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4iiftinguifhed the Englishman has not fuf-r" 

 fared more on the fide of firmnefs and in- 

 tegrity, than it has gained on that of po- 

 Ktenefs and elegance, by facrificing the rough 

 j^orts of the Field to the fofter amufements 

 of the AiTembly and Card Table. 

 ■ I know the laws which are in force to 

 preferve thofe Animals which are the ob- 

 jects of this diverfion, are feverely attacked 

 by the fentimental Novel Writers of the 

 prefent time : writers who, without in- 

 vention, humour, or real knowledge of 

 mankind, drefs up fome improbable tale 

 with affeded maxims of fine feeling, and 

 exquifite fenfibility, and endeavour to weaken 

 the hearts, enflame the paflions, and miflead 

 the underflandings of the rifing generation. 

 Thefe abound with horrid flories of the 

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