Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity
by R. A. Davenport
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About this eBook
- Author
- Davenport, R. A. (Richard Alfred), 1777?-1852
- Title
- Sketches of imposture, deception, and credulity
- Credits
- Produced by MFR, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- AZ: General Works: History of scholarship and learning, The humanities
- Subject
- Common fallacies
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61993
- Release Date
- May 2, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY. — CONTENTS
- 2.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
- 3.CHAPTER II. ON ANCIENT ORACLES, ETC.
- 4.CHAPTER III. FALSE MESSIAHS, PROPHETS, AND MIRACLES.
- 5.CHAPTER IV. ROMAN CATHOLIC SUPERSTITIONS, ETC.
- 6.CHAPTER V. ROYAL IMPOSTORS.
- 7.CHAPTER VI. DISGUISES ASSUMED BY, OR IN BEHALF OF, ROYALTY.
- 8.CHAPTER VII. MILITARY STRATAGEMS.
- 9.CHAPTER VIII. MALINGERING, OR SIMULATION OF DISEASES.
- 10.CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS IMPOSTORS AND IMPOSTURES.
- 11.CHAPTER X. LITERARY IMPOSTORS AND DISGUISES. — THE EPISTLES OF PHALARIS. — THE ANABASIS OF XENOPHON.
- 12.CHAPTER XI. IMPOSTURES IN ENGRAVING.
- 13.CHAPTER XII. FORGED INSCRIPTIONS AND SPURIOUS MEDALS.
- 14.CHAPTER XIII. ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE REGALIA FROM THE TOWER.
- 15.CHAPTER XIV. VAMPYRISM.
- 16.CHAPTER XV. JUGGLING.
- 17.CHAPTER XVI. PRODIGIES.
- 18.CHAPTER XVII. THE DELUSIONS OF ALCHEMY.
- 19.CHAPTER XVIII. ASTROLOGY.
- 20.CHAPTER XIX. MEDICAL DELUSIONS AND FRAUDS.
- 21.CONCLUDING CHAPTER. MISCELLANEOUS.
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