News from the invisible world; a collection of remarkable narratives on the certainty of supernatural visitations from the dead to the living / Impartially compiled from the works of Baxter, Wesley, Simpson, etc.

  • Ottway, T.
Date:
1844
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: News from the invisible world; a collection of remarkable narratives on the certainty of supernatural visitations from the dead to the living / Impartially compiled from the works of Baxter, Wesley, Simpson, etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    there, 1 di J not uerceiv'e M. do St)rtoTillc, nor bis ilo- uiestics, althoiigu nre»>nt; but seeing Dosfoidaiiiea near the boltuni of the bidder, he made mo a aign to come to him. I drew aside on mj seat, as if to make r.Kira for him ; and they wlio saw me, but whom I did not see, though my eyes remained open, observed that motion. As he did not come to nio, I rose to go to him ; when he advanced towards me, took myleft arm in hia right, and led me about thirty paces into a by- street still retaining his hold. Tlic domustics behov- ing llut my faintness had p.vssed, and that I was go- ing on some occasion, went about their busines.'s ex- cept a little lacquey, who came and told M. de Sorto- ville tluit I spoke to myself. M. de Sortovillo believ- ed tliat I was drunk ; he appniachcd and heard me make some que.stioiis and some answers, which he re- peated afterwards. I was nearly three quarters of an hour in conversa- tion with IVsfontaines. “ 1 Itave pletlged my promise to you, said he, “ that if 1 died before you, 1 should give you information. I was drowned the day before vesterday, in the river of Caen, mucli aboul this hour. 1 was walking with such ami such persona ; it was very hot, we proposed to bathe, but a faintne.ss seized me in Uie river, and I sank to the bottom. The Abbe da Menil-Jean, one of my comrades, plunged to bring me up, and I seized his fool ; but whetlier that he thought it was a salmon, as I pressed it hard, or found it ni'ccssary, for bis own safety, to remount directly, he shook liis leg with so much violence, tliat he gave me a har<l blow on the breast, and tlirew me to the bottom of the river, which is very deep in tliat part.” l>eifontaines told me afterwards all that had lia]i- pened on their walk, and the subjects of their conver- sation. 1 then asked him questions, if he was save<l, if he was damned, if be was in purgatory, if I was in a state of grace, and if I would follow him soon? He rontiuned his di<cnarse as if ho luid not heard me, and as if lie did Slot chouse to hear me.
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