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mind ſet to work, it may be allowed to chuſe books for itſelf, for every thing will then inſtruct.
I would have every one try to form an opinion of an author themſelves, though modeſty may reſtrain them from mentioning it. Many are ſo anxious to have the reputation of taſte, that they only praiſe the authors whoſe merit is indiſputable. I am ſick of hearing of the ſublimity of Milton, the elegance and harmony of Pope, and the original, untaught genius of Shakeſpear. Theſe curſory remarks are made by ſome who know nothing of nature, and could not enter into the
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