A Discovery Concerning Ghosts
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ISBN13: 9780217422536
Paperback|9780217422536
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A DISCOVERY CONCERNING GHOSTS, Enter Ghost. Hamlet. ? Thou com'st in such a questionable shape. ? Questionable ? ay; so very questionable, in my opinion, is the fact of their coming at all, that I am now going to question whether they ever did, or can come. This opinion I know is opposed to a very general, a long-established, and with some a deeply-rooted belief in supernatural appearances, and is opposed to what may be almost considered as well-authenticated facts, which neither the repeated exposure of very many ghost tricks, and clearly-proved imposture, nor sound philosophical arguments, have been able to set aside altogether. Most persons, therefore, will no doubt consider that the task of laying all the ghosts that have appeared, and putting a stop to any others ever making an appearance, is a most difficult task. This is granted; and although I do not believe, like Owen Glendower, that I can call the spirits from the vasty deep, but on the contrary agree in this respect with Hotspur, if I did ca]l that they would not come, I nevertheless, although no conjuror, do conjure up for the occasion hosts of ghosts which I see I have to contend against. Yes, I do see before me, in my mind's eye ? A vast army, composed of ghost, goblin, and sprite With their eyes full of fire, all gleaming with spite All lurking about in the dead of the night With their faces so pale and their shrouds all so white Or hiding about in dark holes and corners, To fright grown-up folk, or little Jack Homers. But though they all stand in this fierce grim array, Armed with pen and with pencil, I'll drive them away. It is not only, however, against these horrible and ghastly-looking cloud of flimsy foes that one has to deal with in a questi...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217422536 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217422535 |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.16 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 66 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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