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Rh the Applause of the People; and with us we have some popular Men, who are followed and admired for the Loudness of their Voice, and a false Pathos both in utterance and Writing: I have been sometimes in some Confusion to hear such Persons commended by those of superior Sense, who could distinguish, one would think, between empty, pompous, specious Harangues, and those Pieces in which all the Beauties of Writing are combined. A natural Taste must therefore be improved; like ﬁne Parts, and a great Genius, it must be assisted by Art, or it will be easily vitiated and Rh