about two o'clock
This much they did effect , and I was compelled to submit to their power . We are all of us , more or less , the dupes of knaves and fools . All this , however , was the fruits of several weeks ' intercourse , and I have anticipated events a little , in order to make the statements in connection . Meeting a breeze , as has been said already , the Dawn got over the bar , about two o'clock , and stood off the land , on an easy bowline , in company with the little fleet of square-rigged vessels that went out at the same time . By sunset , Navesink again dipped , and I was once more fairly at sea . This was at the period when the commerce of America was at its height . The spirit shown by the young Republic in the French affair had commanded a little respect , though the supposed tendencies of the new administration was causing anything but a cordial feeling towards the country to exist in England .