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Excerpt from Observations Upon the United Provinces of the NetherlandsI am very fenfihle, how ill a Traa'e it is to write, where much is ventur'a', and little can he gain'a' fince whoever does it it! Is fine of Contempt ana' the jaft liefl that can he, when no M'an provokes him to a'ifcover his own Follies, or to trouhle the W'orla' If he writes well, he rat/es the Envy of thofe h'vits that are poflhfi'a of the Vogue, ana' are jealous of their Treferment there, as if it were in Love, or in State 5 ana' have founa.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.