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... mountainous regions . The accidents of light and shade , and the interposition of partial fogs , or clouds , produce the same effect on the eye , as the discoloured patches of the wall ; and the rolling of the mist adds motion to the ...
... mountainous regions . The accidents of light and shade , and the interposition of partial fogs , or clouds , produce the same effect on the eye , as the discoloured patches of the wall ; and the rolling of the mist adds motion to the ...
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... mountains , which have a situation favorable for producing it . The first time I was deceived by this extraordinary ... mountains in the south west , towards the Worm mountains , & c . lying under the Broken began to be * The Harz ...
... mountains , which have a situation favorable for producing it . The first time I was deceived by this extraordinary ... mountains in the south west , towards the Worm mountains , & c . lying under the Broken began to be * The Harz ...
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... mountains and the Achtermaunshohe , the gigantic figure of a man , as if standing on a large pedestal . But scarcely had I discovered it when it began to disappear , the clouds sunk down speedily and expanded , and I saw the phenomenon ...
... mountains and the Achtermaunshohe , the gigantic figure of a man , as if standing on a large pedestal . But scarcely had I discovered it when it began to disappear , the clouds sunk down speedily and expanded , and I saw the phenomenon ...
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... seen by M. Haue on the 23rd of May 1797 , in his diary of an excursion to that mountain . I shall therefore take the liberty of transcribing it . from a gentleman , who underwent the deception . He B 2 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 23.
... seen by M. Haue on the 23rd of May 1797 , in his diary of an excursion to that mountain . I shall therefore take the liberty of transcribing it . from a gentleman , who underwent the deception . He B 2 THEORY OF APPARITIONS . 23.
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Page 10 - AND is there care in heaven ? And is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is : else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But O ! th...
Page 10 - But oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace ; That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe ! How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight ; they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about...
Page 25 - Achtcrmannshohe, a human figure of a monstrous size. A violent gust of wind having almost carried away my hat, I clapped my hand to it by moving my arm towards my head, and the colossal figure did the same.
Page 26 - ... compliments by bending their bodies as we did; after which they vanished. We retained our position, kept our eyes fixed on the same spot, and in a little time the two figures again stood before us, and were joined by a third. Every movement that we made by bending our bodies, these figures imitated, but with this difference, that the phenomenon was sometimes weak and faint, sometimes strong and well defined.
Page 51 - I opened my eyes. I conversed sometimes with my physician and my wife of the phantasms which at the moment surrounded me ; they appeared more frequently walking than at rest, nor were they constantly present. They frequently did not come for some time, but always reappeared for a longer or shorter period, either singly or in company, the latter, however, being most frequently the case.
Page i - What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Page 45 - I was too much agitated by a series of incidents which had most powerfully affected my moral feeling, to be capable of attending to them; on a sudden I perceived, at about the distance of ten steps, a form like that of a deceased person. I pointed at it, asking my wife if she did not see it ? It was but natural...
Page 54 - No person was with me besides the surgeon ; but during the operation my chamber was crowded with human phantasms of all descriptions. This continued uninterruptedly till about half an hour after four o'clock, just when my digestion commenced. I then perceived that they began to move more slowly. Soon after their colour began to fade, and at seven o'clock they were entirely white...
Page 53 - ... short, and never of an unpleasant turn. At different times there appeared to me both dear and sensible friends of both sexes, whose addresses tended to appease my grief, which had not yet wholly subsided : their consolatory speeches were in general addressed to me when I was alone. Sometimes, however, I was accosted by these consoling friends while I was engaged in company, and not unfrequently while real persons were speaking to me.
Page 49 - After the first day the form of the deceased person no more appeared, but its place was supplied with many other phantasms, sometimes representing acquaintances, but mostly strangers : those whom I knew were composed of living and deceased persons, but the number of the latter was comparatively small. I observed the persons with whom I daily conversed did not appear as phantasms, these representing chiefly persons who lived at some distance from me.