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Rh to add, while the papers were in the course of printing, some considerations on the Whole Character of ; which ought to have been accompanied by a slight reform of a few preceding passages, which may seem, in consequence of this addition, to contain too favourable a representation of his Morals.

The vindication of ’s Courage is truly no otherwise the object than some old fantastic Oak, or grotesque Rock, may be the object of a morning’s ride; yet