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more grateful to the ſmell, more ſtimulous of appetite, than this collected fragrance that flows from a world of various perfumes? Can art, can the moſt exquiſite art equal the native flavours of Pomona; or worthy to vie with the ſpontaneous nectar of nature, are thoſe ſordid ſauces of multiplex materials, which the miniſters of luxury compoſe to irritate the palate and to poiſon the conſtitution?

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