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Senſe wholly contrary to the Intention of the Teſtator. How eaſily may an Adept in theſe admirable and uſeful Arts penetrate into the moſt hidden Import of this Prediction? A Man accuſtomed to ſatisfy himſelf with the obvious and natural Meaning of a Sentence, does not eaſily ſhake off his Habit; but a rue-bred Lawyer never contents himſelf with One Senſe when there is another to be found.
Nor will the beneficial Conſequences of this Scheme terminate in the Explication of this Monument; they will extend much farther: For the Commentators having ſharpened and improved their Sagacity by this long and difficult Courſe of Study, will, when they return into public Life, be of wonderful Service to the Government, in examining Pamphlets, Songs, and Journals, and in drawing up Informations, Indictments, and Inſtructions for ſpecial Juries. They will be wonderfully fitted for the Poſts of Attorney and Solicitor General, but will excel above all as Licenſers for the Stage.
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