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178 too unnatural, top cloely copied from the Hebrew Writers, who abound o much with the Aiatic Futian, But then it mut be alo confes'd, that the Stilts of the figurative Style on which the Englih Tongue is lifted up, raies the Genius at the ame Time very far aloft, tho' with an irregular Pace. The firt Englih Writer who compos'd a regular Tragedy and infus'd a Spirit of Elegance thro' every Part of it, was the illutrious Mr. Addion. His Cato, a Tragedy is a Mater-piece both with regard to the Diction, and to the Beauty and Harmony of the Numbers. The Character of Cato is, in my Opinion, vatly uperiour to that of Cornelia in the The Death of Pompey of Corneille: For Cato is great without any Thing like Futian, and Cornelia, who beides is not a neceary Character, tends ometimes to bombat. Mr. Addion's Cato appears to me the greatet Character that was ever brought upon any Stage, but then the ret of them don't correpond to the Dignity of it: And this dramatic Piece o excellently well