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Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f178-date=1804::01Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMTA View of the Soil and Climate of the United States: with Supplementary Remarks upon Florida; on the French Colonies of the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the Aboriginal Tribes of America. C. F. Volney
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THE following work is the fruit of a
residence of three years in the United States,
which took place in circumstances widely differ-
ent from those of my residence, twenty years
ago, in Turkey. In the year 1783, I embarked
at Marseilles, with all the gaiety of heart, all the
cheerful and aspiring hopes natural to youth.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-00000.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTA Student's Diary [No. IV]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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AN amusing controversy took
place this evening, at my fire-side,
on this important question. One
was busy in examining the matter
etymologically, and historically.
Another attempted to settle the
point of prevailing custom, and
the general result was, that nothing
was more vague and equivocal than
this term.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-01245.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTQuakerism....A Dialogue. Brown, Charles Brockden
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(Continued from page 167.)http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-01250.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTMemoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. Brown, Charles Brockden
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I had taken much pains to im-
prove the sagacity of a favourite
Spaniel. It was my purpose, indeed,
to ascertain to what degree of im-
provement the principles of reason-
ing and imitation could be carried in
a dog. There is no doubt that the
animal affixes distinct ideas to
sounds. What are the possible
limits of his vocabulary no one can
tell. In conversing with my dog
I did not use English words, but
selected simple monosyllables. Ha-
bit likewise enabled him to compre-
hend my gestures. If I crossed my
hands on my breast he understood
the signal and laid down behind me.
If I joined my hands and lifted them
to my breast, he returned home. If
I grasped one arm above the elbow
he ran before me. If ...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-01255.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Review of] The Letters of the British Spy. Originally published in the Virginia Argus, in August and September, 1803. Richmond: Pleasants.... pp. 43. Brown, Charles Brockden
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http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-01265.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTBrandy. Brown, Charles Brockden
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http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-01270.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTRemarkable Occurrences. Brown, Charles Brockden
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http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-01317.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTA Student[']s Diary......[No. V]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-02323.xmlWed, 01 Feb 1804 12:00:00 GMTMemoirs of Carwin the Biloquist [No. 4]. (Continued from page 259.). Brown, Charles Brockden
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My visits gradually became more
frequent. Meanwhile my wants
increased, and the necessity of
some change in my condition be-
came daily more urgent. This in-
cited my reflections on the scheme
which I had formed. The time
and place suitable to my design,
were not selected without much
anxious inquiry and frequent wa-
verings of purpose. These being
at length flexed, the interval, to
elapse, before the carrying of my
design into effect, was not without
perturbation and suspense. These
could not be concealed from my
new friend and at length prompted
him to inquire into the cause.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-02332.xmlWed, 01 Feb 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Review of] The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. with an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper ... By William Hayley, Esq. Boston ... Manning and Loring, and E. Lincoln ... 8vo. Brown, Charles Brockden
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http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-02345.xmlWed, 01 Feb 1804 12:00:00 GMTCharacter of Mr. Burke. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Mr. Burke is dead. He is beyond
the reach of public regard and ha-
tred; and those who persecuted, and
those who loved him, may weep
alike for the loss of a victim and a
friend.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-02374.xmlWed, 01 Feb 1804 12:00:00 GMTAnticipation of Major Lewis's Journal. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Mr. Jefferson having given an
official account of the territory of
Louisiana, has thought proper to
send his first secretary to know how
far that information might be relied
upon.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-02377a.xmlWed, 01 Feb 1804 12:00:00 GMTAnecdote of General Lee. Brown, Charles Brockden
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General Lee was remarkably
slovenly in his dress and manners;
and has often by the meanness of his
appearance, been subject to ridicule
and insult. He was once attending
general Washington to a place dis-
tant from the camp….Riding on, he
arrived at the house where they
were to dine, sometime before the
rest of the company. He went di-
rectly to the kitchen demanding
something to eat; when the cook,
taking him for a servant, told him
she would give him some victuals in
a moment….but he must help her off
with the pot. This he complied with
and sat down to some cold meat
which she placed before him on the
dresser. The girl was remarkably
inquisitive about the guests who were
coming, particularly of Lee, who
she said she heard was one of the
oddest and ugliest men in the world.
In a few moments she desired the
general again to assist her in plac-
ing on the pot, and scarcely had he
finished, when she requested him to
* This city is in long. W. from Phi-
ladelphia 29° N. lat....http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-02377b.xmlWed, 01 Feb 1804 12:00:00 GMTRemarkable Occurrences. Brown, Charles Brockden
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I HAVE just been reading a dis-
sertation upon novel-reading, in
which the writer says a great many
grave and weighty things on the
subject, and finally winds up by as-
serting, that supposing the whole
stock of the Novelist's library to
amount to one thousand, five hun-
dred of these are void of all judg-
ment, genius and taste, composed
without knowledge of the world, or
skill in composition; and of the re-
mainder, four hundred and ninety-
nine are calculated only to corrupt
and deprave the morals. While en-
gaged in pondering on this very com-
prehensive declaration, who should
enter the apartment but Miss D.....
on a visit to my sister. This lady
has an ample fortune, a lively curio-
sity, studious temper, and, though
young and handsome, no lover. She
has therefore abundant leisure, and
all the means of reading at com-
mand. Novels are he...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-03403.xmlThu, 01 Mar 1804 12:00:00 GMTMemoirs of Carwin the Biloquist [No. 5]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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In America, where business is
every one's occupation, but few re-
markable characters have appeared
….and scarcely a biographer has
been found to distinguish those few
before the world. However con-
genial the mystery of money-making
may be with a cheerful evenness of
temper, it is certainly inimical to
genius; and were the opulent loung-
er would foster, the man of trade
frowns on the efforts of imagination
….our luxuries are exotic, our en-
tertainments imported, our public
spectacles more or less excellent as
they approach the European models
of which they are the distant imita-
tions. The barrenness of our lite-
rary domain is not therefore to be
wondered at; nor where the soil,
though so rank has hitherto been so
uncultivated, should it surprise, that
when a native plant has sprung up,
its virtues have not been recorded,
or when a foreign one transplanted
here, has thriven, though its quali-
ties may have been used or enjoyed,
they have not been sufficiently made
known, or justly appreciated. The
writer ...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-03431.xmlThu, 01 Mar 1804 12:00:00 GMTRemarks on Darwin's Temple of Nature. Brown, Charles Brockden
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This Poem does not pretend to
instruct by deep researches of rea-
soning. “Its aim is simply to
amuse by bringing distinctly to the
imagination the beautiful and su-
blime images of the operations of
nature, in order as the author be-
lieves, in which the progressive
course of time presented then.”http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-03434.xmlThu, 01 Mar 1804 12:00:00 GMTAbolition of Slavery in New Jersey. Brown, Charles Brockden
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The legislature of New Jersey,
on the 15th February passed a law
for the gradual abolition of slavery.
It enacts that every child born of a
slave after the 4th day of July next,
shall be free, but shall remain the
servant of the owner of the mother,
in the same manner as if such child
had been bound to service by the
overseers of the poor, males until
the age of 25, and females until the
age of 21…provides for the regis-
try of the birth of all such children
within nine months after such birth
….and gives liberty to the owner,
at any time within one year from
the birth, to elect to abandon his
right to any such child, the owner
being, nevertheless, liable to main-
tain the child until one year old,
and thereafter the child to be consi-
dered as a pauper, and liable to be
bound out to service as other poor
children, males until the age of 25,
and females 21.…but while the
child remains a pauper, and until
it shall be bound out, it is to be
maintained by the town, at the ex-
pense of the state, n...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-03474.xmlThu, 01 Mar 1804 12:00:00 GMTMemoirs of Carwin the Biloquist [No. 6]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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IN answer to the reveries and spe-
culations which I sent to him re-
specting this subject, Ludloe inform-
ed me, that they had led his mind
into a new sphere of meditation. He
had long and deeply considered in
what way he might essentially pro-
mote my happiness. He had enter-
tained a faint hope that I would one
day be qualified for a station like
that to which he himself had been
advanced. This post required an
elevation and stability of views which
human beings seldom reach, and
which could be attained by me only
by a long series of heroic labours.
Hitherto every new stage in my in-
tellectual progress had added vigour
to his hopes, and he cherished a
stronger belief than formerly that
my career would terminate auspi-
ciously. This, however, was neces-
sarily distant. Many preliminaries
must first be settled; many arduous
accomplishments be first obtained;
and my virtue be subjected to severe
trials. At present it was not in his
power to be more explicit; but if
my reflections suggested no better
plan, h...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-04003.xmlSun, 01 Apr 1804 12:00:00 GMTPortraits. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THIS work has received such
generous encouragement, that it is
proposed occasionally to ornament
the numbers with engravings.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-04082.xmlSun, 01 Apr 1804 12:00:00 GMTA Student's Diary......[No. VII]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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MEANWHILE, in a point of so
much moment, I was not hasty to
determine. My delay seemed to be,
by no means, unacceptable to Lud-
loe, who applauded my discretion,
and warned me to be circumspect.
My attention was chiefly absorb-
ed by considerations connected with
this subject, and little regard was
paid to any foreign occupation or
amusement.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-05089.xmlTue, 01 May 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction to] Account of the Dutch East Indian Settlements. Brown, Charles Brockden
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As the European and foreign dominions
of the Dutch commonwealth have
lately passed into the hands of the
two great rivals, France and England,
it is an object of some curiosity to
know the nature and extent of those
dominions, and the benefits really re-
dounding from them. The following
account of the colonial establishments
of the Dutch in the east, is taken,
with some alterations and amend-
ments, from a foreign publication,
and will, no doubt, prove to many of
your readers a curious and valuable
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A NATIONAL dress, which
lays a tax on the luxury of particu-
lar prodigals, will at length also
lessen the disbursements of the state,
and even render the spirit of the
nation more patriotic, when one
dress unites all the individuals of it,
and distinguishes them from other
nations. It is really absurd to wear
the dress of a Parisian in all cli-
mates, where the seasons, the mode
of life, and the bodily frame, require
a very different covering; and it is
honourable with a generous disdain
to refuse obedience to the sceptre of
fashion, which is sometimes sway-
ed over whole kingdoms by an opera
girl, and sometimes by a taylor.......
But whether in our times, with our
manners, in our part of the world,
such a reformation would be pro-
per, is, I think, yet undecided.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-05135.xmlTue, 01 May 1804 12:00:00 GMTOf Some Strange Customs in use Among Various Nations. Brown, Charles Brockden
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OF all the curious usages, whe-
ther sacred or profane, no one at
first sight appears to be so irration-
al and unaccountable, as of men ly-
ing in bed, instead of their wives,
after child-birth; and, if any thing
can render the practice more ab-
surd than it is in itself, it is the vo-
luntary mortifications and fasts they
inflict upon themselves on such oc-
casions; a custom that has been,
and is still observed by several an-
cient and modern nations. Another
practice, no less apparently unac-
countable, is the voluntary mutila-
tion, particularly the amputation of
a finger, on the death of a relation
by consanguinity, and even on joy-
ful occasions. I connect the history
of these two sacred customs toge-
ther, because both of them proceed
from one and the same cause,
though the former is founded on
more reasons than the latter.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-05140.xmlTue, 01 May 1804 12:00:00 GMTOn a Taste for the Picturesque. Brown, Charles Brockden
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A GENTLEMAN, a friend of
mine, who sometimes favours me
with a visit, lately found me at a
window that overlooks New-York
Bay and its islands. This scene, just
then, was extremely beautiful, and
its beauties were heightened by a
long-protracted echo, occasioned by
the evening gun, fired from the ram-
parts of the fort on the island. My
guest took his seat by my side, and
began the talk by some reflections
on the picturesque. He spoke some-
what to this effect:http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06163.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction to] Sketch of the Origin and Present State of Philadelphia. Brown, Charles Brockden
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The following account of our native city
has already been printed, but has been
limited to a very narrow circulation.
It has been thought proper to re-pub-
lish it in this work, carefully corrected
It attempts the description of objects,
and the relation of events, familiar to
most of the inhabitants of this city,
but, of course, little or not at all known
to strangers and foreigners. To the
latter it may not prove unacceptable,
as it is the fullest account of Phila-
delphia that has hitherto been given
to the world.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06169.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMTA Worldling's Prayer. Brown, Charles Brockden
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BEND a favourable ear, O Lord,
to all our prayers; but grant only
those of our prayers which thou
knowest will be serviceable to us.
Have compassion on the errors and
blindness of these my brethren, and
let not any thought of their hearts
be gratified, for all the good things
they ask for would prove unto them
vanity and vexation of spirit.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06175.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMTCritical Notices. No. VIII. Brown, Charles Brockden
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EVERY reader knows that this
is part of Milton's description of an
imaginary personage called Death.
How few are there among the read-
ers of this, or any popular poet, who
stop to enquire into the propriety or
reasonableness of what they read!
They are told beforehand that this
or that is a sublime production, and,
with a modesty in some respects
praise-worthy, take the work as a
criterion of taste and excellence,
and seldom venture to judge for
themselves, or to derive the reasons
of their approbation from the unbi-
assed and original suggestions of
their own minds.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06176.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMTStatistical View of the United States of America. Brown, Charles Brockden
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IN the annexed table, the com-
piler has endeavoured to collect as
many geographical and political par-
ticulars as possible, into one succinct
view. The sagacious reader will
perceive, in Home of the items, a
certain deviation from the most au-
thentic documents. As this devia-
tion was voluntary, it is necessary
to explain the reasons which occa-
sioned it.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06179.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMTOn Plagiarism. Brown, Charles Brockden
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PITIABLE is his lot that is im-
pelled, by some casual or extraneous
motive, to write, without possessing
either sentiments or subject. This
is, at present, exactly my situation.
Having taken up the pen to write
an essay, I made a short pause, and
put up an earnest invocation to the
muses for their succour, in a time
of lamentable need. They have
been deaf to my entreaties, unless,
indeed, it has been by their inspira-
tion or suggestion that my wife, a
moment after, made her appear-
ance, and seeing my musing posture,
and bewildered look, enquired into
the subject of my meditations.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06180.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMTVarieties; St. Peter's Scull. A Preservative Against Earthquake and Thunder. Henry IV. Stonehenge. Female Beauty. Brown, Charles Brockden
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A CERTAIN pope congratulat-
ed himself on his death-bed for the
great integrity and prosperity of
his administration, and all the mi-
nisters and courtiers which sur-
rounded the pontifical couch joined
in the homage: and pray, reader,
what thinkest thou was the chief
proof of this glory and prosperity,
what the principal exploit by which
his short reign had been so eminent-
ly and honourably distinguished in
the eyes of God and man? Per-
haps he drained some bog, by which
some thousands of his subjects had
their lives prolonged, and their
health secured. Perhaps he abo-
lished some iniquitous law, by which
the happiness of tens of thousands
had been molested and impaired.
Perhaps he cleared away a sand
bar, or constructed a mole, by which
trade and commerce were endowed
with new activity and energy. Per-
haps he abrogated or softened some
religious edict, and in consequence
improved, in some slight degree,
the condition of that part of his sub-
jects who dissented from the Ro-
mish ritual. No, reader; these
...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06183.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMTSpirit of Female Conversation. Brown, Charles Brockden
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A GENTLEMAN who had very
early lost his sense of hearing, but
not till he had acquired a competent
knowledge of reading and writing,
and of consequence secured to him-
self the sure means of intellectual
improvement, and even of conver-
sation, has often expressed to me
his feelings while sitting in a nu-
merous company, and observing by
the motions of the eyes and lips that
those, round him were busily engag-
ed in talk. Besides a great deal of
regret that he could not share in
this lively intercourse of thoughts,
he has often been penetrated with
wonder and curiosity as to what
topic was handling, or what discus-
sion going forward.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-06187.xmlFri, 01 Jun 1804 12:00:00 GMTOn the Life of Washington, New Publishing. Brown, Charles Brockden
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To the present number of this work is prefixed a head of Washington. It is the
Editor's intention to select, for the embellishment of this publication, the por-
traits of all eminent and illustrious men among his countrymen. Justice obvi-
ously demands that in doing this he should pay no regard to party animosities
and divisions. Washington, however, will hardly fail of being acceptable to all,
and his portrait will be followed by those of his successors in the presidency, in
their due order.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07243.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction to] La Chemise de la Vierge Marie. Brown, Charles Brockden
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IT is well known that the votaries
of the Roman religion deem them-
selves in possession of every thing
belonging to the person, family, and
household of the Saviour. Every
article of his clothing and lodging,
the house in which he was born, the
cup out of which is infancy was fed,
and even drops, or rather quarts, of
his blood, are preserved in Euro-
pean churches. As curious a relio
as any, however, was la chemise de
la vierge, which was preserved, in
the city of Chartres, in the ninth
century.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07248a.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMTFor the Literary Magazine. Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. Continued. [No.7]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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LUDLOE'S remarks on the se-
ductive and bewitching powers of
women, on the difficulty of keeping
a secret which they wish to know,
and to gain which they employ the
soft artillery of tears and prayers,
and blandishments and menaces,
are familiar to all men, but they had
little weight with me, because they
were unsupported by my own ex-
perience. I had never had any in-
tellectual or sentimental connection
with the sex. My meditations and
pursuits had all led a different way,
and a bias had gradually been
given to my feelings, very unfavour-
able to the refinements of love. I
acknowledge, with shame and re-
gret, that I was accustomed to re-
gard the physical and sensual con-
sequences of the sexual relation as
realities, and every thing intellec-
tual, disinterested, and heroic, which
enthusiasts connect with it as idle
dreams. Besides, said I, I am yet
a stranger to the secret, on the pre-
servation of which so much stress is
laid, and it will be optional with
me to receive it or not. If, in
the progress of...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07248b.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMTJohn Churchman. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THIS singular man is a native of
America, and few of his country-
men deserve a biographical memo-
rial more than he. He is one of
those examples of self-instructed
genius, with which America abounds
more than any other part of the
world. His family were farmers,
and the intimations and suggestions
of his own mind, as he guided the
plough or loaded the stack, led him
to the study of arithmetic and as-
tronomy.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07257a.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction to] Stones from the Moon. Brown, Charles Brockden
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ONE of the most remarkable ef-
fects of the progress of science, is
the first bringing into disrepute opi-
nions originating in credulity and ig-
norance; and afterwards restoring
them again to their original credibi-
lity. The man in the moon, which
vulgar optics used so clearly to dis-
tinguish, was afterwards condemned
and exploded, as an absurd impossi-
bility. Unlearned eyes saw nothing
in the moon but a globe, or rather a
circular mass, rolling, at a moderate
distance above us, and between
which and the earth there was the
same congeniality as between the
top of a terrestrial mountain and
the bottom, and so situated, that any
thing detached from it must neces-
sarily fall among the dwellings of
men. That matters should some-
times fall from the moon was there-
fore a probable event, and certain
masses were pointed out, which
were believed to have actually thus
fallen. The progress of astronomy,
which removed the moon to a much
greater distance from the earth
then the vulgar had imagined it to
be, and wh...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07257b.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMTOn the Character of Thomas Day. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THERE is seldom to be met with
a more curious and instructive nar-
rative* than that which is given by
Miss Seward of Thomas Day, the
author of the celebrated work
“Sandford and Merton.” A great
part of mankind, or at least the best
part, are governed by an unaccoun-
table and blameable degree of either
indolence or diffidence, which hin-
ders them from being their own bi-
ographers. How extremely small
is the number of those, whose me-
rits or singularities have made them
worthy of general curiosity, who
have left behind them any memo-
rial of themselves. Judging with-
out experience, one would imagine
that vanity, or a lust of applause,
would lead a vast multitude to bur-
then the public with the history of
their own lives; but the fact is,
that the class of self-biographers
consists almost entirely of those who
have very little merit in any eyes
but their own; whereas that illus-
trious train, whose works will live
forever in the memory of mankind,
and whose minutest reliques are
regarded with some degree ...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07258.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMTItalian Poplar. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE Italian poplar, so fashiona-
ble in America, has been chiefly
valued for its hardy constitution, its
quick growth, and a regular spiry
form, which ornaments without en-
cumbering, and affords a shade,
friendly to man, but harmless to ve-
getables. Nothing forms so advan-
tageous a fence or enclosure, and
such beautiful and convenient ave-
nues in cities. The timber, how-
ever, has generally been thought
worthless. It has, however, been of
late very warmly recommended by
a corresponding member of a
French agricultural society at Poi-
tiers, as flooring, as a preventative
against the destruction of corn in
granaries, &c. by weevils, insects,
&c. A series of experiments made
by him on this subject, at first acci-
dentally discovered, have been at-
tended with complete success.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07260a.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMTPersonal Similitudes. Brown, Charles Brockden
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A MOST remarkable instance of
personal similitude has just ocurred
at New York, in a trial for a double
marriage. A man, by name Hoag,
is charged with marrying one wo-
man, whom he afterwards deserts,
and marries another. He is met,
under the name of Parker, by the
friends and relations of his first wife,
and by the first wife herself, who
all combine in swearing positively,
that this is the very man. Another
equally numerous set of witnesses
unanimously swear, that the man
before them worked for them and
with them, eat with them, and con-
versed with them, in the city of
New York, at the very time when
the first set of witnesses maintained
that he was in their company, at a
distance in the country. The wit-
nesses against him not only affirmed
the exact resemblance of the man
before them to Thomas Hoag, in
stature, shape, gesture, complexion,
looks, voice, and articulation, but
even the accidental mark of a scar
upon the forehead. The scales of
testimony appear to have been
equally balanced, till the prisone...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07260b.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMTList of New Publications in July. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE Editor of the Literary Ma-
gazine believing that a monthly list
of new publications will be accept-
able to his subscribers, as a gene-
ral reference in the selection of books
to purchase, and as exhibiting a to-
lerably correct view of the prevail-
ing taste for reading, and progress
of literature in the United States,
has determined to appropriate two
or three pages in each number to
that purpose, and invites authors and
publishers to communicate notices of
works printed, in the press, or about
to be put to press, and they will al-
ways be faithfully inserted, free of
expence......The present catalogue
must necessarily be imperfect, but
from the friendly assistance of the
publishers in the different towns,
he hopes, with the next number, to
present a complete list of all the
...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07318b.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMTTo Correspondents. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE Editor has just received a
very flattering letter, accompanied
with two small pamphlets, from the
borders of the Mississippi. The
writer is assured that no applause
can be more acceptable than that
which is obtained from such men as
himself…..'Tis fame indeed when the
praise-worthy praise. It is with
great reluctance that he reminds
his correspondent of that political
neutrality to which he has condemn-
ed himself, and which obliges him
to decline the introduction of the
favours sent him. No one can be
more sensible than he is of the me-
rit of the performances alluded to,
as specimens of eloquence; and he
would willingly adorn his pages with
the whole or part of them, if he
were not under a moral necessity
of silence. Should his correspond-
ent find time or inclination to send
any thing of a popular and general
nature, the production of his own or
any of his friends, it will be receiv-
ed with gratitude and pleasure.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07320.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Response to] Baron Humboldt. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE following abstract of the
American Travels of the celebrated
baron Humboldt and his companion
Bonpland, has been drawn up from
notes which the former has kindly
furnished, and will supersede the
many very incorrect accounts hither-
to published relative to this interest-
ing object.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-07321.xmlSun, 01 Jul 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Response to] Biographical Sketch of John Adams. Brown, Charles Brockden
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JOHN ADAMS is a descendant of
one of the first families who founded
the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in
1630. He was born at Braintree, in
Massachusetts, October 19th, 1735.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08331.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTVolney's Travels in America. Brown, Charles Brockden
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I SEND you a translation of the
most material passages in Volney's pre-
face to his Travels in America, which
have just appeared at Paris. A work
of this nature is of great importance to
our national reputation abroad; it must
therefore be universally interesting to
know in what colours we have been
drawn by one, whose portrait, whatever
be its absurdities and blemishes, will un-
doubtedly be more multiplied, farther
diffused, and generally credited than
the work of any other painter. I shall
make no comment on any of its lines or
shades, but leave your impartial readers
to view the scene, uninterrupted and
unbiassed. Yours,http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08332.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTDeath of Hamilton. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE present month is distin-
guished by one of the most memor-
able and disastrous events that ever
occurred; the death of a great and
illustrious person, not by some in-
evitable casualty, or some ordinary
disease, but by the pistol of a rival,
in open day, and after a full pause
of mutual preparation.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08337.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTTo the Editor, &c. [Letter from Morris Town, Oct. 30, 1801]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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I send you a letter written by an old
friend, which, for the style and senti-
ments it breathes, does not fall behind
the true epistolary spirit of any letter I
have met with. Compositions of this
kind, free, spirited, and familiar, will
please judicious readers more than the
most formal and elaborate compositions.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08338.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTBritish Pension List. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE ingenuity of government, in
extracting from the purses of the
people that portion of the general
revenue, which is called the public
revenue, in ways which shall be the
easiest and most satisfactory to all
parties, necessarily leads into esti-
mates and disquisitions concerning
every mode of private expence, and
thus affords, to the curious, a clue
to the knowledge of life and man-
ners not otherwise attainable.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08343.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTDogs. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE best idea that can be form-
ed of the extent to which dogs are
tolerated in Great Britain, may be
gathered from the amount of the
tax upom them. This tax, in 1803,
brought in upwards of 450,000 dol-
lars. As it must be matter of choice
and luxury to keep a dog, what must
be the general opulence of a nation,
or what must be its general attach-
ment to the canine race, when, in
addition to the price and trouble of
their maintenance, the people are
willing to pay so vast a sum as this,
for the privilege of keeping them!http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08344a.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTNotices of American Writers and Publications. Brown, Charles Brockden
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1. THE Port Folio is conducted by
Joseph Dennie with his usual spirit.
We warmly commend this gentle-
man for his zeal and labours in the
cause of literature, we are grateful
for the services which he has al-
ready rendered to that honourable
cause, and hope that success will
always attend his virtuous under-
takings. We are now and then
somewhat inclined to find fault with
some of the poetical effusions which
he introduces, and for some invec-
tives, in which he occasionally in-
dulges his pen, against christians of
a particular denomination; but,
while we differ from him with res-
pect to these shades of opinion, we
acknowledge fully his perfect right
to his own sentiments on these and
on other subjects, and do not consi-
der them as detracting from his li-
terary qualifications, which we
know to be highly respectable. We
wish to proceed hand in hand with
him, in support of what he styles
the monarchy of letters.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08344b.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTEuropean Literary News. Brown, Charles Brockden
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A NEW magazine has appeared
in London, entitled the Universal
Theological Magazine and Impar-
tial Review. It commenced in Janu-
ary, 1804, and is published monthly,
by E. Vidler, a celebrated preacher
among the methodists. Price 1s. ster.
The following is extracted from his
fourth number: “The Society for
the Support and Encouragement of
Sunday Schools in England and
Wales, it appears by their last report,
has, since the commencement of the
institution, in 1785, assisted 2,232
schools, in which have been instruct-
ed 200,787 scholars, and among
them have been distributed 184,248
spelling books, 42,680 testaments,
6583 bibles, and 4112l. sterl. (18,275
dolls. 55 cents.)http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08356.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTVaccination. Brown, Charles Brockden
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FROM the observations of Dr.
Hebarden on the diseases of Lon-
don, which are grounded on a strict
examination of the bills of mortality
for the last century, it appears that
one tenth of all the deaths
was occasioned by the small pox,
this disease alone having carried off
near 200,000 in that period of time.
In certain years, it has been parti-
cularly fatal; as appears by the fol-
lowing statement from the bills of
mortality:http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08359.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTGodwin and Malthus. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE lapse of ten or twelve years
has almost consigned to oblivion that
controversy which was raised by
the publication of “Political Jus-
tice.” The author, unlike most
founders of new sects and systems,
seems to have resigned his theories
to their destiny, without a struggle,
and to have turned his attention and
his pen to pursuits and themes that
are rather repugnant than favour-
able to his ancient schemes.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08361.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTWorks in Prison. Brown, Charles Brockden
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GREAT literary works are usu-
ally the offspring of compulsion or
necessity. Among the curious and
characteristic instances of works
produced in a prison, either as a pe-
nalty imposed, or to relieve the irk-
someness of solitude, the following
instances are on record:http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08369.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTList of New Publications in August. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Authors and publishers are requested to
communicate notices of their works,
post paid, and they will always be in-
serted, free of expence.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08409.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTTo Correspondents. Brown, Charles Brockden
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TO our valuable correspondent
near Gray's Ferry, our respectful
gratitude is due for his favours.
The poem handed to us lately, pos-
sesses merit superior to those that
have preceded it, and shall receive
honourable place in our next num-
ber.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-08410.xmlWed, 01 Aug 1804 12:00:00 GMTThomas Jefferson. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE biography of such a man as
Thomas Jefferson can only be drawn
up by his own hand, and a true judg-
ment of his merits can only be form-
ed by future generations. When
the animosities of the present age
have been laid asleep by time, his
character and actions may rise to
the view in their native and proper
colours, and the meed of blame or
of praise will be conferred on him,
in the degree to which he is justly
entitled to it.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09413.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMTCowper's Religion. Brown, Charles Brockden
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COWPER'S religion was either
altogether methodism, or strongly
tinctured with the peculiarities of this
sect. In outward show and practice,
he was, however, an adherent to the
church of England, and perhaps car-
ried his rigours no further than
many the most eminent of that per-
suasion have done.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09414.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction and Response to] Nature of Virtue. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE celebrated Jonathan Ed-
wards wrote a prosound treatise on
the nature of true virtue. The fol-
lowing anecdote from Joinville, the
historian, of the last great expedi-
tion of the French to Syria and
Egypt, before that of the present
imperator Gallorum, will show that
the same sentiment and doctrine
may occur to the most dissimilar
minds and in the most opposite situ-
ations.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09415.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMTThe Jewish High Priest. Brown, Charles Brockden
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ONE of the strange things of the
present century, is the painting and
engraving of the portrait of the high
priest of the Jews, by a celebrated
British artist. Such a one was pub-
lished in London during the present
year. The Turkish sultan, Selim,
who is the caliph or high priest of
the Mohammedans, assigned a place
in his secret cabinet to a portrait of
lord Nelson: another strange thing,
and which are humble and familiar,
indeed, but striking, indications of
the progress of opinion to break
down those uncharitable bars which
make the votaries of different reli-
gions strangers and enemies to each
other.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09416a.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMTThe Winter's Day. Brown, Charles Brockden
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IT is certainly one of the most
remarkable lineaments of the pre-
sent age, that women have assumed,
in some degree, the equality with
men. Professions which have here-
tofore been confined to the male sex,
are now familiarly exercised by the
other. These observations, how-
ever, are applicable more to Europe
than America, and more to England
than any part of Europe. There
we find eminent writers, poets, fa-
bulists, painters, and engravers
among women, and while the path
they have taken is as honourable
as any other, their progress in this
path is as rapid and illustrious as
any of their compeers among the
manly votaries can boast.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09416b.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction to] Economy of Light. Brown, Charles Brockden
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COUNT RUMFORD, who ex-
tended his view to so many corners of
the kitchen, in order to cheapen and
simplify the means of subsistence,
has not been forgetful of the impor-
tant department of the domestic sys-
tem, relative to lamps and candles.
After discussing, with great minute-
ness, the various methods of cook-
ing victuals with the least expence
of fuel, of warming parlours and
chambers with the least quantity of
fire, he justly thought it not unworthy
of his attention to investigate the
means of lighting rooms in the
cheapest and succinctest manner.
His zeal, in this respect, has been
emulated by the French, and the
government thought proper to em-
ploy a person for the express pur-
pose of ascertaining the best mode
of obtaining light from the substan-
ces usually employed. Some account
of these experiments will be curious
to many, and certainly has a mani-
fest tendency to be useful to all…..
They differ in some degree from
those of count Rumford.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09420.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction to] The Neapolitan Baron. Brown, Charles Brockden
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The following sketches will please those
whose minds can overstep their own
immediate circle, and draw motives
of contentment from the miseries of
others.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09461.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMTList of New Publications, in September. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Authors and publishers are requested to
communicate notices of their works,
post paid, and they will always be
inserted, free of expence.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09490a.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMTTo Correspondents. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE editor has received many
valuable communications, both in
verse and prose, which did not come
in due season for the present num-
ber. They shall receive due atten-
tion in our next: particularly the
Adversarian, Valverdi, T. W.......,
and Sabina.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-09490b.xmlSat, 01 Sep 1804 12:00:00 GMT
Queries Relative to a War with Spain.. Brown, Charles Brockden
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AS there seems to be probability of a
national difference with Spain, every good
citizen must deem it incumbent on him to
consider the matter maturely, and to weigh
all consequences well before he gives his
voice on one side or the other. As the
time is hastening when the national legis-
lature will open its sittings, and some mea-
sures will be proposed by our govern-
ment for the sanction of the representative
body: this is the moment of deliberation
and enquiry. It is impossible that a war
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Relative to a War with Spain. No. II.. Brown, Charles Brockden
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WHEN an injury is received, or thought
to be received from one nation by another,
the ordinary method of proceeding is to go
to war. I must confess it is not very
common for the injured nation, on such oc-
casions, to deliberate and weigh the impend-
ing consequences: to consider whether by
war the injury already received will be les-
sened or only increased; be repaired or
only agravated. Injuries are generally con-
strued into insults , and the honor is suppos-
ed to be vio...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-10002b.xmlMon, 01 Oct 1804 12:00:00 GMTAlexander Hamilton; with a Portrait. Brown, Charles Brockden
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON is
one of the most eminent persons
who have flourished in the United
States, and yet, like most other emi-
nent personages, he has died with-
out leaving any memorial from his
own pen behind him. He has left
behind him celebrated works imme-
diately connected with his political
sentiments, character, and situation,
but, except in two instances, he has
never thought proper to take up the
pen, in order to explain the real
motives and circumstances of his
conduct. Over his early, juvenile
history, even over the place and pe-
riod of his birth, a veil of impene-
trable obscurity is now drawn by
his death, since, at these times, he
was no object of public attention,
and there is no one living who re-
members, what he has neglected to
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THE following short dialogue took place
between the writer of this and a
lady who had lost her hearing. This
had been her situation for many years.
People converse with her, and she
usually answers them, with pen (or
pencil) and paper. It shows so ami-
able and rational a mind, though la-
bouring under a great calamity, that
I cannot resist the temptation to send
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A FRENCH traveller in Ameri-
ca, soon after the peace of 1783,
after his return to France, reported
that the new states had adopted the
pernicious mode of farming their
taxes, and what was still more sur-
prising and scandalous, the great
Washington had not disdained, after
laying down his command, to be-
come one of the farmers-general.
The truth of this being questioned
by some of his friends, he informed
them that he could not be mistaken,
since he had received a positive
assurance of the fact from a man
(mentioning his name) of high rank
and office in the country, at his own
table. After such evidence it could
not be doubted by the stranger, and
by the American who knew better,
the man who thus misled a stran-
ger, and vilified his native country,
was an object of no small reproach.
A gentleman hearing this story in
France, mentioned it again on his
return to America, to the person
whose authority had been quoted
for the fact; who, after some recol-
lection, explained the matter in the
fo...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-10502.xmlMon, 01 Oct 1804 12:00:00 GMTKlyogg. Brown, Charles Brockden
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AN American edition of Dr. Hir-
zel's “Account of the Rural Socra-
tes,” was published some time since
in New England, and may be had in
most of the towns of the United
States. It is the history of a Swiss
farmer, known by the name of Kly-
ogg, and while, from the very extra-
ordinary events and characters it
exhibits, it attaches the reader as a
romance, yet it displays none but
real characters and events. To the
young and the old, the lovers of in-
dustry, virtue, and religion, it will
afford amusement and information;
and farmers will find the surest and
most economical mode of rendering
their farms productive. The Swiss
clergy, Lavater included, spoke of
it in high terms, even from their
pulpits. The celebrated Arthur
Young recommends it strongly, and
translated and published a portion
of it in England, but was not posses-
sed of the materials to give the pre-
sent much enlarged edition of it, the
greater part of which was never be-
fore translated into English.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-10521.xmlMon, 01 Oct 1804 12:00:00 GMTAnecdotes. Brown, Charles Brockden
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A HOLLAND merchant, travel-
ling in a diligence in France, after
bearing patiently the loquacity of
several companions for some time,
at length desired them to desist
from interrupting the ride by their
conversation.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-10530.xmlMon, 01 Oct 1804 12:00:00 GMTNotices of Recent Publications. Brown, Charles Brockden
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1. THE death of Hamilton, as
might have been expected, has
awakened the genius of American
eloquence. In many of our princi-
pal cities, orations have been deli-
vered by eminent men, commemo-
rating his talents and virtues.
Several of these have already been
published, and have reached our
hands. Perhaps the most remark-
able of these, not only for the talents
of the speaker, but for the venerable
character of the audience before
whom it was delivered, is Mr. Ma-
son's, spoken at New York, before
the society of Cincinnati. The re-
putation of the orator is well esta-
blished, and he has not fallen short
on this occasion of the dignity and
importance of his theme. The res-
pectable names of Ames and Otis
likewise appear in this list, and they
have paid a tribute to the memory
of this illustrious shade, which, if he
still enjoy any sensibility to terres-
trial scenes, he will stoop to receive
with satisfaction and complacency.
Many other orations have been spo-
ken on this solemn occasion, the
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THE admirers of moral and lite-
rary excellence, will receive the
highest pleasure from being inform-
ed, that there has just appeared, in
London, the Life, by the celebrated
Mrs. Barbauld, and the entire Cor-
respondence, of Samuel Richard-
son. This correspondence was
prepared for the press by the author
himself, and the biography was com-
piled from authentic documents and
memorandums. The name of Mrs.
Barbauld is justly placed among the
most illustrious that have done ho-
nour to her sex, and a more conge-
nial subject could not possibly have
been afforded to her pen. Richard-
son has experienced a good fortune,
which rarely falls to the lot of de-
ceased merit. His will appears to
have been literally executed at the
time he himself prescribed, and by
a hand more worthy of his genius
than any other which England could
at present furnish. The remains of
learned men are generally presented
to the world either in a different
order, or with less completeness,
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THE following incidents will
amuse the observer of national man-
ners, and of the delicate links by
which the destinies of men hang to-
gether. The female racer will as-
tonish those who form their judg-
ments of foreign manners by their
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On the 17th July was celebrated
at Verona the beatification of sister
Vermique Giuliana, late superior
of the convent of capuchins of St.
Claire. The miracles performed
by this female saint are, according
to the legend of the faithful, very
numerous, and amount to upwards
of 300. Lately, the wife of a wine-
merchant, whose favourite saint she
always had been, experienced the
effects of her prayers and presents,
by being delivered at once of three
strong healthy boys, after a mar-
riage of 18 years, during which she
never before had a child. Her hus-
band, in gratitude, has presented
this saint with a rich diamond cross;
and there is not a wife or a husband
in that part of Italy, who desire the
sterility of their beds to cease, who
does not address prayers and offer
sacrifices to her shrine. It is said
that three convents, possessing for
a long time saints famous for the
same qualities, intend to bring suits
at Rome against this member of the
Paradise, as an intruder or interlo-
per, their convents being entir...http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-10547.xmlMon, 01 Oct 1804 12:00:00 GMTList of New Publications, in October. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Authors and publishers are requested to
communicate notices of their works,
post paid, and they will always be
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DR. FRANKLIN wrote a short
abstract of his own life, in the form
of an epistolary communication to
his son. This account begins with
a historical deduction of his family,
and ends abruptly at the period of
his marriage, and of the first forma-
tion of the library of Philadelphia,
about the year 1730, when the hero
of the tale was about twenty-four
years old. This narrative was
composed in 1777, and is one of the
most amusing, as well as instructive,
biographical performances in any
language. It is greatly to be re-
gretted, that Franklin laid down
the pen here. What a rich fund of
curious political information would
he have given us, had he continued
this memoir to the period of his re-
tirement, in old age, at Philadelphia!
had he carried us through the bust-
ling and various scenes attending the
revolution, and related his own ob-
servations and experience of men
and things, while in a public capa-
city in England and France!http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-11571.xmlThu, 01 Nov 1804 12:00:00 GMTAccount of the Philadelphia Museum. Brown, Charles Brockden
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There is no institution of the kind, in
North America, which bears any
comparison, in importance, value, and
extent, to the museum in the city of
Philadelphia, the founder and conduc-
tor of which is C. W. Peale. The
credit due to this gentleman can only
be rightly estimated by those who are
acquainted with the history of this
establishment: the small beginning
from which it arose, the indefatigable
zeal and industry with which it has
been reared to its present state, the
skill and ingenuity displayed in its
arrangement, are all, in the highest
degree, honourable to Mr. Peale, and
place him by no means low in the
list of those, who have advanced the
dignity and reputation of his country.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-11576.xmlThu, 01 Nov 1804 12:00:00 GMTOn Vaccination. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE following facts are chiefly
extracted from a late work, publish-
ed in London, by Dr. Thornton, of
that city, entitled, “Facts decisive
in favour of the Cow-Pox.” They
arc submitted to the consideration
of every person, who may think the
preservation of human life an object
worthy of attention.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-11579.xmlThu, 01 Nov 1804 12:00:00 GMTOn The Poetry of Spain and Portugal. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE study of the Spanish lan-
guage, which has gained consider-
able ground lately in America, has
owed this increased popularity al-
most wholly to mercenary motives.
Young men seldom learn it with any
other view than to extend and im-
prove, by means of it, their connec-
tions in mercantile business. They
hope to turn an additional penny,
by being able to write to a Spanish
trader, or converse with him in his
native language.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-11581.xmlThu, 01 Nov 1804 12:00:00 GMTCanine Virtues. Brown, Charles Brockden
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THE dog has always excited the
admiration and respect of mankind,
not merely from their sagacity, but
from their moral qualities. There
are very few men who possess some
of the moral qualities in a degree
equal to many dogs. In the scale,
therefore, of moral, that is, of real
merit, the dog is frequently superior
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1. A VERY valuable work has
been for some time published, entitled
“The Journal of Andrew Ellicott,
late commissioner on behalf of the
United States, during part of the
year 1796, the years 1797, 1798,
1799, and part of the year 1800, for
determining the boundary between
the United States and the posses-
sions of his catholic majesty in Ame-
rica; containing occasional remarks
on the situation, soil, rivers, natural
productions, and diseases of the dif-
ferent countries on the Ohio, the
Mississippi from the mouth of the
Ohio to the Gulph of Mexico, the
whole of West Florida, and part of
East Florida; to which is added, an
appendix, containing all the astro-
nomical observations made use of,
for determining the boundary, with
many others, made in different parts
of the country, for settling the geo-
graphical positions of some import-
ant points, with maps of the boun-
dary on a large scale; likewise a
great number of thermometrical ob-
servations made at different times
and places.”http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-11598.xmlThu, 01 Nov 1804 12:00:00 GMTList of New Publications in November. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Authors and publishers are requested to
communicate notices of their works,
post paid, and they will always be
inserted, free of expence.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-11648.xmlThu, 01 Nov 1804 12:00:00 GMTSketch of John Jay. With a Portrait. Brown, Charles Brockden
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JOHN JAY is well known to be
one of the most illustrious charac-
ters in the American revolution.
He is descended from one of those
French protestants, whom the revo-
cation of Henry the fourth's edict
compelled to seek a refuge in foreign
countries. These exiles spread
themselves throughout all the pro-
testant parts of Europe, and a little
colony, somewhat more adventur-
ous than their brethren, sought an
asylum among the forests and mo-
rasses of the new world in the west.
They settled on the shore of Long
Island sound, where their language
and manners are far from being
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WHEN I first heard of the black
chief of St. Domingo bestowing on
himself the title of emperor of Hayti,
I could not help smiling. I thought,
at first, it was the device of some
wag, who wanted to ridicule the
ambition of Bonaparte, but it turned
out to be a specimen of that miser-
able and childish spirit of imitation,
which some think characteristic of
the negro race.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-12655.xmlSat, 01 Dec 1804 12:00:00 GMTFielding and Richardson. Brown, Charles Brockden
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RICHARDSON and Fielding
were cotemporaries, and adopted
the same kind of composition: that
is to say, fictitious biography. The
limits of this sphere are extremely
wide and comprehensive; and it is
somewhat remarkable, that two
writers of the same language, pe-
riod, and nation, and who both
painted from the scene of life before
them, should betake themselves to
the opposite limits of this sphere;
should select objects, characters, and
incidents, as remote as possible from
each other, in every circumstance
but that of living at the same pe-
riod, and (as to some of them) be-
ing natives of the same country.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-12657.xmlSat, 01 Dec 1804 12:00:00 GMT[Editor's Introduction to] Interpretations of Prophecy. Brown, Charles Brockden
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The weakness and arrogance of
the human understanding are mani-
fested in nothing more than in the
infinitely various and contradictory
expositions of the scriptural pro-
phecies, and especially of the book
of Revelations, which have been
given, at different times, by learned
men. To ingenious and endless
conjectures of grave students, on this
subject, we may add the opinion of
the whimsical but learned William
Whiston, who published An Essay
on the Revelations, in which he
conceived some prophecy fulfilled
by the victories of prince Eugene.
What could Whiston do less than
dedicate his essay to the prince,
and present him with a copy? And
what could the noble Eugene do less
than thank him for the compli-
ment? The prince, however, pro-
fessed, modestly enough, not to have
been aware that he had the honour
of being known to St. John. The
best part of the story is, that he
made Whiston a present of fifteen
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WITH thrilling voice and speaking
eye,http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-12679.xmlSat, 01 Dec 1804 12:00:00 GMTList of New Publications in December. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Authors and publishers are requested to
communicate notices of their works,
post paid, and they will always be
inserted, free of expence.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-12728.xmlSat, 01 Dec 1804 12:00:00 GMTLetter To [Elizabeth Linn]. Brown, Charles Brockden
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I intended this to be a busy day, but can do
nothing. My heart is oppressed with sorrow
I can think of nothing but melancholy themes.
The first impulse, this morning, was to fly to thee
but, alas. I shall not find thee alone, & thou
wilt be restrained by the stranger's presence from
giving me the consolations of thy tenderness
The next expedient is to say on paper, what I
shall not have an opportunity of saying to thy
ear. I will call this afternoon, however: perhaps
my Love may be alone.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-L-164.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTLetter To John Blair Linn. Brown, Charles Brockden
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Philadelphia, July 4th, 1804.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-L-165.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMTLetter To William Linn. Brown, Charles Brockden
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I am sensible that many apologies are due to you for my omit
=ting to write to you earlier. I was anxious to transmit to you, agreably
to your wishes, some more copies of the proposals for “Valerian,” but no
suitable opportunity has hitherto occurred. I shall seize the first that
I meet with & hope they may not arrive too late to be of service. I
was desirous likewise of being enabled, when I wrote, to acquaint you
that some progress has been made in preparing matters for the press.
I have not, however, been hitherto able to arrange the papers which you
were so kind as to put into my hands.http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1804-L-166.xmlSun, 01 Jan 1804 12:00:00 GMT