Thaumaturgia, Or, Elucidations of the MarvellousE. Churton, 1835 - 362 pàgines |
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... performed every wonder accom- plished by the former . Without some such suppo- sition of collusion , two of the miracles attempted by the magicians are perfectly absurd and contra- dictory . They pretended to turn water into blood ...
... performed every wonder accom- plished by the former . Without some such suppo- sition of collusion , two of the miracles attempted by the magicians are perfectly absurd and contra- dictory . They pretended to turn water into blood ...
Pàgina 24
... performing the cure or to believe that a devil could even speak truth . He observed only that demons are always liars , and cunning to deceive . De Haen imputes to the power of magic the miracles , * as they are called , of the famous ...
... performing the cure or to believe that a devil could even speak truth . He observed only that demons are always liars , and cunning to deceive . De Haen imputes to the power of magic the miracles , * as they are called , of the famous ...
Pàgina 25
... perform- ances may amuse our readers . During an assembly of the people at Ephesus , a great flight of birds ... performed by their opponents , admitted their reality , but endeavoured to surpass them ; and thus in the " life of ...
... perform- ances may amuse our readers . During an assembly of the people at Ephesus , a great flight of birds ... performed by their opponents , admitted their reality , but endeavoured to surpass them ; and thus in the " life of ...
Pàgina 33
... performed on various important occa- sions , as on the birth of a child , marriages , etc. On such occasions the evil spirits are supposed to be more than usually active in their malignity , which can only be counteracted by certain ...
... performed on various important occa- sions , as on the birth of a child , marriages , etc. On such occasions the evil spirits are supposed to be more than usually active in their malignity , which can only be counteracted by certain ...
Pàgina 40
... that it was imagined nothing was impossible for them to perform ; all who made profession of this kind of magic aspired to this state of perfection . The priest , who 40 THAUMATURGIA , OR CHAPTER III On the several kinds of magic.
... that it was imagined nothing was impossible for them to perform ; all who made profession of this kind of magic aspired to this state of perfection . The priest , who 40 THAUMATURGIA , OR CHAPTER III On the several kinds of magic.
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Pàgina 161 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
Pàgina 107 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...
Pàgina 159 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid. Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut , Made by the joiner squirrel , or old grub , Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love: On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyers' fingers , who straight dream on fees : O'er ladies...
Pàgina 107 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars...
Pàgina 163 - The same idea, when it again recurs without the operation of the like object on the external sensory, is remembrance ; if it be sought after by the mind, and with pain and endeavour found and brought again in view, it is recollection; if it be held there long under attentive consideration, it is contemplation.
Pàgina 160 - Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep: Then dreams he of another benefice! Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Pàgina 162 - All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private cell. When nature rests Oft in her absence mimic Fancy wakes To imitate her; but misjoining shapes, Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams; 111 matching words and deeds long past or late.
Pàgina 145 - But with more lucky hit than those That use to make the stars depose, Like Knights o
Pàgina 307 - Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years...
Pàgina 159 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...