The Monthly Magazine, Volume 8R. Phillips, 1800 |
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Page 781
lently , and faid : ' that she had seen an im- menfe number of lights . A certain preffure and a motion in the nervous fluid of this woman produced therefore in her foul the idea of an immenfe number of lights , none of which exifted ...
lently , and faid : ' that she had seen an im- menfe number of lights . A certain preffure and a motion in the nervous fluid of this woman produced therefore in her foul the idea of an immenfe number of lights , none of which exifted ...
Page 782
... seen suspended in the air , in Sicily , in a field , which is caled Tetraphyrgion ( the four towers ) , and in other places . SCIPIO MARCELLUS fays in his De fcription of Naples , that fimilar phenomena are frequently feen at Nerito in ...
... seen suspended in the air , in Sicily , in a field , which is caled Tetraphyrgion ( the four towers ) , and in other places . SCIPIO MARCELLUS fays in his De fcription of Naples , that fimilar phenomena are frequently feen at Nerito in ...
Page 783
... seen no more after the introduction of Christianity , when that idol was destroyed . KIRCHER obferves also , that the Mau- ritanian fhepherds may have been mifled by a fimilar illufion , to believe that the air was inhabited by an ...
... seen no more after the introduction of Christianity , when that idol was destroyed . KIRCHER obferves also , that the Mau- ritanian fhepherds may have been mifled by a fimilar illufion , to believe that the air was inhabited by an ...
Page 787
... seen in crowds together . The largest tamed ox ' is fold for one piafter , and a good horfe may be purchased for two . Cordova , a neat clean town , 156 Spanish miles from Buenos - Ayres , is very plea- fantly fituated near a wood , at ...
... seen in crowds together . The largest tamed ox ' is fold for one piafter , and a good horfe may be purchased for two . Cordova , a neat clean town , 156 Spanish miles from Buenos - Ayres , is very plea- fantly fituated near a wood , at ...
Page 869
... seen a coarse kind of paper made of it at Edinburgh . " Other writers alfo have mentioned the filky texture of the fibres of this plant , and of its having been used to ftuff beds with , and fpun into fine thread as a fubfti- tute for ...
... seen a coarse kind of paper made of it at Edinburgh . " Other writers alfo have mentioned the filky texture of the fibres of this plant , and of its having been used to ftuff beds with , and fpun into fine thread as a fubfti- tute for ...
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