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12018-02-18T14:43:35-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72001(annotation)plain2018-02-18T14:43:35-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aLET a Man but dare to appear even in Defence of the Character of his Friend, his Relation, or himself; and, in an Instant, you besmear and cover him with such a thick Slime of Slander, that was it not for that powerful Menstruum called TRUTH, he would scarcely ever become so cleansed as to be known again by his former Acquaintance.
SUCH are the happy Effects of your Voyages to England in your youthful, and later Days! For such are the Advantages which have resulted to you from a close Attendance on the Lectures of those celebrated Mistresses of our Art, the —NAIADS of BILLINGSGATE!
I am fully sensible, Sir, that this Performance will, in Point of pure unadulterated Scurrility, fall far short of those excellent Pieces which your Patronage has lately been the Means of procuring for the Benefit of Society. Should it, however, be the happy Means of my obtaining your Protection and Encouragement, I cannot but flatter myself that I may, fired with Emulation, hereafter rival the Sentiment-Dresser-General himself!
THE Observations on Mr. H—s's Advertisement, tho' highly season'd with Scurrility, are yet vastly inferior in that Respect to the Answer to Mr. F—n's Remarks. For this Reason I chose the former for the Subject of my first Essay, hoping that if I should be so lucky as to succeed in imitating That, I might in Time rise to an Imitation of the other.
UNPARDONABLE would it be, Sir, were I to pass over in Silence the Obligations you have conferred on all British America, in so wisely and bravely daring the Ministry and Parliament to burthen us
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12016-08-19T12:58:48-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aA Humble Attempt at Scurrility - iv.1A 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.2016-08-19T12:58:48-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
