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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. About this period his father made a hit. He collected a number of stale apho'risms, from English works, Copyrighted them as his own, and hawked the book about the country; and by the borrowed reputation of an author, as well as some intriguing and unscrupulousness among the Demo' cratic ranks in and around Philadelphia, contrived, although he hated Ned, and Ned hated him and the whole family, to obtain for him a Midshipman's berth!
About this period his father made a hit. He collected a number of stale apho'risms, from English works, Copyrighted them as his own, and hawked the book about the country; and by the borrowed reputation of an author, as well as some intriguing and unscrupulousness among the Demo' cratic ranks in and around Philadelphia, contrived, although he hated Ned, and Ned hated him and the whole family, to obtain for him a Midshipman's berth!