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NYWJ.735.015
20 Oct 1735:31 (102)
Mr. Zenger; Mr. Bradford of late has had his imagination so
much turned upon the splendour of public parades and
magnificent entertainments, that we suspect his head is
become giddy, and that he has forgot the meaning of the most
usual English words . . . [9 lines] We advise him in his
next to publish by way of supplement a list of the
entertainers, with the grand titles of their offices: what
mortal then could avoid being delighted with the adoration
of so many illustrious personages, all of his own creating,
or absolutely dependent on himself. . . [13 lines] Mr.
Bradford ought not to have forgot the polite return which
the gentlemen who attended at the Congress of Indian Princes
at Albany made their entertainers, by their graceful Indian
dancing and music; and this we are assured was done so very
natural, that it is very much to the honour of the
performers.---Thus when a gentleman has traveled to France,
his friends at his return judge of his sense and taste by
the manners he has acquired, whether it be by his becoming
imitation of an Italian scarramouch or an Irish piper.
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