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historical collation om. om.] ADVERTISEMENT. | ¶At length Peregrine Pickle makes his appearance in a new edition, in spite of all the art and industry that were used to stifle him in the birth, by certain booksellers and others, who were at uncommon pains to misrepresent the work and calumniate the author. ¶The performance was decried as an immoral piece, and a scurrilous libel; the author was charged with having defamed the characters of particular persons, to whom he lay under considerable obligations : and some formidable criticks declared that the book was void of humour, character and sentiment. ¶These charges, had they been supported by proof, would have certainly damned the writer and all his works; and even unsupported as they were, had an unfavourable effect with the publick: but, luckily for him, his real character was not unknown; and some readers were determined to judge for themselves , rather than trust implicitly to the allegations of his enemies.The book was found not altogether unworthy of their recommendation: a very large impression has been sold in England: another was bought up in a neighbouring kingdom: the work has been translated into the French language; and the demand for the original , lately encreased in England. It was the author’s duty, therefore, as well as his interest to oblige the publick with this edition which he has endeavoured to render less unworthy of their acceptance, by retrenching the superfluities of the first, reforming its manners, and correcting its expression. Divers uninteresting incidents are wholly suppressed: some humorous scenes he has endeavoured to heighten, and he flatters himself that he has expunged every adventure, phrase and insinuation that could be construed by the most delicate reader into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. ¶He owns with contrition that in one or two instances, he gave way too much to the suggestions of personal resentment, and represented characters as they appeared to him at that time, through the exaggerating medium of prejudice: but, he has in this impression endeavoured to make atonement for these extravagances. Howsoever he may have erred in point of judgment or discretion, he defies the whole world to prove that he was ever guilty of one act of malice, ingratitude or dishonour.This declaration he may be permitted to make without incurring the imputation of vanity or presumption, considering the numerous shafts of envy, rancour and revenge, that have lately, both in private and in public, been levelled at his reputation. ¶Note. The two letters relating to the Memoirs of a lady of quality, inserted at the beginning of the third volume, were sent to the editor by a person of honour. 2–3 om. om.] ADVERTISEMENT. 2; ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION 3 1.4.20 boarding-school, and becomes] boarding-school, becomes 2–3 om. om.] lady of quality 2–3 1.4.22 CHAP. XIII.] om. 2–3 1.4.26 CHAP. XIV.] CHAP. XIII. 2–3 844 Historical Collation 1.4.31 CHAP. XV.] om. 2–3 1.4.35 CHAP. XVI.] CHAP. XIV. 2–3 1.5.1 CHAP. XVII.] CHAP. XV. 2–3 1.5.5 CHAP. XVIII.] CHAP. XVI. 2–3 1.5.9 CHAP. XIX.] CHAP. XVII. 2–3 1.5.10–12 He is concerned . . . gardener; heads an insurrection . . . head quarters at an inn.] He is concerned . . . gardener; sublimes his ideas, commences gallant, and becomes acquainted with Miss Emily Gauntlet. 4 1.5.14 CHAP. XX.] om. 2–3 1.5.19 CHAP. XXI.] CHAP. XVIII. 2–3 1.5.21 conveyed] reconveyed 1 1.5.24 CHAP. XXII.] CHAP. XIX. 2–3 1.5.28 CHAP, XXIII.] CHAP. XX. 2–3 1.5.32 CHAP. XXIV.] CAP. XXI. 2–3 1.5.37 CHAP. XXV.] CHAP. XXII. 2–3 1.6.1 CHAP. XXVI.] CHAP. XXIII. 2–3 1.6.5 CHAP. XXVII.] CHAP. XXIV. 2–3 1.6.8 CHAP. XXVIII.] CHAP. XXV. 2–3 1.6.12 CHAP. XXIX.] CHAP. XXVI. 2–3 1.6.17 CHAP. XXX.] CHAP. XXVII. 2–3 1.6.22 CHAP. XXXI.] CHAP. XXVIII. 2–3 1.6.27 CHAP. XXXII.] CHAP. XXIX. 2–3 1.6.30 CHAP. XXXIII.] CHAP. XXX. 2–3 1.6.36 CHAP. XXXIV.] CHAP. XXXI. 2–3 1.7.1 CHAP. XXXV.] om. 2–3 1.7.6 CHAP. XXXVI.] CHAP. XXXII. 2–3 1.7.10 CHAP. XXXVII.] CHAP. XXXIII. 2–3 1.7.14 CHAP. XXXVIII.] CHAP. XXXIV. 2–3 1...

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