Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866 · London : Longman and co., and S. Highley · leaf 311
s head : one, that of a man of weak intellect,who set tire to a stack in order to be taken to prison; andthe other, that of a person who set fire to a cathedral,Conceiving that he had a command from heaven to do so. Dr. Marc adduces, as an instance of instinctive pyro-inania, that of a lad of 16,… … ■> 179 EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXVI. PROPENSITY TO BURN. Portrait of G. B., aged 46. This man, a blacksmith by trade, and, consequently, familiarwith large fires, after the death of his father, who hadtaken care of him and had brought him up to his owntrade, became distressed in circumstances and…
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