Ebook Memoirs of Odd Adventures, Strange Deliverances, Etc;, In the Captivity of John Giles, Esq.

I am not insensible of the truth of an assertion of Sir Roger l'estrange, that Books and dishes have this common fate: no one of either ever pleased all tastes. And I am fully of opinion in this: It is as little to be wished for as expected; for a universal applause is, at least, two-thirds of a scandal. To conclude with Sir Roger, Though I made this com position principally for my family, yet, if any man has a mind to take part with me, he has free leave, and is welcome; but let him carry this consideration along with him, that he is a very unmannerly guest who forces himself upon another man's table, and then quar rels with hisdinner.