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Attention, and work upon the Affections, as well as inform the Understanding of their Readers; for which Reason all Arts have been invented to make their Writings pleasing, as well as profitable; and those Arts are very commendable and honest: They are no Trick, no Delusion, or Imposition on the Senses and Understanding of Mankind, for they are founded in Nature, and formed upon observing her Operations in all the various Passions, and Workings of our Minds.
To this we owe all the Beauties and Embellishments of Style: All Figures and Schemes of Speech, and those several
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