the fact , that I was not unemployed in my profession by the late John Jacob Astor ; a name which , I admitadmit, I love to repeat , for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it , and rings like unto bullion .
Gustavus Adolphus and his Swedes passed through more than once , as is duly recordedrecordin archives still preserved , for we are on what was then the high-road between Sweden and Brandenburg the unfortunate .