You there assert, _that from the first Facts alledged
in the Paragraph, supposing nothing more said, a Stranger would
unquestionably imagine that the Rooms were shut up by the Owners_.
This Assertion is granted you, _because_ you are so kind to allow
that It is absolutely _destroyed_ by the Remainder of the Article;
which says, _the Gentlemen caused the Door to be broke open again_.
Thus far we have travelled, thro' the Construction of the Paragraph,
with a mutual Agreement, and a wonderful Satisfaction on both Sides.
But now you ask, _What does the Author mean by informing the World
that no Company came the,_ then, _last Assembly Night?_ Ay, what does
he mean? This is the "plaguy" Difficulty that has so _strangely
puzzled_, and which still seems to _continue_ to puzzle the _Better
Sort_. You are however sure, for your Part, that his Words must be
intended to signify _Something_ or _NOTHING_. As I shall always be
ready to gratify you, when I can do it safely, I agree to your latter
Alternative. But then, how can those Words which, on your own
Concession, mean NOTHING, carry in them the _Insinuation_ you contend
for, or any Insinuation at all. This notwithstanding, you think
yourself so absolutely certain of the Truth of your Consequence, that
one would imagine you were ready to take your corporal Oath of it,
when required, tho' you acknowledge there is not the _least Shadow_
of any Premises from which it can be deduced.
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