Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Volume 3R. Bentley, 1841 - 224 pages |
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Page 7 - And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Page 252 - After the great fire of London, which Lilly said he had foretold, he was sent for by the committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the causes of the calamity.
Page 292 - It was my chance to be lodged hard by him ; and four or five days after, as I was making myself ready, he came to my house, and prayed me to view his wounds; 'for I understand...
Page 272 - A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is filled with omens and prognostics. A rusty nail, or a crooked pin, shoot up into prodigies.
Page 333 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish ! for I will work a work in your days which ye shall not believe though a man declare it unto you.
Page 5 - They will calcine you a grave matron, as it might be a mother o' the maids, and spring up a young virgin, out of her ashes, as fresh as a Phoenix : lay you an old courtier on the coals like a sausage, or a...
Page 147 - The man had no sooner set one foot within the vault, than the statue erecting itself from its leaning posture stood bolt upright; and, upon the fellow's advancing another step, lifted up the truncheon in his right hand. The man still ventured a third step; when the statue with a furious blow broke the lamp into a thousand pieces, and left his guest in a sudden darkness.
Page 35 - ... he only made it secondary to other pursuits. The love of universal knowledge that filled his mind, would not allow him to neglect one branch of science, of which neither he nor the world could yet see the absurdity. He made ample amends for his time lost in this pursuit by his knowledge in physics and his acquaintance with astronomy. The telescope, burning-glasses, and gunpowder, are discoveries which may well carry his fame to the remotest time, and make the world blind to the one spot of folly—...
Page 333 - Cures performed by Mr. and Mrs. de Loutherbourg of Hammersmith Terrace, without Medicine ; by a Lover of the Lamb of God.
Page 163 - to the sun, and water to the diamond. It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with all the properties of gold. It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.' He further added, that 'a single ray of it dissipates pain, and care, and melancholy, from the person on whom it falls. In short,' says he, ' its presence naturally changes every place into a kind of heaven.