A Philosophical Essay on Credulity and Superstition: And Also on Animal Fascination, Or CharmingD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 206 sider |
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... numerous extinct volcanoes discovered in every country , the visible and historic disruptions of the earth's surface , and the upheavings of mountains and islands , show conclusively , that subterranean fires have dis- played an energy ...
... numerous extinct volcanoes discovered in every country , the visible and historic disruptions of the earth's surface , and the upheavings of mountains and islands , show conclusively , that subterranean fires have dis- played an energy ...
Side 41
... The rays of light , in passing from the object to the eye , thence become refracted , or curved from their ordinary straight lines , obedient to his invocation . These , with numerous other CREDULITY AND SUPERSTITION . 41.
... The rays of light , in passing from the object to the eye , thence become refracted , or curved from their ordinary straight lines , obedient to his invocation . These , with numerous other CREDULITY AND SUPERSTITION . 41.
Side 42
... numerous other natural phenomena of varied character , will not fail to be suggested to those but moderately versed in natural philosophy , as adequate to explain a large portion of the causing the objects to appear elevated above their ...
... numerous other natural phenomena of varied character , will not fail to be suggested to those but moderately versed in natural philosophy , as adequate to explain a large portion of the causing the objects to appear elevated above their ...
Side 54
... numerous others of like character , have involved minds of similar intellectual calibre in their results , these instances may rather be received as evidence , that human reason , even in its greatest development , is not devoid of ...
... numerous others of like character , have involved minds of similar intellectual calibre in their results , these instances may rather be received as evidence , that human reason , even in its greatest development , is not devoid of ...
Side 69
... numerous are , unquestionably , but fic- tions of the imagination , exhibited in circum- stances amid which the mind , from the ex- citement of fear , was incapable of investigating their true character . Was further evidence required ...
... numerous are , unquestionably , but fic- tions of the imagination , exhibited in circum- stances amid which the mind , from the ex- citement of fear , was incapable of investigating their true character . Was further evidence required ...
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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.