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76 Works, or I may name them upon Comparison with the others to show the Difference, and maintain my Point. Mr. Dryden was indeed a Gentleman, but he writ more like a Scholar, and tho' the greatest Master of Poetry the Iast Age could boast, he wanted that Easiness and Familiarity, that Air of Freedom and unconstraint, that and accomplished Manner of Expression, which is more sensibly to be perceived, than described.

To come to the present Times, my Lord Hallifax beareth a Title consecrated to Wit, and if he doth not reach the Saville Family in Heighth Rh Errata