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How do advertisers get inside our heads?
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A brief apologie prouing the possession of William Sommers. Written by Iohn Dorrell, a faithful Minister of the Gospell: but published without his knowledge, with a dedicatorie epistle disclosing some disordered procedings against the saide Iohn Dorrell.
Darrel, John, approximately 1562-Date: 1599- Books
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A true narration of the strange and greuous vexation by the Devil, of 7. persons in Lancashire, and VVilliam Somers of Nottingham : Wherein the doctrine of possession and dispossession of demoniakes out of the word of God is particularly applyed vnto Somers, and the rest of the persons controuerted: togeather with the vse we are to make of these workes of God. By Iohn Darrell, minister of the word of God.
Darrel, John, approximately 1562-Date: 1600- Books
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Compendio dell'arte essorcistica, et possibilità delle mirabili, et stupende operatione delli demoni, et de i malefici. Con li rimedii opportvni alle infermità maleficiali / del R.P.F Girolamo Menghi ... con vna copiosissima aggiunta dell'istesso auttore ; opera non meno gioueuole alli Essorcisti.
Menghi, Girolamo.Date: 1601- Books
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A breife narration of the possession, dispossession, and, repossession of William Sommers : and of some proceedings against Mr Iohn Dorrell preacher, with aunsweres to such obiections as are made to prove the pretended counterfeiting of the said Sommers. Together with certaine depositions taken at Nottingham concerning the said matter.
Date: Anno M. D. XCVIII [1598]- Books
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An apologie, or defence of the possession of William Sommers, a yong man of the towne of Nottingham : wherein this worke of God is cleared from the evil name of counterfaytinge, and therevpon also it is shewed that in these dayes men may be possessed with devils, and that being so, by prayer and fasting the vncleane spirit may be cast out / by John Darrell.
Darrel, John, approximately 1562-Date: [1599?]