On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions: With an Account of MesmerismWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1851 - 248 páginas |
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... become possible to explain ghostly warnings , and popular prophecies , the wonders of natural trance , and of animal magnetism , without having recourse to a single unproven principle . I therefore made the attempt ; other more ...
... become possible to explain ghostly warnings , and popular prophecies , the wonders of natural trance , and of animal magnetism , without having recourse to a single unproven principle . I therefore made the attempt ; other more ...
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... become the conductor of some fluid or force , emanating from or disturbed in the body by terrestrial agency . But here a difficulty arises : How can it happen that the hypothetical force makes so long and round- about a course ? Why ...
... become the conductor of some fluid or force , emanating from or disturbed in the body by terrestrial agency . But here a difficulty arises : How can it happen that the hypothetical force makes so long and round- about a course ? Why ...
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... become inclined to one side . Then turning it straight , " Ha ! ha ! " said he , pointing to fresh blood upon the lips- " Ha ! ha ! What ! Your mouth not wiped since last night's work ? " The spectators shuddered ; the drummer - boy ...
... become inclined to one side . Then turning it straight , " Ha ! ha ! " said he , pointing to fresh blood upon the lips- " Ha ! ha ! What ! Your mouth not wiped since last night's work ? " The spectators shuddered ; the drummer - boy ...
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... become very rife , and many died through it ; whereupon the authorities determined to make another and a complete clearance of the Vampyrs in the ceme- tery , and with that object they had all the graves , to which present suspicion ...
... become very rife , and many died through it ; whereupon the authorities determined to make another and a complete clearance of the Vampyrs in the ceme- tery , and with that object they had all the graves , to which present suspicion ...
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... become glassy ; there may be partial mortification to offend the sense with the smell of death ; and yet the body may be alive . The only security we at present know of , that life has left the body , is the supervention of chemical ...
... become glassy ; there may be partial mortification to offend the sense with the smell of death ; and yet the body may be alive . The only security we at present know of , that life has left the body , is the supervention of chemical ...
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On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions: With an Account of Mesmerism Herbert Mayo Visualização integral - 1851 |
On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions: With an Account of Mesmerism Herbert Mayo Visualização integral - 1851 |
On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions: With an Account of Mesmerism Herbert Mayo Visualização integral - 1851 |
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Página 83 - Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks...
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Página 83 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp. Allowing him a breath, a little scene. To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit.
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Página 129 - He must necessarily go as he was stimulated, whether with a violent dash on the ground and bounce from place to place like a foot-ball, or hop round with head, limbs and trunk, twitching and jolting in every direction, as if they must inevitably fly asunder.
Página 128 - The rolling exercise consisted in being cast down in a violent manner, doubled with the head and feet together, or stretched in a prostrate manner, turning swiftly over like a dog. Nothing in nature could better represent the jerks, than for one to goad another alternately on every side with a piece of red-hot iron. The exercise commonly began in the head, which would fly backwards and forwards, and from side to side, with a quick jolt, which the person would naturally labor to suppress, but in vain.
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Página 74 - I suppose it manifested, are of too trivial a nature to justify so novel a hypothesis. My answer is, the cases are few and trivial only because the subject has not been attended to. For how many centuries were the laws of electricity preindicated by the single fact that a piece of amber, •when rubbed, would attract light bodies ! Again, the school of physiological materialists will of course be opposed to it.
Página 17 - A new truth has to encounter three normal stages of opposition. In the first, it is denounced as an imposture. In the second, that is, when it is beginning to force itself into notice, it is cursorily examined and plausibly explained away. In the third, or "cui bono" stage, it is decried as useless, and hostile to religion.