borrow a Phrase from the Dispensary,
a barren Superfluity of Words;
the Fruit is lost amidst the Exuberance of Leaves.
Tom Puzzle
is one of the most Eminent Immethodical Disputants of any that has fallen under my Observation.
Tom
has read enough to make him very Impertinent; his Knowledge is sufficient to raise Doubts, but not to clear them. It is pity that he has so much Learning, or that he has not a great deal more. With these Qualifications
Tom