the annonce appears as ludicrous and absurd, as it would be in the author of an ode or an epic to say, 'Of this piece the reader will necessarily form a very erroneous judgement, unless he is apprised, that it was written by a pale man in a green coat,--sitting cross-legged on an oaken stool,--with a scratch on his nose, and a spelling dictionary on the table.'

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