An essay towards a theory of apparitions

Ferriar, John
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Transcriber’s Notes Words in italics are marked with _underscores_. Words in small capitals are shown in UPPER CASE. Please also see the note at the end of the book. THEORY OF APPARITIONS. AN ESSAY TOWARDS A THEORY OF APPARITIONS. BY _JOHN FERRIAR, M. D._ A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck’ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men’s names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound. COMUS, 1. 205. LONDON: PRINTED FOR CADELL AND DAVIES; BY J. AND J. HADDOCK, WARRINGTON. 1813. CONTENTS. Page. CHAPTER I. _Reality of spectral impressions--General law of the system, to which they may be …

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