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6s POWER OF IMAGINATION.
blood. When perfectly brought to his recollection, the
reason he gave for the state in which he was found, was
the dreadful prepossession he had felt in his mind, which
seemed to operate upon him as a certain conviction that
he was really buried alive; while another circumstance
that confirmed this horrid idea, was the imperfect sensa-
tion that he felt from the noise of the carriages in the
street, which he then imagined were rolling over his
head upon the surface of the ground under which he
actually conceived he was buried alive; he then made
use of his utmost exertions to liberate himself from a
dilemma so uncommonly distressing, as in a few minutes
more he might have been dashed to pieces from the top
of the house. His efforts on this occasion, and the loss
of blood that followed them, bad reduced him to such a
degree of weakness, that he was totally unable to follow
his business for near a month afterwards; and a still
more considerable time elapsed before he recovered the
usual flow of his health and spirits, from the circumstance
continuing to prey upon his mind.—This we can assure
our readers is an undoubted fact, being related by a gen-
tleman now in the bookselling business, who assisted the
young man on that occasion from his dreadful situation.
But any person doubting the fact, may be satisfied of the
truth of these particulars by an application to the pub-
lisher.—Belated January 17, 1803.
Explosion of Iron Mines in Sweden.
np •
I he mines of Dalmora, says a modern traveller, are
celebrated for producing the finest iron ore in Europe,
It is not dug as in the mines of tin and coal in England,
but torn up by powder. This operation is performed
every day at noon, and is one of the most tremendous
and awful it is possible to conceive. We arrived at.
the
blood. When perfectly brought to his recollection, the
reason he gave for the state in which he was found, was
the dreadful prepossession he had felt in his mind, which
seemed to operate upon him as a certain conviction that
he was really buried alive; while another circumstance
that confirmed this horrid idea, was the imperfect sensa-
tion that he felt from the noise of the carriages in the
street, which he then imagined were rolling over his
head upon the surface of the ground under which he
actually conceived he was buried alive; he then made
use of his utmost exertions to liberate himself from a
dilemma so uncommonly distressing, as in a few minutes
more he might have been dashed to pieces from the top
of the house. His efforts on this occasion, and the loss
of blood that followed them, bad reduced him to such a
degree of weakness, that he was totally unable to follow
his business for near a month afterwards; and a still
more considerable time elapsed before he recovered the
usual flow of his health and spirits, from the circumstance
continuing to prey upon his mind.—This we can assure
our readers is an undoubted fact, being related by a gen-
tleman now in the bookselling business, who assisted the
young man on that occasion from his dreadful situation.
But any person doubting the fact, may be satisfied of the
truth of these particulars by an application to the pub-
lisher.—Belated January 17, 1803.
Explosion of Iron Mines in Sweden.
np •
I he mines of Dalmora, says a modern traveller, are
celebrated for producing the finest iron ore in Europe,
It is not dug as in the mines of tin and coal in England,
but torn up by powder. This operation is performed
every day at noon, and is one of the most tremendous
and awful it is possible to conceive. We arrived at.
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