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^ deWKfaS ^ iESf ^ r us waccqropa < § 9 m&mM& \ oh ^ # < &m& ^ flfib ^/ b ^ ie ^ ^ e , with few exceptions * p ^ es ei ^ e 4 ^ f thQ ^ b | ifrt 4 ber dafOTe tj $ e \^| bi Jh e } tqych . It appears ^ therefore , thai tj > e largest cj ^^ fouradea ^ fer ^^ f ^ ^^ v 'g ^ ate s ); Qumbe r of phantonis ; ancL ths ^ s ^ &al ^ sfc ; ^ k ^ it ^ ei si ^ aH ^ n ^ infee % u No instances are on record * we Wlieye ^ o ^ ipa ^^^ atian ^ through the two inferior senses- We spppp ^ fe tha ^ the blind as $ t ^ e otfea ^ fpfiust have been subject to spectral illusions ,, fa ^ omnaohl iwrith
oth § f $ &f $ & ( l Jt is much to be wished that their experience wer £ ykn ^ Krn % iq < It may , perhaps , be pretty confidently predicted . The blind ffon ^ > bi rdjjiw ; ottld fiftll / tfeat / vghosjls are jnucib less etherealized than they are * epresentedr ; by gh ^ ti ^ eVs ii > general . The spirit would not beckon or shake tlie ii ^ ad ^ sag t ^ ii ^ l i-j ^ pt , accommodating its action to the infirmity of the witnesa ^ would Jea ^ jhy f ^ hand ^ It would also not wait to be first addressed , aoeordiogpto tfie ^ itioBt wt ^ odox superstition ; but would make known its preseneei by a c ^ llff ? \ V [ kh the deaf ^ on the contrary , spirits would comnaunicate , by si gn ^
pit > $$ iblycby so vulgar a medium as the finger alphabet . We hope that sach experience will ere long be supplied . If it should prove , however * that it ia riot to be obtained from the large class of which we speak , and that they are not subject to the intrusion of ghosts , we may be furnished with the means of judging how far a predisposition for the marvellous influences the iCotn ~ mon cases of illusion . The totally blind and deaf are usually remarkably e ^ smpt from fear ; and though it is not to be supposed that ; they are free from deceptions of the senses , it would be interesting ^ to ascertain ho w > small is the relative proportion of ghost-seers among their body . The drearas : of those who have recently lost a sense are known to represent , the ideas be *>
longing to > hat sense with peculiar vividness . The blind dmanr of gay par * . ter * es , r gleaming lakes , rolling and shifting clouds ,, or > the spiritnchoviog glances of the human eye ; while the deaf are entranced , by-tiiebreathings of aQ JEoIian harp , or soothed by the lapse of waters , ox agitated by ^ tbe mufcterings of a storm . - Probably a ghost , would appear to , th . e . on ^ < elassiin ; lightning , to the other in thunder ; to the one inform would be bright * to the other its tones melodious . The visible im pressions in tlie one in ^ Utnee , i in
and ^ he audible tte othe r , would be vivified more remarkably than in common cases . There is exquisite truth in Milton ' s vision 06 ht 3 deceased wife , who ¦ ¦¦ ; - ¦ ¦ - ... " ¦ : . -. , . ¦ -Vf ,-. ¦)(¦ : irvtif-iart i \ 'uiih ( i iic Came vested all in white , pure as licr mihrf : - 1 f ' | i : ; l ; ' ' ' ¦ ' ^ V' ^ ' ^' ¦ ¦ ''• ' / . ' ¦ ¦; : ' ¦ ; "ritr'teJ 6 ' was veiled , yet to myfancied ' sSgbe >'^ H ^ i " ^ iws'om r > i \ 'l
/ JLpvk * , sweetMess , goodness , .-u * her p ^ rsciii . « bi » fs « lur ^' .. 1 «"> r » 'io / £ i v / m :. , ; rnff , ri . ^ , ckar , a » ift , noiacp wilih ^ yre ^ lig ^ r ^/ " jmiau ? v > , v > ilt l > i ' l » ! . ! . i ' - l , w . ! A ^ 9 *^ & > * & $ ^ Jf . ^ ^ BM ' b- ^ r ^^ fttcnin ^ r / h -InSv / , 1 waked , she fled , and day brought 'tt ^ ck r mv Jiignt . " ,, , , . , i " .::. " -jf | r rr : ¦ ); f-. T * )¦ ¦ : ' \ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ , ' .: \ - ; ' / ' . T' : f » ' uyp vrfh \ ' \ lKn ; i R f ! K VH ( > CiW DKli / 'Jm No > incident'could display more address , a'morebiriljijna ^ ljacquointaricG
v ^ ith /^ the ihystarrest : of ! sensibility tb ^ irivthta j deBC » jplti € MDDHo £ ritlie seeii « ay froipff , Bjdvoriclrff i Jia befetrj ; Edgarrsobjeoi ^ K so ( Ti « r » eitcit 0 <^ k * te ^ i qiaMiBatianl ? as to make him the subject of a bold deception ; and the mode hefadb f Aid to iafioiieate' tois * mind , ¦ -was th ^ -, best . Ihftvcoiftd ^ hfeven ^ ohosemtn V ; i 8 aal idrfas were exidltdd ? to thfciOutmost inleliaity byjanggestSons of the oeeaa ^ otfep ships
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 753, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/25/
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