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not only all the great cities of the country but over all the great cities of all countries i related the story the poor girl i had met that night on the street had told me but i frankly asserted that i did not believe that it could be as general as he claimed smooth ally was it said who knew of her she is the and wors... | 46 |
land and them to their destruction with gifts of gold and words of peace and this is what society does the virtue society of the twentieth they speak of what they mean is a condition which the repose of the rich and powerful there is now the that consists of want of equal government for rich and poor alike look at jo... | 46 |
account of the way in which they had been reduced from what they thought to what she very truly called circumstances i confess that i was rather bored by her relation which was given with much until she mentioned casually that miss had tried to interest her father in their case but he had said it was too late to do any... | 46 |
given up everything in the world to try to save her husband and such a wretched hole as they lived in you by fate leads couldn t imagine they did not have a single article of furniture in their room when i when mr marvel first found them it had all gone to the loan company they were starving john marvel had a nose li... | 46 |
by herself as she had described but she only laughed at me for my earnestness she had also been to see the miss she said and she gave an amusing and at the same time a pathetic account of miss s brave attempt to cover up their poverty it is hard to do anything for them one can help the but it is almost impossible to he... | 46 |
as good a one she said i do not care what he calls himself he is why think of him beside doctor beside some of those who set up to be burning and shining lights i well i will agree to that in fact i agreed with everything she had said though i confess to a pang of jealousy at such praise as just as i thought by john m... | 46 |
what you know of the fraud that was on the of a certain colonel who built and once largely owned the road i have spoken ov fraud sir what do you mean as to what you know if anything of the arrangement by which a certain sold out his the said of the said colonel to a certain mr whose private you then were and whose re... | 46 |
what then what had i ever done to you that you should be after me i you were you tried to kill me you ve cut my head open and no thanks to you that you didn t kill me t wa n t me t was that other fellow the that away and left me what s his name i don know i never seen him before what are you lying to me for what s his ... | 46 |
one which was not earnest and impressive such were the men some hundreds of them whom i used to gaze at and admire and envy through the open windows of several great and mills along the street through which lay my way to my i chose thb street for the pleasure of seeing them of a morning as with and arms and and shining... | 46 |
a man feels in seeing justice out the rise of a power able to exact if not complete at least justice for the down trodden but here was something different it was still the union but bore a new complexion and a different relation alike to the the employer and the public it was a strange power and its was different it wa... | 46 |
strike on a vast scale that should exceed ever known heretofore was steadily increasing knew that this was the cloud that left its shadow on her father s brow and she determined to make an effort to assist him she had the scheme in her little head and it appeared the very thing to do the approach of offered an opportun... | 46 |
come to be known as an advanced of action to this bold was due much of his power he was not afraid of the men said and so they established him in his seat as their leader to his presence was due a goodly share of the shadow that had been gathering over the s part of the section of the town which i have noted thus the m... | 46 |
took i sprang to my chair and by ic john marvel assistant began to protest they hushed down for a second i as a scoundrel a spy a hound with a roar they set upon me and swept me from my feet why i was not killed instantly i hardly know to this day fortunately their very fury them i knew that it was necessary to keep my... | 46 |
man who had passed the worst again there was a slight on the part of the others and one of the older men rising from his seat by john marvel assistant and taking a step forward said gravely we have come to submit to you his speech however was instantly interrupted by the man in the overcoat not by a d d sight r he b an... | 46 |
of all sad things on earth a strike is the and like other battles next to a defeat the scene is the field of victory the shadow had settled down on us the sunshine was gone the temper of every one appeared to have been strained the principle of as a system by john marvel assistant of protection and defence had suddenly... | 46 |
great and then i shall not to borrow any more i shall all de i want my pockets full and den i pay you one two t times for all you lend me and now i de comes to you de and calls you mine friend and swear to pay you one two t times over you nod refuse me the rest was in the language of their own country the argument... | 46 |
can only feel but not describe that i said as i understand it is the province of and also perhaps its test it has somewhat the same effect on me that saying my prayers has i believe in something infinitely good and pure and blessed it me i get into a better frame of mind i should think your frame of mind was always a b... | 46 |
now felt i had lost and might possibly never recover i walked the streets for some time that evening in a very low state of mind and as he solemnly along with his head now against my leg now a step in the rear must have wondered what had befallen me by midnight he looked as dejected as i felt even when at length having... | 46 |
been the same to and had been and had thrown up his place then she had wished to break with him but they would not let her and of late she had been staying out a good deal visiting her friends she said and when they urged her to marry she had always b and was wretched and they were all wretched count had intimated that... | 46 |
vehemence that she would have justice for this outrage she would report the officer to the captain and to his honor the mayor and have the whole th fired the officer was very all we learned was that a lady had been brought there by a gentleman who said he was her husband but she had refused to let her in she by seekin... | 46 |
two young women drinking the champagne he was freely offering and tossing off himself and the women stopped him about diamond ring and rallied him on attention to the as with head up lips compressed eyes straight before her and the color mounting in her cheek she passed swiftly up the room between the tables and made h... | 46 |
proprietor why don t you let her see the girl he said at him or winked it could scarcely be told which what the fa it to you why can t you keep your mouth for your own business instead of interfering with other folks you hare seen trouble enough doing that before let her see the girl what business fa it of yours whethe... | 46 |
was not however the woman s daughter but to my horror i recognized instantly the poor girl i had once rescued from a less cruel death and had turned over to the salvation army there was no her her face was stamped on my memory she presently recognized me too but all by john marvel assistant she said was they got me bac... | 46 |
if war had been declared there were no all had taken sides by john marvel assistant before many days were out the strike had so far that of its being a small body of men engaged in of work with pacific methods of attempting to others who wished to continue their work from doing so or by some more positive form of argum... | 46 |
ally with abundant resources had come to mr s assistance in the person of an old by john marvel assistant friend and the fruit of their labors had been plucked from their hands outstretched to grasp it and now having raised the tempest these could not calm it in other words having started a strike among mr s for a spec... | 46 |
pen of flame the papers charged that his letters added fuel to the flames already blazing it was possibly true certainly the flames were as the strike proceeded and violence increased those evidences of sympathy which came in the form of grew less and at last they began to fail in the commotion the of the community wer... | 46 |
liked to go up to and make peace with her but while i joined her and i walked home alone and thoughtful the press next morning had a fairly full notice of the meeting the first that had ever been given to the work done through the chapel and its minister the chief notices in it were the connection of the minister with... | 46 |
the case what facts sir demanded dr sternly facts there is but one fact to be considered that you have a yes i knew it would look so and i had intended to come yesterday to consult you as to the best method it is a pity you had not done so that you allowed your sense of duty to be so obscured as to forget what was du... | 46 |
priests the truth in that teaching is that god is within you and to be worshipped in spirit and in truth that not the temple made with hands but die temple of the body is the one temple and that the poor are his chosen people the poor in heart are his loved yet your priests to themselves all that he suffered to overth... | 46 |
the great table all of which was set forth in the press the following day with a of description and a wealth of quite equal to the display at the dinner nor need i take time to describe the guests who were assembled mr who was invited was not present but expressed himself as ready to meet his men half way every not in ... | 46 |
city and the community at large growing out of the strike expressed in figures which had been carefully and closed with the emphatic declaration that the working people did not know what they wanted one other thing he made plain that in a strike the working people suffered most which was a proposition that few persons ... | 46 |
preach the love of god to preach patience and long suffering and the teaching of his by the peace maker lord and master who had lived in poverty all his life without a place to lay his head and had died calling on god to forgive his enemies this b a poor of what he said very simply but with a feeling and solemnity whi... | 46 |
colder and the guests a trifle more reserved that is all mrs however followed the old fashioned custom of introducing her guests to each other preferring to open the way for them to feel at home rather than to leave them among about the weather and their taste for opera and though a lady whom i presently sat next to i... | 46 |
having in my attempt at a rhyme i placed her in her chair and as i took my own seat a rhyme came to me a one but yet a rhyme and since castles he s built less i said calmly as i seated myself quite as if it had come easily i was wondering how you d get out of that she said with a little smile which her cheek you know ... | 46 |
talking steadily asking me suddenly and in a tone which showed she demanded an answer what do you think of that why i think it was quite natural i said you do yes i do i declared firmly you think it was natural for him to run off with his own daughter in law i her eyes were wide with astonishment well not precisely nat... | 46 |
of the measure you the literature and the novels i interrupted yes i but mean the lot how provincial they yes they appear so well they do not dare to discuss anything and vital by the flag of yes they dare they are daring enough but they don t know how they are stupid no they are afraid afraid of what of public opinio... | 46 |
our hostess i still stand by doctor declared mrs arrow he is so refined and i by jim i thought at one time it was by the flag of count but since has taken him away the other seems to be the winning card i must say i think the count would have been the better match of the two i don t think that exclaimed the other lady... | 46 |
he started but recovered himself which of em he inquired as he flung himself into a chair and looked for a match for the which he took from a jewel studded gold case i am rather well endowed with them at present what were you saying by the flag of i repeated my remark about the two establishment gentry his face flushed... | 46 |
by a proposal of marriage public use and i am a harder worked man than any or in one of my shops or on one of my lines that you are exclaimed his daughter i belong to the class that produces and we are between the upper and the do you see expressed her assent the fire of course cost us a lot it was set on fire interrup... | 46 |
a few were detailed but it was known to both sides that no real protection would be granted s order to the force bore this plainly on its face so plainly that the papers him for his and for the first time began to side with the company the offer of increased wages to new men was openly by the generally but in a few ho... | 46 |
right into mine and i took courage enough to look into hers for an instant i have never forgotten them they were like deep pools clear and filled with light she did not look at all displeased and i did not envy st martin all she said was how do you do mr it was quite as if she expected to find me and she had she had se... | 46 |
goose for my to make food acceptable to their be a at once no but these are places than and i should think your soul would revolt at thb i swung my ann in a half are not my he said half smiling well admit and i knew all by s along that this was the there are other brethren of nearer degree n he ejaculated i among my ... | 46 |
your life the very evil with which you charge him love of money what have we none but money we call it wealth we have the name and its shows ihe of the race once it meant now mere riches thou employed the very enemy and of the whose in the last of the was intended as a to embrace the whole has our whole life public an... | 46 |
is b ng diminished its horrors lessened food is becoming more diffused civilization material civilization is being extended and the universal rights are being a little more recognized however dimly this means the gradual of mankind the of as well as of food growth of and as this comes think you that man will not rise... | 46 |
him create a great from to draw a better the trouble with you my dear is that you are assuming all the time that your law is a fixed law your c o so a fixed they axe not there are few by john marvel assistant things fixed in the the universal law b change growth or decay of all the and stars the pole star alone is fi... | 46 |
taken with her the mother said the child was afraid to go out on the street now and miss thought it would do her good the poor woman s pitiful face haunted me as i turned down the street the men were returning to work the effect of the strike was still apparent all through this section of the town the streets were full... | 46 |
vm from heaven i stood abashed abashed i my selfish blindness through all my association with how often i had driven the iron into his soul with my arm over his shoulder i stammered something of my remorse and he suddenly seized my han j and wrung it in speechless friendship as we turned into a street not far from the... | 46 |
face and by john marvel assistant well it might for the throng was being parted by the young as water is parted by a there was a pistol shot then i saw the s arm lifted with the in his hand and the next second s head went down the cry that went up and the of the crowd told me what had happened but i had no time to act ... | 46 |
for me away oflf in the country you appear to be anxious to the city i said he only smiled i am going to send you to the country he said with calm decision by john marvel assistant when you come back i have made all the arrangements i am going to find i will find her if the world holds her yes to be sure he smiled he w... | 46 |
a young lady and a little girl and who but his head held high his twisted ears pointed straight up stream and his whole body and quivering with excitement it was a moment before i could quite take it in and i felt for a second as if i were dreaming yet there was under the her small white hand resting on the side of the... | 46 |
used to tell their readers who had followed them long enough to become their friends what in the became of all the principal characters and this custom i feel inclined to follow because it appears to me to show that the is in some sort the reflection of life as it is and not as or reader would make it fate may follow a... | 46 |
m and also to an act entitled an act u entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by si copies of maps and books to the authors and j of such copies during the times therein mentioned and benefits thereof to the arts of an historical and other prints charles clerk of the district of u lit or i i to thi new yor... | 48 |
a considerable good will for nay he even once went so for as to and that openly too and at his own just after dinner that a very well meaning sort of an old gentle and no fool from all which many led to suppose that had our author f different politics and written for the instead of wasting his w x account histories he... | 48 |
churchyard by the bones of his favourite hero peter and it is that the society have it in mind to erect a wooden m ment to his memory in the to the public to rescue from oblivion the memory of for incidents and to render a just tribute of u renown to the many great and wonderful actions of our dutch native of the city... | 48 |
us moreover that an earth has before the which he sir w ind f ot rot fr vol i of as a mere chicken of years that it has divers and that according to opinion of well informed of his it will be every fl each confiding years these are a few of the many contradictory of concerning the earth and we find the learned have had... | 48 |
own and to around the fun in as thinks proper ot chap ii or creation of the world with multitude of excellent theories which creation of a world is to be no s d difficult matter as common folks would mm having thus briefly introduced my to tin world and given him idea of its form and ft he will naturally be curious to... | 48 |
wandering that celebrated fleet which africa or by thai expedition which the forms us the or w it was by a temporary colony from ty hinted by and i whether it was by the ci as with great advances n the in under nor b hem the german as mr has t to prove to the s of die learned c philadelphia nor i investigate the more m... | 48 |
without behind them until to take breath th f found in america as they brought neither their national language manners feature with them it is they left them behind i hurry of their flight i cannot my faith opinion i oyer the of the learned who being both an and a to is entitled to great that north america wa peopled ... | 48 |
numerous tribes of indians that it that it has been peopled in five hundred ways as proved by a cloud of authors who om the of their to have been eye to the tbat the pie of this country had variety of father f it may dot be thought dutch to their credit by of readers the left we on the better the therefore i is t cha... | 48 |
by cultivation of the of the foil art obligation by nature on whole world is appointed for the n of inhabitants but it w incapable of doing was it every nation is then ui by the law of nature cultivate the ground has fallen to its mare r le like the and modern ha fertile countries to cultivate the e ith to live b... | 48 |
this world which were too apt to engage their worldly and thoughts been taken from them and have they not in lead thereof been taught to their affections on things above and finally to ufe the words of a reverend father in a letter to his in spain can any one have the to that have yielded any thing more than an to t... | 48 |
who on the great bear the fun as a looking and over tides and we thy have returned from a voyage of in the of which we have landed and taken of that ob little dirty planet which thou rolling at a the uncouth w have brought into this were one very important chiefs among their fellow who are a race of beings totally of t... | 48 |
main i the of new york is not a more d than if i never taken up my pen wife people more in their con in of going to work and the church came out of my grandfather s one of the goodly and in the known world excepting that r magnificent at it was grand a that the good folks could not to more than the wing of it so like... | 48 |
and flood but little chance of running down a continent in the dark he pro the from wearing more than five and fix pair of breeches under pretence of rendering them more alert and no man was permitted to go aloft and hand in fails with a pipe in his mouth as is the invariable dutch at the pre day all though they might... | 48 |
of jolly who had no objection to a drinking bout and were very merry in their cups the old chuckled to and double of tobacco in his cheek directed to have it carefully recorded for the of all the natural philosophers of the of which done he proceeded on his voyage with great complacency after failing however s s j til... | 48 |
formed that mound called which out of the centre of the a little to the of the animated by this for victory our heroes in triumph took d the foil as in the name of their the lords general and forward carried the village of by that it was defended by half a of old and pop on looking about them they were to pan with the ... | 48 |
to which the others would very attentively their pipes and her the poor were delighted they the new f in the bed art of and tobacco while the latter in return made them drunk with and then learned them the art of a trade for was opened the were in their dealings and by weight it as an invariable table of that the ha... | 48 |
an old pair of buck was familiarly or tough breeches ten completed this of it is a but ludicrous fact which were i not in the whole truth i be tempted to over in as with the gravity and dignity of that thk worthy gentleman have been from the part of his la fact the clothes to have been a very important garment in the e... | 48 |
the mc of the in process of time however very mighty and and the mountains pa and weak in the back by reason of their extreme age it suddenly rose upon them and after a violent struggle its escape this is said to have come to pass in very tea time probably before that rivers had lo i the art of lull the foregoing is a... | 48 |
now were they hurried narrowly by the very of impending rocks with the vine and crowned with groves that threw a broad on the waves beneath and anon they were borne away into the mid channel and along with a rapidity chat very much the van who as he the land receding on either began exceedingly to doubt that giving the... | 48 |
old m fc written in french of in names about this city de hell gate d loi chap v bow the heroes of returned some what wiser than they went and how the sage dreamed a dream and the dream that he dreamed the of night had upon this day and a night was it to the ears were with the raging of the elements and the howl fog... | 48 |
at dreaming and was pr ed a citizen and a right good when he was i w t t chap vl containing an attempt at and of the of the great city of the original name of the ill and wherein the of was thus thrown is a matter of and has already undergone a melancholy proof of the of all things and the vanity of all our hopes of... | 48 |
as much as he could he the upon the pi his as being and again very order of things as he would leave to ever for what he ba town out it is like a body without veins ar and for want of a free of the vital tough breeches on the con retorted with a upon his wh of an arid dry habit he that as to the circulation of the ... | 48 |
no better n r i omit to record one of the of this infant settlement as it le piety of our and that like good they were always ready to god after had thus having qui down and provided own comfort they of their and good st for his protecting owe in guiding them to table abode to this end they built a fair s chapel withi... | 48 |
dutch governor of the province of to be thus introduced at the end of chapter i will put an end to this fe book of my that i may him m with more dignity in the beginning of my next end book lit book iii in which it recorded the golden reign of van t chap l renowned van mb as likewise his unutterable fo the law of and e... | 48 |
the human countenance with ki t bt what is termed two mail grey feebly in the like two of magnitude in a and his full cheeks which to hare taken toll of thing that went into his mouth were tied and treated with f d like a apple his habits were as regular as his he took his four dated meals hour to each he and doubted e... | 48 |
the community doomed to bear the and of their own party and the and of the whole world set up like at to be and at by every and vagabond in the land on the contrary the dutch enjoyed that authority m all of colonies or they were in a manner in their little it if fo over both law and and to none but the mother country ... | 48 |
about favourite opinions and as they ge upon a hearty dinner they are naturally to be and indulgent in the ad of their duties was of this and therefore a pitiful for which i can never forgive him ordered in his that no judge hold a of except in the morning on an empty a rule which i warrant bore hard upon all the poo... | 48 |
hours when the tide had left the beach uncovered that they might up the fragrant of mud and mire which key had a true and re this house has been several times repaired and at present la i small yellow brick house no broad street with the to the street surmounted with an iron rod on which three or four years a iron boat... | 48 |
dart i do not find that they ever treated their company to or or them with or four as is often done an the age of refinement our were fond of more l fare the tea table was crowned with a huge well with of fat pork pit up into and in company being around the genial and with a fork evinced their dexterity m at the pieces... | 48 |
whereas the heart o a modern gallant has often room enough to date half a dozen the of which i conclude new york to be that either the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger or the of the ladies f however is a for to determine but there was a charm in which no doubt entered into the of the prudent the wardrobe of a... | 48 |
patent on the year and month did i take walk of meditation on that lame battery which though at no battery die delightful walk and commands the in the whole known world the ground on which i trod was by recollections of the and as i wandered through the of which like fo many on end a melancholy and my imagination drew ... | 48 |
his thunder his lightning his and preparatory to the railing of a or the of a we will now proceed with our whatever may be advanced by s to the contrary i am of opinion that as to nations the old that is the policy is a and it might have enough in the times when it was made but in days if a nation to rely merely upon t... | 48 |
member the tongue and are we not at this very moment our to over the opinions tie up the tongues or ruin the fortunes of one another what are our great political fo but mere political in qui our pot but little of our news papers but mere and where unfortunate individuals are with rotten eggs and our council of appoin... | 48 |
into a cow or pig ft ye and the whole forcibly of a fable which i am has never been recorded of an had who quit his humble habitation which he filled with to crawl into the empty hell of a where he would no doubt have great and tbe envy and history of hate of all the pains taking f nails of his hood had he not acciden... | 48 |
my work by a history of hood or prejudice it gain our forefathers the whole country of ne england it was at an early period of the province and p to the arrival of the renowned t the cabinet of the lai about the and for their and protection a fortified on banks of the river which was called fort ho a nd was hard by the... | 48 |
with which he could not comprehend which he could not realize could never think clearly on any through the whole pf his life af is this i was in measure for he never engaged in argument of he was exceeding fond but what between and he d and his in a fog of s and and then would get into a r with his for not being in kn... | 48 |
great at the time and was not a of at than half the tea tables in new but which like many other great has in the of years and this was that the great the though one of the potent little men that ever breathed yet at home to a of government neither laid down in nor in it partook of the nature of a pure tyranny and is g... | 48 |
the vulgar who rally require a kick in the rear to awaken their dignity i have known my profound citizens bear without murmur a ef of their rights merely were not immediately obvious to their b moment the unlucky was hot upon our this name is no doubt in some old dutch j the time we fi d the of who is u the unfortunat... | 48 |
history ov i been already hinted was the better hi obtained influence in public affairs keeping the province under a kind of government it was determined that be to ken for the effective of the city now it happened that at this time there in new one van i jolly fat dutch of a famous for his long wind and his huge and ... | 48 |
off hand of declared governor of all tie adjacent country under the name of the province new york d new no did this reach the ears of the than like a true he immediately broke into a violent rage and calling together his council the in the longed that had ever been heard in the colony the memorable of ten breeches and ... | 48 |
a kind of or by which our forefathers up their breeches and which ha of late years been and continues to be worn at the day such were the admirable improvements of in criminal law nor was his civil a matter of and much does it me that the limits of my work will not me on both with the they let it then to that in a lit... | 48 |
thrown the province in an uproar i not forget to mention that j meetings were always held at a noted of that have always been congenial of politics genial which give and to we are told that the had an admirable mode of treating any of importance they upon it drunk and afterwards it when the of america who two minds upo... | 48 |
never have known how to make up his mind any and might have run a great of right by mere accident had he not had others to think for him and a file leader to vote after thus then the enlightened inhabitants of the being divided into parties were enabled to and to and hate one another more accurately and now the great o... | 48 |
which goes new york to prove what i have before that your enlightened people love to be far be it from me to however that our worthy indulged in on the contrary they were daily a repetition of cruel wrongs not one of which but was a according to the of national dignity and honour for throwing the whole into and oh ye ... | 48 |
r i ct h i ik ih to my v u k the i u r of not by tlie for at to bv honour of i ta secure i md thai if lo bis bt un but n to the value of the we c for a we l i it the b dr iii bt of be of code ami for c js y tbe drama are evidently mere lent out to re f u a might have been spared from appearing in the of conqueror t... | 48 |
m p in by the i ce of iu r ut ot file countries of upper mi upper n to be very a of more in tlie of the united be of mt il i per i iu i ul if property called il i n lt ii by the of ite of u the in very eager to h n be with tu self ve say for he perfectly tl and everywhere and iu i rt i as if ih only relative to ihe... | 48 |
duty or performed fur of a or ua are yet f red as acts be or only bo by if the virtue tbe of r was iv i m or to c uie and of ir l life in t c s the of i no il done when he it from horror of i ii al tbe of life under an l t it ii to be by h not with the of in i j for the in it is lit f v iti iii ite but it i on sm o ... | 48 |
to lo u u i in c be r is ia in ir br and a us flint on and were i held lo him of if he but enter be ami b few indeed he to et be preferred ot of fo l top to any be bestowed on id while id tbe and uie red his re for and was bis in identify tbe ut in barred i ami in in manners modem of of would the i of bis and ihe of... | 48 |
wounded in left with a ball id late be be division and hu bravery and marked ihe gained him tbe of his and all had an opportunity of hint when were called to be bo quarter deck and in the act of pi at enemy a ball be nature of his wound im at hia enemy bad struck and even the not m fort far april the wounded had been ... | 48 |
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