Secret memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbel [sic], the famous deaf and dumb gentleman (1732)
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, supposed author, Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756, supposed author · London, : Printed for J. Millan and J. Chrichley · leaf 114
would certainlybe the better for the World if there were manywho ftudied it. The Vanity of latter Times, makes Menimagine they are Wifer, and more learned, than t 103 1 than their Fofe-fathcrs, and that evety Ageadds fome hfew Improvement in the Sciences ;whereas, on the contrary, we grow darker… … C H A P. X. On Apparitions. KNOW nothing more feared, andat the fame Time, lefs believed thanApparitions : Thofe who argue themoft ftrenuoufly againft them, andaffect moft to ridicule all Accounts given ofthem) are frequently, on finding themfelves inthe Dark, as much terrified, meerly by…
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