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" That in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches, who used the very same way of afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them, and crooked, as these pins were, with needles and nails. And his opinion was, That the devil, in such cases,... "
Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Memoirs of Sir Thomas Browne. Domestic ... - Page lxxxiii
by Sir Thomas Browne - 1836
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The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 2

Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1812 - 494 pages
...witches at whose instance he did the villanies ;" and he added, " that in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches who used " the very same...afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them." This made that great and good man doubtful, but he was in such fears that he would not so much as sum up...
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An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, Volume 2

Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...recourse to argustance he did the villainies ;" and he added, " that in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches, who used the very same...afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them." This made that great and good man doubtful, but he was in such fears that he would not so much as sum up...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 6

Thomas Bayly Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 822 pages
...clenrly of opinion, that the persons were bewitched ; and said, Thnt in Denmark there hnd been lately a great discovery of witches, who used the very same...of afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them, and crooked as these pins were, wiih needles and nails. And his opinion was, That the devil in such...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...clearly of opinion, that the persons were bewitched ; and said, That in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches, who used the very same...of afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them, and crooked, as these pins were, with needles and nails. And his opinion was, That the devil, in such...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...clearly of opinion, that the persons were bewitched ; and said, That in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches, who used the very same...of afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them, and crooked, as these pins were, 'with needles and nails. And his opinion was, That the devil, in such...
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Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 1

John Ayrton Paris, John Samuel Martin Fonblanque - Medical jurisprudence - 1823 - 556 pages
...thc villainies," and he added, " that in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witehes who used the very same way of afflicting persons by conveying pins into them." This relation of Sir Thomai BnwX, says the historian of the case, made that good and great man, Sir Matthew...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...witches at whose instance he did the villanies;" and he added, "that in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches who used the very same...afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them." This made that great and good man doubtful, but he was in such fears that he would not so much as sum up...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...witches at whose instance he did the villanies ;" and he added, " that in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches who used the very same...afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them." This made that great and good man doubtful, but he was in such fears that he would not so much as sum up...
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Celebrated Trials of All Countries ; and Remarkable Cases of Criminal ...

John Jay Smith - Criminal law - 1836 - 612 pages
...clearly of opinion that the persons were bewitched; and said, that in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches, who used the very same...of afflicting persons, by conveying pins into them, and crooked as these pins were, with needles and nails. And his opinion was, that the devil in such...
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A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence and State Medicine

Michael Ryan - Medical jurisprudence - 1836 - 608 pages
...witches, at whose instance he did the villanies," and he added, " that in Denmark there had been lately a great discovery of witches who used the very same way of inflicting persons by conveying pins into them." This relation of Sir Thomas Browne, says the historian...
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