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12018-02-18T15:33:23-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72003(annotation)plain2018-02-18T15:35:03-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aFROM whence they have gathered, that Mr. F—n’s Friends “make it a Condition on which alone they will make a Reply,” I am at a Loss to guess. No Words in Mr. H—s’s Advertisement imply any thing of the kind. It is there said, that if they will avow their Performance, in such Case, there shall be a Reply published with the Writer’s Name affixed. But surely this is not to be construed to mean that, if they don’t avow it, there will then be no Reply made, either anonymous or otherwise. If you really, Gentlemen, do imagine that this was the Intention of either Mr. H—s, or any other of Mr. F—n’s Friends, you flatter yourselves egregiously. They were determined, from the first, to “detect and expose what was false in the Answer to the Remarks,” but then they wanted also to detect and expose the Author of those Falsities, and thereby prevent his imposing on the Publick in future; which could not be done without he could be made to appear. For this Purpose, and to show his Regard for an absent Friend, Mr. H—s published his Challenge; but, to do you Justice, you have had the Address to discover the Plot, and have therefore prudently declined entering the Lists.
SINCE Matters are thus circumstanced, and you are determined, like your Brother Savages of the Ohio, to keep to your Bush-Fighting, we must engage you in the same Manner. A prudent Officer will always adapt his Operations to the Nature of his Enemy, and attack them in their own Way.— By this Conduct Boquet conquered; by the contrary Braddock was defeated.
AS to myself, I am but young and inexperienced in waging Wordy-War, this being the first Campaign I ever served; yet have I Spirit enough to attack the great Giant himself in his Castle, notwithstanding all his Blunderbusses. But shou’d I not succeed in my Attempt, there is a hardy Band of Veterans, all sure Marksmen, and long enured to Service, who intend soon to charge their Rifle-barrel’d Quills, and make one general Assault on the Giant and all his Adherents. A Body of light Infantry, all Volunteers
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12016-08-19T12:58:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aA Humble Attempt at Scurrility - 161A 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.2016-08-19T12:58:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
