An essay on the history and reality of apparitions. : Being an account of what they are, and what they are not; whence they come, and whence they come not. As also how we may distinguish between the apparitions of good and evil spirits and how we ought to behave to them. With a great variety of surprizing and diverting examples, never publish'd before (1727)
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, Van der Gucht, John, b. 1697, engraver, Bedford, Francis, 1697-1776, binder · London : J. Roberts · leaf 20
ible World,I know no One Thing about which.I more has been faid, and Jefs underflood,J than this of Apparition: It is divided fo^ much between the Appearance of goodand the Apparition of bad Spirits, that our Thoughtsare ftrangely confusd about it. First, We make a great deal of Difficulty to… … The Hifiory and Reality ncral, they refolve to receive no Vifits from theinvifible World, nor to have any Acquaintancewith its Inhabitants till they come there j Notfatisfyd with that, they refolve for us all, as well asfor themfelves, and will have it, that becaufe iheyhave no Notion of it…
Apparitions
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