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justly given to Aristotle, Plato, Xenophon and Demosthenes, I will venture to say, that the divine Tully is all the Grecian Orators and Philosophers in One.
And now, my Lord, having possibly given You same Prejudice in Favour of the Romans, I must beg Leave to assure You, that if You have not Leisure to master Both, You will find Your Pains well rewarded in the Latin Tongue; when once You enter into the Elegancies, and Beauties of it. 'Tis the peculiar Felicity of that Language to speak good Sense in suitable Expressions: to give the finest Thoughts in the happiest Words, and in an easy
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