 Anotomie of Sorcerie, 1612, 90. Compare Dr. Furnivall's Political, Religious, and Love Poems, 1866, p. 33, and Love Charms, infra. Charms.— A charm has been defined to be "a form of word or letters, repeated or written, whereby strange things are pretended...  The Athenian oracle; an entire collection of all the valuable questions and ... - Page 418by Athenian society 1691-1697 - 1704Full view - About this book
 | John Dunton, Richard Sault, Samuel Wesley - Natural theology - 1728 - 598 pages
...whether it is lawful tt make ufe of ft ? A. We think the proper Notion of a Charm ro be this, a Form of Words or Letters, repeated or written, whereby ftrange...pretended to be done beyond the ordinary Power of Narure. A Form of Wvrds, whereby we difHnguifti it from fome Amulets, which pretend to much the fame... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 520 pages
...ii. 424, a charm is defined to be " a form of words or letters, repeated or written, whereby strange things are pretended to be done, beyond the ordinary power of Nature." Andrews, in his continuation of Dr. Henry's History of Great Britain, p. 383, quoting Scot's Discovery... | |
 | John Brand - 1855 - 520 pages
...ii. 424, a charm is defined to be " a form of words or letters, repeated or written, whereby strange things are pretended to be done, beyond the ordinary power of Nature." Andrews, in his continuation of Dr. Henry's History of Great Britain, p. 383, quoting Scot's Discovery... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 886 pages
...Athenian Oracle it is defined to be "a form of words or letters, repeated or written, whereby strange things are pretended to be done, beyond the ordinary power of Nature." In Googe's version of the Popish Kingdome of Naogeorgus we read as follows — " Besides, for Charmes... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - Fasts and feasts - 1905 - 360 pages
...— A charm has been defined to be "a form of word or letters, repeated or written, whereby strange things are pretended to be done, beyond the ordinary power of Nature." Mason derived the term from the Latin carmen (a verse or incantation). Lodge, speaking of lying, says:... | |
 | George Barton Cutten - Mental healing - 1911 - 366 pages
...derivation. A charm has been defined as "a form of words or letters, repeated or written, whereby strange things are pretended to be done, beyond the ordinary power of nature." It can be seen, though, that this definition is not sufficiently comprehensive. For ages, people have... | |
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