Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed by Them, as it was Generally Held During the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately Succeeding; with Special Reference to Shakspere and His Works |
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... doctrine that hypocrisy in morals is to be commended and cultivated . Now , such a proposition never for an instant entered Shakspere's head . He used the word " assume " in this case in its primary and justest sense ; ad - sumo , take ...
... doctrine that hypocrisy in morals is to be commended and cultivated . Now , such a proposition never for an instant entered Shakspere's head . He used the word " assume " in this case in its primary and justest sense ; ad - sumo , take ...
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... doctrine and to set up monotheism in its place , and , when successfully accomplished , is rarely permanent . The more educated portions of the community main- tain allegiance to the new teaching , perhaps ; but among the lower classes ...
... doctrine and to set up monotheism in its place , and , when successfully accomplished , is rarely permanent . The more educated portions of the community main- tain allegiance to the new teaching , perhaps ; but among the lower classes ...
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... doctrine of the Church of Rome ; but it is nevertheless certain that it is the view taken by the uneducated classes , with whom the saints are much more present and definite deities than even the Almighty Himself . It is worth noting ...
... doctrine of the Church of Rome ; but it is nevertheless certain that it is the view taken by the uneducated classes , with whom the saints are much more present and definite deities than even the Almighty Himself . It is worth noting ...
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... doctrine , unless it can be carried to the extent of extermination of its supporters ; and the more far - seeing leaders of the Catholic Church soon recognized that a slight surrender of principle was a far surer road to success than ...
... doctrine , unless it can be carried to the extent of extermination of its supporters ; and the more far - seeing leaders of the Catholic Church soon recognized that a slight surrender of principle was a far surer road to success than ...
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... doctrine cropping up again after centuries of repose : " all the gods of our opponents are devils . " Nor were the Catholics a whit behind the Protestants in this matter . The priests zealously 1 Calfhill , pp . 317-8 . Parker Society ...
... doctrine cropping up again after centuries of repose : " all the gods of our opponents are devils . " Nor were the Catholics a whit behind the Protestants in this matter . The priests zealously 1 Calfhill , pp . 317-8 . Parker Society ...
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Page 73 - Turk; false of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand; hog in sloth, fox in stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey. Let not the creaking of shoes nor the rustling of silks betray thy poor heart to woman; keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lenders' books, and defy the foul fiend.
Page 111 - Oh, yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be...
Page 59 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 98 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 57 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Page 58 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Page 90 - But afterwards the common opinion was that these women were either the weird sisters, that is (as ye would say) the goddesses of destinie, or else some nymphs or feiries, indued with knowledge of prophesie by their necromanticall science, bicause everie thing came to passe as they had spoken.
Page 107 - Howe'er you come to know it, answer me : Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches ; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up ; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down ; Though castles topple on their warders...
Page 114 - ... and that in the night following the said cat was conveyed into the midst of the sea by all these Witches...