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from the circumstance of his stooping very much, it passed over him. 'You see,' said he                   to his friends, that had I been an upright judge I might have been killed.'

7. An English stock-jobber, well known upon 'Change as a man of unexampled parsi- mony, although possessed of an immense for- tune, one day met a very poor man, one of his own relations. 'Come hither, George,' said the miser, 'do you know I have just now made my will, and remembered you handsomely, my                   boy.'  'God bless you, brother,' said the grate- ful man, 'you will be rewarded for so charita- ble an action, for you could not have thought of                   a more distressed family.'  Are you, indeed, so very poor, George?' Sir, my family's stary- ing,' said the man, almost crying. 'Hark ye                   then, George: if you will allow me a good DISCOUNT I will pay you immediately. We                   need not add, that the terms were accepted, while they parted equally pleased with the bar- gain they had concluded.

8. The following singular circumstance oc- curred on a Sunday, in the month of November, 1816, in the church of Seaford. The clergyman, whilst publishing the banns, on coming to the names of a pair of neighbouring rustics, was sud- denly surprised by an interruption from one of                   the congregation, who loudly bawled out, 'I for- bid the wedding.' On being desired to retire