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x 6 Terrm-Filius. xx. graluate, in a regular fuc?fllon: �o that, when any candidate for a degree, is to exerci? hi? talent in argumentation lie has nothing elk to do, but to en- quire amongfi his friends for a ftring upon fueh ov j?ch q fl?efiion, and to get it by heart, or read it over ?n his tap, as aforefaid. I have in my cuR?dy a book o.f/irings upon molt or all of the quefiion. s difcu?'d m a certain college, very famous for their vatioeb?atPv? faculty; on the firtt leaf of'which are thffe words. Ex d0n0 Richardi P----e prim? (21a? From whence it appears, :hat this R?d?ard ?. ; wa? ? great firing-matter, and by his beneficent l?- boars l?ad furaifh'd. his fucceffors, in the fir? d?ji, with a fuffici?at mheri?ce of fyltogifms, to be as.good logitJam aS himfall, witl?ou? ?ing any Behold, Io?,ing reader, the whole '? of leg?, as it is ?ught in the m? famoua uni? v?ty in the world? and judge for ?y ?, wbe- t? ? ?havd Steele h? not def?ib'd i t ?.jufily ? his dedi?ti? to 'the ?0?e', thus: , "This m?h? may ? ?'d t? art o( "?i?gas the moderat? of the d?te ?s.at l?fure? "a? ?y well ?ough be fup?$'d to & "k?ed ra?gt. 'Tile ?ue?n is'the ?li of . cont?. "tion; and hewins;-wfio ?s him?able to keep "up the ball l?ge?. Afrllogifm firik? i?to "tums it M? to the op?nent: ?d ?o,. "? ?s of tho?, wh'o have time to fit m&r. ira '? t? t&iadge of thegme ? it ?, ?th