The schemes of Paterson, brought forward under the patronage of the ministers of the Crown, were sanctioned by the unanimous voice of the Legislature.
The great projector was the idol of the whole nation.

Men spoke to him with more profound respect than to the Lord High Commissioner.

His antechamber was crowded with solicitors desirous to catch some drops of that golden shower of which he was supposed to be the dispenser.

To be seen walking with him in the High Street, to be honoured by him with a private interview of a quarter of an hour, were enviable distinctions.
He, after the fashion of all the false prophets who have deluded themselves and others, drew new faith in his own lie from the credulity of his disciples.

His countenance, his voice, his gestures, indicated boundless self-importance.