished to gain the affec- tions of some reluctant maiden , he sought out the aid of a neighbouring witch to foretell his future , or to provide him with a love - potion . If a competitor wished his ...
... witchcraft . If an elderly gallant wished to gain the affec- tions of some reluctant maiden , he sought out the aid of a neighbouring witch to foretell his future , or to provide him with a love - potion . If a competitor wished his ...
Page 185
... witchcraft . To the arts of ' the daughter of Satan ' all resorted , as to the one great , last resource . The farmer whose cattle had been struck down with disease , the child- less wife who longed , with the craving of the barren ...
... witchcraft . To the arts of ' the daughter of Satan ' all resorted , as to the one great , last resource . The farmer whose cattle had been struck down with disease , the child- less wife who longed , with the craving of the barren ...
Page 187
... witchcraft was the easiest method of getting rid of an unpopular neighbour ; the testimony brought forward , if once believed in ( and it was seldom rejected ) , the fire or water ordeal necessarily followed ; and the ordeal , whether ...
... witchcraft was the easiest method of getting rid of an unpopular neighbour ; the testimony brought forward , if once believed in ( and it was seldom rejected ) , the fire or water ordeal necessarily followed ; and the ordeal , whether ...
Page 190
... witchcraft as a base and palpable superstition . We find Lord Bacon gravely pre- scribing ' henbane , hemlock , mandrake , moonshade , tobacco , opium , and other soporiferous medicines , ' as the best ingre- dients for a witch's ...
... witchcraft as a base and palpable superstition . We find Lord Bacon gravely pre- scribing ' henbane , hemlock , mandrake , moonshade , tobacco , opium , and other soporiferous medicines , ' as the best ingre- dients for a witch's ...
Page 191
... witchcraft was an evil capable of solid proof , and that its disciples merited sharp and swift punishment . It was not until the dawn of the eighteenth century that men came to the conclusion that the devices of ' witches and ...
... witchcraft was an evil capable of solid proof , and that its disciples merited sharp and swift punishment . It was not until the dawn of the eighteenth century that men came to the conclusion that the devices of ' witches and ...
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