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important i cannot possibly pronounce what was the tenor of governor speeches or ancient heroes s speech i am bold however to say from the tenor of his character that he did not wrap his rugged subject in and and other sickly of phrase but spoke forth uke a man of nerve and vigour who scorned to shrink in words from th...	48
to a different charm over the scene now would the jovial sun break from the east blazing from the of the hills and sparkling the landscape with a thousand gems while along the borders of the river were masses of mist which hke midnight disturbed at hi approach made a retreat rolling in sullen reluctance up the mountain...	48
his splendour from ow o tbe hi h bt the reflection of his nose of the did dart one of his most potent beams full upon the nose of the of brass the reflection of which shot straightway down hissing hot into the water and killed a mighty that was sporting beside the vessel this huge monster being with infinite labour ho...	48
ly band of men who performed a brave on shells but i refrain from pursuing this minute which goes on to describe the warriors of and hawk and and sundry other places well known in history and song for now does the sound of martial music alarm the people of new sounding afar from beyond the walls of the city but this a...	48
far as to propose thej peter s advice to him should him hy an statue of plaster of paris but the peter the was not thus to be deceived sending privately for the commander in chief of all the armies and having heard all his story with the customary pious oaths and comrade tried he though by your own account you are th...	48
fair and of could not have been more on tlie of the gallant tribe of than was that of the kind hearted fair ones of new on the de of their every maiden fondly crammed the j of her hero with and nuts many a copper ri i was exchanged and crooked sixpence broken in pledge of eternal constancy the expedition sails and th...	48
and made a sudden appearance before fort having summoned the astonished garrison by a blast from the trumpet of the long van he demanded in a tone of thunder an instant surrender of the fort to this demand the wind dried replied in a shrill voice which by reason of his extreme ess sounded like the wind whistling throu...	48
them all on fire with the importance of his subject he should put himself at their head flourish his pen and lead them on to the of the fight an illustrious example of tliis rule may b seen in that mirror of the immortal arrived at the breaking out of tlie war one of his that he sounds the charge in all the dispositio...	48
not unlike the of a trumpet of defiance which it had doubtless learned from a long intimate neighbourhood with that melodious instrument governor heard him through trumpet and all but with infinite impatience leaning at times as was his usual custom on the of his sword and at times a huge steel f watch chain or snapp...	48
on the sturdy chivalry of the there were the van and the and the ten the van ness the van the van g rolls the van the van and the van the the van the van the y tv v ti c van and of the hosts the van there were the van homes the van hooks the van the van the van and the van the the hoofs the the the pools and the ...	48
up a mountain in terror advance f michael long hung the conquest doubtful for though a heavy shower of rain sent by the cloud compelling jove in some measure cooled their as doth a bucket of water thrown on a group of fighting yet did they but pause for a moment to return with fury to the charge each other with black ...	48
carried swung on one side thence pursuing its course it severed off a deep coat pocket stored w lore di tv v a rolling among m e o i sa peter s fall and what broke it fill between the and and made the general battle to wax ten times more furious than ever enraged to see his military stores thus laid waste the stout co...	48
wounds and here i cannot but compare my in some sort to that of the divine milton who having arrayed w th sublime preparation his immortal hosts against each other is sadly put to it how to manage them and how he shall make the end of his battle answer to the beginning inasmuch as being mere spirits he cannot deal a mo...	48
renown of so great a man as peter should depend upon the pen of so little a man as and now having refreshed ourselves after the and perils of the field it us to return once more to the scene of and inquire what were the results of this renowned conquest the fortress of being the fair metropolis aud iu a manner the key ...	48
for another of his many titles for so delighted were the honest with his achievements that they honoured him with the name of that is to say peter the great or as it was translated by the people of new de pig an which he maintained even unto the day of bis death j book vii containing the third part of thb f peter th...	48
the art whose business it was to attend to those matters but for his part he should only mar the and put the whole in confusion why master of mine cried peter turning suddenly upon him with a countenance that almost the of shoes into a perfect dost thou pretend to with tbe movements of government to and correct and p...	48
danger of their leaving off altogether so like a wise man experienced in the ways of women he held his peace and suffered them ever after to wear their and cut their as high as they pleased reflections chapter ii peter was much hy the moss of the east and the giants of merry land and how a dark and horrid was carried ...	48
than ever it did in the fairest period of its prosperity the vast empire of china with population and and wealth of nations has through a succession of drowsy ages were it not for internal revolution and the of its ancient by the i v te i i of nothing but an detail of dull monotonous prosperity and he might have pas...	48
in the embraces of dame with many a stable oath he his and and lashes and up the hke a post boy half an hour behind his time and now behold that of fame and the peter a raw gallantly arrayed in full and on his that brass sword wliich had wrought such fearful deeds on the banks of the behold hard after him his and hare ...	48
was that this body was composed of the most men in the community as they considered themselves placed there to talk every man concluded that his duty to his and what is more his popularity with them required that he should on every subject whether he understood it or not there was an ancient mode of burying a by every ...	48
assemblage of cats engaged in and one another with hideous in each other s faces and on the point of breaking forth into a general are suddenly put to and sion by the startling appearance of a house dog so was the no less council of new amazed astounded and totally dispersed by the sudden arrival of the enemy every me...	48
dutch to he mere and demanding that the town should be forthwith rendered into his majesty s obedience and protection promising at the same time life liberty estate and free trade to every dutch who should readily submit to his majesty s government peter read over this friendly with some such harmony of aspect as we m...	48
what then must have been its effect upon the great who was not only a a governor and a wooden legged soldier to boot but withal a man of the most and disposition he burst forth into a blaze of noble indignation swore not a mother s son of them should see a syllable of it that they deserved every one of them to be han...	48
and no could be found to the adventurous of brass across the water for a short time he like an impatient ghost upon the brink and then himself of the of his errand took a hearty embrace of his stone bottle swore most that he would swim across en den in spite of the devil and plunged into the stream scarce had he half ...	48
the most vehement indignation the took to their heels eve i the were not slow in the premises fearing lest the sturdy peter is ue from his den and greet them with some unwelcome of his displeasure within three hours after the surrender a of british beef fed warriors poured into new taking possession of the fort and and...	48
is still up in the store room as a vol ii i reflections chapter x the author s reflections upon what has been said a the numerous events which are each in their turn the most and melancholy of all possible in your interesting and history there is none that occasions such deep and heart grief as the decline and fall of ...	48
two or three pi information which we bestow public chiefly because it suits our own p and convenience that they should be and partly because we do not wish tha should be any ill will between us at th of our acquaintance our intention is simply to instruct the reform the old correct the town and ca the age this is an ta...	48
the golden i of female delicacy and decorum we not any little of or innocent vivacity of before we advance one line further we i let it be understood as our firm opinion of all prejudice or partiality that the new york are the fairest the finest the i accomplished the most the i beings that walk creep crawl si fly flo...	48
make the sweet swan of like a if any one should feel himself of whim opinions by our let him attack we shall not from the if his passes be successful we will b first to cry out a hit a hit and we we hall lay ourselves open t weapons of our but let them a care how they run a with us have to deal with stubborn foes who ...	48
beauty of etc beginning with and pity like a naked new born babe etc it is one of those passages of ao and opinions which should always be retained for the pose of showing how sometimes that poet could talk like a or to s more plainly like the mad poet lee as it is the first duty of a friend to ad and as we profess ...	48
of sundry limbs which seemed to be flourishing about without to any body after much investigation and difficulty i at length traced them to their owners whom i found to be all to a man art may have somewhat m these affairs but nature certainly did more i i have since been considerably employed in calculations on this s...	48
to the compliment to the fascinating little who danced s gracefully every lady took that to herself mentioned also that the ladies were extremely anxious to learn the mode of managing their and miss who is as as an ha seen a few superfluous pass over hei head and of having slain her wished to know how old maids were t...	48
a few nights since by mr at which i had the misfortune of being present it was attended by a numerous company and satisfaction if i may be allowed to judge from the frequent of the audience though i will not risk my credit as a by saying whether they proceeded si h o whim and opinions from wonder or a violent inclinati...	48
ever one of the characteristics to strike to whim and had stood out on this occasion he would have brought the reputation of his mother in question from that time he gave up all particular attention to the ladies and though he still loves their company he has never been known to exceed the bounds of common courtesy in ...	48
so lavish their beauties and graces display and give to each that offers his hand like moses from a peep at the land bat a with complaining the object in is to offer my help in the work you pursue of esq and as your and labours sublime may need now and then a few touches of rhyme i humbly as cousin and friend a or re...	48
travel with an ox team through a sand flat rather than through a conversation with the former am as to the latter i would sooner hold with the wheel of a knife of esq than endure his monotonous chattering in the strangers who flock to this most pleasant of all earthly cities are generally mere birds of passage whose is...	48
famous or doctor as he is here called that at least one fifth part of them have souls incredible as it may seem to thee i am the more inclined to believe them in possession of this monstrous from my own little experience and from the information which i have derived from others in walking the streets i have actually s...	48
profoundly i will write thee again in the mean time watch over my household and do not beat my beloved wives unless you catch them with their noses out at the window though distant and a slave let me live in thy heart as thou in mine think not o friend of my soul that the of this luxurious capital its gorgeous palace...	48
rubbish of years no fierce nor am i who frown on each i chance to who on a novelty just like a and tear ap a victim through malice or spite who expose to the of an ill natured crew a for starting a whim that is of l esq no i shall hold up my glass to the sweet little blossoms who pass my remarks not too pointed to wou...	48
king king mai in short had been a student at oxford or cambridge he would in all probability have been promoted to the dignity of a senior having made a very speech on to a k i assemblage of old folks and young ladies who declared that he was a very fine young man and made very handsome gestures w as seized with a grea...	48
i j u m bloody loi s t people of se all do e r hook een the born with shoulders particulars of his history died one day to his memory way my j i m d j on the de of great beautiful on my chap iv ir professors for their love of a set o on fire and out the pro an joke but not american students very much add ted to bur...	48
of his palace thou hast heard o of the great who could change a blooming land blessed with all the charms of hill and of and grove of fruit and flower into a desert frightful solitary and forlorn who with the wave of his could even the of into grinning and chattering surely thought i to myself this morning the dreadfu...	48
the would tumble down at the blowing of horns after some time a ensued the grand of the city appeared on the of the castle and as far as i could to whim and opinions understand from circumstances dared the little of two tails to single combat was in the style of ancient chivalry the little dismounted with great and as...	48
of all my acquaintance is the least calculated and disposed for the society of ladies not that he their company on the like every man of and he is a professed admirer of the sex and had he been born a poet would undoubtedly have and be some hard named goddess until she became as famous as s or s but will is such a conf...	48
to his court one fine summer s evening and i were great hand and glove one of the most great men i ever knew such a display of black and yellow beauties such a show of handkerchiefs red beads tails and feathers it was as here who should wear the highest top knot drag the longest tail or exhibit variety of colours an...	48
and every storm is sure to make a day s work for the carpenter who upon it as regularly as the family physician this for every thing that has been long in th family shows itself in every particular the all grown grey in the service of our house we have a little old negro who has lived through two or three generations o...	48
his majesty s birth day by inviting a few like himself to dinner and his table with more than ordinary if by chance the revolution is mentioned before him my cousin shakes his head and you may see if you take good note a lurking smile of contempt in the corner of his eye which marks a decided of the sound he once in th...	48
hat on the fable with most violent emphasis and pulling out his box took three huge of snuff and threw a fourth into the cat s eyes as he sat his astonishment by the fire side this was enough to set the body going of staff esq rs began my it as fast as could move the young ladies took eh a stand at an elbow of his cha...	48
always chose to thunder down on his seat of honour whenever he received a mortal wound being a man of ponderous dimensions this had a i whim and opinions most effect for the whole theatre shook like at the nod of jove the was immediately inspired with a and swore that must he great in a dying scene since he knew how t...	48
these people themselves their government is a pure or government of words the whole nation does every thing or by word of mouth and in this manner is one of the most military nations in existence who has what is here called the gift of the that is a plentiful stock of becomes a soldier outright and is for ever in a st...	48
down his chin the watchful attendants were particularly careful to these and return them to their proper port of entry as the captain in order to admire this curious exhibition of the great chief his hands to hit sides and his visitor with the following question well sir i what da they say of me in england l whim an...	48
immediately begins a most calls around him his companions who run chattering from all quarters to up the poor little worm that happened to turn under his eye oh on what a prodigious great scale is every thing in this country thus then i conclude my observations the nations have each a separate characteristic trait by ...	48
continued revolution does not set all their heads swimming like a top but i have been positively assured that it only occasions a gentle sensation which is agreeable in the course of this the dancers in order to gi e the charm of variety are continually changing their relative situations now the gentleman meaning no h...	48
whim and opinions when himself with the and gives audience to the blue devils from his elbow chair i would not advise any of his friends to come within of his with the benevolent purpose of consolation or amusement for he is then as and as that famous of false money himself indeed his room is at such times inaccessible...	48
observed stealing across his face and his voice assumed a touching tone that seemed to say he remembered his treachery a more in sorrow than in anger this affair has given a slight tinge of sadness to his disposition which however does not prevent his entering into the amusements of the world the only effect it occasi...	48
here it is otherwise and consists in the quantity she can put off without the risk of a chinese lady is thought prodigal of her charms if she the tip of her nose or the ends of her fingers to the ardent gaze of by and i recollect that all was in a in consequence of the great miss peeping out of the window with her face...	48
the city of of he was once lord mayor as appears hy his picture hung up in the hall of that ancient city but his observation fits this best of all possible cities to a hair it is a melancholy that this same new york though the most charming pleasant polished and praise worthy city under the sun and in a word the of ...	48
with the same awe and devotion that a feels in the presence of his grand if a gentleman of of esq to take her hand except to help her into a carriage or lead her into a drawing room such such a rustling of and her very shoe sparkled with indignation and for a moment assumed the brilliancy of diamonds in those days the ...	48
of being listened to with uplifted hands and open mouthed wonder my unhappy aunt was obliged to sit down quietly and listen to the whole affair with numerous additions alterations and now this was too bad it would almost have provoked patient or a saint it was too much for my aunt who kept her bed three days afterward...	48
and then all at once burst out in a tremendous explosion of rhyme and as the letters of my friend seem to excite considerable curiosity i have another do not for the justice of his remarks or the of his conclusions they are full of the and errors into which strangers continually indulge who pretend to give an account o...	48
small that grand solemnity a ball my vision chanced to t on two sweet forms bright two sister alike in face in mien in loveliness and grace twin rose bursting into bloom in all their freshness and perfume like those fair forms that often beam upon the eastern poet s dream for had each lovely maid in native innocence ar...	48
the ladies every one of whom we would love if we possibly could i have again my with a most hearty determination to set the whole world to rights to make and of all the fair ones of this town and raise the spirits of the poor who in truth seem to be in a sad ever since the american ticket met with the accident of being...	48
all swim over de etc r vessel sets sail chorus of steer her up and let her gang after this a rapid movement you to the north river society hold a meeting at the corner of wall street and determine to delay burning till all the assembly men are safe home for fear of some of their own members who that respectable b...	48
almost beauty she was the daughter of a man of great rank and great at court and on these considerations as well as in regard to her charms she was followed by a multitude of she was lively and amiable and treated them all with an which still kept them in her train although it was generally known she had a partiality f...	48
was entirely ignorant of its nature and when on coming up to a church my companion informed me we were at the i supposed that an election was some great religious ceremony like the fast of or the great festival of so celebrated in the east my friend however me at once and entered into a long on the nature and object of...	48
gathering and threatening in distant bursts forth in terrible explosion all business an end the whole city is in a tumult the people are running they know not whither and they know not why the rattle through the streets loaded with who have been in and to some who will bis vote for a glass of beer or a ride in a coach ...	48
she was in good humour she would condescend to toy in her rough way with her gentleman but woe be to the who presumed upon her for she was the most cross scolding scratching wrong headed rebellious and abominable that ever was let loose in the world to the confusion of honest gentlemen of esq i just then a fellow came ...	48
suppose you are for a fishing i have got every thing prepared but first you must take a walk with me to see my improvements i was obliged to consent though i knew n y uncle would lead me a most dance and in all probability treat me to a or a tumble into a ditch if my readers choose to accompany me in this expedition t...	48
is one of the most hunters of i ever knew and his first care on making a new acquaintance is to gallant him to old s where he never fails to receive the freedom of the house in a pinch from his gold box will has without exception the most eccentric and indescribable set of that ever man possessed how he became acquaint...	48
forthwith made a furious dash at style in a and s s were but limited it may easily be supposed that his fashionable career a little upon his which was indeed the case for to use a true phrase suffered but this was a circumstance that made little im who was now a lad of spirit and lads of spirit always despise the so...	48
at home to daylight and splendour in this good natured land the true bom and true bred english gentleman is a character i hold in great respect and i love to look back to the period when our forefathers in the same generous soil and hailed each other as brothers the when i contemplate him as springing too from the sam...	48
a great in days of his day sorry for though poor to be lip in with not a single grace to wait on her on the of e academy of arts for the great spirit with which they be an the un and the perseverance with which have pursued it it is a pity however began at the wrong end if you a cage always buy the cage first hem i ...	48
gloves good way of spending time if they have nothing else to do market looks very much like a arch some account of the manner of them in ancient times to the duke charles and some account of the ancient n b quote on this subject particular description of market baskets blocks and queer things run upon one wheel saw a...	48
is to our port from the of any foreign the society have it seems invented a cunning machine a by which the line of battle ship even a may be caught and in a twinkling a kind of sub marine powder magazine to swim under water like an or water rat and destroy the enemy in the moments of security this straw the noses of ah...	48
captain made war against the city of utterly dis the great king and blew up his whole army by another imparted a sage idea which seems to have occupied more heads than one that is that the best way of the harbour was to ruin it at once choke the channel with rocks and blocks it with and and make it like a nursery gard...	48
what you will i in my elbow chair this fine summer noon i feel myself yielding to that genial feeling of the season is so well fitted to inspire every one who is with a little of the delicious languor of disposition that delights in repose must often have among the fairy scenes the golden visions the that swim before t...	48
be gently into every unlucky by force of and my iron bound as taken by will be as notorious as that of esq or his no less renowned the illustrious of book immortality but well a day to let my readers into a profound secret the expectations of man are like the varied hues that tinge the distant prospect never to be re...	48
that we wish to our of esq readers in the article of laughing which we consider as one of the dearest of man and the characteristic which raises him above all other animals let them laugh therefore if they will provided they profit at the same time and do not mistake our object it is one of our facts that it is easier...	48
to talk no sooner therefore is a full charged with the i have mentioned but his tongue is in motion he forth to give it exercise and woe to every one he he is like one charged with present but a of esq il and you draw a spark now it is a thousand to one that every person he meets is just as highly charged as himself wi...	48
seen h re which his belly for a short time will swell to twice his usual size and become a mere of wind and vanity the blessing of a true light on thee good ever while thou be true to thy prophet and rejoice that though the of this cast upon thy countrymen the epithet of slaves thou in a country where the people instea...	48
form as the old gentleman expressed and opinions himself a snug retreat where he meant to sit himself down in his old days and be comfortable for the rest of his life he was at this time a few years over but this was a common ss of his with which he usually closed his airy speculations one would have thought from the...	48
in blue velvet so attentively her book and was once celebrated for a beautiful arm but much as i reverence my illustrious ancestors i find little to admire in their biography except my cousin s memory which is most of every uninteresting particular my allotted chamber in the hall is the same that was occupied in days o...	48
they have been so soiled in their intercourse with the world as to be incapable of some of the purest pleasures that survive the period of youth to such as have not yet lost the rural feeling i address this simple family picture and in i r a of esq x honest sincerity of heart i invite them to turn aside from bustle car...	48
and it is hoped will be able to fly about by the middle of october otherwise they will be suspended about the stage by the like little in an s shop as the must positively be performed by that time great pains and expense have been in of esq ft in the of one of the most in new england and the public may be assured ther...	48
recollection of what we were when they once delighted us and to provoke a and melancholy contrast with what we are at present they act in a manner as mile stones of existence showing us how far we have travelled in the journey of life how much of our weary but fascinating pilgrimage is accomplished i look round me and...	48
shows that these qualities rather his inasmuch as they are prone to render him too erect and are directly at with that which a man to wind and twist through all the and turns and dark winding passages that lead to greatness the grand requisite for climbing the rugged hill of popularity the summit of which is the seat ...	48
his ear by a shrewd old at once explained the whole mystery he who would become great said he must serve an to greatness and y regular like the master of a vessel who by being and cabin boy he must jn the train of great men echo all their sentiments become their and laugh at all their jokes and above all endeavour ...	48
at he has amused us exceedingly by sundry particulars concerning that notorious slaughter house of time springs where he spent a considerable part of the last summer the following is a summary of his observations of esq i pleasure has passed through a variety of at it originally meant nothing more than a relief from pa...	48
of posterity of occupying a share of the l whim and opinions world s attention when we shall long since have ceased to be susceptible either of its praise or censure most of the passions of the mind are bounded by the grave sometimes indeed an anxious hope or trembling fear will venture beyond the clouds and darkness ...	48
individual and thought had done the state some this amiable custom of and drinking to others is not confined to any party for a month or two after the of july the whim and opinions how how must be that spirit which can the bowl with and bitterness and indulge an angry passion in the moment of rejoicing wine says th...	48
the neighbourhood which in the variety of wild and luxuriant landscape that generally the scenery in the vicinity of our th re is not an eminence within a circuit of many miles but commands an extensive jo and prospect often have i to the summit of some of l t esq favourite hill and thence with feelings sweetly tranqui...	48
place to the sober sunshine of autumn and though the woods begin to assume the livery of decay yet the prevailing colour is still green gay green h let us then comfort ourselves with this reflection that though the shades of the morning have given place to those of the evening though the spring is past the summer o...	48
most merrily every day in the week on beef and such like they and did likewise hold out hopes of an easy conquest as the were as yet but little in the mystery and science of handling the legs and being moreover like unto that notable bully of antiquity most to all attacks on the heel would doubtless surrender at the v...	48
becomes certainty many a stormy night was the little man in black seen by the flashes of lightning and in the air upon a and it was always observed that at tl of esq times the storm did more mischief than at any other the old lady in particular who suggested the humane ordeal of the kettle lost on one of these occasion...	48
scanty and shivering with cold my grandfather stepped softly and hesitatingly to the bed side and the forlorn sufferer in his usual accents of kindness the little man in black seemed recalled by the tones of compassion from the into which he had fallen for though his heart was almost frozen there was yet one that answe...	48
more eccentric and than their der and they take an pride in certain ornaments which are probably derived from their savage a woman of this country dressed out for an exhibition whim and opinions is loaded with as many ornaments as a slave when brought out foi sale their heads are out with little bits of horn or shell c...	48
read to thee honest have in all probability awakened thy curiosity to know further particulars concerning the manners of the who hold me in was lately at one of their public ceremonies which at first perplexed me exceedingly as to its object but as the explanations of a friend have let me of esq somewhat into the secre...	48
of the to hasten from the dull silent and and groves where they have during the summer recovering from the of the last winter s campaign our fair ones have hurried to town eager to pay their to this deity and to make an offering at her shrine of the few pale and transient roses they gathered in their retreat the his bo...	48
to the satisfaction of every fashionable reader that there is a degree of heroism in a slender waist at the expense of an old age of and this shall be published as soon as finished and distributed among boarding school and all worthy who are ambitious that their daughters should sit straight move like clock work and d...	48
of light to appear in and to frown in his sight so they up all hideous in hue which as shades of their neighbours are past in review vol ii and the wives of of degree will up in a little the is und the with which on their they but the scandal a refinement in as our and rise to with a still more our ladies of their ...	48

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