The Night Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost SeersG. Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1904 - 502 halaman |
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acquainted admitted afterwards alarmed alluded amongst answered apparition appeared Auguste Muller awakened believe betwixt body brother called catalepsy child circumstance clairvoyance dead death died door dream Drummer of Tedworth earth entered Eslinger ethereal body extraordinary eyes fact faculty father fell felt figure frequently gentleman ghost ghost story girl Hahn hand hear heard inquire instances lady light living looked magnetic maid mentioned morning mother mystery nature Neckarsteinach never night noise North Shields numerous o'clock observed occurred organs passed perceived perfectly person pheno phenomena phenomenon physiologists present remarkable returned says second sight seems seen seer servant sleep somnambulic soul sound spectral illusion spectre spirit spot stairs stood story strange suddenly supposed Susan Hopley Thespesius thing Thomas Harris thought tion told voice walking whilst wife Willington window woman wraith young
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Halaman 491 - ... began to have a dew, or gentle sweat, arise on it, which increased by degrees, till the sweat ran down in drops on the face ; the brow turned to a lively and fresh colour ; and the deceased opened one of her eyes, and shut it again, three several times ; she likewise thrust out the ring or marriage finger three times, and pulled it in again, and the finger dropped blood upon the grass.
Halaman 246 - Thursday night, she, thinking she saw a light in her chamber, after she was in bed, knocked for her maid, who presently came to her ; and she asked, ' Why she left a candle burning in her chamber ?' The maid said, she ' left none, and there was none but what she had brought with her at that time.
Halaman 246 - ... with her. Whereupon she knocked again for her maid, called for her clothes, and when she was dressed, went into her closet, and came not out again till nine, and then brought out with her a letter, sealed, to her father: brought it to her aunt, the Lady Everard, told her what had happened, and desired that as soon as she was dead it might be sent to him.
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Halaman 247 - ... herself down in a great chair with arms, and presently fetching a strong breathing or two, immediately expired, and was so suddenly cold as was much wondered at by the physician and surgeon. She died at Waltham, in Essex, three miles from Chelmsford ; and the letter was sent to Sir Charles, at his house in Warwickshire ; but he was so afflicted with the death of his daughter, that he came not till she was buried: but when he came he caused her to be taken up, and to be buried by her mother at...
Halaman 65 - The officers being one day at the mess-table, a young Lieutenant P. suddenly laid down his knife and fork, pushed away his plate, and turned extremely pale. He then rose from the table, covering his face with his hands, and retired from the room. The president of the mess, supposing him to be ill, sent one of the young men to inquire what was the matter. At first Mr. P.
Halaman 243 - We have reason to believe, that the Supreme Being perceives every thing in a much more perfect manner than we do, without bodily organs. We have reason to believe, that there are other created beings endowed with powers of perception more perfect and more extensive than ours, without any such organs as we find necessary.
Halaman 246 - left none, and there was none but what she brought with her at that time ;' then she said it was the fire, but that her maid told her was quite out ; and said she believed it was only a dream, whereupon she said it might be so, and composed herself again to sleep ; but about two of the clock she was awakened again, and saw the apparition of a little woman between her curtain and her pillow, who told her she was her mother...
Halaman 133 - It is done ; and then, at that instant, I awoke out of my trance ; and Dr. Howlsworth did there affirm, that that day she died made just fifteen years from that time.