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of these were wrote with a View of being publish'd as, and were intended to comprehend the Designs both of the  and. But having dropt that Undertaking, partly from, partly from of , and being willing to make Trial of my Talents for Writing, before I ventur'd upon any more serious Compositions, I was induced to commit these Trifles to the