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it enables tlie writer to arrange his claufes in the moft harmo- 

 nious manner. The difadvantages of this pradice are, that 

 it gives a formahty to compofition which is not adapted to 

 the cafy famiharity of the lighter kinds of writing, and, by 

 leading too frequently to tranfpofition, may fometimes induce 

 obfcurity. 



It may be reckoned among his peculiarities of this kind, that 

 he crowds together, generally at the end of his fentences, a 

 number of phrafes fimilarly confiruded. Perhaps there is no 

 mode of expreflion of which he gives fo many examples. " He 

 " who is unfurnilhed with any arts that might amufe his leifure 

 " is condemned to wear out a taftelefs life in calamities -which 

 " feiv "Will hear, and which none will pity." " A carelefs glance on 

 " a favourite author is generally fufficient to fupply the firft hint or 

 " feminal idea, which enlarged by the gradual accretion of matter 

 " ftored in the mind, is, by the warmth of fancy, e3.i\\y expanded 



'■'• into Jlowers, and fometimes ripened into fruit." " to whom 



" we funk into humble companions without choice or influence, 

 " exoecled only to echo their opinions, facilitate their defires and ac- 

 " company their ramblesT " When the trader pretends anxiety 

 " about the payment of his bills, and the beauty remarks how 

 " frightfully llie looks, then is the lucky moment to talk of 

 " riches, or of charms, of the death cf lovers, or the honour of a 

 '■ merchant ^^ 



There is, probably, no mode of conftruding a fentence better 

 calculated than this for introducing, without confufion or obfcurity, a 



great 



