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Against the Critical
But, my Lord, I would warn Your Lordship against the Infection of the less, and lower Critics, who are capable of nothing but collating Manuscripts, and are not able to ascertain the Text, or bring You nearer to the Original; this is the Case of Your common Editors, but 'tis one Comfort, that we need not be too sollicitous about the Words of an Author, to have a right Taste of him: Your Lordship will always use the best and most correct Editions, and various Readings will be only troublesome, where the Sense and Language are complete without them.
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