Spirit Manifestations Examined and Explained: Judge Edmonds Refuted; Or, An Exposition of the Involuntary Powers and Instincts of the Human MindDe Witt & Davenport, 1854 - 252 頁 |
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... position on the opposite extreme , and cry out- " Humbug ! collusion ! " They merely ape the conduct of those whom they deem their superiors , and respond to the breathings of the popular voice . All their reasoning is but a repetition ...
... position on the opposite extreme , and cry out- " Humbug ! collusion ! " They merely ape the conduct of those whom they deem their superiors , and respond to the breathings of the popular voice . All their reasoning is but a repetition ...
第 46 頁
... position . There is no need that I should refer to the convulsions of the Pythian priestess - the contortions of the Sybil - the vast variety of convulsive and cataleptic phenomena among the devotees in India , and the spinning der ...
... position . There is no need that I should refer to the convulsions of the Pythian priestess - the contortions of the Sybil - the vast variety of convulsive and cataleptic phenomena among the devotees in India , and the spinning der ...
第 54 頁
... examples of every vari- ety of involuntary motion , and even more wonderful and startling in proof of my position than any thing connected with the spirit - manifestations , and yet the 54 SPIRIT - MANIFESTATIONS EXAMINED .
... examples of every vari- ety of involuntary motion , and even more wonderful and startling in proof of my position than any thing connected with the spirit - manifestations , and yet the 54 SPIRIT - MANIFESTATIONS EXAMINED .
第 55 頁
... POSITION , and argued involun- tary motion in all its forms , I am now ready to proceed to the most interesting part of my subject . My SECOND POSITION is to account for the intelli gence connected with these manifestations . In my ...
... POSITION , and argued involun- tary motion in all its forms , I am now ready to proceed to the most interesting part of my subject . My SECOND POSITION is to account for the intelli gence connected with these manifestations . In my ...
第 78 頁
... position in which they may be placed . And in this rigid condition of their arms , they can be made to gently tip a table without knowing that they bore down upon it in the slightest manner whatever . Or their limbs can be set in motion ...
... position in which they may be placed . And in this rigid condition of their arms , they can be made to gently tip a table without knowing that they bore down upon it in the slightest manner whatever . Or their limbs can be set in motion ...
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第 106 頁 - Thus then to man the voice of nature spake — " Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
第 63 頁 - One in their nature, which are two in ours ! And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man.
第 63 頁 - till we call, and then not often . near ; But -honest Instinct comes a volunteer, Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit; While still too wide or short is human Wit...
第 207 頁 - Stockholm), and that it was spreading very fast. He was restless, and went out often. He said that the house of one of his friends, whom he named, was already in ashes, and that his own was in danger. At 8 o'clock, after he had been out again, he joyfully exclaimed, "Thank God! the fire is extinguished, the third door from my house.
第 61 頁 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
第 106 頁 - Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind: Here subterranean works and cities see; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small people's genius, policies, The ants...
第 207 頁 - September, on Saturday, at four o'clock pm, arrived at Gottenburg from England, Mr. William Castel invited him to his house, together with a party of fifteen persons. About six o'clock, Swedenborg went out, and, after a short interval, returned to the company, quite pale and alarmed. He said that a dangerous fire had just broken out in Stockholm, at the Sudermalm (Gottenburg is about 50 milesf from Stockholm), and that it was spreading very fast.
第 96 頁 - And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
第 213 頁 - A dead silence prevailed during the whole narration, which I alone occasionally interrupted by inquiring whether I spoke the truth. The startled young man confirmed every particular, and even, what I had scarcely expected, the last mentioned. Touched by his candour, I shook hands with him over the table, and said no more. He asked my name, which I gave him, and we remained together talking till past midnight. He is probably still living...
第 210 頁 - It lias happened to me, sometimes, on my first meeting with strangers, as I listened silently to their discourse, that their former life, with many trifling circumstances therewith connected, or frequently some particular scene in that life, has passed quite involuntarily, and, as it were, dream-like, yet perfectly distinct, before me.