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o'clock; about which time the wind aroſe, and ⟨the⟩ ſea began to roar in a moſt tremendous and ⟨uncommon⟩ manner. As yet, we had not any ⟨preſenment⟩ of the diſtreſs and danger which it was ⟨ſoon⟩ afterwards our unhappy fortune to encounter: ⟨and⟩ although between two and three o'clock in the ⟨afternoon⟩, we ſaw the ſubordinat buildings begin ⟨to⟩ totter and fall around us; yet we did not think ⟨it⟩ neceſſary to provide, at that time, for our ⟨preſent⟩ or future ſafety. We now obſerved, with ⟨ſome⟩ emotion and concern, a poor pigeon ⟨endeavoured⟩ with fruitleſs ſtruggle, to regain its neſt: it (illegible text)tered long in the air; and was ſo weakened at ⟨last⟩ that it was driven away by the wind, and in ⟨almost⟩ a moment was carried entirely out of ſight.
As great events are ſometimes the ⟨conſequence⟩ of ſmall beginnings, and as ſimple occurences ⟨are⟩ often as ſtriking as great concerns, I could not ⟨help⟩ dwelling with commiſeration upon what I had ⟨ſeen⟩ and of anticipating, in ſome meaſure, the loſs ⟨and⟩ inconvenience, though not the real deſtruction, (illegible text) what ſoon afterwards enſued.
A poor diſcouraged ewe, intimidated by the ⟨terrors⟩ of the night, had found its way into the (illegible text)iant quarter of the houſe, which, at the time ⟨of⟩ her retreat, muſt have been wholly neglected; (illegible text) to which it was afterwards, as our laſt reſort, (illegible text) unfortunate deſtiny to repair. She lay with pati(illegible text) cold, and fearful trembling, amidſt the joiſts, (illegible text) and cuffs that were inceſſently dealt around ⟨her.⟩ She became a pathetic ſufferer in the ſucceeding ⟨calalamity⟩; and he muſt have been a brute, ⟨indeed⟩ and more deſerving of the apellation ſhe bare, ⟨who⟩ could have perſerved in forcing her from ⟨ſuch⟩ ſeeming protection, or could have been ⟨envious⟩ that lately, which, from her unwillingneſs to
