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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... things which the Gentiles sacri- fice , they sacrifice to devils ( dauóvia ) , and not to God ; and I would not that ye should have fellowship 1 Psalm xcvi . 5 ( xcv . Sept. ) . Psalm xcv . 3 ( xciv . Sept. ) . Maury , p . 98 ...
... things which the Gentiles sacri- fice , they sacrifice to devils ( dauóvia ) , and not to God ; and I would not that ye should have fellowship 1 Psalm xcvi . 5 ( xcv . Sept. ) . Psalm xcv . 3 ( xciv . Sept. ) . Maury , p . 98 ...
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... thing that they have kneeled and offered unto ( the very devil indeed ) hath restored them health , whereas he did nothing but leave off to molest them . This is the help and cure that the devils give when they leave off their wrong and ...
... thing that they have kneeled and offered unto ( the very devil indeed ) hath restored them health , whereas he did nothing but leave off to molest them . This is the help and cure that the devils give when they leave off their wrong and ...
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... . It was not so in the times when these 1 Scott , p . 339 . Cranmer , A Confutation of Unwritten Verities , p . 66. Parker Society . ELIZABETHANS NOT FOOLS . FOOLS . 33 things transpired : 32 ELIZABETHAN DEMONOLOGY .
... . It was not so in the times when these 1 Scott , p . 339 . Cranmer , A Confutation of Unwritten Verities , p . 66. Parker Society . ELIZABETHANS NOT FOOLS . FOOLS . 33 things transpired : 32 ELIZABETHAN DEMONOLOGY .
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... things transpired : the actors of them were not knaves , nor were their audiences fools , to any unusual extent . If any one is inclined to form a low opinion of the Elizabethans intellectually , on ' account of the divergence of their ...
... things transpired : the actors of them were not knaves , nor were their audiences fools , to any unusual extent . If any one is inclined to form a low opinion of the Elizabethans intellectually , on ' account of the divergence of their ...
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... thing as witchcraft , and so mainteines the old error of the Sadducees in denying of spirits . " The abandoned impudence of the man ! -and the logic of his royal opponent ! 41. Spenser has clothed with horror this con- ception of the ...
... thing as witchcraft , and so mainteines the old error of the Sadducees in denying of spirits . " The abandoned impudence of the man ! -and the logic of his royal opponent ! 41. Spenser has clothed with horror this con- ception of the ...
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