... went back to her place. At length he came and told her that her husband was in London, in a coffee-house which he named, and that he would return v... ...ay (it was the very day that the woman had been with him), in a coffee- house in London; and that he had told him that his wife was much distressed ab... ...a hard-working, industrious man, one night dreamed that if he took a journey to London, and placed himself at a certain spot on London Bridge, he sho... ...s as being infected with the like superstition: ―My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them.‖ Chap. iv. 12. Not only ... ...land, of thə hazel‘s tendency to a vein of lead ore, seam or stratum of coal, &c., seems to be a vestige of this rod divination. The virgula d... ...azel stick, by means whereof people have pretended to discover mines, springs, &c., underground. The method of using it is this: the person who break... ... stick, by means whereof people have pretended to discover mines, springs, &c., underground. The method of using it is this: the person who breaks it... ...osited. THE SYMPATHETIC AND OCCULT VIRTUES OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, METALS, &c.—In these few remarks on the sympathetic influences I have ventured...