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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... possessed all the powers of the air , and produced tempests and shipwrecks at their pleasure . " Castles toppled on their warder's heads , and palaces and pyramids sloped their summits to their foundations ; " forests and mountains were ...
... possessed all the powers of the air , and produced tempests and shipwrecks at their pleasure . " Castles toppled on their warder's heads , and palaces and pyramids sloped their summits to their foundations ; " forests and mountains were ...
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... possessed in an eminent degree the gift of foretelling future events . Hecate , which was one of the names of Diana , was distinguished as the Goddess of magic and en- chantments . Venus was the Goddess of love , the 36 LIVES OF THE ...
... possessed in an eminent degree the gift of foretelling future events . Hecate , which was one of the names of Diana , was distinguished as the Goddess of magic and en- chantments . Venus was the Goddess of love , the 36 LIVES OF THE ...
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... possessed the art of divining future events from the various indications that manifest themselves in fire , in smoke , and in other ways , 4 but to have set the highest value upon the communications of 1 Philostratus , Heroica , cap . v ...
... possessed the art of divining future events from the various indications that manifest themselves in fire , in smoke , and in other ways , 4 but to have set the highest value upon the communications of 1 Philostratus , Heroica , cap . v ...
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... possessed the faculty of foretelling earthquakes , allaying storms , and driving away pesti- lence ; he gave out predictions wherever he went ; and is described as an enchanter , professing to cure diseases by virtue of certain words ...
... possessed the faculty of foretelling earthquakes , allaying storms , and driving away pesti- lence ; he gave out predictions wherever he went ; and is described as an enchanter , professing to cure diseases by virtue of certain words ...
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... possessing supernatural gifts . Such persons , almost universally , and particularly in ages of ignorance and wonder , become themselves the dupes of their own pretensions . He gave out that he was secretly subsisted by food brought to ...
... possessing supernatural gifts . Such persons , almost universally , and particularly in ages of ignorance and wonder , become themselves the dupes of their own pretensions . He gave out that he was secretly subsisted by food brought to ...
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