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in one or two lines at the clofe of the play, is to be afcribed to. 

 his judgment. The purpofe which the dramatic poet has in 

 view, is to be fotmd out by the beft of judges, the feelings of 

 the fpedators. From a fuperior fkill upon this point, Racine 

 has merited the praifes which have been given him, while, 

 from a failure in it, the great Corneille has been defervedly 

 blamed. 



END OF THE SECOND VOLUME. 



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