The Height Of Human Wisdom Is To

Tis Very Strange Men Should Be So Fond Of Being Wickeder Than They Are.

It Is Men Of Desperate Fortunes On The One Hand, Or Of Aspiring, Superior Fortunes On The Other, Who Go Abroad Upon Adventures, To Rise By Enterprise, And Make Themselves Famous In Undertakings Of A Nature Out Of The Common Road.

This Town Of Sheffield Is Very Populous And Large, The Streets Narrow, And The Houses Dark And Black, Occasioned By The Continued Smoke Of The Forges, Which Are Always At Work: Here They Make All Sorts Of Cutlery-ware, But Especially That Of Edged-tools, Knives, Razors, Axes, &. And Nails

Wherever God Erects A House Of Prayer The Devil Always Builds A Chapel There; And 't Will Be Found, Upon Examination, The Latter Has The Largest Congregation.

It Happen'd One Day About Noon Going Towards My Boat, I Was Exceedingly Surpriz'd With The Print Of A Man's Naked Foot On The Shore.