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MISCELLANIES

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The Fourth Edition, with the following Additions.

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The Seventh Epiftle of the firft Book of Horace Imitated, and Addrefs'd to a Noble Lord. A Letter from a Lay-Patron to a Gentleman defigning for Holy Orders. Thefe faid to be done by the fame Author.

The Battel of the Pygmies and Cranes. The Puppet-Show. Thefe by Mr. ADDISON. A Friendly Conference between a Preacher and a Family of his Flock, upon the 30th of January. By Mr. S. B

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Printed by S. Fairbrother, Book-Seller, and are to be sold at his Shop in Skinner-Row, over against the Tholfel, 2721.

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O Publifh the Writings of Perfons without their Confent, is a Practice, generally speaking, fo unfair, and has fo many times proved an unfufferable Injury to

the Credit and Reputation of the Authors, as well as a fhameful Impofition on the Publick, either by a Scandalous Infertion of Spurious Pieces, or an imperfect and faulty Edition of fuch as are Genuine, that though I have been Mafter of fuch of the following Pieces as have never yet been Printed, for feveral Months, I could never, though much importuned, prevail on my felf to Publish them, fearing

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even a Poffibility of doing an Injury in either of thofe two Refpects to the Perfon,who is generally known to be the Author of fome; and, with greater Reafon than I am at prefent at Liberty to give, fuppofed to be the Author of all the other Pieces, which make up this Collecti

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But as my own Unwillingness to do any thing, which might prove an Injury to the fuppofed Author's Reputation, to whom no man pays a jufter Efteem, or bares a greater Refpect than my felf, has hitherto kept me from giving the World fo agreeable an Entertainment, as it will receive from the following Papers; fo the Senfe I had, that he would really now fuffer a much greater, in both Inftances from other Hands, was the Occafion of my determining to do it at prefent; fince fome of the following Pieces have lately appeared in Print, from very imperfect and uncorrect Copies. Nor was the Abufe like to ftop here; for thefe, with all the Defects and Imperfections they came out under, met with fo much Applaufe, and fo univerfal a good Reception from all men of Wit and Tafte, as to prompt the Bookfellers, who had heard that other of thefe Tracts were in Manufcript in fome Gentlemens Hands, to feek by any means to Procure them, which fhould they compafs, they would, without Queftion, publifh in a Manner, as little to the Author's Credit and Reputation, as they have already done thofe few, which unfortunately have fallen into their Poffeflion. This being a known Fact, I hope will be fufficient to make this Publication, tho' without the Author's Con fent or Knowledge, very confiftent with that Refpect I fincerely bear him; Who, if it should

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