The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-01-18

nlI the commandments Of God ei!lalnins
man To love his WIFE ara MthnS h't 81
mGlny necessities and capacities al jay
She that Is loved IL safe, and ~ maj lows
is loylul Love Is IN union ol al 'hhHH
excellent ; II contains ~ II proportion ao'
satisfaction, and rest and cnnhdrncti an"
| wish that this were so much proceeded ~
thai the heaihens themHeisrs eohld not ~
beyond Us lnt hls virtue, ana 1ts proper ana
its appendant happiness Tibrlna hr9e
chu- chose Ia die for the SAFETY NJ his 4llt
aud yet methinks ta "A Christian 10 do NJ
should hr no hard thing for mnny s"r
wants viii die for their masters, aud man,
gentlemen will die for their freud, but Tia
examples are nut So many ri lh"sr thai ARE
ready to do IL for their nearest relations,
aud yet some there have been.
Specimens of Cradity--Iord Bacon
in his Essay on Truth, tell us that" II mix
tire of "a iyr doth always add pleasure"
We therefore recommend the following
extracts from dull hook, published nj the
beginning or the 18th century, aud entitled
" Miracula MORATORIUM ct NWorum," 10
the future editors of the life oftbnt rcnown-
ed adv.ntarcr Baron Mnnchauson. The
author Of il was German jarisprudrnt,
named Harry k0rnmnnn, who IL repre-
ssnted by Baylc 10 have been profound
scholar. and very rayenous deHuuror nf
learning. lie has no claim 10 originality of
invention but ~ To readiness in brleslng
the inventions of others, he Is clearly with
out II rival. We suhloin IA few instances Of
the gravity with Which he reiails aud pro
pagatcs The most monstrons hbslrdiiies.
In describing the wonders that are to be
found in the South Sra, he tells us that
Diodorus the Ge-rgraph"r writes, that
" there 10 an island in il, where the inhnbl
tnnts are each four cuhlts taller than the
inhabitants of Greece 81 ltaly-thelr bones
are not hard, but flexible like nervrs--ihelr
tongue ~ divided IN two from the roots, 80
! that they can keep mp conversation Win
one man With one half of their tOngue, and
with mother with one either at the same
time Abiding IL the Molucca Islands.
! he assures ny with nimiabls simplicity,
! that IN The island of Gylon, which ~ one
Of them, tlere II II nation with ears So large
! | nj the, hang down Ia their shoulders, a.
I al in another close by II, there IS II nation
! With ears still longer. The Inhabitants oi,
il are accustomed, when they \" sleep, Ia
| lay down on one ear and Ia cover iht mn
selves up with the other !" This story
lac informs ny, Is Ia he found III that cele-
brated author, MaxnIlians Transyl'anIus,
Of " hose celebrity, however, we eat this
line of day unfortunately very ignoranf.
\ Knight Of the name Of Pigafetth pledges
his credit for the truth of II, as any of our
readers may see. Who choose To refer Ia
his History Of the East indies. To match
this people, who make c0yerlets of their
ears, tle worthy German informs IA that
there are ~ people IN India who make II
parasl Of their foot. This story rests on
The authority Of Solinus, who, IN his SD
chapter, enlightens The world by telling II,
that there is nation OF one eyed people
in India, who, though they have Only one
leg are still endowed with singular ii,et
ness. Whrn they want 10 protect them
selves from the heat, they fling themselves
on their back, aud reclinc under the shade
of lhcir foot, which ID immensely large
lie likewise quotes u sentence from 81.
Augustin's 37lh Semi to his brethren IN
The wilderness, which puts II beyond all
doubt that there are snch beings III the
world rs men who Near their heads, ar RI
thri their ryeg, hrnraih The shoulders
This eccentric saint says, When was
bishop of Hippo, lwrn, with some servants
of Christ into Ethiopia, with lii" intention
OF preaching our holy religion. There .De
slio many men aud women, not having any
heads, but large eyes fixed III tilrlr breasts.
Their nth,r members we're like our own
piiny, Nea, aud Solinus all speak Of the
existence of such persons bat none of
them was 80 favour, BY fate as Ia be per
niitrd a sight of them. 81. Augustine,
however, uas mnre forlunair-be saw
them ar nj least he says he saw ihrm and
vino Wonld disbelis,e the word Of a saint
ST. Augustine, in his treatise" De Sl,itaie
Del lib o. cap o." piedg' his sanity word
that there is III Elhi ipia IA nation which
has no mouth or tongue. bot which lives
"ntir"iy upon air ; but he does not say
whether these singular persons f. u Under
his own inspection. THERE'S story eKtant
Of a namrsakc of the worthy bishop Of Hip
pu, winch may serve 10 auuse some of our
friends in TIA" nriShbonrllood of Dorchcs
ter, who may perhaps he Kind enough Ia
inform us nheter any of the family men
iiunrd in the following extract from the
life Of Gregory The Great, by namelrss
writer quoted by kornmanu, are yet exist
ing in that prt of the country. "When
Augustine, the Monk, was sent into Eng.
liud by Gregory the Great to preach the
Guyprl, hr Was ridicaled aud insuIied by
family IN Dorchester, who pinned fogtaiIs
(ranaiun candas) 10 bis garments. From
that day all the descendants of that unfur
tunatr family have been horn, like beasts,
with a luGs tail" Oar paper few days
ago gave an account of servant gifi who
was restored 10 life after she had been
considered dead for five ar six day. This
would not have appeared at all rxira1rdi,
nary To Dnr learned German for he as
eur,s IA that - (,nrplHu "A upDhpW of the
Archbishop nf Cologne, rs he was crossing
lhe Rhine in his chlltlhond, fell out Of the
boat into the river aud in spite ofthe ef-
| forts Of his attendants sunk and was no
mnre seen. Fifteen days afterwards he
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