second was Moderation leading in Religion; and the third, a person
whom I had never seen, with the Genius of Great Britain. At the
first entrance, the lady revived; the bags swelled to their former
bulk; the piles of faggots and heaps of paper changed into pyramids
of guineas: and, for my own part, I was so transported with joy
that I awaked, though I must confess I would fain have fallen asleep
again to have closed my vision, if I could have done it.



HOUSEHOLD SUPERSTITIONS.



Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas,
Nocturnos lemures, portentaque Thessala rides?
HOR., Ep. ii. 2, 208.


Visions and magic spells, can you despise,
And laugh at witches, ghosts, and prodigies?


Going yesterday to dine with an old acquaintance, I had the
misfortune to find his whole family very much dejected. Upon asking
him the occasion of it, he told me that his wife had dreamt a very
strange dream the night before, which they were afraid portended
some misfortune to themselves or to their children. At her coming
into the room, I observed a settled melancholy in her countenance,
which I should have been troubled for, had I not heard from whence