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198 Genius, the great Poet. Among other Pieces which diplay the hining Imagination his Lordhip only cou'd boat, he wrote ome Satyrs on the ame Subjects as thoe our celebrated Boileau made choice of. I don't know any better Method of improving the Tate, than to compare the Productions of uch great Genius's as have exercis'd their Talent on the ame Subject. Boileau declaims as follows againt human Reaon in his Satyr on Man. '' Cependant à le voir plein de vapeurs légeres, Soi-même e bercer de es propres chimeres, Lui eul de la nature et la baze & l'appui, Et le dixieme ciel ne tourne que pour lui. De tous les Animaux il et ici le Maître; Qui pourroit le nier, pouruis tu? Moi peut-être. Ce maître prétendu qui leur donne des loix, Ce Roi des Animaux, combien à-t'il de Rois? '' Yet,