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160 might render me suspected of Partiality, when I mention Dr. Snape, who shineth in all the Ornaments of Style, in a numerous, lively, forcible Expression, and is happy above others in the Beauty, Signiﬁcancy, and Propriety of his Epithets: 'Tis a noble Pleasure to see Knowledge cloathed in such beauteous Robes, and every divine Subject he undertaketh to adorn, dressed in so rich Attire.

Dr. Stanhope is Excellent in the Whole: His Thoughts and Reasoning bright and solid: His Style is just, both for Purity of Language, Strength, and Beauty of Expression, but the Periods are formed in so peculiar Rh