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... jects no less culpable , by astonishing their ignorant adherents , by apparent miracles , wrought , no doubt , mostly by scientific ex- periments and mysticisms , through which the imagination was beguiled , and the real object of faith ...
... jects no less culpable , by astonishing their ignorant adherents , by apparent miracles , wrought , no doubt , mostly by scientific ex- periments and mysticisms , through which the imagination was beguiled , and the real object of faith ...
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... jects of its low ambition . While the former has been the professional employment of the wise and the learned , the latter is more often that of the old , the ugly , the vicious and des- pised , whose odious forms and character , pub ...
... jects of its low ambition . While the former has been the professional employment of the wise and the learned , the latter is more often that of the old , the ugly , the vicious and des- pised , whose odious forms and character , pub ...
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... jects , or scenes , wholly deviating from those occurring in nature . Thus it may occur in sleep , that the active faculties , by combining parts of the sensation derived from an eagle , with that of the horse , that a being like the ...
... jects , or scenes , wholly deviating from those occurring in nature . Thus it may occur in sleep , that the active faculties , by combining parts of the sensation derived from an eagle , with that of the horse , that a being like the ...
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... an intervening medium , as hills , the earth's convexity , & c . which were made visi- ble by the phenomenon of refraction in a manner al- luded to in a previous note , page 41 . ity as partaking of the marvelous . Sub- jects of GHOSTS .
... an intervening medium , as hills , the earth's convexity , & c . which were made visi- ble by the phenomenon of refraction in a manner al- luded to in a previous note , page 41 . ity as partaking of the marvelous . Sub- jects of GHOSTS .
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... jects of these affections have ever been ad- judged by the credulous , as deriving their pow- ers , either from the demoniacal or heavenly agencies . Persons in the apathetic state , have tolerated with apparent indifference the effects ...
... jects of these affections have ever been ad- judged by the credulous , as deriving their pow- ers , either from the demoniacal or heavenly agencies . Persons in the apathetic state , have tolerated with apparent indifference the effects ...
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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.