He once tuck a man's word for his wages; and the long and short of it was, that he lost his money.

He had known a thousand instances in which words had proved to be of no value, and he did not see why some gentlemen wished to make them of so much importance here.

For his part, he was for puffing up nothing, no, not even a word or a color, above its desarts.
The people seemed to call for a change in the color of things, and he called upon gentlemen to remember that this was a free country, and one in which the laws ruled; and therefore he trusted they would be disposed to adapt the laws to the wants of the people.

What had the people asked of the house in this matter?
So far as his knowledge went, they had really asked nothing in words, but he understood there was great discontent on the subject of the old colors; and he construed their silence into an expression of contempt for words in general.

He was a Parpendic'lar, and he should always maintain Parpendic'lar sentiments.
Gentlemen might not agree with him, but, for one, he was not disposed to jipordyze the liberties of his constituents, and therefore he gave the rizolution just as it came from the Riddles, without altering a letter--although he did think there was one word misspelt--he meant 'really,' which he had been taught to spell 'ra'aily'-- but he was ready to sacrifice even his opinions on this point to the good of the country; and therefore he went with the Riddles, even to their misprints.