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ADVERTISEMENT.

T

HE Contents of thefe Volumes, an
what is inferted in Swift's Mifcel
lanies, comprehend all the Pieces of W
and Humour of this admirable Author.

Sanders

10-23-28
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J

OHN ARBUTHNOT, an eminent
Phyfician, a diftinguished Wit, and a
polite Writer, was defcended from the noble
Family of his Name in Scotland, and the Son
of a Clergyman of the Epifcopal Church
there. He was born at Arbuthnot in Kin-
cairdinfhire, near Montrofs, not long after the
Reftoration of King Charles II. and being
fent at a proper Age to the University of
Aberdeen, applied himfelf diligently to all
the academical Studies, particularly that of
Phyfic, in which he took his Doctor's Degree.
But his Father not complying with the
Revolution forfeited his Church Preferment,
and retiring for a Support to a fimall Eftate