A Philosophical Essay on Credulity and Superstition: And Also on Animal Fascination, Or CharmingD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 206 sider |
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... would necessarily be the indefinite character of the original mental impulse , that little would result from its effects upon the simple and the ignorant , but a vague impression of terror and apprehension CREDULITY AND SUPERSTITION . 19.
... would necessarily be the indefinite character of the original mental impulse , that little would result from its effects upon the simple and the ignorant , but a vague impression of terror and apprehension CREDULITY AND SUPERSTITION . 19.
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And Also on Animal Fascination, Or Charming Rufus Blakeman. ignorant , but a vague impression of terror and apprehension , inspired by a sense of proximity with active and powerful agents , whose affec- tions towards them , they were ...
And Also on Animal Fascination, Or Charming Rufus Blakeman. ignorant , but a vague impression of terror and apprehension , inspired by a sense of proximity with active and powerful agents , whose affec- tions towards them , they were ...
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... ignorant of the artifices employed . There can be but little doubt , that the char- acter which the diverse systems of superstition have assumed among the various tribes of mankind , has been modeled by the devices of the crafty and ...
... ignorant of the artifices employed . There can be but little doubt , that the char- acter which the diverse systems of superstition have assumed among the various tribes of mankind , has been modeled by the devices of the crafty and ...
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... ignorant multitude , as miracles and prodigies , significant that a divinity was the spectator and immediate rewarder of their actions . From such sources , doubtless , emanated the systems of theology which have ever held in abject ...
... ignorant multitude , as miracles and prodigies , significant that a divinity was the spectator and immediate rewarder of their actions . From such sources , doubtless , emanated the systems of theology which have ever held in abject ...
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... ignorant minds , and permit- ted the imagination to beguile the senses to an adoption of the illusions which its ever prolific pencil furnishes for their considera- tion . When such crudities obtain possession of public sentiment , it ...
... ignorant minds , and permit- ted the imagination to beguile the senses to an adoption of the illusions which its ever prolific pencil furnishes for their considera- tion . When such crudities obtain possession of public sentiment , it ...
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Side 196 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Side 196 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.