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Page 42
... Cotton Mather was employed to compile ' vix ossibus hærent , Nescio , quis teneros oculus mihi fascinat agnos , ' 6 and publish a report of some of the trials 42.
... Cotton Mather was employed to compile ' vix ossibus hærent , Nescio , quis teneros oculus mihi fascinat agnos , ' 6 and publish a report of some of the trials 42.
Page 81
... Cotton Mather expresses himself in the following language : ' this rampant hag , Martha Carrier , was the person of whom the confessions of the witches , and of her own children among the rest , agreed , that the devil had promised her ...
... Cotton Mather expresses himself in the following language : ' this rampant hag , Martha Carrier , was the person of whom the confessions of the witches , and of her own children among the rest , agreed , that the devil had promised her ...
Page 86
... Cotton Mather , as illustra- tive of his adroitness in circumventing and ensnaring an accused individual , in the course of his examination ; it cannot , how- ever , but be regarded by all reflecting and humane persons , as an ...
... Cotton Mather , as illustra- tive of his adroitness in circumventing and ensnaring an accused individual , in the course of his examination ; it cannot , how- ever , but be regarded by all reflecting and humane persons , as an ...
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... Cotton Mather , minister of the North Church in Boston , who was declared by Dr Colman to have been the 102.
... Cotton Mather , minister of the North Church in Boston , who was declared by Dr Colman to have been the 102.
Page 106
... Cotton Mather aspired to be considered the leading champion of the church , and the most successful com- batant against the prince of the power of the air . He seems to have longed for an oppor- tunity to signalize himself in this ...
... Cotton Mather aspired to be considered the leading champion of the church , and the most successful com- batant against the prince of the power of the air . He seems to have longed for an oppor- tunity to signalize himself in this ...
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