One " tall and shadowy . . . supernatural visitant " that appeared from under a culvert in Gundagai in 1869, severely alarmed a horse and its rider, and exhibited a " livid, phosphoric light " such as a rotting fish might display.
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He is a full-time researcher at the National Autonomous University, a distinguished professor of the National University of San Marcos ( Peru ), an academician at the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence ( Spain ) and a visitant professor of the Social Sciences University of Toulouse, France.
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Rather, the fear of the numinous, as C . S . Lewis describes it, is one filled with awe, in which you " feel wonder and a certain shrinking " or " a sense of inadequacy to cope with such a visitant of or prostration before it ".
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In his account of the life of the emperor, ancient Roman historian Suetonius wrote that Caligula had " extended the Palace as far as the Forum; converted the shrine of Castor and Pollux into its vestibule; and would often stand between these Divine Brethren to be worshipped by all visitants ."
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Diplock's Hastings Guidebook of 1845 stated " [ i ] t is the singularity of [ its ] situation, more than anything in the building itself, that generally attracts visitors . . . it looks as if having been forsaken by all human visitants, a thicket had grown up and enclosed it like the Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in the old fairy tale ".
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Tertullian, in " De Spectaculis " 30, mentions that in addition to the theory that the disciples stole the body the theory that the gardener did the deed such that " his lettuces might come to no harm from the crowds of visitants [ to the body ] . " Tertullian, an early Christian polemicist, may have merely meant to mock those who doubted the resurrection by putting the petty gardener theory in their mouths.
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A contemporary obituary of Sir John Lindsay, who had eventually been promoted to admiral, acknowledged that he was the father of Dido Belle, and described her : " [ H ] e has died, we believe, without any legitimate issue but has left one natural daughter, a Mulatta who has been brought up in Lord Mansfield s family almost from her infancy and whose amiable disposition and accomplishments have gained her the highest respect from all his Lordship's relations and visitants . " but this specific date is unlikely, as Dido was born in 1761, the previous year.
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A European visiting Boston around 1820 noted : " Gardens are neither numerous nor noteworthy, but one to which people refer is Washington's Garden, where subscription parties and large regimental dinners are often held . " Local press tended towards gushing enthusiasm . " The illuminated scenery, the variegated walks, the romantic arbours, the tasteful decoration of the garden-- the swelling music, the sweet, the gay and cheering song-- the luxuriant refreshment within the house-the order, decency, respectability . . . the arrangements made to exclude improper visitants from the garden . " Also praised were " the odorous perfumes, the soft thrilling music, and the dazzling brilliants " of " this beautiful retreat, this elysium in miniature ."
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From contemporary reviews, the " Monthly Film Bulletin " stated that despite the science fiction film genre being new it had developed several sub-divisions including " the other-wordly, the primaeval-monstrous, the neo-monstrous, the planet-ary-visitant, etc . " and that " " Them ! " is a " well-built example of the neo-monstrous " " less absurdly sensational than most " Discussing the ant monsters in the film, the review referred to them as " reasonably horrible-they do not entirely avoid the impression of mock-up that is almost inevitable when over-lifesize creatures have to be constructed and moved " while noting that they were " considerably more conceivable than those prehistoric remnants that have recently been emerging from bog and iceberg . " The reviewer in " Variety " opined it was a " top-notch science fiction shocker.
