Trip 3397 of 5399 collection book39
He was brought forth in a waggon and might be said to be literally a native of two different countriesbook75 for though he first saw the light in Holland he was not born tillbook28 after the carriage arrived in Flanders so that all these extraordinary circumstances considered the task of determining to what government he naturally owed allegiance would be at least as difficult as that of ascertaining the so much contested birthplace of Homer.Yet the same principle by which we rejoice at the remuneration of merit will teach us to relish the disgrace and discomfiture of vice which is always an example of extensive use and influence because it leaves a deep impression of terror upon the minds of those who were not confirmed in the pursuit of morality and virtue and while the balance wavers enables the right scale to preponderate.... read all
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