DWARF, ALBERICH 
 
 
  BORUWLASKI (Count Joseph), 2 feet 4 
inches.  Died aged 98 (1739-1837).  He 
had a brother and a sister both dwarfs. 
  BUCHINGER (Matthew), who had no arms 
or legs, but fins from the shoulders. He 
could draw, write, thread needles, and 
play the hautboy.    Fac-similes of his 
writing are preserved among the Harleian 
MSS. (born 1674--*). 
  CHUNG, recently exhibited with Chang 
the giant. 
  COLO'BRI (Prince,) of Sleswig, 25 inches; 
weight, 25 lbs. (1851). 
  CoNoPAs, 2 feet 4 inches. One of the 
dwarfs of Julia, niece of Augustus. 
  COPPERNIN, the dwarf of the princess of 
Wales, mother of George III. The last 
court-dwarf in England. 
  CRACHAMI (Caroline), a Sicilian, born at 
Palermo, 20 inches. Her skeleton is pre- 
served in Hunter's Museum (1814-1824). 
  DECKER or DUCKER     (John), 2 feet 6 
inches. An Englishman (1610). 
  FARREL (Owen), 3 feet 9 inches. Born 
at Cavan. He was of enormous strength 
(died 1742), 
  FERRY (Nicholas), usually called 136W, 
contemporary with Boruwlaski. He was 
a native of France. Height at death, 2 
feet 9 inches (died 1737). 
  GIBSON (Richard) and his wife Anne 
Shepherd. Neither of them 4 feet. Gib- 
son was a noted portrait painter, and a 
page of the back-stairs in the court of 
Charles I. The king honored the wedding 
with his presence; and they had nine 
children (1615--1690). 
     Design or chance makes others wive, 
     But Nature did this match contrive. 
                           Waller (1642). 
  HUDSON (Sir Jeffrey), 18 inches. He was 
born at Oakham, in Rutlandshire (1619-- 
1678). 
  Lucius, 2 feet; weight 17 lbs. The 
dwarf of the Emperor Augustus. 
 
 
  PHILE'TAS, a poet, so small that "he 
wore leaden shoes to prevent being blown 
away by the wind" (died B. C. 280). 
  PHILIPS (Calvin) weighed less than 2 lbs. 
His thighs were not thicker than a man's 
thumb.    He was born at Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts, in 1791. 
  RITCHIE (David), 3 feet 6 inches. Native 
of Tweeddale. 
  SouvrAy (Therese). 
  STOBEUIN (C. H.) of Nuremberg was less 
than 3 feet at the age of 20. His father, 
mother, brothers, and   sisters were all 
under the medium height. 
  THUMB (General Tom). His real name 
was Charles S. Stratton; 25    inches; 
weight, 25 lbs. at the age of 25. Born at 
Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1832. 
  THUMB (Tom), 2 feet 4 inches. A Dutch 
dwarf. 
  XIT, the royal dwarf of Edward VI. 
  *** Nicephorus Calistus tells us of an 
Egyptian dwarf "not bigger than a par- 
tridge." 
 
  Dwaif of Lady Clerimond was named 
Pac'olet. She had a winged horse, which 
carried off Valentine, Orson, and Cleri- 
mond from the dungeon of of Ferr~gus to 
the palace of King Pepin; and subse- 
quently carried Valentine to the palace of 
Alexander, his father, emperor of Constan- 
tinople. Valentine and Orson (fifteenth 
century). 
 
  Dwarf (The Black), a fairy of malignant 
propensities, and considered the author of 
all the mischief of the neighborhood. In 
Sir W. Scott's novel so called, this imp is 
introduced under various aliases, as Sir 
Edward Mauley, Elshander the recluse, 
cannie Elshie, and the Wise Wight of 
Micklestane Moor. 
 
  Dwarf Alberich, the guardian of the 
 
 
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