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and regarded it as his favorite of the books he had written. It was a guide to studying law, with practical tips, reviews, and indexes. In 1729, his most famous work, nine years in the making, appeared:
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of the government were involved. While the work's fame and usefulness were surpassed in a few years, Jacob's book was a well regarded analysis. The same year, he produced the first volume of the
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with a second volume in 1720. This work provided biographies of contemporary authors as well as earlier ones. According to the literary editor
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Pope explained Jacob's offense as follows: "he very grossly and unprovoked abused in that book the author’s friend, Mr. Gay". The play
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