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κοινῆς ἑστίας, by such obtestations as are used among the dearest friends and relations. And it's sufficient, he says, for him to be written ἐν αὐτῷ Στησιχόρῳ, in Stesichorus's own heart. Now if these do not imply a friendship on Stesichorus's part, as well as Phalaris's, let the reader be judge: and at the same time let him reflect, what an odd-sighted Examiner I have to deal with; that at some times can see in books what never was there; but at other times cannot see the plainest things, not only in other men's books, but even in his own.
