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The Preface.
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thing like a Youth, only tempering the Briskness of Thought with the Sedateness of Judgement.
What I wished might be performed by the finest Wits upon the ancient Authors, I have with inexpressible Pleasure seen accomplished by the admirable Critic upon Milton. And if Mr. Steele, and his Friends, would do the same Justice to Horace, Homer, and Virgil, or any celebrated Names in Antiquity, we might hope to read them in a brighter Light, and peruse Ten thousand Glories, which lie covered under the Modern Way of Illustration.
Tully who hath given us those excellent Books of Orators, and Oratory, was himself the greater
Orator.
