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MG-A(G.773.038
10 Jun 1773:12,13,21 (1448)
Nothing could be more despicable in my opinion than to enter
into a paper controversy with Mr. Coolidge; it was
impertinently trespassing upon the public; no honour can be
gained from an adversary who substitutes falsehoods for
facts, nonsense, scurrility and abuse, instead of sound
reason and argument . . . [1 1/3 column essay with
references to various Shakespearean characters, Shylock,
Iago, and Rodorigo, an extended paraphrase of Much Ado
About Nothing, and the following:]
This Much ado, with Shylock's behaviour to the Merchant
of Venice, Iago and Rodorigo, George Barnwell in The London
Merchant, Scroop to Henry Vth, Blisil to Jones--may serve as
a compendium of what I have suffered and what has been
attempted against me. Adieu my persecutors--I forgive and
pity you--the world was made and is wide enough for us all.
. . [6 lines, signed] Exit Fanatick.
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