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bookix
ntainingtwelvehours
chapter1
ofthoseay,andofthoseaynot,esuch
historiesasthis
angothergoodusesforhoughtpropertoinstitute
theseseveralintroduasa
kindofrkorsta,ayhereafterenableaveryindifferent
readertodistinguishistrueandgenuineinthishistorickind
ofs
likelythatsosuchrkyshortlybeenecessary,sincethe
favourablereceptionhreeauthorshavelatelyprocured
fortheirthepublic,willprobablyserveas
anenuragenttonyotherstoundertakethelikethusasof
foolishnovelsandnstrousroncesherto
thegreatioverishingofbooksellers,ortothegreatlossof
tianddepravationofralsinthereader;nay,oftentothe
spreadingofscandalandcaluy,andtotheprejudiceofthe
anyhyandhonestpeople
iquestionnotbuttheingeniousauthorofthespectatorwas
prinottostoeverypaper,
frohesansiderationofguardingagainstthepursuitofthose
scribblers,alentsofaerbutistaughtby
theaster,areyetnoedtoassuthe
satitleshthegreatestgenius,thantheirgoodbrotherinthe
fablehelionsskin
bythedeviotto,itbecairacticablefor
anyntopresutoitatethespectators,houtunderstandingat
leastonesentenceintheleaedlanguagesinthesannerihave
noyselffroheitationofthoseterly
incapableofanydegreeofreflection,andequal
toanessay
ierit
ofsuchhistoricalproductionscaneverlieintheseintroductory
chapters;but,infact,thosepartserenarrativeonly,
affordenttothepenofanitator,thanthose
posedofobservationandrefleeansuch
itatorsasroeofthe
ronso,bybarefeetandsourfaces
toinventgoodstories,andtotelltheell,arepossiblyvery
raretalents,andyetihaveobservedfeo
aitboth:andifiheroncesandnovelshh
theayfairlynclude,thatstofthe
authorsptedtoshoheirteethifthe
expressionybealloeinanyothering;noruld
indeedhavestrungtogetheradozensentencesonanyothersubject
usindo,yberetrulysaid
ofthehistorianandbiographer,thanofanyotherspeciesofing;
foralltheartsandsciencesevencriticistselfrequireso
littledegreeofleaingandknoayperhaps
bethoughtanexandsnuers,orsothing
likenuers:positionofnovelsandronces,
nothingisnecessarybutpaper,pens,andink,anual
this,inceive,theirproductionsshoobe
theopinionoftheauthorstheelves:andthisstbetheopinionof
theirreaders,ifindeedtherebeanysuch
eachdesperateblockheaddarestoe:
verseisthetradeofeverylivingrfrancis
henceptheworld,
inatesthethejority,havecastonall
historicalaterialsfroerdsand
itistheapprehensionofthisntetthathathdeusso
ronce,anaight
otherentedthough,aswehivegood
authorityforallourcharacters,nolessindeedthanthevast
authentisdaybookofnature,asiselseed,ourlabours
havesuffieofhistorycertainlytheydeserve
sodistinthoseen
regardedonlyasproa
loosenessofthebrain
butbesidesthedishonourost
usefulasertainingofallkindsofing,thereis
justreasontoapprehend,thatbyenuragingsuchauthorsweshall
propagateeantothecharacters
ofnygoodandvaluableersofsociety;forthedullesters,
norethanthedullestpanions,arealheyhave
bothenoughoflanguagetobeindecentandabusiveandsurelyif
theopinionjustabovecitedbetrue,hatworksso
nastilyderivedshouldbenastytheelves,orhaveatendencytoke
othersso
topreventtherefore,forthefuture,suchinteerateabusesof
leisure,ofletters,andofthelibertyofthepress,especiallyas
thesatpresenttoberethanusuallythreatenedh
theishallhereventuretontionsoqualifications,everyone
oftyhighdegreenecessarytothisorderof
historians
thefirstis,genius,houtafullveinofudy,says
horace,canavailusbygeniusiandthatthepoweror
ratherthosepoind,ratinginto
allthingshinourreachandknoinguishingtheir
essentialdifferenent;
andtheyarebothcalledbythellectivenaofgenius,astheyare
ofthosegiftsofnaturehusintotheworld
ntohavefallenintoverygreat
errors;forbyinvention,ibelieve,isgenerallyunderstooda
anceersto
havethehighestpretensionstoit;ionisreally
antnoreandsothehandisvery,findingout;
ortoexplainitatlarge,aquickandsagaciousperationinto
thetrueessenplationthisi
think,ent;for
hoohavedisveredthetrueessenceoftwo
things,stohardto
nceivenoent,and
yetsofeenofhaveagreedhallthedullfellohe
ing
... </P></TD>
bookix
ntainingtwelvehours
chapter1
ofthoseay,andofthoseaynot,esuch
historiesasthis
angothergoodusesforhoughtpropertoinstitute
theseseveralintroduasa
kindofrkorsta,ayhereafterenableaveryindifferent
readertodistinguishistrueandgenuineinthishistorickind
ofs
likelythatsosuchrkyshortlybeenecessary,sincethe
favourablereceptionhreeauthorshavelatelyprocured
fortheirthepublic,willprobablyserveas
anenuragenttonyotherstoundertakethelikethusasof
foolishnovelsandnstrousroncesherto
thegreatioverishingofbooksellers,ortothegreatlossof
tianddepravationofralsinthereader;nay,oftentothe
spreadingofscandalandcaluy,andtotheprejudiceofthe
anyhyandhonestpeople
iquestionnotbuttheingeniousauthorofthespectatorwas
prinottostoeverypaper,
frohesansiderationofguardingagainstthepursuitofthose
scribblers,alentsofaerbutistaughtby
theaster,areyetnoedtoassuthe
satitleshthegreatestgenius,thantheirgoodbrotherinthe
fablehelionsskin
bythedeviotto,itbecairacticablefor
anyntopresutoitatethespectators,houtunderstandingat
leastonesentenceintheleaedlanguagesinthesannerihave
noyselffroheitationofthoseterly
incapableofanydegreeofreflection,andequal
toanessay
ierit
ofsuchhistoricalproductionscaneverlieintheseintroductory
chapters;but,infact,thosepartserenarrativeonly,
affordenttothepenofanitator,thanthose
posedofobservationandrefleeansuch
itatorsasroeofthe
ronso,bybarefeetandsourfaces
toinventgoodstories,andtotelltheell,arepossiblyvery
raretalents,andyetihaveobservedfeo
aitboth:andifiheroncesandnovelshh
theayfairlynclude,thatstofthe
authorsptedtoshoheirteethifthe
expressionybealloeinanyothering;noruld
indeedhavestrungtogetheradozensentencesonanyothersubject
usindo,yberetrulysaid
ofthehistorianandbiographer,thanofanyotherspeciesofing;
foralltheartsandsciencesevencriticistselfrequireso
littledegreeofleaingandknoayperhaps
bethoughtanexandsnuers,orsothing
likenuers:positionofnovelsandronces,
nothingisnecessarybutpaper,pens,andink,anual
this,inceive,theirproductionsshoobe
theopinionoftheauthorstheelves:andthisstbetheopinionof
theirreaders,ifindeedtherebeanysuch
eachdesperateblockheaddarestoe:
verseisthetradeofeverylivingrfrancis
henceptheworld,
inatesthethejority,havecastonall
historicalaterialsfroerdsand
itistheapprehensionofthisntetthathathdeusso
ronce,anaight
otherentedthough,aswehivegood
authorityforallourcharacters,nolessindeedthanthevast
authentisdaybookofnature,asiselseed,ourlabours
havesuffieofhistorycertainlytheydeserve
sodistinthoseen
regardedonlyasproa
loosenessofthebrain
butbesidesthedishonourost
usefulasertainingofallkindsofing,thereis
justreasontoapprehend,thatbyenuragingsuchauthorsweshall
propagateeantothecharacters
ofnygoodandvaluableersofsociety;forthedullesters,
norethanthedullestpanions,arealheyhave
bothenoughoflanguagetobeindecentandabusiveandsurelyif
theopinionjustabovecitedbetrue,hatworksso
nastilyderivedshouldbenastytheelves,orhaveatendencytoke
othersso
topreventtherefore,forthefuture,suchinteerateabusesof
leisure,ofletters,andofthelibertyofthepress,especiallyas
thesatpresenttoberethanusuallythreatenedh
theishallhereventuretontionsoqualifications,everyone
oftyhighdegreenecessarytothisorderof
historians
thefirstis,genius,houtafullveinofudy,says
horace,canavailusbygeniusiandthatthepoweror
ratherthosepoind,ratinginto
allthingshinourreachandknoinguishingtheir
essentialdifferenent;
andtheyarebothcalledbythellectivenaofgenius,astheyare
ofthosegiftsofnaturehusintotheworld
ntohavefallenintoverygreat
errors;forbyinvention,ibelieve,isgenerallyunderstooda
anceersto
havethehighestpretensionstoit;ionisreally
antnoreandsothehandisvery,findingout;
ortoexplainitatlarge,aquickandsagaciousperationinto
thetrueessenplationthisi
think,ent;for
hoohavedisveredthetrueessenceoftwo
things,stohardto
nceivenoent,and
yetsofeenofhaveagreedhallthedullfellohe
ing
... </P></TD>