Curiosities in History
Man with the Iron Mask (Always placed with his back)
was always placed with his back towards the windows; and the peasants, who came to pay their compliments to their master, whom curiosity…
Man with the Iron Mask: Louis
Among the various conjectures that have been formed, concerning the real name and condition of this remarkable man, none appears to have…
Man with the Iron Mask (Said Louis XIV was born at St)
said, "Louis XIV. was born at St. Germains-en-Laye, on the 5th of September, 1638, about noon; and the illustrious prisoner, known by the…
Chap. Lxxvi
CURIOSITIES IN HISTORY, ETC. (Continued.) GIPSIES. Mr. Lyons, in his entertaining work of the Environs of London, has given the following…
Chap. Lxxvii
CURIOSITIES IN HISTORY, ETC. (Continued.) FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.-This very ancient society is so called, either from some extraordinary…
Free Masons
proposed the scheme of raising a general fund for distressed masons. The duke's motion was supported by Lord Paisley, Colonel Houghton, and…
The Travelling Faquirs
THE following curious circumstance in natural history is related by a gentleman of veracity, learning, and abilities, who filled a…
The Absent Husband (Do with you and having some)
do with you; and having some little smattering of physic, music, or other arts, they introduce themselves by these means wherever they go…
Curiousites in History
of an estate of £700 or £800 per annum; he married a young lady of good family, in the west of England; her maiden name was Mallet; she was…
The Absent Husband (Upon quitting his house)
"Upon quitting his house and family in the manner I have mentioned, Mrs. Howe at first imagined, as she could not conceive any other cause…
The Absent Husband: Landdrost
The Landdrost of Graaf Ragrel had been deputed by the British government to pay a visit to the king of Caffraria, for the purpose of…
Extraordinary Fact. - Unfortunate Artificee
that probably at their return to England they might find themselves without connections or friends, and that their acquired habits ill…
Chap. Lxxix
CURIOSITIES IN HISTORY, ETC. (Concluded.) Great Events from Little Causes-Dreadful Instances of the Plague, in Europe-Fire of London-Vicar…
The Plague in Elkope
6. "An apothecary's chariot (says one) very probably produced No. 45. of the North Briton, and its consequences the American war, the…
Dreadful Instances of the Plague, in Europe
Thucydides, lib. ii. gives an account of a dreadful plague which happened in Athens about B. C. 430, and with which he was himself…
Queen Elizabeth's Dinner
tender temper. He was one of those who, thougn they cannot turn the wind, will turn their mills, and set them so, that wheresoever it…
Curiosities of Literature (Origin of the Materials) (II)
Origin of the Materials of Writing-Minute Writing-Titles of Books-Literary Labour and Perseverance-Curious Account of the Scarcity of Books…