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 had some knowledge of both; and if we may judge by our own time, a man, who has any Greek, is seldom without a very competent share of Latin; and yet such a man is very likely to study Plutarch in English, and to read translations of Ovid.

See Dr. Farmer’s reply to these remarks by Mr. Colman, in a note on, ''Act IV. Sc.'' ii. p. 435.