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BEP(F.742.026
27 Dec 1742:21 (386)
[By Mat Short] As the two letters a----w mentioned in the
Rev. Mr. Moorh--d's famous advertisement and question can
neither read or write, I will answer for them with a brevity
suitable to my name, that people generally think, that if
Mr. Caldwell hath been a tool, he hath been a sharp one;
whereas Mr. Moorh--d is and hath been always a heavy, noisy,
dull and clumsy tool; and in short, good for nothing but to
spoil any work whatsoever.
On John M---d's stiling himself, The Rev'd John M---d.
Ah, modest M----d, vain are all.
Thy looks demure; in vain you join
The sacred tribe, and fondly call
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