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Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg. from the earliest accounts, to the death of Frederick I. King of Prussia. By the hand of a master. To which are added, by the same Author, Two Dissertations. The First on Manners, Customs, Industry, and the Progress of the Human Understanding in the Arts and Sciences. The Second on Superstition and Religion. Translated from the Berlin Copy.
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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The natural history of superstition.
Trenchard, John, 1662-1723.Date: MDCCIX. [1709]- Books
Shifting perceptions : healing and "superstition" in Counter-Reformation Lombardy / Wietse de Boer.
Boer, Wietse de.Date: 1994- Books
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A particular and authentic narrative of the life, examination, tortures and execution of Robert Francis Damien, who attempted to kill Lewis XV. King of France, by stabbing him in the right side, as he was stepping into his coach, January the 5th, 1757. Interspersed with Some occasional Reflections on the dreadful Effects of Enthusiasm and Superstition. As published by Authority in Paris. Translated from the French by Thomas Jones, Esq;
Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
The psychology of superstition / by Gustav Jahoda.
Jahoda, Gustav.Date: 1969- Books
The religion of fools? : superstition past and present / edited by S.A. Smith and Alan Knight.
Date: 2008- Books
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Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg from the earliest accounts, to the death of Frederic I. King of Prussia To which are added Four Dissertations I. On Manners, Customs, Industry, and the Progress of the Human Understanding in the Arts and Sciences. II. On Superstition and Religion. III. On the ancient and modern Government of Brandenburg. IV. On the Reasons for the Enacting and Repealing of Laws. And a Preliminary Discourse. By the present King of Prussia.
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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Several discourses: viz. Of covetousness. Of Confession. Of Watching and Praying. Of Christian Liberty. On Christ's Nativity. Of Purifying the Temple. On the Resurrection. Of the Possibility of Keeping God's Law. Of Feasting. Of Moderation. Of Superstition. On the martyrdom of King Charles I. All preach'd on particular occasions before the state in the Cathedral of St. Patrick's, and Christ Church, Dublin. By the Right Reverend Father in God, William Sheridan, D. D. Lord Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh. (depriv'd.)
Sheridan, William, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh.Date: MDCCIV. [1704]- Books
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Select discourses: Treating I. Of the True Method of attaining Divine Knowledge. II. Of Superstition. III. Of heism. IV. Of the Immortality of the Soul. V. Of the Existence and Nature of God. VI. Of Legal Righteousness, and the Righteousness of Faith. Vii. Of the Shortness and Vanity of a Pharisaical Righteousness. Viii. Of the Excellency and Nobleness of True Religion. IX. Of the Conflicts and Conquests of a Christian. By John Smith, Late Fellow of Queen's College in Cambridge.
Smith, John, 1618-1652.Date: M,DCC,LVI. [1756]- Books
Believing in magic : the psychology of superstition / Stuart A. Vyse.
Vyse, Stuart A.Date: 1997- Books
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The schismatics delineated from authentic vouchers. With a modest reply to Mr. Daniel Neale's exceptions to the test act. Addressed to that celebrated historian, by Philalethes Cantabrigiensis. With an appendix containing I: Some curious prayers in the Time of the Grand Rebellion, copied from the Originals, and never before printed. With Marginal Notes from Hudibras and others. II. The journal of Will. Dowsing, the famed Demolisher of Superstition, in the University, Town and County of Cambridge in the Year 1643. Copied likewise from his Original Manuscript.
Grey, Zachary, 1688-1766.Date: 1739- Books
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A seasonable check to the fury of an unfledg'd minister of the Gospel. In a letter to the Reverend Mr. T- - - - - - - A very young Glóstershire Clergyman. Written by Mr. J- - - - - - - - A very young Wiltshire Layman. Occasion'd by the former's falsly charging the latter with Atheism. In which are interspers'd some Observations on Atheism and Superstition, together with a Hint or two to the Professors of Christianity in general.
J- - - - - - - -, Mr.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The scismatics delineated from authentic vouchers. With a modest reply to Mr. Daniel Neale's exceptions to the test act. Addressed to that celebrated historian by Philalethes Cantabrigiensis. With an appendix containing I. Some curious prayers in the Time of the Grand Rebellion, copied from the Originals, and never before printed. With Marginal Notes from Hudibras and others. II. The journal of Will Dowsing, the famed Demolisher of Superstition, in the University, Town and County of Cambridge in the Year 1643. Copied likewise from his Original Manuscript.
Grey, Zachary, 1688-1766.Date: 1739- Books
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A distinct and compleat view of the Revelation of St. John the Divine. Evidencing in the clearest Manner, among other interesting Particulars, the Rise and Progress of Papal Tyranny, Superstition, and Wickedness, together with the certain, total, and not far distant Destruction, Rome and its whole antichristian System are, by irreversible Decree, doomed to undergo, to the full and universal Establishment of reformed and unsullied Christianity. By Theodore Delafaye, A. M. Rector of the United Parishes of St. Mildred's and Allsaints, in the City of Canterbury.
Delafaye, Theodore, 1703 or 1704-1772.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
How do you know it's true? : discovering the difference between science & superstition / Hy Ruchlis.
Ruchlis, Hyman.Date: [1991], ©1991- Books
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La contagion sacrée, ou histoire naturelle de la superstition. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois. ...
Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723-1789.Date: 1768- Books
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Practical discourses upon the most important subjects; Viz. Of Covetousness Of Confession. Of Watching and Praying. Of Christian Liberty. On Christ's Nativity. Of Purifying the Temple. On the Resurrection. Of the Possibility of Keeping God's Law. Of Feasting. Of Moderation. Of Superstition. On the Martyrdom of King Charles I. All Preach'd on Particular Occasions before the State in the Cathedral of St. Patrick's, and Christ-Church, Dublin. By the Right Reverend Father in God, William Sheridan, D.D. Lord Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh. (depriv'd.) In three volumes.
Sheridan, William, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh.Date: MDCCXX. [1720]- Books
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The evil eye : An account of this ancient and widespread superstition / by Frederick Thomas Elworthy.
Elworthy, Frederic Thomas, 1830-1907.Date: 1895- Books
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Bishop Burnet's travels through France, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland: Describing their Religion, Learning, Government, Customs, Natural History, Trade, &c. And illustrated with curious observations on the Buildings, Paintings, Antiquities, and other curiosities in Art and Nature. With a detection of the frauds and folly of Popery and Superstition in some flagrant instances, also characters of several eminent persons, and many other memorable things worthy the attention of the curious. Written by the Bishop to the Hon. Robert Boyle. To which is added, an appendix, containing remarks on Switzerland and Italy, by a person of quality, and communicated to the Author.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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A serious and friendly call to the dissenters: or, the necessity of living in communion with the establish'd Church of England. Wherein, Its Liturgy is vindicated, and prov'd to be most Primitive, Useful, and Edifying, and Free from all Corruptions of Popery and Superstition which may serve for an answer to a late book, by one Mr. Robinson - entitled, A review of the case of liturgies, &c. Particularly adapted to the Capacities, and for the Use of the Common-People, whether Church-Men or Dissenters. By R. Griffith, A. B. A Divine of the Church of England.
Griffith, Robert, 1681-Date: 1710- Books
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Psyche's task : a discourse concerning the influence of superstition on the growth of institutions / by J.G. Frazer.
Frazer, James George, 1854-1941.Date: 1909- Books
Witchcraft, sorcery, and superstition / Jules Michelet.
Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874.Date: 1995- Books
Magic and superstition in Europe : a concise history from antiquity to the present / Michael D. Bailey.
Bailey, Michael David, 1971-Date: [2007], ©2007- Books
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The mysteries of all nations : rise and progress of superstition, laws against and trials of witches, ancient and modern delusions : together with strange customs, fables, and tales ... / by James Grant.
Grant, James (Archaeologist)Date: 1880- Books
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The triumphs of superstition: an elegy. By a student of Harvard University. [Two lines of Latin quotations]
Harris, Thaddeus Mason, 1768-1842.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]