Lectures on Witchcraft: Comprising a History of the Delusion in Salem, in 1692 |
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... Rebecca Nurse and Mar- tha Cory of Salem Village , George Jacobs , Jr , Alice Parker , Ann Pudeater , Bridget Bi- shop , alias Oliver , of Salem . Salem was pressed to death . Most of these persons were advanced in years , and many of ...
... Rebecca Nurse and Mar- tha Cory of Salem Village , George Jacobs , Jr , Alice Parker , Ann Pudeater , Bridget Bi- shop , alias Oliver , of Salem . Salem was pressed to death . Most of these persons were advanced in years , and many of ...
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... Rebecca Nurse brought in a verdict of Not Guilty . ' Im- mediately upon hearing it the malignant and fiendlike accusers uttered a loud outcry in open court ! The judges were overcome by the general clamor and intimidated from the ...
... Rebecca Nurse brought in a verdict of Not Guilty . ' Im- mediately upon hearing it the malignant and fiendlike accusers uttered a loud outcry in open court ! The judges were overcome by the general clamor and intimidated from the ...
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... REBECCA NURSE . ' The governor had intended to grant her a reprieve but upon hearing of his intention the accusers renewed their dismal outcries against her . Several 84.
... REBECCA NURSE . ' The governor had intended to grant her a reprieve but upon hearing of his intention the accusers renewed their dismal outcries against her . Several 84.
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... Rebecca Nurse , the person whom the jury in the first instance acquitted , but were afterwards induced by the strong disappro- bation and rebukes of the judges to con- demn , was a member of the first church . On the communion day that ...
... Rebecca Nurse , the person whom the jury in the first instance acquitted , but were afterwards induced by the strong disappro- bation and rebukes of the judges to con- demn , was a member of the first church . On the communion day that ...
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... Rebecca Nurse . Her mind appears to have been uncommon- ly strong and well cultivated , and her heart the 92.
... Rebecca Nurse . Her mind appears to have been uncommon- ly strong and well cultivated , and her heart the 92.
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