The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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"And have ye not earnedt t1he title, John, by,utbl.ess deecds and bitcor aninmosity? I could kiss
itle tliuics v I; show et 11, if they were a teousfltisa
tilmes ls s sendid, atd tithey )eenl lattt tid upo tur
fb'reast hy the hantl.)s of )our lawfutl printce; but lnow
the}y appetar to my eyes only as indeltible blots utpon
0tt1r attaitted tnamtl. As tor your t' ssociates,
ave heatrd of' thmcn and it seetlethl that (a quet i
tmit,,ht bt bettc.r employed thant1 encouraging )y
lher siniltc.' the di.slotyal sutbj.cjtCs of otlher monatrchs
t11tltb l evenyet r elneniies. (od on ly knows when}
his plt.,asture ti' ty suititer a s5pirit of disalf\icc-ti(on to
r11se ti at'linoi1g thie petole, of her ow) n ation3 and
t(t11n thi(e tlhought tt that s}}e Is encoura(lt1e1ld rebel.liotn may p:)rovel. botlh bitt er antd tum elo11.l,>11>
finbat the royal anid lovely Anxr tointte has
deitgndt to r}pay mny servic es w ith a sitnall tportitt
of het gracitous approbation i tlnot amonv th: least
eof lly It)oa,'.tstt returttted thle O'it)ot, in all'cte:d lumiliitv h secret pride vwas imankifested even in
his oftiy attitude, ll( l Bt veturt e ilot a syllable inl
}h~er dispraise, tbr y ou know n tot WNhoIllt Y{to ctltnsuttre
She is les, distituin.ushd by bet illus t iit ous b:birth
an(l elev'ated staitiot tla bh virtues ay 1e t'ttt id love -
tiliess, Sltt lives ti1e first of hert sex it) Pttiiopett. -
h de (rtglltthter (o-f 11an emt lrott tlte contsort t of tile
most powerf1il klig, and tile smiling ittlanad beloved
patroness ot o f a nation who wo'rshii at her feet. Her
lifet. is above all reroiaeii, as it is above all earthly:punishment, w Ve'e sle so lost as to merit it; tand
it has been the wvil of Providence to pltace 1her fitr
beyoid the reaeh of all human misfortunmes.'
J (l'ts it: plaeted Il abov'e human errors, Jolhn
puntlishmentt is the naturtal and inleitaltle catSo'
qu'tit.e of sit, ant d utnless she can say lnotre than
has ever falten to t-he- lot of hutmanity to say unttly,
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