OCCASIONAL PAPER. VOL. II. NUM B. XII. A N ESSAY ON THE Pride of AUTHORS. Proud and haughty Scorner is his Name, who dealeth in proud Wrath. (Heb.) In the Wrath of Pride. Prov. XXI. V. 24. S LONDON: Printed for JAMES KNAPTON, at the Crown in St.Paul's Church-yard; J. ROBERTS, in WarwickLane, J. HARRISON, under the Royal Exchange; and A. DODD,without Temple Bar. MDCCXVIII. Price Four-pence ΑΝ ESSAY ON THE Pride of AUTHORS. N OTHING is more amia ble than Modefty. It entitles to univerfal Regard. It brightens every other Excellence, and makes all Imperfections pardonable It raifes in Mankind the most friendly Difpofition to all whom they see poffefled of it: And, above most other things, qualifies a Man both to give, and to receive, Entertainment and Inftruction. For thefe Reafons it has been ever esteem'd the most recommending Quality in Conversation. |