that the same noise which would occasion deafness in some, should be a specific for it in others!

The grey limewort was at one time supposed to have been a specific in hydrophobiathat it not only cured those labouring under this disorder, but by carrying it about the person, it was reputed to possess the extraordinary power of preventing mad dogs from biting them.

The mistletoe has the reputation of being an antidote for poisons and a specific against epilepsy.

Failing in this, specifics of all sorts were eagerly sought for and tried, and are unfortunately still believed in to a very great extent.

Yet it seems impossible to deny that both Normans and Lombards in adapting antecedent models added something of their own, specific to themselves as Northerners.

" Turning to some of the numerous plants which on the doctrine of signatures were formerly used as specifics from a fancied resemblance, in the shape of the root, leaf, or fruit, to any particular part of the human body, we are confronted with a list adapted for most of the ills to which the flesh is heir.

Pope could make a portrait specific by the vigorous use of epigrams, but Mrs. Haywood's comments on her heroes and heroines are but feeble.

He had no criticism to offer, no sign of objection more specific than a slight cough, a scarcely perceptible pause before assenting, and an air of self-control in his utteranceas if certain considerations had determined him not to inform against the so-called poet, who to his knowledge was a mere versifier.

This statement is certainly sufficiently specific as to whether Americans had recognized the Insurgent government on or before the date when it was written.

[Footnote 7: The legal requirements as to minimum reserves vary greatly from no specific per cent to 40 or more in different countries, for different classes of banks, and for different purposes.