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Page ii
... Causes that gave rise to them . The Reader will find in the subsequent pages an union of Endeavours to rescue many of these Causes from Obli- vion . If , on the investigation , they appear to any so fri- volous as not to have deserved ...
... Causes that gave rise to them . The Reader will find in the subsequent pages an union of Endeavours to rescue many of these Causes from Obli- vion . If , on the investigation , they appear to any so fri- volous as not to have deserved ...
Page vii
... Cause , done Justice to the Subject he undertook to treat of . Far from having the Vanity to think that I have exhausted it , the utmost of my Preten- sions is to the Merit of having endeavoured , by making Additions , to improve it . I ...
... Cause , done Justice to the Subject he undertook to treat of . Far from having the Vanity to think that I have exhausted it , the utmost of my Preten- sions is to the Merit of having endeavoured , by making Additions , to improve it . I ...
Page viii
... Cause why they have never before been investigated . In perusing the subsequent Observations , the candid Reader , who has never before considered this neglected Subject , is requested not to be rash in passing Sentence , but to suspend ...
... Cause why they have never before been investigated . In perusing the subsequent Observations , the candid Reader , who has never before considered this neglected Subject , is requested not to be rash in passing Sentence , but to suspend ...
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... Spirits , without any such Cause as that learned Author men- tions . There are some particular Times , which * Lock , on Human Underst . will naturally raise some particular Thoughts : Thus on a will 62 ANTIQUITIES OF.
... Spirits , without any such Cause as that learned Author men- tions . There are some particular Times , which * Lock , on Human Underst . will naturally raise some particular Thoughts : Thus on a will 62 ANTIQUITIES OF.
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... Cause of such Reflections . But however this be , we must necessarily own , that Spirits have frequently appeared in the Night , or we must give the Lye to the Traditions of all Ages , to Historians prophane and sacred , and the wisest ...
... Cause of such Reflections . But however this be , we must necessarily own , that Spirits have frequently appeared in the Night , or we must give the Lye to the Traditions of all Ages , to Historians prophane and sacred , and the wisest ...
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