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Excerpt from The Eccentricities of John Edwin, Comedian, Vol. 1 of 2: Collected From His Manuscripts; And Enriched With Several Hundred Original Anecdotes
In the projecution of this work, I have to houred to make the interefis of wit and na tional humor, accord with delicacy-the fingular complexion of the matter, I hope, will prove a firong recommendation, cfiecially a: it contains a greater numher of original anec dotey, than any other puhlz'cation extant; and authentic anecdotes are the lzefi illujtratjoa of human nature.
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