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Page 76
... Ghosts . In almost every country , little boys and girls , áre afraid to be left alone in the dark ; and sometimes grown - up men and women , that should have known better , are just as foolish , and just as easily frightened , as any ...
... Ghosts . In almost every country , little boys and girls , áre afraid to be left alone in the dark ; and sometimes grown - up men and women , that should have known better , are just as foolish , and just as easily frightened , as any ...
Page 77
... ghosts , Now , what is a ghost ? " In most of the stories about ghosts , " says Mr. Grose , a very enter- taining English writer , " they are supposed to be mere aerial beings without substance , that can pass through walls , and doors ...
... ghosts , Now , what is a ghost ? " In most of the stories about ghosts , " says Mr. Grose , a very enter- taining English writer , " they are supposed to be mere aerial beings without substance , that can pass through walls , and doors ...
Page 78
... ghosts have undoubtedly forms and customs peculiar to themselves . " They seem indeed altogether a strange , silent ... ghosts seem to retain something of a national character - the Roman Catholic ghost is most invincibly afraid of holy ...
... ghosts have undoubtedly forms and customs peculiar to themselves . " They seem indeed altogether a strange , silent ... ghosts seem to retain something of a national character - the Roman Catholic ghost is most invincibly afraid of holy ...
Page 79
... ghosts , one and all , hate light in every shade , candle - light , lamp - light , or day - light ; the only light they can endure is moonlight ; but of all lights they hate most bitterly the light of knowledge ; indeed they have taken ...
... ghosts , one and all , hate light in every shade , candle - light , lamp - light , or day - light ; the only light they can endure is moonlight ; but of all lights they hate most bitterly the light of knowledge ; indeed they have taken ...
Page 80
... ghosts , that is , mere creatures of the imagination . Many people indeed , who were in the habit of seeing ghosts , have been cured just as they would be of any other disease , by medicine and bloodletting . Every person knows that ...
... ghosts , that is , mere creatures of the imagination . Many people indeed , who were in the habit of seeing ghosts , have been cured just as they would be of any other disease , by medicine and bloodletting . Every person knows that ...
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Page 174 - He saved others, himself he cannot save : If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Page 190 - ... for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 141 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Page 159 - And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
Page 162 - And Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down, and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Page 158 - And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Page 179 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Page 182 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 152 - So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth : and himself believed, and his whole house.
Page 152 - And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.