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ſentence upon which he ſpends moſt of his in vectives, is this, “ I will give myſelf no manner
of liberty to make gueſſes at him, if I may ſay him ; ' for though ſometimes I have been told
by familiar friends, that they ſaw me ſuch a time talking to theExaminer : others who have rallied me upon the ſins of my youth , tell me it is cre
dibly reported that I have formerly lain with the Examiner."
Now, Mr. Ironſide, what was there in all
this but ſaying, " I cannot tell what to do in this cafe.
There has been named for this paper one,
for whom I have a value ', and another whom I
cannot but neglect ?” I have named no man , but
if there be any gentleman, who wrongfully lies under the imputation of being, or aſſiſting the Examiner, hewould do well to do himſelfjuſtice, under his own hand, in the eye of the world. As to the exaſperated miſtreſs ?, the Examiner de
mands in her behalf, a “ reparation for offended y Dr. Swift. See Swift's Works, vol. xvii . p. 100. & c. cr. 8vo.
z Mrs. D. Manley. Steele makes the following apology for this alluſion .
• He who will take upon him to adviſe or
reprove, muſt look to it that he himſelf be unblameable; there is an unanſwerable objection againſtmybeing a man of gallantry, which is the caſe of Mrs. Manley. I had the
impatience to write ſomething like fatire, in return to the liberties that ingenious lady took with me in certain of her writings. The anger of a woman, according to all rules of chivalry, is neverto be returned, but abated by perfuafion and ſubmiſſion. I look upon the ſecret effeminate malice, that men without names now practiſe againſt me, as a juſt
judgment on my unmanly conduct in contending with a woman.' &c. See Theatre, Nº 26 ; Tat. N ° 210, Nº 229 ; and the paper to which this refers, N° 53,
