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The Vicar os Wakefield. 133
,, cobiers, would ail their lives have only men-
,, ded shoes, but never made them.
,, Finding that there was no great degree
„ of gentility affixed to the character os art
„ usher,Iresbived to accept his proposal; and
„ having the highell respecl for literature, hai-
,, led the antiqua mater of Grubiireet with re-
,, vert nee. I thought it my glory to purlue
,, a track which Dryden and Otway trod be-
„ fore me. I consdered the goddess of this
,, region as the parent of excellence; and how-
,, ever an intercourle with the world might
„ give us good settle, the poverty she granted
,, i sippoled to he the nurle of genius! Big
,, with theleresections, I late down, andfn-
„ ditig that the belt things remained to be
,, laid on the wrong sde, I resolved to write
„ a book that skouid be wholly new. I the-
„ telore drelt up three paradoxes with lome
„ ingenuity. They were faile, indeed, but
„ they were new. The jewels of truth have
„ been lo often' imported by others, that no-
,, thing was left for me to import but lome
„ Iplendid things that at a distance looked
,, every bitas well. Witnels youpowerswhat
„ fancied importance late perched upon my
,, quill while I was writing. The whole lear-
„ ned world, I made no doubt, would rise
,, to oppole my sjdiems; but then I was pre-
„ pared to oppole the whole learned world.
,, Like the porcupine I late leif collected, with
,, a quill pointed again!! every oppoler."
!, V/eii laid,, mv boy, " cried I, „ and
.,, what subject did you treat upon? 1 hope
^ you did not pals over the importance of
„ Mono-
,, cobiers, would ail their lives have only men-
,, ded shoes, but never made them.
,, Finding that there was no great degree
„ of gentility affixed to the character os art
„ usher,Iresbived to accept his proposal; and
„ having the highell respecl for literature, hai-
,, led the antiqua mater of Grubiireet with re-
,, vert nee. I thought it my glory to purlue
,, a track which Dryden and Otway trod be-
„ fore me. I consdered the goddess of this
,, region as the parent of excellence; and how-
,, ever an intercourle with the world might
„ give us good settle, the poverty she granted
,, i sippoled to he the nurle of genius! Big
,, with theleresections, I late down, andfn-
„ ditig that the belt things remained to be
,, laid on the wrong sde, I resolved to write
„ a book that skouid be wholly new. I the-
„ telore drelt up three paradoxes with lome
„ ingenuity. They were faile, indeed, but
„ they were new. The jewels of truth have
„ been lo often' imported by others, that no-
,, thing was left for me to import but lome
„ Iplendid things that at a distance looked
,, every bitas well. Witnels youpowerswhat
„ fancied importance late perched upon my
,, quill while I was writing. The whole lear-
„ ned world, I made no doubt, would rise
,, to oppole my sjdiems; but then I was pre-
„ pared to oppole the whole learned world.
,, Like the porcupine I late leif collected, with
,, a quill pointed again!! every oppoler."
!, V/eii laid,, mv boy, " cried I, „ and
.,, what subject did you treat upon? 1 hope
^ you did not pals over the importance of
„ Mono-