. The craftsman. Satvuday* N* 2LI5 ^^ Craftsman. 271 N 21S* Saturday, Ai^. 15, ^_y CALEB D A N V E R S, £/^; SIR, H O^ you have often, with great Strengthof Argument, expofed the Injuftice andCruelty of putting criminal Meanings,called by the Gentlemen of the longRobe InnuendoSi upon Writings j Icould not help throwing my Thoughtstogether on the fame Subjedl, and I fend them to you,for the Ufe of the Publick, if you think them proper. The Do6lrine of Innuendos is of fo odd a Nature,that left this Letter I am now writing fliould be ex-plained into a LiheU I beg you will, in the iirft Pla

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. The craftsman. Satvuday* N* 2LI5 ^^ Craftsman. 271 N 21S* Saturday, Ai^. 15, ^_y CALEB D A N V E R S, £/^; SIR, H O^ you have often, with great Strengthof Argument, expofed the Injuftice andCruelty of putting criminal Meanings,called by the Gentlemen of the longRobe InnuendoSi upon Writings j Icould not help throwing my Thoughtstogether on the fame Subjedl, and I fend them to you,for the Ufe of the Publick, if you think them proper. The Do6lrine of Innuendos is of fo odd a Nature,that left this Letter I am now writing fliould be ex-plained into a LiheU I beg you will, in the iirft Place,let all Men know, by thefe Prefents, that I mean no-thing but what the natural and plain Senfe of fo manySyllables and Words, in the literal and common Ac-ceptation of them* muft import to every unprejudi-ced Underftanding. I conceive, indeed, if this Ruleis not obferved, no Writer can be fafe in Writings ofany Kind ; iince the Wit of Man has not yet been ableto invent Words, that can poffibly carry but one InUr-fretation* when they are mixed in Sentences. TheLaw therefore has

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