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The Collector.
well to Hi g h Wycombe . Here , indeed , he happened to put up at a different inn ; but , keeping a sharp look out for his pilot coach , it at length appeared ; and , following it as before , found himself in the evening safely arrived—at Oxford 1 The case was thus : the coach had exchanged passengers with that which came from London ; and , by returning to Oxford , had led the grave doctor into this mistake .
CONJUGAL AFFECTION . CYRUS had taken the wife of Tigranes , and asked him what he would give to save her from servitude ? he replied , all that he had in the world , and his own life into the bargain . Cyrus , upon this , very
generously , restored her , and pardoned what had passed . . All were full of his praises upon this occasion ; some commending the accomplishments of his mind , others those of his person . Tigranes asked his wife , whether she did not greatly admire him ? ' I never looked at him , ' said she . ' Not look at him I' returned he . * Upon whom then did you look ? ' ' Upon him , ' replied she , ' who offered his ' own life to redeem me from slavery . '
ANIMAL MAGNETISM . SOME years ago an arch wag , having observed in the progress of animal magnetism , the ease with which the public might be duped , went to Bi ggleswade , a market town in Bedfordshire ; and announced to the inhabitants , that he was so happy as to have had the power given to him of curing diseases ; and thatfor the benefit of the good
, people of Bi gg leswade , he would attend at the pump , in the middle of the town , on the three succeeding mornings , for the purpose of curing all that mi ght apply to him . This he benevolently undertook , at the small expence of tivo-pence a-piece . The next morning , accordins * to his promise , he attended at the pump ; whither also repaired many of the country folks to pay their two and have all their maladies
pences , removed . _ The operation consisted in taking some of the water in the palm of his hand , as it flowed from the pump , and with it washing the face of each of his patients , which he performed with the requisite dexterity , and much to the satisfaction of his employers . Simple and trifling as the operation may " appear , yet , it is certain , the effects produced were suchthat on the following morning the number of his
, patients was nearl y doubled ; and was , on ihe third morning , so considerably encreased , that , satisfied with the event of his experiment , and the number of two-pences he had obtained , he retired from the town the following evening , leaving scarcely a dirty face in all Biggleswade .
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The Collector.
well to Hi g h Wycombe . Here , indeed , he happened to put up at a different inn ; but , keeping a sharp look out for his pilot coach , it at length appeared ; and , following it as before , found himself in the evening safely arrived—at Oxford 1 The case was thus : the coach had exchanged passengers with that which came from London ; and , by returning to Oxford , had led the grave doctor into this mistake .
CONJUGAL AFFECTION . CYRUS had taken the wife of Tigranes , and asked him what he would give to save her from servitude ? he replied , all that he had in the world , and his own life into the bargain . Cyrus , upon this , very
generously , restored her , and pardoned what had passed . . All were full of his praises upon this occasion ; some commending the accomplishments of his mind , others those of his person . Tigranes asked his wife , whether she did not greatly admire him ? ' I never looked at him , ' said she . ' Not look at him I' returned he . * Upon whom then did you look ? ' ' Upon him , ' replied she , ' who offered his ' own life to redeem me from slavery . '
ANIMAL MAGNETISM . SOME years ago an arch wag , having observed in the progress of animal magnetism , the ease with which the public might be duped , went to Bi ggleswade , a market town in Bedfordshire ; and announced to the inhabitants , that he was so happy as to have had the power given to him of curing diseases ; and thatfor the benefit of the good
, people of Bi gg leswade , he would attend at the pump , in the middle of the town , on the three succeeding mornings , for the purpose of curing all that mi ght apply to him . This he benevolently undertook , at the small expence of tivo-pence a-piece . The next morning , accordins * to his promise , he attended at the pump ; whither also repaired many of the country folks to pay their two and have all their maladies
pences , removed . _ The operation consisted in taking some of the water in the palm of his hand , as it flowed from the pump , and with it washing the face of each of his patients , which he performed with the requisite dexterity , and much to the satisfaction of his employers . Simple and trifling as the operation may " appear , yet , it is certain , the effects produced were suchthat on the following morning the number of his
, patients was nearl y doubled ; and was , on ihe third morning , so considerably encreased , that , satisfied with the event of his experiment , and the number of two-pences he had obtained , he retired from the town the following evening , leaving scarcely a dirty face in all Biggleswade .