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Anecdotes.
¦ ' " . ' - "' ' OF THE LATE tiR ^ FLAMSTEAD . ¦ - HE was many years-Astronomer-Royal at Greenwich Observatory ; a humourist , and of warm passions . Persons of his profession are often supposed , by the common people , to be capable of foretelling events ; In this- persuasion a poor washer-woman at Greenwich , who . had . been robbed at ni ght of a large parcel of linen , toher almost ruin '
,, if . forced : to pay for it , came to him , aud . w . ith great anxiety earnestly , requested . him ; to use his art , to let her . know where her things were , and who robbed her . The Doctor happened , to-be in the . humour to joke ; he bid her stay , he would see w . hat ' he . could do ; perhaps he . might let her know where she mi ght find , them , but who the persons were he -would not undertake : as she could have
nopositive proof to , convict them , itwould be useless ^ ; He then set about drawing circles ,-squares , & c . to amuse her ; and , after sometime , tod her , if she would go into a particular field ; that in ' such a part of it , in a dry ditch , she would find them all buiidle . d-up in a sheet . The ' . woman went and found them , camewith . great liasteandTjoy to thank . ' the Doctorand offered him half a . as a token of gratitudebe
, crpwn . , - ing as much as she could afford . . The Doctor , surprised himself , told her , Good woman , I am heartil y glad ' you have found your " linen " ; but I assure you I knew nothing of . it , and intended only to joke with you , and then to have read you a lecture on the folly of applying to any person to know events not in the human ' power to tell ; but I see the devil has a mindl should deal with himI defer
; am- - ¦ mined I will not ; -so never come , or send any one , to me any more " , oil such occasions ; fori will rieyer attempt such an affair again whilst I live . This story'Dr . Fiamstead ' toid to the late reverend ii ' iid learned Mr . Whistoh . -s " ' ¦ ¦¦ . ~ < . ; . svs - -. ¦ . ¦ -
. " The subjects' love a Kingls surest guard . KALDiGii ; s . MAXi :. rs . / : ' IN the rei gn of the Emperor Maximilian , there was . a cotjgress . of the German Princes hekl-at-Womratia : among . other discourse , each Prince extolled the superior excellencies oil : his respective country ; the Elector of Saxony preferred his metals . and rich , mines ; the Bavarian boasted . of brave cities , strong towns , and . aroies . ; . thePalatine
expatiated on his delicious wines , and the fertility of his lands ; "And I , " said the Duke , of Wittenburgh , ( modestly ) " caniay my head and sleep securel y in the lap of anv of my subjects . " . Huk facile conceditepalmam , ( said the Emperor . ; ) " " Give him " the palni . " '' . ' ONE of the greatest qualities of which the late King William . was
master-was , his desire to act by himself , and his scorn of blindly following the dictates of his Ministers .:--there is one instance in particular handed down of his great impartiality : that when he was pressed by men in authority to remove that honest and great commander , Sir George Rooke , from his employment , because he had given a vote in Parliament contrary to the disposition of the Ministry ; the King answered , '• ' that it was not the station of ' an . Admiral to obey his orders i : i the House of Commons / ' \
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdotes.
¦ ' " . ' - "' ' OF THE LATE tiR ^ FLAMSTEAD . ¦ - HE was many years-Astronomer-Royal at Greenwich Observatory ; a humourist , and of warm passions . Persons of his profession are often supposed , by the common people , to be capable of foretelling events ; In this- persuasion a poor washer-woman at Greenwich , who . had . been robbed at ni ght of a large parcel of linen , toher almost ruin '
,, if . forced : to pay for it , came to him , aud . w . ith great anxiety earnestly , requested . him ; to use his art , to let her . know where her things were , and who robbed her . The Doctor happened , to-be in the . humour to joke ; he bid her stay , he would see w . hat ' he . could do ; perhaps he . might let her know where she mi ght find , them , but who the persons were he -would not undertake : as she could have
nopositive proof to , convict them , itwould be useless ^ ; He then set about drawing circles ,-squares , & c . to amuse her ; and , after sometime , tod her , if she would go into a particular field ; that in ' such a part of it , in a dry ditch , she would find them all buiidle . d-up in a sheet . The ' . woman went and found them , camewith . great liasteandTjoy to thank . ' the Doctorand offered him half a . as a token of gratitudebe
, crpwn . , - ing as much as she could afford . . The Doctor , surprised himself , told her , Good woman , I am heartil y glad ' you have found your " linen " ; but I assure you I knew nothing of . it , and intended only to joke with you , and then to have read you a lecture on the folly of applying to any person to know events not in the human ' power to tell ; but I see the devil has a mindl should deal with himI defer
; am- - ¦ mined I will not ; -so never come , or send any one , to me any more " , oil such occasions ; fori will rieyer attempt such an affair again whilst I live . This story'Dr . Fiamstead ' toid to the late reverend ii ' iid learned Mr . Whistoh . -s " ' ¦ ¦¦ . ~ < . ; . svs - -. ¦ . ¦ -
. " The subjects' love a Kingls surest guard . KALDiGii ; s . MAXi :. rs . / : ' IN the rei gn of the Emperor Maximilian , there was . a cotjgress . of the German Princes hekl-at-Womratia : among . other discourse , each Prince extolled the superior excellencies oil : his respective country ; the Elector of Saxony preferred his metals . and rich , mines ; the Bavarian boasted . of brave cities , strong towns , and . aroies . ; . thePalatine
expatiated on his delicious wines , and the fertility of his lands ; "And I , " said the Duke , of Wittenburgh , ( modestly ) " caniay my head and sleep securel y in the lap of anv of my subjects . " . Huk facile conceditepalmam , ( said the Emperor . ; ) " " Give him " the palni . " '' . ' ONE of the greatest qualities of which the late King William . was
master-was , his desire to act by himself , and his scorn of blindly following the dictates of his Ministers .:--there is one instance in particular handed down of his great impartiality : that when he was pressed by men in authority to remove that honest and great commander , Sir George Rooke , from his employment , because he had given a vote in Parliament contrary to the disposition of the Ministry ; the King answered , '• ' that it was not the station of ' an . Admiral to obey his orders i : i the House of Commons / ' \