The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... at Lahore ( Braid on Trunce ) Agostine Fosari ( Wanley's Wonders ) 429 433 437 440 ECSTASY . The Sleeping Preacher ( Early History of Massachusetts ) 442 PREDICTIONS . A Curious Prediction ( News from the Invisible CONTENTS . vii.
... at Lahore ( Braid on Trunce ) Agostine Fosari ( Wanley's Wonders ) 429 433 437 440 ECSTASY . The Sleeping Preacher ( Early History of Massachusetts ) 442 PREDICTIONS . A Curious Prediction ( News from the Invisible CONTENTS . vii.
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... sleep , becomes more and more estranged from the Divine , and falls into blindness and superstition . Therefore , all great natural philosophers have been genuinely pious men ; there- fore , the magnetic clairvoyant , passing out of the ...
... sleep , becomes more and more estranged from the Divine , and falls into blindness and superstition . Therefore , all great natural philosophers have been genuinely pious men ; there- fore , the magnetic clairvoyant , passing out of the ...
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... sleep , like the Idaic Dactyl , or the Phoenician Cabir , as a dwarf , becomes a giant , with mad fury destroys the ships entrusted to his care , while during this natural phenomenon lightnings break forth from the columns that arise ...
... sleep , like the Idaic Dactyl , or the Phoenician Cabir , as a dwarf , becomes a giant , with mad fury destroys the ships entrusted to his care , while during this natural phenomenon lightnings break forth from the columns that arise ...
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... sleep . This was dedicated to Apollo , and was sought as favourable to the foretelling of future events . It has already been said that the first name of the magnet was the Herculean stone ; and the Batilene , the meteoric and ...
... sleep . This was dedicated to Apollo , and was sought as favourable to the foretelling of future events . It has already been said that the first name of the magnet was the Herculean stone ; and the Batilene , the meteoric and ...
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... sleeping ones whom she saw on them . The mattresses on which they lay , and the pillows , were stuffed with herbs . Between each two beds , which were placed about three feet from each other , and in such a manner that two and two stood ...
... sleeping ones whom she saw on them . The mattresses on which they lay , and the pillows , were stuffed with herbs . Between each two beds , which were placed about three feet from each other , and in such a manner that two and two stood ...
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