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Excerpt from The Counterfeit Saints, or Female Fanaticism: In Two Cantos; With Other Poems The unlooked-for and rapid sale of a large impression of the counterfeit saints, notwithstanding the impediments thrown out by the malevolence of some, and the ignorant conceit of others, has loudly called for a Second Edition. To reply to every objection which has been, or may be, started against this, or the Poems following, would be an useless, if not an impossible task. I shall, however, beg leave to transcribe for their perusal, a story from Boccalini, which affords a sufficient reproof (sufficient for me at least) to all the would-be wits and critics who have done me the honour to notice my entre into the liteviii preface TO the second edition. 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."