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104 this Common Sense of the Poet, by a Greek Derivation, to signify Sense of Publick Weal, and of the Common Interest; Love of the Community or Society, natural Affection, Humanity, Qbligingness, or that sort of Civility which rises from a just Sense of the common Rights of Mankind, and the natural Equality there is among those of the same Species.

indeed if we consider the thing nicely, it must seem somewhat hard in the Poet, to have deny'd Wit or Ability to a Court such as Rh