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<strong>of</strong> the weight <strong>of</strong> this task. As for the<br />

worst, whatever they shall please to say,<br />

they may give me some concern as they<br />

are unhappy men, but none as they are<br />

malignant writers. I was guided in this<br />

translation by judgments very different<br />

from theirs, and by persons for whom<br />

they can have no kindness, if an old observation<br />

be true, that the strongest antipathy<br />

in the world is that <strong>of</strong> fools to<br />

men <strong>of</strong> wit. Mr. Addison was the first<br />

whose advice determined me to undertake<br />

this task; who was pleased to write<br />

to me upon that occasion in such terms<br />

as I cannot repeat without vanity. I was<br />

obliged to Sir Richard Steele for a very<br />

early recommendation <strong>of</strong> my undertaking<br />

to the public. Dr. Swift promoted my interest<br />

with that warmth with which he<br />

always serves his friend. <strong>The</strong> humanity<br />

and frankness <strong>of</strong> Sir Samuel Garth are<br />

what I never knew wanting on any occasion.<br />

I must also acknowledge, with in-

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