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Alexandria, in Egypt, has the privilege of being noticed in preference to all the crocodiles, lizards, plagiaries, pirates, calumniators, &c., Bourse of Paris, Regent's Quadrant, Drury Lane Theatre, &c., on account of each of them having been launched upon my imagination by the power of one only of the two given notions—viz., by reptile or by column; while the sandy plain round Alexandria in Egypt has been launched upon my imagination by the combined power of the two given notions, reptile and column.
(Teachers will multiply such illustrations.)
As an illustration, let me adduce the following simile.—Suppose I had two boxes, one before my right and the other before my left hand: in each of these boxes there is one million of small cards, with a series of numbers from 1 to 1,000,000 written upon them. Now having well shuffled the cards in each box, I will take with each of my hands from its respective box as many cards as that hand can contain,—say a thousand. Two cases may take place, viz.—
