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Rh have been unknown, wou'd have been depis'd, or wou'd have corrected his Style. Boileau applauded him, but 'twas in his firt Satyrs, at a Time when the Tate of that great Poet was not yet form'd. He was young, and in an Age when Perons form a Judgment of Men from their Reputation, and not from their Writings. Beides, Boileau was very partial both in his Encomiums and his Cenures. He applauded Segrais, whoe Works no Body reads; he abus'd Quinault, whoe poetical Pieces every one has got by Heart, and is wholly ilent upon La Fontaine. Waller, tho' a better Poet than Voiture, was not yet a finih'd Poet. The Graces breathe in uch of Waller's Worths as are writ in a tender Strain, but then they are languid thro' Negligence, and often disfigur'd with fale Thoughts. The Englih had not, in his Time, attain'd the Art of correct Writing. But his erious Compoitions exhibit a Strength and Vigour which cou'd not have been expected from the Softnes and nacy