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Anecdote Of The Late Dr. Dodd.
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DR . DODD .
I HAVE just returned from Scotland . During my stay at Glasgow , I took up my residence at a friend ' s house , who having a party to dinner on one of the days of my visit , in the afternoon we went upon the water : a brisk wind getting up , an elderly lady remarked , that she was once in real danger , and that the remembrance brought to her recollection the late Dr . Dodd , of unfortunate
memory . This awakened our curiosity , and she informed us , that on her return from Margate , in one of the boats , in the year preceding the Doctor ' s imprisonment , which ended in his suffering for an offence against the violated laws of his country ; the weather proved' so rough and unfavourable , as to render their passage not only unpleasantbut rather dangerous .
, In this state of alarm , to herself , and other ladies onboard , it was their good fortune to attract the notice of a gentleman whose -good offices and pleasant manner created general admiration , among the passengers . The storm increasing , the ladies , greatly terrified , expressed their apprehensions of immediate danger . The gentleman made
use of every argument that mi ght tend to lessen their fears ; and among other observations , evidently calculated to keep up their sinking spirits , he made use of the following : " Come , come my good ladies , let me , once for all , make you assured of your safety although at my own expence : —know , then , you are perfectly secure , so long as you have " me on board ; for I candidly
acknowledge that I am so unfortunate as to have the character of a very , very sad fellow ; and you all know the proverb says , he that ' s bom for the rope , is safe from the water . " ' His remark ( continued the lady ) created a smile amongus . The storm soon abated , and we were all in love with the stranger , for his delicacy , humanityand cheering conversation . He remained
, unknown to us till we landed ; when a person at the inn addressing him as Dr . Dodd , he said , " Now , ladies , the mischief ' s out ; you know who I am , and I trust I shall see you again in another place . " . And it was our intention to see him again ; but , alas ! the next assembly gathered around him , beheld him—not a preacher of the .« OSPEL—but a victim to the LAW
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdote Of The Late Dr. Dodd.
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DR . DODD .
I HAVE just returned from Scotland . During my stay at Glasgow , I took up my residence at a friend ' s house , who having a party to dinner on one of the days of my visit , in the afternoon we went upon the water : a brisk wind getting up , an elderly lady remarked , that she was once in real danger , and that the remembrance brought to her recollection the late Dr . Dodd , of unfortunate
memory . This awakened our curiosity , and she informed us , that on her return from Margate , in one of the boats , in the year preceding the Doctor ' s imprisonment , which ended in his suffering for an offence against the violated laws of his country ; the weather proved' so rough and unfavourable , as to render their passage not only unpleasantbut rather dangerous .
, In this state of alarm , to herself , and other ladies onboard , it was their good fortune to attract the notice of a gentleman whose -good offices and pleasant manner created general admiration , among the passengers . The storm increasing , the ladies , greatly terrified , expressed their apprehensions of immediate danger . The gentleman made
use of every argument that mi ght tend to lessen their fears ; and among other observations , evidently calculated to keep up their sinking spirits , he made use of the following : " Come , come my good ladies , let me , once for all , make you assured of your safety although at my own expence : —know , then , you are perfectly secure , so long as you have " me on board ; for I candidly
acknowledge that I am so unfortunate as to have the character of a very , very sad fellow ; and you all know the proverb says , he that ' s bom for the rope , is safe from the water . " ' His remark ( continued the lady ) created a smile amongus . The storm soon abated , and we were all in love with the stranger , for his delicacy , humanityand cheering conversation . He remained
, unknown to us till we landed ; when a person at the inn addressing him as Dr . Dodd , he said , " Now , ladies , the mischief ' s out ; you know who I am , and I trust I shall see you again in another place . " . And it was our intention to see him again ; but , alas ! the next assembly gathered around him , beheld him—not a preacher of the .« OSPEL—but a victim to the LAW