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... Opinions . Of these , when we are desirous of tracing them back- wards to their Origin , many lose themselves in Antiquity . They have indeed travelled down to us through a long Succession of Years , and the greatest part of them , it ...
... Opinions . Of these , when we are desirous of tracing them back- wards to their Origin , many lose themselves in Antiquity . They have indeed travelled down to us through a long Succession of Years , and the greatest part of them , it ...
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... Opinions , and in the Polity of States . But the strongest Proof of their remote Antiquity , is , that they have out - lived the general Knowledge of the very Causes that gave rise to them . The Reader will find in the subsequent pages ...
... Opinions , and in the Polity of States . But the strongest Proof of their remote Antiquity , is , that they have out - lived the general Knowledge of the very Causes that gave rise to them . The Reader will find in the subsequent pages ...
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... Opinions , which are held by the Common People ; such , as they solely or generally observe . For tho ' some of them have been , of National and others perhaps of universal Observance , yet at present they would have little or no Being ...
... Opinions , which are held by the Common People ; such , as they solely or generally observe . For tho ' some of them have been , of National and others perhaps of universal Observance , yet at present they would have little or no Being ...
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... Opinions they hold , they are almost all superstitious , being generally either the Produce of Heathenism : or the Inventions of indolent Monks , who having nothing else to do , were the forgers of many silly and wicked Opinions , to ...
... Opinions they hold , they are almost all superstitious , being generally either the Produce of Heathenism : or the Inventions of indolent Monks , who having nothing else to do , were the forgers of many silly and wicked Opinions , to ...
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... Opinions of Spirits and Apparitions : Of the Devil's appear- ing with a Cloven Foot : Of Fairies and Hobgoblins : Of the walking Places of Spirits : And of haunted Houses . CHAP . XI . The Form of Exorcising an haunted House . CHAP . II ...
... Opinions of Spirits and Apparitions : Of the Devil's appear- ing with a Cloven Foot : Of Fairies and Hobgoblins : Of the walking Places of Spirits : And of haunted Houses . CHAP . XI . The Form of Exorcising an haunted House . CHAP . II ...
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