Quote#Books & Reading
Fouder mister printer the Nowing ones complane of my book the fust…
Quote byTimothy Dexter · 1747–1806
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Pickle for the Knowing Ones.
English (original)
fouder mister printer the Nowing ones complane of my book the fust edition had no stops I put in A Nuf here and thay may peper and solt it as they plese [several lines of random punctuation marks]
— Timothy Dexter
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