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ject, when the Thoughts are agreeable to the Matter, and the Expressions suitable to the Thoughts, when there is no Inconsistency from the Beginning to the End; when the whole is perspicuous in the beautiful Order of its Parts, and formed in due Symmetry and Proportion."
It is the common Absurdity of raw and injudicious Writers to propose one Thing for their Subject, and run off to another: They are not Masters of what they undertake, the Compass of their Knowledge is too narrow, and their Shoulders are too weak to sustain the Work. From this funda-
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