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To be copied and, as a witty albeit a wicked
To be copied and, as a witty albeit a wicked

Book x xpreface to the translation of the white Bull printed for Bew. 12: 1774. observes, "though the Ancients

"had ten Gods & Goddesses for verse,

"they had not one for method." —

Our learned Author is a great admirer Then as

of the Ancients. —

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