Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time, Volume 13Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, 1836 |
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... 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 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 Spanish , that every body ascribed them to Lope de Vega . He also visited Rome and England , and died in 1648. Voiture was one of the first persons in France dis- tinguished by the title of bel esprit . He wrote verses in French ...
... natural Spanish , that every body ascribed them to Lope de Vega . He also visited Rome and England , and died in 1648. Voiture was one of the first persons in France dis- tinguished by the title of bel esprit . He wrote verses in French ...
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... natural sov- ereignty of the intellect , and its superiori- ty to all earthly splendor , it was this dis- tinguished man , who , in a nation , and at a time , when the learned and scientific were considered in the light of upper do ...
... natural sov- ereignty of the intellect , and its superiori- ty to all earthly splendor , it was this dis- tinguished man , who , in a nation , and at a time , when the learned and scientific were considered in the light of upper do ...
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