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92 My Lord, it is by no means necessary for me to run out into the several Sorts of Writing: We have general Rules to judge of all without being Particular upon any, tho' the Style of an Orator be different from that of an Historian, and a Poet's from both.

The Design of Expression is to convey our Thoughts truly and clearly to the World, in such a manner, as is most probable to attain the End we propose, in communicating what we have conceived to the Publick; and therefore Men have not thought it enough to write plainly unless they wrote agreeably, so as to engage the Rh