Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed by Them, as it was Generally Held During the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately Succeeding; with Special Reference to Shakspere and His Works |
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Page ix
... dead belief in Demon- ology , especially as far as it concerns Shakspere . He thinks that this may perhaps bring us into closer contact with Shakspere's soul . 10. Some one objects that Shakspere can speak better for himself . Yes , but ...
... dead belief in Demon- ology , especially as far as it concerns Shakspere . He thinks that this may perhaps bring us into closer contact with Shakspere's soul . 10. Some one objects that Shakspere can speak better for himself . Yes , but ...
Page x
... dead body , and restoring animation . 47. Or by means of illusion . 48. The common people stuck to the Catholic doctrine . Devils appear in likeness of an ordinary human being . 49. Even a living one , which was sometimes awkward ...
... dead body , and restoring animation . 47. Or by means of illusion . 48. The common people stuck to the Catholic doctrine . Devils appear in likeness of an ordinary human being . 49. Even a living one , which was sometimes awkward ...
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... dead and ridiculous as these . IV . III . Fairies and devils differ in degree , not in origin . 112. Evidence . 113. Cause of difference . Folk , until disturbed by religious doubt , don't believe in devils , but fairies . 114 ...
... dead and ridiculous as these . IV . III . Fairies and devils differ in degree , not in origin . 112. Evidence . 113. Cause of difference . Folk , until disturbed by religious doubt , don't believe in devils , but fairies . 114 ...
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... dead faith . 29. Such being the natural history of the conflict of religions , it will not be a matter of surprise that . the leaders of our English Reformation should , in their turn , have attributed the miracles of the Roman Catholic ...
... dead faith . 29. Such being the natural history of the conflict of religions , it will not be a matter of surprise that . the leaders of our English Reformation should , in their turn , have attributed the miracles of the Roman Catholic ...
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... , perhaps not learn it at all , unless , cast- ing aside this first impulse to despise , we try to enter fully into and understand these strange dead beliefs of the past . 5 . 35. It is in this spirit that I now enter.
... , perhaps not learn it at all , unless , cast- ing aside this first impulse to despise , we try to enter fully into and understand these strange dead beliefs of the past . 5 . 35. It is in this spirit that I now enter.
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