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Page 350
... head ; and that from thence he had a long continued pain of the head . One of the witches confessed , too , that the devil had sent her to torment that minister ; and that she was ordered to use a nail , and strike it into his head ...
... head ; and that from thence he had a long continued pain of the head . One of the witches confessed , too , that the devil had sent her to torment that minister ; and that she was ordered to use a nail , and strike it into his head ...
Page 396
... head , he feels the most piercing pains in his head , or else his head and his face are suffused with a hot red flush like fire . If the demon is in his eyes , he makes them roll wildly . If in the back , he brings on convulsions in his ...
... head , he feels the most piercing pains in his head , or else his head and his face are suffused with a hot red flush like fire . If the demon is in his eyes , he makes them roll wildly . If in the back , he brings on convulsions in his ...
Page 449
... head of a man new- shorn and the tail of a white cat , about two or three foot distant from each other , swimming before the canoe , but no body to join head and tail together . And they returning over the river in less than an hour's ...
... head of a man new- shorn and the tail of a white cat , about two or three foot distant from each other , swimming before the canoe , but no body to join head and tail together . And they returning over the river in less than an hour's ...
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