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 7Ferr,e-_l;'ikius. 17 I TERR_-FILIUS. N �XIV. - ' ,:am p.'rfemus hoturn, �5'i quis Arifotelem fimulem vel Pittaeon emit, lt jubet archetyIo plutem firyarc Cleanthas. Jtlw; SATURDAY, May E T W E E E N two and three months ago, I took a trip to OxvtRD, where I continued incoff for rome days 3 and as ! thought it might be the laff tim that I flould ever fet my feet upon that learned and religious ground, I re�oived to fee every thivg there, which was ettcemed curious and worth obfervation. Accordingly, I went with two or three Friends, who were members of the univerfity, to the laura, (vulgarly called the N'ick-nackatory,) to the new l)rinting-hou,,, and the theatre  at the latt of which places the fair young ld), who keeps the door (and who is fiid to come of a good fatal!y) fhewe,:l that antiquated mac!.ine, where my predeccXors, of witty mimory, gained fuch immortal reputation. It cannot be thou ht tirange, that i rome- what chagrined to behold that noble ttru&ure, in which our family have �o eminently dillinguiff. ed them.

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