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and Force of Style, be common to them all, You will see, that nevertheless every Writer shineth in his peculiar Excellencies, and that Wit, like Beauty, is diversified into a Thousand Graces of Feature and Complexion.
I need not trouble Your Lordship with a particular Character of these celebrated Writers. What I have said already, and what I shall say further of them as I go along, render it less necessary at present; and I would not pre-engage Your Lordship's Opinion implicitly to my Side. It will be a pleasant Exercise of Your judgment to distinguish them
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