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On Affectation.
humour , none laughs but himself ; yet he is not in the least mortified ; for he fancies they restrain their laughter , that they may not interrupt the pleasure of hearing him talk . Stolidus might pass for a tolerable companion , if he would act like himself , and modestly confine his conversation to the few things that he understands ; but his vain affectation makes him ridiculous . He knows that he is but this onlelates him for
sometimes spoken of with contempt ; y ; he imagines it proceeds from envy of his superior reputation and accomplishments . It would be happy for him if some friend in whom he confides would point out to him his folly , and direct him to a more natural behaviour . A seasonable hint often has a good effectEusebiuswho was a celebrated preacherused often in
. , , the vehemence of his utterance , to fall into a hesitation of speech . Loquentius , who was also a reputable preacher , and an admirer of Eusebius , had , by a servile imitation of him , adopted his stammerin" -. A friend who heard Loquentius on a particular occasion , used the freedom to say to him , " Sir , Eusebius is an excellent man , and in respectsworthy of your imitation ; but his stammering
many , is an infirmity ; and though it is inoffensive in him , because it is naturfl , and overlooked amidst his shining talents , yet it is utterly unpardonable in you , in whom it is forced and affected . In future imitate the excellencies , not the infirmities of Eusebius . " Loquentius never stammered again . When he perceived that his affectation was observed by otherSj he was ashamed of it himself .
Hail And Thunder Storms In Cheshire,
HAIL AND THUNDER STORMS IN CHESHIRE ,
AN ACCOUNT OF SOME SURPRISING
FROM MR . HENRY ****** . . THE Storm of Hail you enquire after happened in the afternoon ofthe 29 th of April , 16 97 . —It began on the sea side , at the lower end of Wirrel , in this county . It was said at first not to extend above the breadth of three milesit made a most
; dreadful noise which was heard a great way of . It crossed the water into Lancashire below Liverpool , nearest to the sea , and then extended itself wider . The air was observed to be strangely troubled , and made as it were a great conflict in the clouds . The greatest desolation it caused , as I hear , was at Ormskirk in Lancashirewhere it broke almost all the windows in the town .
, Some said the hail stones were as big as geese eggs , and measured four or five inches about . An infinite number of birds were killed , cattle wounded , and many young deer killed in the parks . It was observed that the wind shifted twice or thrice during the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Affectation.
humour , none laughs but himself ; yet he is not in the least mortified ; for he fancies they restrain their laughter , that they may not interrupt the pleasure of hearing him talk . Stolidus might pass for a tolerable companion , if he would act like himself , and modestly confine his conversation to the few things that he understands ; but his vain affectation makes him ridiculous . He knows that he is but this onlelates him for
sometimes spoken of with contempt ; y ; he imagines it proceeds from envy of his superior reputation and accomplishments . It would be happy for him if some friend in whom he confides would point out to him his folly , and direct him to a more natural behaviour . A seasonable hint often has a good effectEusebiuswho was a celebrated preacherused often in
. , , the vehemence of his utterance , to fall into a hesitation of speech . Loquentius , who was also a reputable preacher , and an admirer of Eusebius , had , by a servile imitation of him , adopted his stammerin" -. A friend who heard Loquentius on a particular occasion , used the freedom to say to him , " Sir , Eusebius is an excellent man , and in respectsworthy of your imitation ; but his stammering
many , is an infirmity ; and though it is inoffensive in him , because it is naturfl , and overlooked amidst his shining talents , yet it is utterly unpardonable in you , in whom it is forced and affected . In future imitate the excellencies , not the infirmities of Eusebius . " Loquentius never stammered again . When he perceived that his affectation was observed by otherSj he was ashamed of it himself .
Hail And Thunder Storms In Cheshire,
HAIL AND THUNDER STORMS IN CHESHIRE ,
AN ACCOUNT OF SOME SURPRISING
FROM MR . HENRY ****** . . THE Storm of Hail you enquire after happened in the afternoon ofthe 29 th of April , 16 97 . —It began on the sea side , at the lower end of Wirrel , in this county . It was said at first not to extend above the breadth of three milesit made a most
; dreadful noise which was heard a great way of . It crossed the water into Lancashire below Liverpool , nearest to the sea , and then extended itself wider . The air was observed to be strangely troubled , and made as it were a great conflict in the clouds . The greatest desolation it caused , as I hear , was at Ormskirk in Lancashirewhere it broke almost all the windows in the town .
, Some said the hail stones were as big as geese eggs , and measured four or five inches about . An infinite number of birds were killed , cattle wounded , and many young deer killed in the parks . It was observed that the wind shifted twice or thrice during the