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have offered, than any Thing else I can say. He was not only the finest Gentleman of his Time, but one of the finest Scholars in every Part of polite Learning: Whatever Parts of his Character have been disputed, this Palm hath been yielded with the greatest Justice, and Applause; and when Your Lordship thinks how great an Ornament he was to the English Court and Nation, You will find his Learning was as great an Ornament to him.
I am ashamed to present these Thoughts in so ill an Hand, but Your Lordship will consider that we Scholars are generally bad Pen-Men: We seldom regard the Mechanic Part of Writing, tho' nothing should be put into
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