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Fortunately for the pretty mendicant, the cap tain's fervant had a heart rather more pe'netrable than his mafier's: in fliort, if his head had been half fo foft, he would have heen the greatefi fool in the univerfe.

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Unfortunately, part of the temporary bidge gave way, and our Philosopher sound himself stuck in the mind. On hearing him call aloud for assistance, an old woman hastened to the spot from whence the sound seemed to issue; but perceiving who he was, refused giving him any help. "What, (cried she,) are you not Hume the Atheist? Oh! no! no! (returned the Philosopher) I am no Atheist: indeed, you mistake good woman; you do indeed!" "Let me hear then, (returned the other,) if you can say your belief." - Mr. Hume accordingly began the words, I believe in God, &c. and finished them with so much propriety, that the old woman, convinced of his Christian education, charitably afforded him that relief which otherwise the would have thought it a duty of religion to deny him.

The Hospitable Hibernian.

"Charity, for the love of Heaven! to the widow of a soldier, who has three little innocents to support. Your honour is a soldier yourself, and will pity the necessities of those whom war has reduced to the lowest indigence!"

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.