. The craftsman. lately among us ; in which he is defcribedto be a Ljon, or Lyon-faced ; and yet but Yefterday aGentleman, who came to my Houfe, alTured me,(with what Truth you beft know) that this fame is a Man of a very diminutive Size j that henever faw the King, or Queen of ^pnin in his Life jthat he has no manner of Acquaintance with the Em-feror ; that he fpeaks no Language but Englijh, andnever exchanged a lingle Word with any Prince inEurope ; in fhort, that He is a plain, quiet, commonBookfeller, now living in Eujfel-Jlreet Covent-Gardenibut that all thefe Things were i
. The craftsman. lately among us ; in which he is defcribedto be a Ljon, or Lyon-faced ; and yet but Yefterday aGentleman, who came to my Houfe, alTured me,(with what Truth you beft know) that this fame is a Man of a very diminutive Size j that henever faw the King, or Queen of ^pnin in his Life jthat he has no manner of Acquaintance with the Em-feror ; that he fpeaks no Language but Englijh, andnever exchanged a lingle Word with any Prince inEurope ; in fhort, that He is a plain, quiet, commonBookfeller, now living in Eujfel-Jlreet Covent-Gardenibut that all thefe Things were imputed to him byhmuendo. I own, Sir, This provoked me to fendyou my Thoughts on this Pra6lice, and to let youknow that I fhould be very well pleafed if your Papercould come down to our Village, without any Ob-ftruftion ; for it is my Opinion that there is nofinding out the Truth by reading, or hearing, oneSide I am S I R, &&. Satuhdayj N° ^i6* The CR AF TsM AN. 277 N°2i6. Saturdav, Aug. ai, 1730,. HE Liberty of Writing is fuch a fa-vourite and, I Hill think, fuch a feafon-able Topick, that I look upon everyMan as a Benefa£lor to the Publick,who contributes his Afiiftance towardsthe Support of it. For this Reafon, Iwas very well pleafed with the following Part of alate Book (intitled a Letter to Cleomenes, King ofSparta, from Euilace Budgell, Ejqi) which relates tothis Subjed:; efpecially to the Manner, in which theAthenians exercifed this great Privilege ,* a Point,which hath not been yet explained in this Paper^, byany particular Inftances, « I will confider what the Liberty of the Prefs<* really is; in what Manner it has been enjojc, and<* made Ufe of by qx try free PeoUe i and particular- ly by the Greeks and Romans; what vaft Advan-<* tages accrue from it ; how little the Innocent need to apprehend it ; and laftly, I will give my parti-* cular Reafons, why I cannot believe that your Ma- jellys Hero has any Deiign to deprive Great-Bri-* tain cf this inval
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