Note 614 — Chapter XV · JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY, 1764.
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Rowe Mores, after quoting the above, adds drily: “Their letter is neat. We do ‘set aside the influence of custom,’ and call it the law of fools, but we must recommend to the consideration of the proprietors the difference between scalping and counterpunching.” (Dissertation, p. 84.)