...days, the " True History of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next day after LADIES' REPOSITORY. her Death, to one Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September, 1705." If euch a thing was ever to be believed, there it was made credible. The business-like, homely, earnest,...

...of age, who for some years past had been troubled with fits," appear to Mrs. Bargrave, and recommend the perusal of Drelincourt's Book of Consolations against the Fear of Death; but he never meant the public to share his amusement. It is one of the most remarkable exhibitions...

...persons. Defoe's most amusing mystification, however, was his pamphlet, entitled " A True Eelation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next day after...book of " Consolations against the Fear of Death." The story, which is told on the alleged authority of persons then living, details with marvellous minuteness...

...to give to the butcher's son the air of gentle lineage. Another work of Defoe's, ' The true History of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal the next day after...her Death, to one Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, the eighth of September 1705 ; which Apparition recommends the perusal court's Book of Consolation against...

...Apparition of one Mrs. Veal the next day after her Death, to one Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, the eighth of September 1705 ; which Apparition recommends the perusal of Drelincourt's Book of Consolation against the Fear of Death,' is also a specimen of the plausible style of composition. It...

...surprising and diverting examples never published before." London, 1727. _^ Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, on the 8th of September, 1705 ; which Apparition recommends the perusal of Drelincourt's book of Consolation against the Fears of Death. (Thirteenth edition.)" Mrs. Veal and Mrs. Bargrave, it appears,...

...Walter Scott, with considerable additions. 20 vols. Oxford, 1840-1. 12mo. With portrait. 6W — A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next day after her Death, to one Mrs, Bargw*, ut Canterbury, the 8th September, 1705. [By D. Defoe], pp. 8. Lond. 1705. reprinted 1841. Svo....

...narration, we have only to add that singular triumph of his peculiar skill in this art, his tract describing the ' Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next day after her death, to one Mrs. Eargrave, at Canterbury, the Eighth of September, 1705,' — perhaps the boldest and most adroit experiment...

...surprising and diverting examples never piiblished before," London, 1727. Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, on the 8th of September, 1705 ; which Apparition recommends the perusal of Drelincourt's book of Consolation against the Fears of Death. (Thirteenth edition.)" Mrs. Yeal and Mrs. Bargrave, it appears,...

...Memoirs of a Cavalier," " A Tour through Great Britain, ' " A History of the Plague." and " The true Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next Day after her Death." The last was afterwards subjoined to the editions of " Drelincourt on Dentil," and made that otherwise...