Deformity: an essay / By William Hay.

  • William Hay
Date:
MDCCLV. [1755]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Deformity: an essay / By William Hay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( *5 ) There are many Great and Tall Men, with whom I (hall always efteem it an Honour to converfe: and though their Eyes are placed in a much higher Parallel, they take care never to overlook me: and are'always concerned, if by Chance they happen to ftrike my Hat with their El¬ bow. When ftanding or walking, we indeed find fome Difficulty in the Con¬ vention ; for they are obliged to ftoop down, as in fearch of a Pin, while I am looking up, as if taking the Height of a Star with a Quadrant. And I own I fome- times ufe a little Policy, that the Contrail may not be too remarkable. General O. is Brother in Blood and in Worth to one of the greateft and beft Men of the Age: and a brave Spirit fe lodged in a large Perfon. The Man, who flood intrepid by his Majefty’s Side in the glorious Day of Dettingen, and afterwards
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