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214 make the Tinkling of his Chains harmonious. Mr. Philips hath trod the nearest in his great Master's Steps, and hath equalled him in his Verse more than he falleth below him in the Compass and Dignity of his Subject. The Shilling is truly Splendid in his Lines, and his Poems will live longer than the unfinished Castle, as long as Blenheim is remembred, or Cyder drunk in England. But I have digressed from Milton, and that I may return, and say all in a Word. His Style, his Thoughts, his Verse are as superior to the generality of other Poets, as his Subject. His Disloyalty alone throws a Cloud upon his Glory, Rh