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 Terr, e-Filis. N �xx. Some per�ons have alleg'd v pofitivdy, in indirion of the derg herein, that this art is o divine inffituuon, and have produced ft. v inces out of the old and new tamtnt, to rove their aetion but, as it is not the proper ufine[s of .laymen to decide in there cdfes ! wi lve t to the determination of the proer But, altho' it is not quite fo common in the ul- is s it has  ormerly, ne did this fcetious Mrt (and I x I could fly the time of fll other arts) flouri in fuch perfion as it does in pri- ate clubs and merry meetings; here it heightens fie pielutes of coaverfition, ves us a quick to theto, a flavo to the ,wine, and a rdi the oyment of our iends. ow y long mmer day and minter even- hgs ve I fpent at oxvouu m this witty and ddghfful manner? How wa I ple, tho' I was no grt art my fetf. to h my jovial compa- nions difpIay their ambiguom capacities againR one anoth ? Wt a fmfible plylure was it to be- hold the eere wit ndi aMut in fo hvi mann ? 0  Oxrouo  thouBritis padife  what nvig delights do thou ur forth to thy chil- dr XVt egregious chrem ha thou to of? ..- Zt hac dim meraini jurabit. I was acquainted with two gentlemen there, ve- ry ingenious in this.way, who ufed to aflbrd me abundance of enteta,nment  they'would pun and repsu, in feverat lange_ age upon each other, and be 'nning with_ the a:hurch, would go on without gl. . any hefitauon, m an uninterrupted line of quibbln. tilt they brought it to a ,heel-barrow, or any other word, wb. ich the corn?any fhould mention. 'I'o

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