 At the same time I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations,...  Apologetic Postscript to the Rhapsody - Side 73af E. Barton - 1823 - 117 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 558 sider
...with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the report of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and...appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. Could I not give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 514 sider
...with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the report of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and...appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. Could I not give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular... | |
 | Howard Williams - 1865 - 302 sider
...vulgar ghost creed, he adds these remarkable words : ' At the same time I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres...fabulous and groundless. Could not I give myself up to the general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular persons who are now living,... | |
 | 1867 - 586 sider
...imagination of spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historian?, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the...nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and the belief in it groundless. Our critic proceeds to rate Spiritualism very hardly, though it would... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald - 1869 - 338 sider
...says, to his mind a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres appears much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. He adds : " Could I not give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1871 - 468 sider
...misapprehension, perverted association, disturbed imagination, and the like ; but added, " At the same time I think a person who is terrified with the imagination...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless." — Spectator, No. HO. Johnson insists on the same position in a variety of places, as in his discussion... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1888 - 548 sider
...the fears which had so long reigned in the family. all historians, sacred and profane, ancient £ nd modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless.1 Could not I give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1874 - 306 sider
...with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, Contrary to the report of all historians — sacred and profane, ancient...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. I might add, that not only the historians, to whom we may join the poets, but likewise the philosophers... | |
 | John Worth Edmonds - 1875 - 418 sider
...the same time, I think, a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and specters . much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the...appearance of Spirits fabulous and groundless. Could I not give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the revelations of particular... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 sider
...the reports of all historians sacred an(j profane, antient and modern, and to the traditions of aji na.tions, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous...not I give myself up to this general testimony of mar,:kLind, 1 should to the relations of particular persons who are now living, and whom I cannot distrust... | |
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