H2 On the ANCIENT FORM, &c. 



are liable to perverfion. The ancient hiftorian was tempted to 

 go too far in queft of rhetorical embellimment ; the modern 

 may be equally mifled by the love of philofophical theory. 

 Great would be the merit of that writer who could unite the 

 elegant graces of the ancient hiftorian, particularly of the col- 

 loquial kind, with the accurate refearch and comprehenfive dif- 

 cernment of the modern. 



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