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  Published: (1708)
• Dissertations upon the apparitions of angels, dæmons, and ghosts : and concerning the vampires of Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. By the Reverend Father Dom Augustin Calmet, A Benedictine Monk, and Abbot of Senoners in Lorraine. Translated from the French
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  Published: (1759)
• A Full and true account of the surprizing and apprehending of Capt. Fitz Garrald and four of his rapperies near Tallow-Hill, in the house of one Mr. Ransford on the fifth of this instant December in the morning. 1717
  Published: (1717)
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  by: Defoe, Daniel
  Published: (1752)