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... Shapes . Not that GOD could not remand the Ghost of Samuel , and order it again to visit the Earth , as he made Moses and Elias to ap- pear at our SAVIOUR'S Transfiguration ; but that a Thing of this Nature was very uncom- mon , and ...
... Shapes . Not that GOD could not remand the Ghost of Samuel , and order it again to visit the Earth , as he made Moses and Elias to ap- pear at our SAVIOUR'S Transfiguration ; but that a Thing of this Nature was very uncom- mon , and ...
Page 73
... Shape of a Man , as tho ' he had " hast to other Business , and leaving Jacob " also to his Affairs . " The last Conjecture of the Rise of this Tra- dition , seems to carry greater Probability than the others : For as these Things are a ...
... Shape of a Man , as tho ' he had " hast to other Business , and leaving Jacob " also to his Affairs . " The last Conjecture of the Rise of this Tra- dition , seems to carry greater Probability than the others : For as these Things are a ...
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... Shape of a Mastiff Dog , & c . and terrified such as were afraid of Shadows . This Word is a Corruption of the Anglo - Saxon 3ast , spiritus , anima . I have heard , when a Boy , many Stories concern- ing it . CHAP . CHAP . VII . Of ...
... Shape of a Mastiff Dog , & c . and terrified such as were afraid of Shadows . This Word is a Corruption of the Anglo - Saxon 3ast , spiritus , anima . I have heard , when a Boy , many Stories concern- ing it . CHAP . CHAP . VII . Of ...
Page 113
... Shapes of Cows and Dogs and Horses ; and some have seen even the Devil himself , with a cloven Foot . All which , is either Hearsay or a strong imagination . Not that there have not been , or may not be Apparitions ; we know that there ...
... Shapes of Cows and Dogs and Horses ; and some have seen even the Devil himself , with a cloven Foot . All which , is either Hearsay or a strong imagination . Not that there have not been , or may not be Apparitions ; we know that there ...
Page 114
... Shape he appears in ; whe- ther it be in Beauty or Deformity , he never appears without it . Such is the old Tradi- tion they have received of his appearing , and such is their Belief of it . Indeed it must be confess'd , that this is ...
... Shape he appears in ; whe- ther it be in Beauty or Deformity , he never appears without it . Such is the old Tradi- tion they have received of his appearing , and such is their Belief of it . Indeed it must be confess'd , that this is ...
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