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20 not mean so much for Expression, as Thought, though some of the most beautiful Strokes of the Latin Tongue are drawn from the Lines of the Grecian Orators and Poets; but for Thought, and Fancy, for the very Foundation, and Embellishment of their Works, You will see, the Latins have ransacked the Grecian Store, and as Horace advises all, who would succeed in Writing well, had their Authors Night and Morning in their Hands.

And they have been such happy Imitators, that the Copies have proved more exacting than the Originals; and Rome hath triumphed over Athens, as Rh