A Philosophical Essay on Credulity and Superstition: And Also on Animal Fascination, Or CharmingD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 206 sider |
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... object to allude to the mental origin of the various popular superstitions that have ex- tensively prevailed among mankind at different periods , and briefly to illustrate the physiological and mental in- fluences by which they have ...
... object to allude to the mental origin of the various popular superstitions that have ex- tensively prevailed among mankind at different periods , and briefly to illustrate the physiological and mental in- fluences by which they have ...
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... objects of sense , this passion for the novel and singu- lar , influences the mind to pass beyond these , and to attempt a discovery of the character , as well of objects concealed in the remote recesses of infinite space , as of that ...
... objects of sense , this passion for the novel and singu- lar , influences the mind to pass beyond these , and to attempt a discovery of the character , as well of objects concealed in the remote recesses of infinite space , as of that ...
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... objects it is unquestionable , that the same original tenden- cies have been productive of that morbid credulity and superstition which have ever depressed the intellect of man , and been pro- ductive of a large portion of the woes and ...
... objects it is unquestionable , that the same original tenden- cies have been productive of that morbid credulity and superstition which have ever depressed the intellect of man , and been pro- ductive of a large portion of the woes and ...
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... objects of sense ; or , at least , was it permitted to direct the ap- plication of the available sciences which have been cultivated in all civilized communities . It has been presumed , that credulity and superstition are the ...
... objects of sense ; or , at least , was it permitted to direct the ap- plication of the available sciences which have been cultivated in all civilized communities . It has been presumed , that credulity and superstition are the ...
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... object of deriving agencies to render their systems complicated and impenetrable , and to render mystical a texture , whose power alone was derived from its incomprehensibility . Not content with the proofs which these devised systems ...
... object of deriving agencies to render their systems complicated and impenetrable , and to render mystical a texture , whose power alone was derived from its incomprehensibility . Not content with the proofs which these devised systems ...
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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.