An essay towards a theory of apparitionsFerriar, John
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An essay towards a theory of apparitions
Ferriar, John
Apparitions; Hallucinations and illusions
[Footnote 28: Second Part of Clarke’s “Travels in various parts of
Europe, Asia, and Africa.” Page 268.]
FINIS.
PRINTED BY J. AND J. HADDOCK, WARRINGTON.
Transcriber’s Notes
New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the
public domain.
Spelling, punctuation, accents, and grammar have been preserved as
printed in the original publication except as follows:
1. Page number for Chapter II in the Contents changed from 28 to 30.
2. Page number for Chapter V in the Contents, 117, added.
3. Contents page: Changed “Proofs of spectral inpressions” to “Proofs
of spectral impressions”
4. Page 13: Changed “begin this discussion, by admiting” to “begin this
discussion, by admitting”
5. Page 20: Changed “desart and inaccessible places” to “desert and
inaccessible places”
6. Page 28: Changed “in this intance” to “in this instance”
7. Page 32: Changed punctuation from “with great precipitation,” to
“with great precipitation.”
8. Page 42: Removed hyphen: “as shew how-easily” to “as shew how
easily”
9. Page 65: Changed punctuation from “another lady whom he named,” to
“another lady whom he named.”
10. Page 87: Changed “_Pandæmonum_” to “_Pandæmonium_”
11. Page 103: The author’s Greek “ψυχή δε κατα χθονὸς ήὕτε καπνὸς Ὤχετο
τετριγυῖα.” was changed to “ψυχὴ δὲ κατὰ χθονὸς ἠΰτε καπνὸς ᾤχετο
τετριγυῖα.”
12. Page 111: Changed “effects of mysticism, supperstition” to “effects
of mysticism, superstition”
13. Page 122: Removed extra period from “&c..” to “&c.”
14. Page 137: Changed punctuation from “lost to natural history,” to
“lost to natural history.”
15. Footnote #1: Changed “Bernouilli” to “Bernoulli”
16. Footnote #5: Changed “Worm mountains and the Achtermaunshohe” to
“Worm mountains and the Achtermannshöhe”
17. Footnote #5: Changed “to see that atmospheric phonomenon” to
“to see that atmospheric phenomenon”
18. Footnote #7: Changed “Jormandes” to “Jornandes”
19. Footnote #9: Changed “Such sights as youthfnl poets dream” to
“Such sights as youthful poets dream”
20. Footnote #19: Changed “who was Proto-nothary of the church” to
“who was Proto-notary of the church”
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