Punch,  39 (1860), 70.

Hume's Historical Antecedents

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Spiritualism, Miracle, Supernaturalism, Language


    Argues that the confusion between Daniel D Home and David Hume 'probably originated in the miracle-mongering gentleman's connection with Rap[p]in'—a punning reference to the 'spirit-rapping' phenomena produced by Home and to the French historian and contemporary of Hume, Paul de Rapin.



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