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I fhall only convey an oblique hint a thofe 

 catchpenny fhifts or abridgments, frcm the 

 authors before fpoken of, publiihed und^r the 

 titles of '' Ten Minutes Advice /' <* The 

 Pocket Farrier,'' &c^ &c. and proceed to a 

 few obfervations upon the wonderful dif^ove-^ 

 rieSf prolix defcriptionsy tedious digrej[jions^2S)A 

 aJloniJJjing tales y of Henry Bracken (rredi- 

 cinas dodlor), v^ho, to his diploma, whicl. he 

 boafts of in his Preface, adds the ftrangeft can- 

 plication of language, for a medical autior 

 and phyfician, that ever difgraced a candidite 

 for critical diffedtipn. How^ever bad the com- 

 pliment may be to my ow^n underfta nding, or 

 largely it may tend to difplay my want :>f 

 tafte, I can neither condefcend to imitate him 

 in the fublimity of his ftyle or the lertility of 

 his medical invention: nor fhall I prefumc 

 to copy fo great an originaU by in troducing 

 ** A Tale of a Tub'' in every page, foreign to 

 the matter in queflion, merely for th e purpofe 

 of fwelling this work to a fize that may con- 

 tribute to its difgrace^ referving to niyfelf one 

 confolation^—if it does not become e ntitled to 

 approbation for its utility, ntiihQv pique ov pre- 

 judice fhall have juft caufe to condemn it for 

 its prolixity. 



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