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Rh I do most readily agree, that all the bright sparkling Thoughts of the Antients; their ﬁnest Expressions, and noblest Sentiments, are to be met with in these Transcribers: But how wretchedly are they brought in, how miserably put together! Indeed, my Lord, I can compare such Productions to nothing but rich Pieces of Patch-work, sewed together with Pack-thread.

When I see a beautiful Building of exact Order and Proportion taken down, and the different Materials laid together by themselves, it putteth me in mind of these Common-Place Men. The Materials are Rh