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£20 A LIST OF REMARKABLE DEATHS.
After remaining a short time in the castle, finding that the
Tartars had retired, the writer observes, that the few in the
castle, and himself, left that desolate place.
SINGULAR POSTERITY OF THE DUTCHESS OF
BLANKENBOURGH.
H E Dutchess of Blankenbourgh, great grandmother of the
present reigning Duke of Brunswick (1803), lived to see a
posterity of 62 princes and princesses, of whom she beheld
53 alive at one time; amongst this offspring, were three
emperors, two empresses, two kings and two queens.
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A LIST OF REMARKABLE DEATHS.
Mr. Williams, a tailor of Maidstone, died there the
latter end of the year 1795, very suddenly, on the road be-
tween that town and Dartford. He had a presentiment of
a sudden death, and always carried a paper about him,
that in case he died in such and such places, he might be
carried to his friends who lived there.
An extraordinary circumstance attended the death of
Mr. Greensmith at Nottingham, in the year 1796. He
went to bed in perfect health; early in the morning, with-
out dressing himself, he went to the street-door, and after
telling his neighbours his hour was come, returned to bed
and expired in a few minutes.
In the year 1796, died at Wordley Workhouse, Berks,
Mary Pitts, aged 70 ; on being accused of having rum-
maged the box of another pauper, she wished God might
strike her dead if she had; and instantly expired.
On March the 13th, 1796, died at Kilbeiry, in Ayre,
Scotland, Mr. Wyllie, at twelve at noon; and at twelve
on the same night, died his wife, aged 76 : they had been
58 years married.
After remaining a short time in the castle, finding that the
Tartars had retired, the writer observes, that the few in the
castle, and himself, left that desolate place.
SINGULAR POSTERITY OF THE DUTCHESS OF
BLANKENBOURGH.
H E Dutchess of Blankenbourgh, great grandmother of the
present reigning Duke of Brunswick (1803), lived to see a
posterity of 62 princes and princesses, of whom she beheld
53 alive at one time; amongst this offspring, were three
emperors, two empresses, two kings and two queens.
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A LIST OF REMARKABLE DEATHS.
Mr. Williams, a tailor of Maidstone, died there the
latter end of the year 1795, very suddenly, on the road be-
tween that town and Dartford. He had a presentiment of
a sudden death, and always carried a paper about him,
that in case he died in such and such places, he might be
carried to his friends who lived there.
An extraordinary circumstance attended the death of
Mr. Greensmith at Nottingham, in the year 1796. He
went to bed in perfect health; early in the morning, with-
out dressing himself, he went to the street-door, and after
telling his neighbours his hour was come, returned to bed
and expired in a few minutes.
In the year 1796, died at Wordley Workhouse, Berks,
Mary Pitts, aged 70 ; on being accused of having rum-
maged the box of another pauper, she wished God might
strike her dead if she had; and instantly expired.
On March the 13th, 1796, died at Kilbeiry, in Ayre,
Scotland, Mr. Wyllie, at twelve at noon; and at twelve
on the same night, died his wife, aged 76 : they had been
58 years married.