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why most Nations are so delighted with their Sect. ancient Poets. Thus Horace : V. '—.—' The oldest Writers of the Grecian Train p. 56 i) AreJIM the best.— Letter to Augustus. 5<>- (kj
A pretty Rogue and Statesman nvifet Youfain would have us deem Ye ; At once fattraB the Ladies Eyes, And make the Men esteem Ye. But, Cotta, e'er stnce Men itiere made, A very pretty Fellow, Who strutts in Toupee and Brocade, Is but a little Fellow. Martial.
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WHe N the Cardinal Richelieu had obliged the French Academy to censure the Cid, a Tragedy of the celebrated Cornei/le's, the Author wrote a Letter to the Cardinal's Fa vourite Mr. de Boifrobert, where he tells him, ' I wait with great Impatience for the Senti' ments of the Academy, that I may know s what I am to follow hereafter : Till then, I ' must have a Diffidence of every thing I write, ' and dare not employ a fingk Word without
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