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... Witch hath Power to harm , So gracious and so hallowed is that Time . Now to shew what Truth there is in this vulgar Opinion , I shall consider , First , What Truth there is in the Roaming of Spirits in the Night . And , Secondly ...
... Witch hath Power to harm , So gracious and so hallowed is that Time . Now to shew what Truth there is in this vulgar Opinion , I shall consider , First , What Truth there is in the Roaming of Spirits in the Night . And , Secondly ...
Page 118
... Witches say :) and perhaps it is not altogether false , which is vulgarly affirmed , that the Devil appearing in human Shape , " hath always a Deformity of some uncouth " Member or other ; as tho ' he could not yet take upon him human ...
... Witches say :) and perhaps it is not altogether false , which is vulgarly affirmed , that the Devil appearing in human Shape , " hath always a Deformity of some uncouth " Member or other ; as tho ' he could not yet take upon him human ...
Page 134
... Witch Elm . Gard . I warrant you if the Ghost appears , he'll whisk ye that Wand before his Eyes , and strike the Drumstick out of his Hand . you But . No ; the Wand , look ye , is to make a Circle , and if he once gets the Ghost in a ...
... Witch Elm . Gard . I warrant you if the Ghost appears , he'll whisk ye that Wand before his Eyes , and strike the Drumstick out of his Hand . you But . No ; the Wand , look ye , is to make a Circle , and if he once gets the Ghost in a ...
Page 352
... , and no doubt many of his Readers will think his Arguments but the Fumes of an idle Brain , and it may be added too , of an empty Head ! OF OF WITCHES . Devovet absentes , simulachraque cerea fingit , 352 APPENDIX .
... , and no doubt many of his Readers will think his Arguments but the Fumes of an idle Brain , and it may be added too , of an empty Head ! OF OF WITCHES . Devovet absentes , simulachraque cerea fingit , 352 APPENDIX .
Page 353
... Witch- craft ; for lest Witches should draw or prick their Names therein , and veneficiously mischief their Persons , they broke the Shell , as Dalecampius has observed . Vide Vulg . Errors . Mr. Pennant tells us , in his Tour in ...
... Witch- craft ; for lest Witches should draw or prick their Names therein , and veneficiously mischief their Persons , they broke the Shell , as Dalecampius has observed . Vide Vulg . Errors . Mr. Pennant tells us , in his Tour in ...
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