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AM urpriz'd that the judicious and ingenious Mr. de Muralt, who has publih'd ome Letters on the Englih and French Nations, hould have confin'd himelf, in treating of Comedy, merely to cenure Shadwell the comic Writer. This Author was had in pretty great Contempt in Mr. de Muralt's Time, and was not the Poet of the polite Part of the Nation. His dramatic Pieces which pleas'd ome Time in acting, were depis'd by all Perons of Tate Rh