Footfalls on the boundary of another world. From the 10th Amer. ed., with emendations and additions by the author1860 |
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... witnesses a patient hearing , well assured that the final verdict , be it as it may , will be in accordance with reason and justice . I aspire not to build up a theory . I doubt , as to this subject , whether any man living is yet ...
... witnesses a patient hearing , well assured that the final verdict , be it as it may , will be in accordance with reason and justice . I aspire not to build up a theory . I doubt , as to this subject , whether any man living is yet ...
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... witnesses and prepare his case for trial . In perusing a work of this character , the reader will do well to bear in mind that phenomena exist indepen- dently of all opinions touching their nature or origin . A fact is not to be ...
... witnesses and prepare his case for trial . In perusing a work of this character , the reader will do well to bear in mind that phenomena exist indepen- dently of all opinions touching their nature or origin . A fact is not to be ...
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... witnesses ; and then , being thus in possession of the facts , to adjust them , as well as we can , to other parts of our philosophy of human nature . Shall we allow an objector to put a check to our scientific curiosity on the subject ...
... witnesses ; and then , being thus in possession of the facts , to adjust them , as well as we can , to other parts of our philosophy of human nature . Shall we allow an objector to put a check to our scientific curiosity on the subject ...
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... witnesses of the facts to be proved : and , with every care to scrutinize such testi- mony , it has ere now brought innocent men to the scaf- fold . Nor , save in extraordinary or exceptional cases , " The Works of the Most Reverend Dr ...
... witnesses of the facts to be proved : and , with every care to scrutinize such testi- mony , it has ere now brought innocent men to the scaf- fold . Nor , save in extraordinary or exceptional cases , " The Works of the Most Reverend Dr ...
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... witness begins to repeat that which others have seen and related , what is the common phrase employed to recall him to his proper sphere of duty ? - " Do not tell us what others have said to you : keep to what you can depose of your own ...
... witness begins to repeat that which others have seen and related , what is the common phrase employed to recall him to his proper sphere of duty ? - " Do not tell us what others have said to you : keep to what you can depose of your own ...
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Abercrombie Aberdeenshire actually adduced admit afterward agency Ahrensburg alleged apparition appeared believe called Captain cause character Cideville circumstances clairvoyance communicated dæmon David Fox death disturbances door doubt dream Edinburgh Epworth evidence example existence extraordinary fact father gentleman Hahn hallucination hand happened heard human Hydesville imagine inquiry Joseph Glanvil Justinus Kerner Kerner knockings lady laws letter living London Loudun matter mediumship mind miracle Mompesson morning mother murdered mystery narrated narrative nature never night noises Norway o'clock Oberstenfeld observed occurred Oesel opinion Paris parsonage passed persons phenomena phenomenon pneumatology present Prevorst proof question racter reality reason regard remained remarkable replied residing Sadducismus Triumphatus says seemed seen seeress senses sister skepticism sleep somnambulism sounds spirit story suppose testimony thing thought tion told truth ultramundane usually Wadebridge Wesley William Howitt witnesses Yerville
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Страница 70 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Страница 49 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty...
Страница 45 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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Страница 72 - A miracle may be accurately defined, a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent.
Страница 164 - R d thought that he informed his father of the cause of his distress, adding, that the payment of a considerable sum of money was the more unpleasant to him, because he had a strong consciousness that it was not due, though he was unable to recover any evidence in support of his belief. ' You are right, my son,' replied the paternal shade ; ' I did acquire right to these tiends, for payment of which you are now prosecuted.
Страница 31 - At the same time I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable, than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless.
Страница 31 - I merely mean to say what Johnson said, That in the course of some six thousand years, All nations have believed that from the dead A visitant at intervals appears; And what is strangest upon this Strange head, Is, that whatever bar the reason rears 'Gainst such belief, there 's something Stronger Still In its behalf, let those deny who will.
Страница 229 - Only she thought he might have done it for her, and saved her the trouble. By this time all my sisters were so accustomed to these noises, that they gave them little disturbance. A gentle tapping at their bed-head usually began between nine and ten at night. They then commonly said to each other, " Jeffrey is coming: it is time to go to sleep.