| [No. 546] | Wednesday, November 26, 1712 | Steele |
Omnia patefacienda ut ne quid omnino quod venditor norit, emptor ignoret.
Tull.
It gives me very great Scandal to observe, where-ever I go, how much Skill, in buying all manner of Goods, there is necessary to defend yourself from being cheated in whatever you see exposed to Sale. My Reading makes such a strong impression upon me, that I should think my self a Cheat in my Way, if I should translate any thing from another Tongue, and not acknowledge it to my Readers. I understood from common Report,
Mr.
Cibber
was introducing a
French
Play upon our Stage, and thought my self concerned to let the Town know what was his, and what foreign