The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 181 |
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Page 83
The causes of occurrences formerly attributed to supernatural agency were
investigated , till at length not only was the belief in witchcraft abandoned , but
men found it hardly possible to believe in the credulity of their own ancestors .
The causes of occurrences formerly attributed to supernatural agency were
investigated , till at length not only was the belief in witchcraft abandoned , but
men found it hardly possible to believe in the credulity of their own ancestors .
Page 84
Those who are disposed to look for them may , without much trouble , see such
manifest signs , both of superstition and the disposition to believe in its doctrines ,
as may render it no useless occupation to com . pare the follies of our fathers ...
Those who are disposed to look for them may , without much trouble , see such
manifest signs , both of superstition and the disposition to believe in its doctrines ,
as may render it no useless occupation to com . pare the follies of our fathers ...
Page 85
It is hardly half a century since the modern developement of spirit - rapping
inaugurated in New York by the Fox family was introduced to Europe , and since
educated men and women began in considerable numbers to believe that the
spirits ...
It is hardly half a century since the modern developement of spirit - rapping
inaugurated in New York by the Fox family was introduced to Europe , and since
educated men and women began in considerable numbers to believe that the
spirits ...
Page 87
By this time surely men should know what to believe about ghosts and
apparitions , about inodern miraculous cures , about prophetic dreams and
warnings , about levitations — whether of saints or of tables - about mesmerism ,
about spirit ...
By this time surely men should know what to believe about ghosts and
apparitions , about inodern miraculous cures , about prophetic dreams and
warnings , about levitations — whether of saints or of tables - about mesmerism ,
about spirit ...
Page 91
... which calls itself Phinuit - I am fully prepared to believe . But that does not carry
us very far towards a knowledge of what the process actually is . Conversation
implies speaking with the mouth , and when receiving or asking information she
is ...
... which calls itself Phinuit - I am fully prepared to believe . But that does not carry
us very far towards a knowledge of what the process actually is . Conversation
implies speaking with the mouth , and when receiving or asking information she
is ...
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