Accidents > Life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque

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both lides to do the like. Thus far thev did well:
But had flie obeyed the hint which prefTed upon her
ftrangely, not to go to bed, fhe had done much bet¬
ter ; for the fire was actually kindled at that very
time, though not broken out. About an our after
the whole family was in bed, the houfe juft over the
way, diredtly oppofite, was all in flames, and the
wind, which was very high, blowing the flame upon
the houfe this gentlewoman lived in, fo filled it with
fmoke and fire, in a few minutes, the ftreet being
narrow, that they had not air to breathe, or time
to do any thing, but jump out of'their beds, and
fave their lives. Had fhe obeyed the hint given, and
not gone to bed, fihe might have f'aved feveral things;
but the few moments fhe had fpared to her, were
but juft fufficient to leap out of bed, put fome cloaths
on, and get down ftairs, for the houfe was on fire
in half a quarter of an hour.
I remember about 14 or 15 years ago (as to time
I cannot be very pofitive) there was a young clergy¬
man in the city of Dublin in Ireland, who dreamed
a very uncommon dream, That a. gentleman had
killed his wife, a relation of his, by ftabbing her in fe¬
veral places ; the fright of this awaked him, but find¬
ing it a dream, he compofed himfelf again to fleep,
when he dreamed a fecond time the fame dream.
This made him a little uneafy ; but thinking it pro¬
ceeded from the impreflion made on his mind by
the former, he went to fleep again and dreamed the
fame dream a third time alfo. So troubled was he
at this, that he arofe, and knocked at his mother’s
chamber, told his concern, and his apprehenfions
that all was not right at his relation’s houfe. Dear
fon, fays the good old gentlewoman, do not mind
thefe foolifh dreams : And I very much wonder, that
youf being a perfon in holy orders, fhould have re¬
gard to fuch illufions. Upon this he went to bed
again, fell fleep, and dreamed a fourth time as before.
And