Lois the Witch: And Other TalesB. Tauchnitz, 1861 - 338 páginas |
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Amante arms asked aunt Fanny Barford Benjamin Bessy Bodowen Captain Holdernesse Carlsruhe CHARLOTTE BRONTË child Cotton Mather cousin creature dared dark daughter dead death door dread Ellis evil eyes face Faith father fear feeling fell felt Forbach girl godly gone Grace Hickson Gregory Griffiths hand heard heart Hester Hota household husband Indian instant John Kirkby kind kitchen knew la Tourelle Lassie letter Lois Barclay Lois the Witch Lois's looked Madame Rupprecht Manasseh marriage married mind morning mother Nathan Nattee Nest never night Nolan once Owen passionate Pastor Tappau Penmorfa Poissy poor pray prayer Prudence quiet round Salem Satan seemed shippon silent smile speak spoke Squire stairs stood strange talking tell terror thee thing thou thought told took Tourelle uncle voice wife wild window witchcraft woman words young
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Página 105 - Forgive, me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Página 113 - ... the dread of the witches, and the excitement against witchcraft, grew with fearful rapidity. Numbers of women, and men, too, were accused, no matter what their station of life and their former character had been. On the other side, it is alleged that upwards of fifty persons were grievously vexed by the devil, and those to whom he had imparted of his power for vile and wicked considerations. How much of malice - distinct, unmistakable, personal malice - was mixed up with these accusations, no...
Página 46 - Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?' and went straight and did it, because his evil courses were fixed and appointed for him from before the foundation of the world. And shall not thy paths be laid out among the godly as it hath been foretold to me...
Página 92 - At one time they would bark like dogs, at another purr like cats; yea, they would fly like geese, and be carried with an incredible swiftness, having but just their toes now and then upon the ground, sometimes not once in twenty feet, and their arms waved like those of a bird.
Página 121 - Long years afterwards, Captain Holdernesse sought him out to tell him some news that he thought might interest the grave miller of the Avonside. Captain Holdernesse told him that in the previous year — it was then 1713 — the sentence of excommunication against the witches of Salem was ordered, in godly sacramental meeting of the church, to be erased and blotted out, and that those who met together for this purpose "humbly requested the merciful God would pardon whatsoever sin, error, or mistake...
Página 122 - We do, therefore, signify to all in general (and to the surviving sufferers in special) our deep sense of, and sorrow for, our errors, in acting on such evidence to the condemning of any person; and do hereby declare, that we justly fear that we were sadly deluded and mistaken...
Página 92 - Sadducees" who doubted the existence of such a crime, he said: "Instead of their apish shouts and jeers at blessed Scripture, and histories which have such undoubted confirmation as that no man that has breeding enough to regard the common laws of human society will offer to doubt of them, it becomes us rather to adore the goodness of God, who from the mouths of babes and sucklings has ordained truth, and by the means of the sore afflicted children of your godly pastor, has revealed the fact that...
Página 123 - ... into the pulpit a written confession, which he had once or twice essayed to read for himself, acknowledging his great and grievous error in the matter of the witches of Salem, and praying for the forgiveness of God and of His people, ending with an entreaty that all then present would join with him in prayer that his past conduct might not bring down the displeasure of the Most High upon his country, his family, or himself That old man, who was no other than justice...
Página 121 - We confess that we ourselves were not capable to understand, nor able to withstand, the mysterious delusions of the powers of darkness, and prince of the air ; but were, for want of knowledge in ourselves, and better information from others, prevailed with to take up with such evidence against the accused, as, on further consideration and better information, we justly fear was insufficient for the touching the lives of any (Duet xvii.
Página 267 - I took the decision of the way by which I would return into my own hands, and set off back again over the Fells, just as the first shades of evening began to fall. It looked dark and gloomy enough; but everything was so still that I thought I should have plenty of time to get home before the snow came down. Off I set at a pretty quick pace. But night came on quicker. The right path was clear enough in the daytime, although at several points two or three exactly similar diverged from the same place;...