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MEMOIRS

O F THE

LIFE and WRITINGS

O F

R-CH--D G-RD-N-R, Efq.

DICK

Alias

MERRY-FELLOW.

Price THREE SHILLINGS and SIX-PENCE.

MEMOIRS of the Life and Writings (Prose and Verse) of R-ch-d G-rd-nr, Esq., alias Dick Merry-fellow of Serious and Face-, tious Memory, 8vo, half calf, gilt, 6s. 6d.

1782

16 Facetia-Memoirs of the Life and Writings (Prose and Verse) of R-ch-d G-rd-nr., Esq., alias Dick Merry Fellow, of Serious and Facetious Memory, 8vo, old calf, scarce, 1782 6s A very curious and interesting Miscellany, the author of which is said to have been born at Saffron Walden, in Essex.

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OF THE

LIFE and WRITINGS

(PROSE AND VERSE)

O F

R-CH--D G-RD-N-R, Efq.

Alias

DICK MERRY-FELLOW,
Of Serious and Facetious Memory!

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"A man who has much WIT, but too little DISCRETION; one
"who has TALENTS fufficient to adorn the best fubjects,

and to give fome confequence even to the worst; but
"who has (except in a few cases) been so unfortunate in his
"choice of SUBJECTS, that our smiles are frequently mixed
"with pain, and our admiration with difguft."

CHARACTER, 1768.

LONDON:

Printed for G. KEARSLY, Fleet-street; and M. BOOTH,

NORWICH.

January 1, 1782.

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EST the abilities and character

of this Gentleman fhould fuffer by an improper application of his juvenile and adult performances, whether fatirical or political, to the purposes of malice or party, we are induced, from the pureft motives, and in justice to his memory, to offer the following account of his LIFE and WRITINGS, which we

are

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