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A Thief Rescued By An Elephant. An Authentic Anecdote.
rendered him the favourite of every one , and the object _ pf general admiration . This animal , in the absence of his keeper , was one day amusing himself with his chain in an open part of the town , when a man who had committed a theft , and was pursued by a great number of people , despairing of all other means of . safety , ran for protection under the belly of the elephant . Delighted with the poor wretch ' s
confidence , the elephant instantly faced about to the crowd , erected his proboscis , and threw his chain in the air ( as is the manner of these creatures when engaged with the enemy ) and became so furious in defence of the criminal , that , notwithstanding all the gentle arts made use of by the surrounding multitude , neither they , nor even his keeper , to whom he was fondly attached , and who was sent for to
manage him , could prevail with him to give up the malefactor . The contest had continued above three hours , when at length the governor , hearing the strange account of it , came to the spot , and was so much pleased with the generous perseverance of the honest quadruped , that he yielded to the elephant ' s interposition , and pardoned the criminal . The poor manin an extasy of gratitudetestified his
acknow-, , ledgment , by kissing and embracing the proboscis of his kind benefactor ; -who was apparently so sensible of what had happened , that , laying aside all his former violence , he became perfectly tame in-an ' instant , and suffered his keeper to conduct him away without the smallest resistance .
Anecdotes Of The Life Of Theodore, King Of Corsica*.
ANECDOTES OF THE LIFE OF THEODORE , KING OF CORSICA * .
3 T THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE , ESQ . ^ THEODORE Anthony , Baron Newhoff , more remarkable for being the only one of his profession ( of adventurers ) who ever obtained a crown , than for acquiring that of Corsica , was born at Metzabout the 16 9 6 and after a variety of intri
, year , gues , scrapes , and escapes , in many parts of Europe , and after having attained aud lost a throne , returned in 1748-9 to England , where he had been before about the year 1737 . I saw him soon after his last arrival ; he was a comel y middle-sized man , very reserved , and affecting . much dignity , which he acted in the lowest ebb of his fortunes , and coupled with the lowest shifts of his industry An instance of the former
. appeared during his last residence at Florence , where being reduced to extreme poverty , some English gentlemen made a collection for , and carried it to him . Being apprized of their coining , and having onl y one chamber in a little miserable lod ging , he squeezed his bed
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A Thief Rescued By An Elephant. An Authentic Anecdote.
rendered him the favourite of every one , and the object _ pf general admiration . This animal , in the absence of his keeper , was one day amusing himself with his chain in an open part of the town , when a man who had committed a theft , and was pursued by a great number of people , despairing of all other means of . safety , ran for protection under the belly of the elephant . Delighted with the poor wretch ' s
confidence , the elephant instantly faced about to the crowd , erected his proboscis , and threw his chain in the air ( as is the manner of these creatures when engaged with the enemy ) and became so furious in defence of the criminal , that , notwithstanding all the gentle arts made use of by the surrounding multitude , neither they , nor even his keeper , to whom he was fondly attached , and who was sent for to
manage him , could prevail with him to give up the malefactor . The contest had continued above three hours , when at length the governor , hearing the strange account of it , came to the spot , and was so much pleased with the generous perseverance of the honest quadruped , that he yielded to the elephant ' s interposition , and pardoned the criminal . The poor manin an extasy of gratitudetestified his
acknow-, , ledgment , by kissing and embracing the proboscis of his kind benefactor ; -who was apparently so sensible of what had happened , that , laying aside all his former violence , he became perfectly tame in-an ' instant , and suffered his keeper to conduct him away without the smallest resistance .
Anecdotes Of The Life Of Theodore, King Of Corsica*.
ANECDOTES OF THE LIFE OF THEODORE , KING OF CORSICA * .
3 T THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE , ESQ . ^ THEODORE Anthony , Baron Newhoff , more remarkable for being the only one of his profession ( of adventurers ) who ever obtained a crown , than for acquiring that of Corsica , was born at Metzabout the 16 9 6 and after a variety of intri
, year , gues , scrapes , and escapes , in many parts of Europe , and after having attained aud lost a throne , returned in 1748-9 to England , where he had been before about the year 1737 . I saw him soon after his last arrival ; he was a comel y middle-sized man , very reserved , and affecting . much dignity , which he acted in the lowest ebb of his fortunes , and coupled with the lowest shifts of his industry An instance of the former
. appeared during his last residence at Florence , where being reduced to extreme poverty , some English gentlemen made a collection for , and carried it to him . Being apprized of their coining , and having onl y one chamber in a little miserable lod ging , he squeezed his bed