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In truth many of the Hessians became good Americans. In spite of the loyalty of their officers they were readily induced to desert. The wit of Benjamin Franklin was enlisted to compose telling appeals, translated into simple German, which promised grants of land to those who should abandon an unrighteous cause.
So the walls were in some places covered over with white stucco, and in others these again were adorned with pictures, not of deified mortals for idolatrous worship, but of those grand old heroes of the truth who in former generations had "through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens."
When thou hast passed them by, the darkness covereth them, each one in his coffin. Thou art the Judge of words and deeds, the Chief of chief judges, who stablishest truth, and doest away sin. May he who attacketh me be judged rightly, behold, he is stronger than I am; he hath seized upon my office, and hath carried it off with falsehood. May it be restored to me."
The spirit of romance would have indicated another course, far more flowery and inviting; it would have fashioned a paramount hero, kept faithfully with him, and made him supremely worshipful; he should have been an idol, and not a mute, unresponding idol either; but this would have been unlike real LIFE inconsistent with truth at variance with probability.
If Burke began his "Vindication of Natural Society," with intent to produce a burlesque, he missed his aim, and came very near convincing himself of the truth of his proposition. And in fact, the book was hailed by the rationalists as a vindication of Rousseau's philosophy. Burke was a conservative rationalist, which is something like an altruistic pessimist.
But our author against this, objecteth, That, 'now I employ my pen against every man; and give the lie to all expositors, for they hold this one baptism, to be none other than that of water. Ans. What if I should also send you to answer those expositors that expound certain scriptures for infant baptism, and that by them brand us for anabaptists; must this drive you from your belief of the truth?
"There you are mistaken," said I; "and also in supposing he lived a great way off. He lived in North Wales, and not far from this place." "In truth, sir, you know more about him than I." "Did you ever hear of a place called Sycharth? "Sycharth! Sycharth! I never did, sir." "It is the place where Glendower lived, and it is not far off. I want to go there, but do not know the way." "Sycharth!
The wood fire had burnt down to red embers, and lowering the lights, Patty sat down for a few moments in a big fireside chair to think. She had told the truth, that she did not want to think seriously of what Marie called "an especial liking" for anybody; but what Kenneth had said that evening troubled her.
How much better would it have been for this rich man had he trained himself to preserve General Gordon's composure, even if he had bought that composure at the price of his whole colossal fortune! Riches were useless to him, the sun failed to cheer him, and his end was in truth a release from one incessant torture.
And to be sure, at a court like this, where everybody feeds on flattery, truth is strangely out of place." "Like yourself, for instance," observed the duke. "Yes, like myself," replied the duchess, with a sweet smile that illumined her plain features, and lent them a passing beauty.
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