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12018-02-18T21:50:42-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72001(annotation)plain2018-02-18T21:50:42-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aBut for Mr. A—n, he has openly opposed a King’s Government, has in Time of War supply’d the King’s Enemies with Military Stores, told us repeatedly, That we should find the King’s little Finger heavier than the Pr—r’s whole Loins, and told us— something still worse of His Majesty, if possible, for which I must beg the Reader’s Patience till the Reply appears: Instead of the King’s Health, Success to the Minority(who oppose the King’s Measures in England) is his standing Toast; and, instead of the King’s Picture, he has hung up the Portrait of JOHN WILKES!— the most vile Calumniator of Majesty that has ever yet appeared!—a Man so very abandoned and profligate, that the greatest Part of the very Minority whose Tool he was held him in Abhorrence!
If then Mr. A—n has no greater Advantages over Mr. H—s, in Point of Family, Fortune, Rank, Abilities, and Loyalty, than what are mentioned, I should be glad to be informed, on what Account it is that Mr. A—n will “not enter the Lists with such an Antagonist.” When the true Reason appears, I make no doubt but that it will be found neither more or less than this, That he was afraid of being as shamefully defeated in Writing as he had been before in Speaking.
Our Author next tells us, “that Mr. A—n neither was, nor could be supposed, the Author of a Performance in which so much is said to his own Advantage, and that his Modesty and Sense would at least have prevented this.” But as his possessing those two Qualities was not a Matter of publick Notoriety, the Supposition, if there was any such, is at least excuseable: And what makes it the more so is, that, among the numerous People to whom he harangued by the Hour, there are but few who will not acknowledge that his own Praise was the Subject of a considerable Part of his Discourse. In Truth, however, he was not, nor could not, for “very substantial Reasons” be supposed the Author of the Answer to the Remarks: But as he was known to have furnished most of the Materials for the “Calumny
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12016-08-19T13:00:55-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aA Humble Attempt at Scurrility - 231A humble attempt at scurrility: : in imitation of those great masters of the art, the Rev. Dr. S--th; the Rev. Dr. Al----n; the Rev. Mr. Ew-n; the irreverend D.J. D-ve, and the heroic J--n D-------n, Esq; being a full answer to the observations on Mr. H----s's advertisement. / By Jack Retort, student in scurrility.2016-08-19T13:00:55-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
