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‘To the Reader.
contrary, in Poefie, Oratory, Panegyrick,
Satire, or fuch like lofer Subjeđds, tbe Ex¬
cellency refulting rather from the Stile and
Fancy in general, than from the firittnefs
of particular Periods, there may, nay, there
maſt, be Jome fuch Judgment or Difcretion
tolerated, as Shall within due Bounds new
marſhal the Words, and in fome Meaſure
plaifter over the Abruptnefs and Incoberence
of Senſê. Accordingly the Defign of Traz¬
flations feems then beft anfwered, when
the refpeltive Renderers fquare their At¬
tempts by the foregoing Rule ; the fame
Liberty being an unpardonable Extrava¬
gance in the one, which is no worſe than: a
becoming Freedom in the other : As the
Painter, who is employed to draw a Face to
to the Life, muft confine his Pencil to an
exact Tranfeript of the Natural Strokes,
without any room to Fancy, or Flattery, Lim¬
ning even Venus berfelf with a Blemifhing
Mole; whereas in the Copying after a Land¬
skip, or other flourifhsng Draught, both
Colours, and other Features for the Luſtre
Of Profpeël, may be fo far altered, as the
Fudgment of the Artift foall wih Liberty
recommend. The Refult of This, it is my
Intereft to have thus underftood. Our Lan¬
guage beth been fo much Poljfhd and Re¬
fnd fince thé firft Appearance of ibis. De¬
clamation .