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Sir Walter Scott Letters On Demonology and Witchcraft

History
English
107270 Words
Ages 8 and up
276
3

The book takes the form of ten letters addressed to Lockhart, the epistolary mode permitting Scott to be both conversational in tone and discursive in method. In these, Scott surveys opinions respecting demonology and witchcraft from the Old Testament period to his own day. As a child of the Enlightenment, he adopts a rigorously rational approach to his subject. Supernatural visions are attributed to 'excited passion', to credulity, or to physical illness. The medieval belief in demons is based on Christian ignorance of other religions, leading to the conviction that the gods of the Muslim or Pagan nations were fiends and their priests conjurers or wizards. In the post-Reformation period, the primitive state of science and predominance of mystical explanations of natural phenomena fed fear of witchcraft. In the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, witches were hunted with near-hysterical zeal. Examining Scottish criminal trials for witchcraft, Scott notes that the nature of evidence admissible gave free reign to accusers and left the accused no chance of escape. Prisoners were driven to confess through despair and the desire to avoid future persecution. Scott also observes that trials for witchcraft were increasingly connected with political crimes, just as in Catholic countries accusations of witchcraft and heresy went together. Advances in science and the spread of rational philosophy during the eighteenth century eventually undermined the belief in supernatural phenomena, although pockets of superstition remain. Scott's account is amply illustrated with anecdotes and traditional tales and may be read as an anthology of uncanny stories as much as a philosophical treatise. [more]

Keywords: letters on demonology and witchcraft, sir walter scott, history, demonology, witchcraft, demons, witches

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ADRIAN CABRERA ABC JUST LETTERS

LETTERY LETTERS

Literary Collections
English
6 Words
No Age Recommendation
2615
1

THE ABC BOOK

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David Wood Love letters

Romance
English
2190 Words
No Age Recommendation
2543
80

Love Letters, Romantic Thoughts, and A Few Others.

Keywords: Love, Passion, Romantic, Dreamy, Spontanious

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e..smith letters from a 14 year old

Fiction
English
65 Words
No Age Recommendation
641
0

this isn't really a book, i just wanted to see if this would make for a good book please comment on it. This story will be about how a 14 yr old girl from the middle of Indiana starts to send letters every day to her fav. author and how that the author is so busy that he can't reply to them or any fan letters. but her letters catch his eye and he soon starts to write back to her. his and her identities are hidden so they don't know who each other really are when the author emails the girl. they soon fall in love and did i mention the author is an 24 yr old guy, but no one knew that. so, if you like it so far please tell me so i know if i should write a book about it. :) plez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [more]

Keywords: letters, guy, girl, writting, write

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L.Paige WWI letters

History
English
763 Words
Ages 8 and up
463
3

Letters written to and from a soldier in the war called Tommo. Not real letters, the were made [more]

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LADY WALLACE BEETHOVEN'S LETTERS

Fantasy
English
58559 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

In accompanying the present edition of the Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven with a few introductory remarks, I at once acknowledge that the compilation of these letters has cost me no slight sacrifices. I must also, however, mention that an unexpected Christmas donation, generously bestowed on me with a view to further my efforts to promote the science of music, enabled me to undertake one of the journeys necessary for my purpose, and also to complete the revision of the Letters and of the press, in the milder air and repose of a country residence, long since recommended to me for the restoration of my health, undermined by overwork. [more]

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otteri selvakumar Some Tamil Letters

Letters
English
26 Words
Ages 10 and up
358
1

சில தமிழ் கடிதங்கள் நான் 2008 சில கடிதங்கள் தமிழ் ஓசை நாளிதழில் எழுத வெளிவந்தது நீங்கள் இதை படிக்க நான் இங்கு அதை ஒரு புத்தகமாக வெளியிடுகிறேன் இந்த கடிதங்கள் அனுபவிக்க புத்தகம் bookrix வழியில் வெளியிடுகிறேன். பொது பிரச்சினைகள் மற்றும் ஜனநாயக மற்றும் அரசியல் பிரச்சினைகள் பற்றி அதிகமான என்னுடைய விமர்சனங்கள் இந்தக் கடிதங்களில் எழுதுகிறேன். [more]

Keywords: letters, words, Tamil, Life, Education, Political, Land, Social

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karry mighe letters in dawn

a mystery in disguise of beauty

Mystery & Crime
English
4967 Words
Ages 12 and up
57
0

the story is set in 1900s in bengal.it revolves the ambition of a young woman asha to fight for women rights.after her lover death ,all acuse her.her ambitions drive her to calcutta where she meets a cop who takes her to the renowed barrister.both fall for each other and mutual admiration leads to true love.but when past secrets spills out,they are separated.who's hiding the truth in the dawn of past?..... [more]

Keywords: letters in dawn, crime, mystery, romance, short story, suspense, historical

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