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collateral points however he will not go out of his way to 

 difcufs, fatisfied that if he can by one undeniable chain of 

 reafoning eftablifli the pofition in the text, what may occur 

 on probable grounds againft it is not worth confideration. 

 Atterbury, who knew how ill the truth is received which 

 oppofes a prejudice, how much attention is always paid to 

 him who lliews an accurate knowledge of the thoughts of his 

 hearers, and how eafy it is to convince after you have filenced 

 an objedion, confiders all thefe practical topics at full length. 

 On the whole Clarke looks for what will prove, and Atterbury 

 for what will perfuade : Atterbury would affedl his audience, 

 and Clarke will convince his readers. 



Even in tranflations of the fame paflage, through their com- 

 mon likenefs to the original, the charadteriftic difference of 

 the tranflator's habits will break out ; as feveral portraits of 

 the fame perfon will to a judicious eye difcover the painter 

 as well as him who fat for the pi<flure. The following are 

 tranflations by Pope and by Cowper of the beautiful paflage 

 in the fixth book of the Iliad, where Hecflor takes his infant 

 fon Aftyanax into his arms : 



Thus 



