A Vindication of the Press
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_Addison, Rowe_ and _Pope_ havebeen treated with the utmost Scurrility.
These Men of Eminence sitting easy with a load of Calumny, is asufficient Consolation to Inferiors under the most despicable Usage, and there is this satisfactory Reflection, that perhaps the mostperfect Work that ever was compos'd, if not so entirely correct, butthere may be some room for Criticism by a Man of consummate Learning;for there is nothing more common than to find a Man, (if not whollyblind) over opiniated in re...spect to his own Performances, and tooexact in a Scrutiny into the Writings of others.
The ill Nature attending Criticism I take to be greater now than inany Age past; a Man's Defects in Writing shall not only be expos'd, but all the personal Infamy heap'd upon him that is possible; hisDescent and Education shall be scandaliz'd, (as if a fine Performancewas the worse for the Author's Parentage) his good Name villified, aHistory of the Transactions of his whole Life, and oftentimes a greatdeal more, shall be written, as if the were a Candidate setting up ina Burough for Member of Parliament, not an airy[?] or loose Actionshall be omitted, and neither the Sacred Gown, nor the greatestDignity shall be exempted; but there is this Consideration which swaysthe sensible part of Mankind, _viz.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
_Addison, Rowe_ and _Pope_ havebeen treated with the utmost Scurrility.
These Men of Eminence sitting easy with a load of Calumny, is asufficient Consolation to Inferiors under the most despicable Usage, and there is this satisfactory Reflection, that perhaps the mostperfect Work that ever was compos'd, if not so entirely correct, butthere may be some room for Criticism by a Man of consummate Learning;for there is nothing more common than to find a Man, (if not whollyblind) over opiniated in re...spect to his own Performances, and tooexact in a Scrutiny into the Writings of others.
The ill Nature attending Criticism I take to be greater now than inany Age past; a Man's Defects in Writing shall not only be expos'd, but all the personal Infamy heap'd upon him that is possible; hisDescent and Education shall be scandaliz'd, (as if a fine Performancewas the worse for the Author's Parentage) his good Name villified, aHistory of the Transactions of his whole Life, and oftentimes a greatdeal more, shall be written, as if the were a Candidate setting up ina Burough for Member of Parliament, not an airy[?] or loose Actionshall be omitted, and neither the Sacred Gown, nor the greatestDignity shall be exempted; but there is this Consideration which swaysthe sensible part of Mankind, _viz.
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