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66 without difficulty; and such as the authority of Horace has condemned without appeal.

It would be invidious any longer to dwell on the defects of poems for which the author is not answerable, as he did not publish them; and it would be unwise to expect that the mere sweepings of the poet's study should be polished and elaborated