Thaumaturgia, or Elucidations of the marvellous, by an Oxonian [S.R. Hole]. |
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... happened to be affected with a fever , little anxiety was manifested to discover its cause , or to adopt rational measures for its cure ; it must no doubt have been occasioned by some evil spirit residing in the body , or influencing ...
... happened to be affected with a fever , little anxiety was manifested to discover its cause , or to adopt rational measures for its cure ; it must no doubt have been occasioned by some evil spirit residing in the body , or influencing ...
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... happened in England , as well as in other places , and is only caused by the clouds being placed in such a situation , as to reflect the image of that luminary ; noc- turnal fires , enflamed spears , fighting armies , were no more than ...
... happened in England , as well as in other places , and is only caused by the clouds being placed in such a situation , as to reflect the image of that luminary ; noc- turnal fires , enflamed spears , fighting armies , were no more than ...
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... happened to put it in motion , it struck the first kettle , which communicating its motion to the next , all of them tingled , and produced a certain sound which continued for a long time ; after which the oracle spoke . THE ORACLE OF ...
... happened to put it in motion , it struck the first kettle , which communicating its motion to the next , all of them tingled , and produced a certain sound which continued for a long time ; after which the oracle spoke . THE ORACLE OF ...
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... happened to come near enough the cavern , to breathe air that passed out of it , she returned skipping and bounding about , and her voice articulated some extra- ordinary sounds ; which having been observed by the keepers , they went to ...
... happened to come near enough the cavern , to breathe air that passed out of it , she returned skipping and bounding about , and her voice articulated some extra- ordinary sounds ; which having been observed by the keepers , they went to ...
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... happened for prognosticating futurity , in regard to every thing that was asked , except death and marriage , about which it was not allowed to ask any questions . Those who consulted the oracle of Amphiarus , lay on the skins of ...
... happened for prognosticating futurity , in regard to every thing that was asked , except death and marriage , about which it was not allowed to ask any questions . Those who consulted the oracle of Amphiarus , lay on the skins of ...
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Page 107 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...
Page 161 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
Page 159 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid. Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut , Made by the joiner squirrel , or old grub , Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love: On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyers' fingers , who straight dream on fees : O'er ladies...
Page 107 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to...
Page 162 - All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private cell. When nature rests Oft in her absence mimic Fancy wakes To imitate her; but misjoining shapes, Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams; 111 matching words and deeds long past or late.
Page 160 - Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep: Then dreams he of another benefice! Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Page 162 - But know, that in the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief ; among these, fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, airy shapes, Which reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion ; then retires Into her private cell when nature rests.
Page 145 - But with more lucky hit than those That use to make the stars depose, Like Knights o
Page 307 - Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years...
Page 166 - Of things impossible ! (Could sleep do more ?) Of joys perpetual in perpetual change ! Of stable pleasures on the tossing wave ! Eternal sunshine in the storms of life...