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Excerpt from The Craftsman, 1737, Vol. 9
It hath been the peculiar Misfortune of this Nat1on, efpecially of late Years, to fall into the Hands (if/31d? Vzelfizerer, who prey upon the Blood and Vitals of their Countr We have feen the molt execrable Frauds andvillaiz1iescloalt'd and perpetrated; under the Name of Charity and a pretended Concern for pzeolfie/e Good made the Hackney Tool and Inflrument ofprz'oofe 1771 z'ere/l and Corruption. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.