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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... thought and devils ; and at the end of it returned to Stratford and fairydom . 117. This is reflected in his works . 118. But there is progres- sion of thought to be observed in these stages . 119. Shakspere indirectly tells us his thoughts ...
... thought and devils ; and at the end of it returned to Stratford and fairydom . 117. This is reflected in his works . 118. But there is progres- sion of thought to be observed in these stages . 119. Shakspere indirectly tells us his thoughts ...
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... thought that a fervent expression of acute moral feeling would replace and render un- necessary patient investigation . In illustration of this difference , a play of Mas- singer's , " The Maid of Honour , " may be advan- tageously ...
... thought that a fervent expression of acute moral feeling would replace and render un- necessary patient investigation . In illustration of this difference , a play of Mas- singer's , " The Maid of Honour , " may be advan- tageously ...
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... thought by some , could at any rate be enforced against an unwilling party . But there were some reasons that justified the dissolution of sponsalia of either description . Affinity was one of these ; and - what is to the purpose here ...
... thought by some , could at any rate be enforced against an unwilling party . But there were some reasons that justified the dissolution of sponsalia of either description . Affinity was one of these ; and - what is to the purpose here ...
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... thought , utterly different from any belief that has firm hold in the present generation , that was current and peculiarly prominent during the lifetime of the man who bears overwhelmingly the greatest name , either in our own or any ...
... thought , utterly different from any belief that has firm hold in the present generation , that was current and peculiarly prominent during the lifetime of the man who bears overwhelmingly the greatest name , either in our own or any ...
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... thoughts of the people of that age : sit down with them in their homes , and learn the sources of their loves , their hates , their fears , and see wherein domestic happiness , or lack of it , made them strong or weak ; follow them to ...
... thoughts of the people of that age : sit down with them in their homes , and learn the sources of their loves , their hates , their fears , and see wherein domestic happiness , or lack of it , made them strong or weak ; follow them to ...
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