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ESSAYS

ON

MEN AND MANNERS.

BY

WILLIAM SHENSTONE, ESQ.

"Every single observation that is published by a man of genius, be it
"ever so trivial, should be esteemed of importance; because he speaks
"from his own impressions; whereas common men publish common
"things, which they perhaps gleaned from frivolous writers."

Essay on Writing and Books, No. LXIV.

London:

PRINTED BY J. CUNDEE, IVY-LANE,

FOR T. HURST, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
1. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Chapel; J. Dingle, Bury; Emery
and Adams, and W. Sheppard, Bristol;

and T. Richards, Plymouth.

1802.