Political And Literary Anecdotes of His Own Times
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Such, 1 am well assured, was the celebrated Fontaine, whom I have mentioned above : and who that hath read Mr. Ajdi son's Tatlers and Spectators, which abound with wit and hu- mour, and are infinitely superioui to ail his other compositions, would not expect to have found him a most agreeable compan- ion ? An old acquaintance of mine hath treasured up a very curious and interest- OP HIS OWN TIMES. 67 ing collection of anecdotes, which have al- ways given me great pleasure when I have been able ...to come at them ; for though he is ever ready to tell his story, and like- wise knows how to apply it, yet his intro- duction is so long and tedious, and his di- gressions so frequent, and so much out of the way, that he often loses his point of view, and is unable to recover the track, unless he asks the person who sits next him upon what occasion he began his tale ; and yet this gentleman does not want either learning or prudence, and has kept as good company as any man in England. What is very remarkable, he is apt to condemn others for the fault of which he is so noto- riously guilty ; so little sensible are the wisest men of their own failings!
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Such, 1 am well assured, was the celebrated Fontaine, whom I have mentioned above : and who that hath read Mr. Ajdi son's Tatlers and Spectators, which abound with wit and hu- mour, and are infinitely superioui to ail his other compositions, would not expect to have found him a most agreeable compan- ion ? An old acquaintance of mine hath treasured up a very curious and interest- OP HIS OWN TIMES. 67 ing collection of anecdotes, which have al- ways given me great pleasure when I have been able ...to come at them ; for though he is ever ready to tell his story, and like- wise knows how to apply it, yet his intro- duction is so long and tedious, and his di- gressions so frequent, and so much out of the way, that he often loses his point of view, and is unable to recover the track, unless he asks the person who sits next him upon what occasion he began his tale ; and yet this gentleman does not want either learning or prudence, and has kept as good company as any man in England. What is very remarkable, he is apt to condemn others for the fault of which he is so noto- riously guilty ; so little sensible are the wisest men of their own failings!
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