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not be wholly uninteresting to you. I will not 

 assume the sham modesty to suppose, that my 

 manner of treating it makes me unworthy of an 

 answer; and, I must confess, that I shall be 

 disappointed unless you make a serious attempt 

 to prove to me, that I am in error. 



I am, Sir, 

 Your most obedient, 



And most humble Servant, 

 WM. COBBETT. 



285. Now, observe, 1 never received any 

 answer to this. Much abuse. New torrents of 

 abuse; and, in language still more venomous 

 than the former; for now the Milton and Shake- 

 spear men, the critical Parsons, took up the 

 pen ; and, when you have an angry Priest for 

 adversary, it is not the common viper, but the 

 rattle-snake that you have to guard against. 

 However, as no one put his name to what he 

 wrote, my remarks went on producing their 

 effect ; and a very considerable effect they had. 



286. About the same time Mr. TIMOTHY 

 BROWN of Peckham Lodge, who is one of the 

 most understanding and most worthy men I ever 

 had the honour to be acquainted with, furnished 

 me with the following comparative estimate re 

 lative to ivheat and potatoes. 



