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Selections from The Observator
by
Roger L'Estrange
Augustan Reprint Society. Publication no. 141.
To the
READER
.
1687?
MOst
Prefaces
are (Effectually)
Apologies
; and neither the
Book
, nor the
Author
, one Jot the
Better
for them. If the
Book
be
Good
, it will not
Need
an
Apology
; If
Bad
, it will not
Bear
One: For where a man thinks, by
Calling
himself
Noddy
, in the
Epistle
, to
Atone
, for
Shewing
himself to be one, in the
Test
; He does (with Respect to the Dignity of an
Author
) but
Bind up Two Fools
in
One Cover
. But there's no more Trusting some People with
Pen
,
Ink
,
and Paper
, then the Maddest Extravagants in
Bedlam
, with
Fire
,
Sword
, or
Poyson
. He that
Writes Ill
, and
Sees
it, why does he
Wrote on
? And, with a kind of
Malice Prepense
,
Murder
the
Ingenious
part of
Mankind
? He that
Really Believes
he Writes
Well
; why does he pretend to
Think
Otherwise? Now take it which way you please, a man runs a Risque of his
Reputation
, for want, either of
Skill
, and
Judgme . . .
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