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PLATE VII.-VOL. III. P. 102.

AN ELECTRIFIED LOVER!

There is nothing uncommon in this plate, if we except the subject and the execution!

PLATE VIII.-VOL. III. P. 124.

TWO LIGHTS UPON ONE SUBJECT.

My Uncle falling into a philosophical self-supplying cistern, while my future Aunt persists in her experiment on two rays of light. This is one of the numerous sorrows of science, and the want of sympathy and daylight, in the dark room of a philosophical Amazon!

PLATE IX.-VOL. III. P. 152.

GREEK FEELING.

We here behold all that can awaken the rapture of the fine arts, and interest the feelings of an amateur. The apartment is completely classical. The horned Jupiter Ammon is sublimely placed over my Uncle's

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XIX.

Natural History -Experiments first performed by
Calculation and critical Inspection, ending in
Murders and Crimes not fit to be named among
Christians........

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XX.

Natural History continued!

the Irritability of

Plants; exquisite Sensibilities of Cabbages in the
dark-A Stone not so unfeeling a Creature as
some imagine

XXI.

The Aurelians, or Butterfly-hunters-exhibiting several bold Sketches of Entomology ....

XXII.

Advantages of having "Hearts not bigger than
Pins' Heads," and how MARCUS ANTONINUS
would have plunged into a Ditch with a better
Grace than my Uncle

XXIII.

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The Creation of the World discovered in a Ditch

Alarming Systems - Comfortable Close ! ... 95

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