Author: William DAWSON (Wesleyan Minister.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Sermons by the late Mr. William Dawson, of Barnbow, near Leeds. With a sketch of the author, by Mr. R. A. West
Author: William DAWSON (Wesleyan Minister.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...: C-Engineering. 1873
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
Murder, Magic, Madness
Author: Davies OwenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317867556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and demonstrated through his actions and words a strong belief in magic and the powers of the devil, considerable effort was made to establish whether these beliefs were symptomatic of insanity. It seems that Dove murdered his wife to hasten a prediction made by Harrison that he would remarry a more attractive and wealthy woman. Dove employed Harrison to perform various acts of magic, and also made his own written pact with the devil to improve his personal circumstances. The book will study Dove’s beliefs and Harrison’s activities within the rural and urban communities in which they lived, and examine how modern cultures attempted to explain this largely hidden mental world, which was so sensationally exposed. The Victorian period is often portrayed as an age of great social and educational progress. This book shows how beliefs dismissed by some Victorians as ‘medieval superstitions’ continued to influence the thoughts and actions of many people, viz most famously Conan `table tapper' Doyle.
The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
Author: The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British Literature
Author: Publishers' Circular
Author: The Publishers' Circular
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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