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establishnient of those various subordinate rules and precepts,which 
apply to the nicer parts and difficulties of the art of translation ; 
in deducing those rules and precepts which carry not their own 
authority in gremio, from the general principles which are of 
acknowledged truth, and in proving and illustrating them by 
evamples. How far you may have anticipated me even in this 
respect, I cannot say, until I have perused your Dissertations. 
They appear to contain a rich mine of philological and critical 
learning ; and I am confident, that if my book comes to a se- 
cond edition, I may be able to profit much by your remarks. In 
that case, f shall most cordially, and with the highest pleasure, 
acknowledge my obligations.” 
To those that are acquainted with the character of Dr Camp- 
BELL, it will be unnecessary to add, that he received Mr Tyr- 
Ler’s explanation with the most candid and polite liberality. 
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The lelier you favoured me with, (says he), made me both 
ashamed and vexed, that F should have been so rash as to ex- 
press myself to Mr Creecu in a manner which could give a 
moment's uneasiness to a man of merit, especially one whom I 
consider myself as having the honour to call a friend. When 
I wrote that letter, I neither knew nor suspected who the au- 
thor of the Essay was. Had I known what I now know, the 
name of the author alone would have convinced me that the co- 
incidence was merely accidental.—Your arguments are good, 
but I was sorry you had recourse to them; sensible as I am, 
that if your declaration had not been sufficient to satisfy me, I 
did not deserve to be satisfied. Mathematical demonstration, 
- were you to attempt it, would not give me stronger conviction 
than I already have, that what you say is the truth. But to 
have done with the disagreeable part of this mistake, (he con- 
cludes), J cannot avoid mentioning one circumstance in this in- 
cident, which to me is always extremely agrecable, the evidence 
© which 
