Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1849 |
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Page 7
... natural form . The illusions of the superstitious consist of demons or angels , and all sorts of fantastic shapes , benign or malignant , according to the peculiar disposition or state of mind of the seer . " Ghosts , " says Grose ...
... natural form . The illusions of the superstitious consist of demons or angels , and all sorts of fantastic shapes , benign or malignant , according to the peculiar disposition or state of mind of the seer . " Ghosts , " says Grose ...
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... Natural Magic ( London , 1832 ) . Illusions are often also produced by the appearance of objects imperfectly seen in a dim light , and by electric phenome- na , when the credulous and terrified ob- server " sees , or thinks he sees ...
... Natural Magic ( London , 1832 ) . Illusions are often also produced by the appearance of objects imperfectly seen in a dim light , and by electric phenome- na , when the credulous and terrified ob- server " sees , or thinks he sees ...
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... natural division of words is shown to cease with syllables : they are one sound , and the division into vowels and consonants , ingenious and use- ful as it is , does not , in fact , exist to the degree which we usually take for granted ...
... natural division of words is shown to cease with syllables : they are one sound , and the division into vowels and consonants , ingenious and use- ful as it is , does not , in fact , exist to the degree which we usually take for granted ...
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... natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) give rise to imperfections in the voice . As weakness of lungs necessarily affects the voice , so fre- quent singing developes and ...
... natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) give rise to imperfections in the voice . As weakness of lungs necessarily affects the voice , so fre- quent singing developes and ...
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... natural talents , acquired early reputation among the learned . At the age of twenty - one , he published an edition of the Periplus of Scylax , with a Latin version , and notes . Christina , queen of Sweden , invited him to Stock- holm ...
... natural talents , acquired early reputation among the learned . At the age of twenty - one , he published an edition of the Periplus of Scylax , with a Latin version , and notes . Christina , queen of Sweden , invited him to Stock- holm ...
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