Cryptozoology and Forteana

A View of human nature: or, Select histories

giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their perfections or defects, either of body or mind; or who have been in any respect, remarkable instances of divine Providence : the whole collected from the best authors in various languages, with the addition of several curious particulars never before publish'd : and digested under the following heads, amongst many others, viz. monstrous and preternatural births; giants and dwarfs; vast strength of some persons; extraordinary longevity; persons who have return'd to life after they have been supposed to be dead; strange discoveries of murder; the strength of imagination; great memory; loving husbands and wives; indulgent parents, and dutiful children; gratitude and friendship; singular charity; uncommon patience and fortitude; pride and ambition; great eaters and drinkers; instance[!] of temperance and long abstinence; great sleepers, and walkers in their sleep; dreams, presages, and predictions; magicians, wizards and witches; apparitions; persons wonderfully preserv'd from death; horrid imprecations, and appeals to God, &c. &c. &c. : with miscellaneous notes

by Samuel Birt

First published:
18th century
Language: English

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Traditions: Cryptozoology and Forteana

Subjects: Curiosities and wonders, Early works to 1900, Humor, Human behavior

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Cryptozoology and Forteana
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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their perfections or defects, either of body or mind; or who have been in any respect, remarkable instances of divine Providence : the whole collected from the best authors in various languages, with the addition of several curious particulars never before publish'd : and digested under the following heads, amongst many others, viz. monstrous and preternatural births; giants and dwarfs; vast strength of some persons; extraordinary longevity; persons who have return'd to life after they have been supposed to be dead; strange discoveries of murder; the strength of imagination; great memory; loving husbands and wives; indulgent parents, and dutiful children; gratitude and friendship; singular charity; uncommon patience and fortitude; pride and ambition; great eaters and drinkers; instance[!] of temperance and long abstinence; great sleepers, and walkers in their sleep; dreams, presages, and predictions; magicians, wizards and witches; apparitions; persons wonderfully preserv'd from death; horrid imprecations, and appeals to God, &c. &c. &c. : with miscellaneous notes Open Library record	1750	Printed for S. Birt in Ave-Mary-Lane	English	—	No ebook	Open Library (opens in a new tab)