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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... fact , marriage , as far as the contracting parties were con- cerned.1 It could not , even though not consummated , be dissolved by mutual consent ; and a subsequent marriage , even though celebrated with religious rites , was utterly ...
... fact , marriage , as far as the contracting parties were con- cerned.1 It could not , even though not consummated , be dissolved by mutual consent ; and a subsequent marriage , even though celebrated with religious rites , was utterly ...
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... fact that the primitive religions now open to observation attribute specific events and results to distinct supernatural beings ; and there can be little doubt that this is the initial step in every creed . It is a bold and some- what ...
... fact that the primitive religions now open to observation attribute specific events and results to distinct supernatural beings ; and there can be little doubt that this is the initial step in every creed . It is a bold and some- what ...
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... fact in " Silas Marner , " where , in Mrs. Winthrop's simple theo- logical system , the Trinity is always referred to as " Them . " 17. The posthumous history of Francis of Assisi affords a striking illustration of this strange tendency ...
... fact in " Silas Marner , " where , in Mrs. Winthrop's simple theo- logical system , the Trinity is always referred to as " Them . " 17. The posthumous history of Francis of Assisi affords a striking illustration of this strange tendency ...
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... fact , with the older class of dæmons ; the first step in the descent to the lowest category of all . 21. The history of the neo - Platonic belief is one of elaboration upon these ideas . The conception of the Supreme Being was ...
... fact , with the older class of dæmons ; the first step in the descent to the lowest category of all . 21. The history of the neo - Platonic belief is one of elaboration upon these ideas . The conception of the Supreme Being was ...
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... fact a license to continue the business of prophesying unmolested.1 This non- sensical fiction shows clearly enough that the oracles were not generally looked upon as extinguished by Christianity . As the result of a similar policy we ...
... fact a license to continue the business of prophesying unmolested.1 This non- sensical fiction shows clearly enough that the oracles were not generally looked upon as extinguished by Christianity . As the result of a similar policy we ...
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