Lives of the Necromancers: Or, An Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages who Have Claimed for Themselves, Or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical PowerChatto and Windus, 1876 - 282 páginas |
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... give them cause of offence . If there were any persons who imagined they had entered into such a contract , however erroneous was their belief , they must of necessity have been greatly depraved . And it was but natural that such as ...
... give them cause of offence . If there were any persons who imagined they had entered into such a contract , however erroneous was their belief , they must of necessity have been greatly depraved . And it was but natural that such as ...
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... give up their dead . WITCHCRAFT . Next to sorcery we may recollect the case of witchcraft , which occurs oftener , particularly in modern times , than any other alleged mode of changing by supernatural means the future course of events ...
... give up their dead . WITCHCRAFT . Next to sorcery we may recollect the case of witchcraft , which occurs oftener , particularly in modern times , than any other alleged mode of changing by supernatural means the future course of events ...
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... give a title to the present volume . There is something sacred to common apprehension in the repose of the dead . They seem placed beyond our power to dis- turb . " There is no work , nor device , nor knowledge , nor wisdom in the grave ...
... give a title to the present volume . There is something sacred to common apprehension in the repose of the dead . They seem placed beyond our power to dis- turb . " There is no work , nor device , nor knowledge , nor wisdom in the grave ...
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... give the greatest authority and effect to his communications , Pythagoras hid himself during the day at least from the great body of his pupils , and was only seen by them at night . Indeed , there is no reason to suppose that any one ...
... give the greatest authority and effect to his communications , Pythagoras hid himself during the day at least from the great body of his pupils , and was only seen by them at night . Indeed , there is no reason to suppose that any one ...
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... give strength and permanence and an extensive sphere to the pro- gress of the human mind . For these reasons he wrote nothing ; but consigned all to the frail and uncertain custody of tradition . And distant posterity has amply avenged ...
... give strength and permanence and an extensive sphere to the pro- gress of the human mind . For these reasons he wrote nothing ; but consigned all to the frail and uncertain custody of tradition . And distant posterity has amply avenged ...
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