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MS-B.771.147
26 Dec 1771:1701 (1/43)
[in 2-column article on liberty of the press:]
. . . The Doctor is, indeed, admirable: While he thought
himself haranguing and scattering words against libelling,
he was actually inveighing virulently against himself, and
preaching an angry libel against preaching. May the Press
and Liberty e ever blessed with such foes! The Doctor does
not want words; it is a pity but he knew the use of them.
Says Mr. Bays in The Rehearsal, I bring out my bull and my
bear; and what do you think I make them do Mr. Johnson.
Johnson. Do! Why, fight, I suppose.
Bayes. See how you are mistaken now; I would as soon make
them dance; No, igad, Sir, I make them do no earthly thing.
There is a difference between the Doctor's bull and Mr.
Bayes's bull the Doctor's bull bellows; besides this he
does no earthly thing neither. . .
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