Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The History of Birmingham
When an author is too heavy to swim of himself, it serves as a pair of bladders, to prevent his sinking.
It is farther productive of a solid advantage, that of a present from the patron, more valuable than that from the bookseller, which prevents his sinking under the pressure of famine.
But, being wholly unknown to the great names of literary consequence, I shall not attempt a dedication, therefore must lose the benefit of the stilt, the bladder, and the horse-shoe.
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