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MG-A(G.768.050
8 Dec 1768:23 (1213)
To the Printers. . . [2 lines quote from Pope] From the
service employment of the Printer's Devil, we have seen Mr.
Clapham gradually rising to the important office of
Corrector of the press, and he has now ascended the critic's
chair. . . [13 lines]
Unhappy wit like most mistaken things,
Atones not for the envy that it brings;
'Tis what the vitious fear, the virtuous shun,
By fools 'tis hated and by knaves undone.
But what say the reviewers? --Hungry wretches who live upon
the bits and scraps of song. . . [1 column of invective]
Here, say the reviewers, the author is quite
incomprehensible--but how so? Shakespeare uses the phrase,
the mind's eye; painted by the imagination, is not only a
common, but beautiful expression. . .
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