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It were endless to pursue this Subject through all the Ornaments and Illustrations of Speech, and yet I would not dismiss it without pointing at the general Rules, and necessary Qualifications required in those, who would attempt to shine in the Productions of their Pen. And therefore Your Lordship must pardon me if I seem to go back, for we cannot raise any regular and durable Pile of Building without laying a firm Foundation.

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