Glimpses of the Supernatural: Being Facts, Record and Traditions Relating to Dreams, Omens, Miraculous Occurrences, Apparitions, Wraiths, Warnings, Second-sight, Witchcraft, Necromancy, Etc, 2. köideFrederick George Lee H.S. King and Company, 1875 |
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... child , and was , towards the dark of the evening one night , sent away with one Mark Sharp , who was a collier , one who digged coals under ground , and one that had been born at Blackburn hundred in Lancashire ; and so she was not ...
... child , and was , towards the dark of the evening one night , sent away with one Mark Sharp , who was a collier , one who digged coals under ground , and one that had been born at Blackburn hundred in Lancashire ; and so she was not ...
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... child by him , he promised to send me to a private place , where I should be well - looked to , till I was brought to bed , and well again ; and then I should come again and keep his house . And , accordingly , ' said the apparition ...
... child by him , he promised to send me to a private place , where I should be well - looked to , till I was brought to bed , and well again ; and then I should come again and keep his house . And , accordingly , ' said the apparition ...
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... child at Major Sydenham's house , but who knew nothing of the matter in hand , arrived there . Captain Dyke and his relative Dr. Dyke , the physician , occupied the same bedroom . The latter was surprised to hear the captain ask of the ...
... child at Major Sydenham's house , but who knew nothing of the matter in hand , arrived there . Captain Dyke and his relative Dr. Dyke , the physician , occupied the same bedroom . The latter was surprised to hear the captain ask of the ...
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... child . The latter is reported to have been very averse to making any such agreement ; but being overcome by arguments as to the reasonableness of such a course ( if permitted by a gracious and merciful God ) at last consented . After ...
... child . The latter is reported to have been very averse to making any such agreement ; but being overcome by arguments as to the reasonableness of such a course ( if permitted by a gracious and merciful God ) at last consented . After ...
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... children at the precise time when the female vision appeared to his lordship . The most surprising part of the story , because the of the unhappy being to whom she had delivered her tre- mendous summons . Such was the tale that Lord ...
... children at the precise time when the female vision appeared to his lordship . The most surprising part of the story , because the of the unhappy being to whom she had delivered her tre- mendous summons . Such was the tale that Lord ...
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Page 206 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to His care ; when I awake, I give myself up to His direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to Him for help, and question not but He will either avert them, or turn them to my advantage. Though I know neither the time nor the manner...
Page 2 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep f alleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 212 - These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.
Page 241 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Page 168 - ... and then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming : even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish : because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 168 - Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, except there come A FALLING AWAY first, and that MAN OF SIN be revealed, the SON OF PERDITION...
Page 11 - The book is a charming one from first to last, and Mr Dickens deserves a full measure of credit for the care and discrimination he has exercised in the business of editing.
Page 89 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine : But this eternal blazon ' must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 89 - I am thy father's spirit; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night; And, for the day, confin'd to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away.
Page 8 - Sent Carriage Free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of Postal Order far the amount. JOHN GRANT, 25 & 34 George IT.