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Excerpt from An Appeal to the Public, on the Subject of the Riots in Birmingham: To Which Are Added, Strictures on a Pamphlet, Intitled Thoughts on the Late Riot at Birmingham
With refpeé''t to my enemies, do what I will, I fhall be equally cenfured. With them all my faéts will be-falfehoods, the language of qt indignation Will be info lence, and that of chrif''tian meeknefs either meannefs or hypocrify. I fhall therefore make myfelf perfeétly eafy as to what they may fay of me. Where there is nothing to lofe, there is nothing to fear.
My friends whofe feelings are as dif ferent as their conf''titutions, will expeét that, writing as it were in a common caufe, I Ihould exprefs their precife fentiments and feelings. But this being evidently im pofiible, I can only exculpate them, by de claring that both the fentiments and the lan guage of this work are folely my own, and fuch as arofe from my feelings at the time Of writing, which was prefently after my arrival in London, while the fcenes that I have defcribed were frelh in my mind, with a very few alterations and additions occa fioned by fubfequent accounts.
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With refpeé''t to my enemies, do what I will, I fhall be equally cenfured. With them all my faéts will be-falfehoods, the language of qt indignation Will be info lence, and that of chrif''tian meeknefs either meannefs or hypocrify. I fhall therefore make myfelf perfeétly eafy as to what they may fay of me. Where there is nothing to lofe, there is nothing to fear.
My friends whofe feelings are as dif ferent as their conf''titutions, will expeét that, writing as it were in a common caufe, I Ihould exprefs their precife fentiments and feelings. But this being evidently im pofiible, I can only exculpate them, by de claring that both the fentiments and the lan guage of this work are folely my own, and fuch as arofe from my feelings at the time Of writing, which was prefently after my arrival in London, while the fcenes that I have defcribed were frelh in my mind, with a very few alterations and additions occa fioned by fubfequent accounts.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Joseph Priestley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780260063366
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 466
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Contributors
Author
Joseph Priestley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781527889262
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 468
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