112 89 101 about a comet's travels previous prior ^ to
its first observable appearance in the sky.
The verdict babble ^ of the sea quid-nuncs has been cited only by way of
showing what sort of moral
impression the man made upon rude
uncultivated natures whose conceptions
of human wickedness were necessarily
of the narrowest, limited to ideas of
vulgar rascality , a thief among the
swinging hammocks during a night-watch,
or the man-brokers and land-sharks
of the sea-ports.
112 89 101 about a comet's travels previous prior ^ to
its first observable appearance in the sky.
The verdict babble ^ of the sea quid-nuncs has been cited only by way of
showing what sort of moral
impression the man made upon rude
uncultivated natures whose conceptions
of human wickedness were necessarily
of the narrowest, limited to ideas of
vulgar rascality , a thief among the
swinging hammocks during a night-watch,
or the man-brokers and land-sharks
of the sea-ports.

Transcribed by: John Bryant