But since it is arrivd at soe great perfection, it is despisd, and scornd as Pædantry;

For with Rosilia, to the regret of the past and self-accusation, was added the contemplation of a dark futurity, seldom affording a gleam of hope to cheer and solace her disquietude.

it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices

Verily, what Roman would not have let his mind run astray in the midst of such super-geniuses of invention as these New Yorkians?