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 164 lq �H. T E R R/E-F ILI U $. N XX�IIIo l'arcite vttczuM aindere crimen in omne. Ovid, .I.; .re:ti.:i T is with the utmoft rlu&ance that .i :.ti- ever open my mouth, or draw my pen
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  fo paffionate a veneration, that even the ,'l,": ,orfl gartofthem often find me too ten- ' der hearted towards them, and get the better of myothhculties. But as I'liavetaken _ton m y tif the charer of a general Rearmet, i illall ia.ve' the misfortunes of numberleft younKen to anfv&r for, if I conceal any thing v&ich may be' for their advant' e, or ti e an au es in the tluh cometted by  faireft offenders. . with all This mull ftand for my apdo_gj reafon' able perforts otboth rexes, fr what for the tlick (which over-rules my own, natural tender- neff) prompts me to utter, in the fullowing paper- concerning the Oxvos It is one of the misfortunes off. eva, that s great a pli/her. and refiner of men as, it pretends to le, it is a fore enemy to hurd./udffand hilo]bisnl drudge- ry. It is a moR arbitrar}; palllon,.kn.d wherever it gets poffion ofa man'g breal}, it. ros the who? man; and fo far is it from piti %ith any of ts ting conqu:tt to ufiefi or kaming, that, like other ambi- tious tyrants, amidtt vaR empires, it grumbles at its awn ...rny, and fearches. a[t new acqilitions.

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