What is the secret mesmerism which friendship possesses, and under the operation of which a person ordinarily sluggish, or cold, or timid, becomes wise, active, and resolute, in another's behalf?
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Mesmerism
//ˈmɛz.məˌɹɪz.əm//
Synonyms for "mesmerism" (6 found)
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8 translations across 8 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- mesmerismi noun (mesmerism)
Galician
1 entries- mesmerismo noun (mesmerism)
German
1 entries- Mesmerismus noun (mesmerism)
Hindi
1 entries- मेस्मरिज्म noun (mesmerism)
Korean
1 entries- 메스머주의 noun (mesmerism)
Portuguese
1 entries- mesmerismo noun (mesmerism)
Spanish
1 entries- mesmerismo noun (mesmerism)
Swedish
1 entries- mesmerism noun (mesmerism)
Sample sentences
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...the fact stood proven that I had seen it in my vision. Lawks! ...When the magician's engagement closed there was but one person in the village who did not believe in mesmerism, and I was the one. All the others were converted, but I was to remain an implacable and unpersuadable disbeliever in mesmerism and hypnotism for close upon fifty years.
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