Letters and Miscellanies in Prose, Rhyme, and BlankVerse Classic Reprint

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As for the critics, they may find it amusing to throw dust into other people's eyes, but we don't - gold dust more particularly; and as for making the fine eyes to sweeten their cream-o'-tartar visages, that's out of the question; cause why, it's much' easier for some folks to make ugly faces now-a - days, than pretty ones. And then, the supposition of their ever looking much beyond the title-page of one-half the books they undertake to praise or berate so unmercifully, is so refreshingly verdant, that it would be cruel to tan talize the locusts and caterpillars by any such preten sion! So, you see, there is no help for it - they will e'en have to abuse us to their heart's content; though our own private opinion (publicly expressed) is, that they will feel far more fatigued than satisfied, when they have done; for we intend to go right off to an insurance office, and then if we are killed with a criticism, it will be a matter for the stockholders to look into.

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