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find that upon the whole good and evil are pretty nearly balanced in this world and that though we may for a long while in the very lap of prosperity the time will at length come when we must off the reckoning fortune in fact is a and withal a most inexorable for though she may indulge her in long and them with her yet...	48
to make nine holes where they mend one stopping and with whatever comes first to hand like the i have mentioned old clothes in broken windows of this class of was william the and had he only been blessed with powers equal to his zeal or his zeal been by a little discretion there is very little doubt but he would have...	48
so terrible a with suitable hostility he concluded his wisest course was to return home and report ess he accordingly sailed back to new where he was received with great honours and considered as a pattern for all having achieved a most enterprise at a trifling ex of treasure and without losing a single to tlie state ...	48
the and stirred up the fire of and even though but the and patches the ninth parts of humanity neglected their own measures to attend to the measures of government nothing was wanting but half a dozen newspapers and patriotic to have completed this public illumination and to have the whole province in an uproar i shou...	48
to tobacco and hence they were called it is worthy of notice that this last has since come to be invariably applied to those or parties that will sometimes spring up between two great parties as a mule is produced between a horse and an ass by new york and here i would remark the great benefit of these party distinctio...	48
s palace lay two huge the one filled with blessings the other with and it verily seems as if the latter had been completely and left to the unlucky province of among the many internal and external causes of irritation the incessant of the upon his were continually adding fuel to the temper of william the numerous accou...	48
on the together with the rear of the poor house and and the full front of the hospital so that it is the room in the whole house during the whole time that he stayed with us we found him a very worthy good sort of an old gentleman though a little queer in his ways he would keep in his room for days together and if any ...	48
bill i therefore advertised him in the newspapers and though my melancholy advertisement was by several humane yet i have never been able to learn any thing satisfactory about him my wife now said it was high time to take care of ourselves and see if he had left any thing behind in his room that would pay us for his bo...	48
accident the thread of generations the same sad misfortune which has happened to so many ancient cities will happen again and from the same sad cause to of those which now flourish on the face of the globe with most of them the time for their early history is gone by their origin their foundation together with the peri...	48
showing the nature of history in general containing the universal of william the and how a man may learn so much as to render himself good for nothing chap in which are recorded the sage projects of a ruler of universal genius the art of fighting by and how that the van came to be at fort chap hi containing the fearf...	48
great ease and little study in the course of one of his lectures the learned professor seizing a bucket of water swung it round his head at arm s length the impulse with which he threw the vessel from him being a force the of his arm as a power and the bucket which was a substitute for the earth describing a circular r...	48
of philosophers likewise the famous system of the and and by means of his sacred the formation of the world the of nature and the principles both of music and morals j other to the system of squares and the the and the sphere the the the ap i cap f i c de c sur p de i cap of the world the while others ttie great theory...	48
hum we of three ham and authors it is true are who affirm thai the had a number of other children thus makes him father of the gigantic gives him a son called or and others have mentioned a son named from whom descended the teu tons or or in other the dutch nation i f exceedingly that the nature of my plan will not per...	48
that in the of another century the log book of the good should be as among as the voyages of captain cook or the renowned history of robinson i shall not occupy my time by discussing the how america was huge mass of additional conjectures and respecting the first discovery of this country with which unhappy over load t...	48
he saw the remains of of veritable construction employed in the precious ore so golden a conjecture with such extravagance was too tempting not to be immediately snapped at by the of of authors respecting learning and accordingly there were divers profound writers ready to swear to its and to bring in their usual load ...	48
still one mode left by which this country could have been peopled which i have reserved for the last because i consider it worth all the rest it is hy accident speaking of the islands of solomon new guinea and new holland the profound father in fine all these countries are peopled and it is possible some have been so ...	48
more know ledge more wants and more elegant that is to say artificial desires than themselves in entering upon a newly discovered country therefore the new comers were but taking possession of what according to the doctrine was their own therefore in opposing them the savages were their just rights the laws of nature a...	48
a variety of of a horrible whiteness instead of green g address to the man in the moon we have moreover found these miserable savages sunk into a state of the utmost ignorance and every man living with his own wife and his own children instead of indulging in that community of wives by the law of nature as by the philo...	48
sight of the identical spot whereon the church was to be built then did he spend three months longer in walking round it and round it contemplating it first from one point of view and then from another now would he be hy it on the canal now would he peep at it through a from the other side of the and now would he ta...	48
be all the same thing a hundred years hence he was skilled in the art of carving and true lover s knots on the bulk heads and quarter and was considered a great wit ship in consequence of his playing on every body around and now and then even making a face at old when his back was turned to this universal genius are we...	48
loaded with a of vines bowing their branches to the earth that was covered with flowers on the gentle of the hills were scattered in gay profusion the the and the wild whose scarlet and white blossoms glowed brightly among the deep green of the surrounding foliage and here and there a curling column of smoke rising fro...	48
some three or four years after the return of the immortal that a crew of honest low dutch set sail from the city of am for the shores of america it is an loss to history and a great proof of the darkness of the age and the lamentable neglect description of the of the noble art of book making since so cultivated by know...	48
the name of and commands a grand prospect of the superb bay of new york it is within but half an hour s sail of the latter place provided you have a fair wind and may be distinctly seen from the city nay it is a well known fact which i can testify from ray own experience that on a clear still summer evening you may hea...	48
of his dress in fact the small clothes seems to have been a very important garment in the eyes of our ancestors owing in all probability to its really being the largest article of among them the name of ten or tin is indifferently translated into ten breeches and tin breeches the high dutch incline to the former opini...	48
to the ocean for in this tremendous uproar of the waters we are told that many huge fragments of rock and land were rent from the mountains and swept down by this river for sixty it is a matter long since established by certain of our philosophers that is to say having been advanced and never contradicted it has grown ...	48
dinner ever eaten at by christian and here as tradition relates did the great family between the and the which afterwards had a singular influence on the building of the city the sturdy whose eyes had been delighted with the salt that spread their along the coast at the bottom of s bay by all means to return thither an...	48
driving through the air at length the mighty tub of van was drawn into the of that called the pot where it was about in giddy until the senses of the good commander and his crew were overpowered by the horror of the scene and the strangeness of the revolution how the gallant of was snatched from the jaws of this modern...	48
and made a council the worthy van was observed to be particularly zealous in his to the for having the cares of the expedition especially committed to his care he deemed it incumbent on him to e t profoundly for the public good in tion as he filled himself to the very brim with the dainty before him did the heart of th...	48
learned men and women of this age this last name is said to be derived from the great indian spirit who was supposed to make this island his favourite abode on account of its uncommon delights for the indian traditions affirm that the bay was once a lake filled with silver and golden fish in the midst of which lay this...	48
for good ten yet there was not a greater busy body in the whole colony have seldom much effect in making in argument nor have ever seen a man convinced of error by being convicted of at least such was not the case at present ten breeches was very in reply and tough breeches who was a sturdy little man and never gave u...	48
one a au honestly and of pure ignorance dr in other words knew no better nor must i omit to record one of the earliest measures of this in nt settlement inasmuch m it the piety o our forefathers and that they were always ready to the op t god they had first served themselves thus having quietly settled themselves down...	48
same manner that your knowing people are sure to rich relations with their and loving a governor the usual marks of protection shown by mother countries to wealthy colonies were forthwith manifested the first care ways being to send rulers to the new settlement with orders to squeeze as much from it as it will yield a...	48
of a long and prosperous life certain however it is there never was a matter proposed however simple and on which your common narrow minded mortals would determine at the first glance but what the renowned put on a mighty mysterious vacant kind of look shook his head and having smoked for five minutes with earnestness ...	48
in those s days as seal ring of the great thb governor s sage decision among the true the two parties being confronted before him each produced a book of accounts written in a language and character that would have puzzled any but a high dutch or a learned of egyptian to understand the sage took them one after the othe...	48
rather that the mind is to the body like melted lead to the clay in which it is cast has been insisted on by many philosophers who have made human nature their peculiar study for as a learned gentleman of our own city there is a constant relation between the moral character of all intelligent creatures and their physi...	48
at the door of his white washed house the shade of some gigantic or overhanging willow here would he smoke his pipe f afternoon enjoying the soft southern v and listening with silent to the of his the of his and the of his swine that of farm yard melody which may truly be said t o have a silver sound inasmuch as it a c...	48
and others who are of a less martial but equally ardent imagination and who withal are a little given to the marvellous will dwell with on descriptions of unheard of events hair breadth escapes hardy adventures and all those astonishing that just along the boundary line of possibility a third class who not to speak sl...	48
up until the revolution of time round the weekly cleaning day a new fire side as to the family they always entered in at the gate and most generally lived in the kitchen to have seen a numerous household assembled around the fire one have imagined that he was transported back to those happy days of simplicity which flo...	48
their with a candle and covered with a little cap of which fitted exactly to their heads their of were striped with a variety of gorgeous though i must confess these gallant garments were rather scarce reaching below the knee but then hey made up in the number which generally female costume equalled that of the gentle...	48
he would sally forth with pipe in mouth to some fair s heart not such a pipe good reader as that which did sweetly tune in praise of his but one of true manufacture and furnished with a charge of fragrant tobacco with this would he resolutely set himself down before the fortress and rarely failed in the process of tim...	48
s ears it naturally followed that their liberty of conscience likewise implied liberty which being freely indulged soon put the country in a and aroused the pious indignation of the fa of the church the usual methods were adopted to them that in those days were considered so in bringing back stray sheep to the fold tha...	48
philosophers the sure basis of a happy union thus early did this cunning and ingenious people display a at making a bargain which has ever since distinguished them and a strict to the good old vulgar about buying a pig in a to this sagacious custom therefore do i chiefly attribute the increase of the or yankee tribe f...	48
have it van a most soldier of that class of which we have such numbers on parade who are famous for eating all they kill he was of a very appearance and would have been an exceeding tall man had his legs been in proportion to his body but the latter being long and the former uncommonly short it gave him the uncouth ap...	48
making in the road and for which kind of the children of this city have ever been famous on arriving at the governor s house he climbed down from his in great roused the gray headed old who like his and faithful representative the venerable of our court was nodding at his rattled at the door of the council chamber and ...	48
ery blast of the nose according to the custom of great this in general i is intended as a signal trumpet to call the of the but with william the it boasted a more classic cause for he had of the singular expedient of that famous who when he he roman his tones by an or pitch pipe this preparatory being performed le com...	48
which i am informed has befallen but too many of its it was a long time before could be persuaded by the united efforts of all his that his war measures had failed in producing any effect on the contrary he flew in a second one issued t passion whenever any one dared to question its and swore that though it was slow i...	48
make peace to the petty powers or as the indians sacrifice to the devil others were for buying them out j but this was posed as it would be acknowledging their title to the land they had seized a variety of measures were as usual in such cases proposed discussed and abandoned and the council had at last to adopt the me...	48
as the story goes could so upon his instrument as to produce an effect upon all within hearing as though ten thousand were singing right i the nose him did the illustrious pick out as the man of all the world most fitted to be the champion of new and to garrison its fort making little doubt but that his instrument woul...	48
for the champion slain by of was a man of few words but prompt actions one of your straight going officers who march directly forward and do their orders without making any parade he used no extraordinary speed in his movements but steadily on through and and and and the mighty town of and various other renowned citie...	48
and the enormous debt of comfort which it contracted foes it from different quarters the city of peter new while yet in its infancy is kept in constant alarm j and its commander the answers the vulgar but expressive idea of a man in a of troubles while busily engaged his bitter enemies the on one side we find him sudde...	48
letters the word of the hebrew a mystery sublime and and the letters of which he he having been stolen by the constituted their great name or jove in short in all my and from the of to the works of and mother bunch i have not discovered the least of an origin of this word nor have i discovered any word of sufficient t...	48
would it have been for william the had he in the course of his universal ac stumbled upon this precaution of the good on the contrary he conceived that the true policy of a was to laws and thus secure the property the persons and the morals of the people by surrounding them in a manner with men traps and spring guns a...	48
they became very and the constant of temper into which the little governor was thrown by the on his and his unfortunate to experiment and occasioned him to keep his council in a continual worry and the council being to the people at large what or is to a they threw the whole community into a and the people at large b...	48
demonstration to be not merely a heavy tax on the public pocket but an incredible of time a great of idleness and of course a deadly to the prosperity and morals of the people ill fated had he lived in this enlightened and loving age and consequent tumult attempted to the liberty of the press he could not have struck m...	48
that he was serving his when he the character or the pocket of a political adversary however they might differ between themselves all parties agreed on one point to at and condemn every measure of government whether right or wrong for as the governor was by his independent of their power and was not by their choice and...	48
administration nor was the a whit behind his patron in fiery zeal l ut like a faithful champion of the public safety on the arrival of every fresh article of news he was sure to sound his trumpet from the with disastrous notes throwing the people into and disturbing their rest at all times seasons which caused him to...	48
record of this learned philosophic but unfortunate little man is a long letter to the council of the wherein in the bitterness of his heart he rails at the people of new haven or red hills for their contempt of his protest at them for within the province of their high from this letter which is a model of writing with a...	48
a great man is a matter of very little importance much as we may think of ourselves and much as we may excite the empty of the million it is certain that the greatest among us do actually fill but an exceeding small space in the world and it is equally certain that even that small space is quickly supplied when we leav...	48
it is and i confess it with row that he had an unreasonable aversion to ex and was fond of governing his provinces after the simplest manner but then he contrive see the histories of masters and character to it in better order than did the though he had all the philosophers ancient and modem to assist and him i must ...	48
claim the merit of having made the above political discovery it has in fact long been secretly acted upon by certain enlightened and is together with divers other notable theories privately copied out of the common place book of an illustrious gentleman who has been member of and enjoyed the unlimited confidence of hea...	48
often the sympathies of age his h r c e which like a spirit sits at the of the heart every genial sentiment and every spontaneous glow of enthusiasm no sooner then did this scoundrel on his honour reach the ear of peter than he proceeded in a manner which would have to his credit even though he had studied for years in...	48
rubbed their eyes and declared that it was just and to declare instant war against these but it was necessary that the people t large should first be prepared for this measure and for this purpose the arguments of the orator were preached from the pulpit for several sundays subsequent and earnestly recommended to the c...	48
to believe him guilty of the infamous plot most laid at his door with a generosity for which i would yield them immortal honour they declared that no determination of the grand council of the league should bind the general court of to join in an offensive war which should appear to such general court to be unjust this ...	48
them finding therefore that neither sound reason nor friendly entreaty had any avail on these hardened they resorted to the more urgent arguments of the torture and having absolutely wrung the truth from their stubborn lips they condemned them to undergo due unto the crimes they had confessed some even carried their a...	48
of and his melancholy end the general in an evil hour issued s long tail orders for the hair of both officers and men throughout the garrison now it came to pass that among his officers was one a sturdy who had cherished through the course of a long life a rugged of hair not a little resembling the of a with an like t...	48
a sudden halt planted himself firmly on his solid with his wooden leg with silver a little in ad in order to strengthen his position his right hand grasping a gold headed cane his left resting upon the his sword his head dressing to the right with a most appalling and hard favoured frown upon his brow he presented alt...	48
in front was linked together by made of a pair of red another had an old cocked hat stuck on the back of his head and decorated with array a bunch of tails a third had a pair of rusty hanging about his heels while a fourth who was short and duck legged was equipped in a huge pair of the cast off breeches which he hel...	48
that he was a great the cunning while he pretended to be struck dumb outright with the of the great von took silent note of the of his garrison of which he gave a an afternoon s campaign hint to his followers who tipped each other the wink and laughed most in their sleeves the inspection review and being concluded the...	48
it and who the skirts of society like and every garrison and country village has one or more of this kind whose life is a kind of whose existence is without motive who comes from the lord knows where who lives the lord knows how and seems to be made for no other earthly purpose but to keep up the ancient and honourable...	48
the province thus armed at all points with war depicted in each feature his very cocked hat assuming an air of uncommon defiance he instantly put himself upon the alert and despatched he summons a council van hither and thither this way and that way through all the muddy streets and crooked lanes of the city by sound o...	48
ages here and there might be seen a rude perched among the cliffs of the mountains with its curling column of smoke mounting in the transparent atmosphere but so situated that the of the savage children on the margin of the dizzy heights fell almost as faintly on the ear as do the notes of the lai k when lost in the v...	48
lost upon the gallant naught occupied his mind but thoughts of iron war and proud of hardy deeds of arms neither did his honest crew trouble their vacant heads with punishment of any romantic speculations of the kind the pilot at the quietly smoked his pipe thinking of nothing either past present or to come of his com...	48
brought to the camp a stout force of warriors heavily armed being each clad in ten pair of breeches and by broad with short pipes twisted in their these were the men who in the mud along the shores of this was likewise the great seal of the new i as may still be seen in ancient records f besides what is related in the ...	48
gratification of his much wished for revenge upon the scoundrel at fort but before i hasten to record those events which will be found in the of this faithful history let me pause to notice the fate of von the commander in chief of the armies of the new such is the inherent of return of von nature that scarcely did the...	48
public the poor nor indulging the not their security to devise new laws but faithfully those which were already made rather bending their attention to prevent evil than to punish it ever that civil should consider themselves more as of public morals than rat employed to public finally he them one and all high and low ...	48
the midst of his who like wise men took the hint mid for ever after held their peace a chapter vi showing the great advantage that the author has over his reader in time of battle together divers movements which that something terrible is about to happen like as a mighty when at a feast the first of soup his feels his...	48
by hard to the last v l make him drive about these vile as did the renowned of the a herd of knights and if he does fall let me never draw my pen to fight another battle in behalf of a brave man if i don t make these pay for it no sooner had peter arrived before fort than he proceeded without delay to himself and imme...	48
poets went without their dinners either that they might buy paper and goose or because they could not get any thing to eat antiquity out of its grave to see itself while even posterity stood mute gazing in gaping ecstasy of on the field g conduct of the heathen the immortal who had seen service at the affair of now ...	48
were horribly perplexed in a between two little hills by reason of the length of their noses there were the van of and so renowned for kicking with their left foot but their skill availed them little at present being short of wind in consequence of the hearty dinner they had eaten and they would have been put to had th...	48
him but that he pitying steel struck short and shaved the ever from his crown at this very moment a running perched on the summit of a mound his deadly and would have sent the gallant i wailing ghost to haunt the shore had lot the watchful who had just stopped x tie up her saw the great peril of her chief and despatch...	48
of the campaign with accuracy saving that he took the credit of fighting the whole battle himself and especially of the stout which he considered himself as clearly entitled to seeing that it was effected by his own stone the throughout the town gave holiday to their little who followed in after the drums with paper ca...	48
find the appearance they had assumed during his absence his first measure therefore was to restore perfect order by the dignity of the sovereign people he accordingly watched his opportunity and one evening when the enlightened mob was gathered together listening to a patriotic speech from an inspired the peter all at ...	48
from our examination there is likewise a kind of superstitious reverence for office which leads us to the merits and abilities of men in power and to suppose that they must be constituted different from other men and indeed faith is as necessary in politics as in religion it certainly is of the first importance that a ...	48
to march at the head of a potent force of the roaring boys of together with a great and mighty train of giants who the banks of the and to lay waste and the whole country of south river by this it is manifest that this boasted colony we find very curious and wonderful accounts of these strange people who were doubtles...	48
their pipes and thinking of nothing at all the of the province are at this moment in full while the active peter who takes all the labour of thinking and acting upon himself is busily some method of bringing the grand council of to terms in the mean while an angry cloud is darkly on the g g ng and honour of a noble mi...	48
and dangers he is constantly oh i for a chapter of the tranquil reign of attended by van van that i might repose on it as on a feather bed is it not enough peter that i have once already rescued thee from the of these terrible by bringing the l hole powers of to thine aid is it not that i have followed thee like a gu...	48
to see a crew of little crowding around him for his blessing each of whom he patted on the head bade him be a good boy and gave him a to buy the manuscript makes but little fur ther mention of the governor s adventures upon this expedition excepting that he was received with extravagant courtesy and respect by the grea...	48
stones to build up the walls every body in short was employed and every body was in the way of his neighbour alone was the only man who could find nothing to not to be idle when the welfare of his country was at stake he tucked up his robe and fell to rolling his tub with might and main up and down the in like manner ...	48
down to the now there was nothing in all the world the divine sex that van loved better than errands of this kind so just stopping to take a dinner and to his side his bottle well charged with he issued from the that looked out upon what is at present called broad way sounding as usual a farewell strain that rung in ec...	48
he was grinding under an irritation from abroad was too much for the of the peter he tore the letter in a thousand pieces threw it in the face of the nearest broke his pipe over the head of the next hurled his box at an unlucky who was just making a retreat out at the door and finally the whole meeting die by kickin...	48
not hesitate to speak their minds freely and abuse him most heartily behind his back like as a mighty who though assailed and by roaring waved and still ke on an course and though overwhelmed by boisterous still es from the troubled deep and blowing with violence so did the peter pursue his determined career and rise...	48
the inhabitants would follow their inclinations or rather their fears without waiting for his consent he ordered them to hand him up the paper it was accordingly hoisted to him on the end of a pole and having his name at the bottom of it he them all for a set of cowardly threw the at their heads down the window and wa...	48
the in the chimney and with all its other ceremonies once a year on the first day of april he used to array himself in full being the of his entry into new after the conquest of new this was always a kind of among the when they considered themselves at liberty in some measure to say and do what they pleased for on this...	48
the parlour his cocked hat and sword still hang up in the best bed room his breeches were for a long while suspended in the hall until some years since they occasioned a dispute between a new married and his silver mounted wooden leg is still up io the store room as an invaluable h l f reflections chapter x the auth...	48
of journals ard from the most esteemed british vol l na il february s ard bt s it or s new the magazine january l excursion from to a t half past ten on the evening of the th we again entered the coach and resumed our journey towards this city the night was clear the stars were bright and the...	48
england an excellent non was delivered by a gentleman formerly a fellow in the college and now settled m some country the and singing pleased us very much the chapel is large and has an high ceiling its order is two of this kind occupying the spaces between each window the ceiling is finely and the whole is richly orna...	48
from four to six feet above high water its average breadth at the surface is thirty five feet though it is somewhat less than this at the lower extremity being there if i mistake not twenty eight a work of this kind is sufficient to illustrate the public spirit and of the citizens of this great metropolis the shipping ...	48
objects which painfully the unnatural condition of things not simply in but in the country of which it is the capital nor is the impression diminished by the of these different buildings the finest of which are scattered over the city with seeming attention to regularity or fitness of place the contrast produced is oft...	48
a friend who politely look us round and pointed our attention to the remarkable buildings and connected with it and conducted us to the record apartments in tower where we were made acquainted with one of the and shown some very curious documents and relics one collection was i think the down s book and exhibited a sur...	48
fortune it was long ago remarked too by some traveller that he never knew what the of london did with their old clothes until coming to i must say that i had an equal degree of doubt but it exists no longer for in my opinion has reached its ne in this city the aspect of wretchedness moreover is heightened by the strong...	48

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