it, according to the uſual faſhion, between his ſhoulders, but carried it under his arm, juſt as if it had been a lap-dog. This monſtrous figure, only three ſtrides off, excited great conſternation both within and without the coach. The young miſſes and the maid, who did not at other times preſume to make obſervations till the ladies had done, now ſcreamed all with one conſent, and let down the ſilk curtain to avoid ſeeing the figure, and hid their heads, like the oſtrich when it is run down by the hunters. Mama claſped her hands in ſilent agony; and this unphiloſophical movement gave room to ſuppoſe, that ſhe was ſilently recanting her confident aſſertions concerning the non-exiſtence of ſpirits. John, againſt whom the formidable figure in black ſeemed to be meditating ſome deſign, began, in the anguiſh of his heart, the ſalutation appointed to be addreſſed to all good ſpirits,
Angels and Miniſters – – – –
but,
