The Works of Henry Fielding - Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 by Henry Fielding
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here. You will be obliged to translate books out of all languages,
especially French, that were never printed in any language whatsoever. _Scare_. Your trade abounds in mysteries. _Book_. The study of bookselling is as difficult as the law: and there are as many tricks in the one as the other. Sometimes we give a foreign name to our own labours, and sometimes we put our names to the labours of others. Then, as the lawyers have John-a-Nokes and Tom-a-Stiles, so we have Messieurs Moore near St Paul's and Smith near the Royal Exchange. SCENE VI.--_To them_, LUCKLESS. _Luck_. Mr Bookweight, your servant. Who can form to himself an idea more amiable than of a man at the head of so many patriots working for the benefit of their country. _Book_. Truly, sir, I believe it is an idea more agreeable to you than that of a gentleman in the Crown-office paying thirty or forty guineas for abusing an honest tradesman. _Luck_. Pshaw! that was only jocosely done, and a man who lives by wit must not be angry at a jest. _Book_. Look ye, sir, if you have a mind to compromise the |
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