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TIfE BEE, Oir D 



ec. 22, 



On Poetry. 



Amovo the many hints for perfeftlng this work 



wuh which the editor has been favoured fince thrfirft 



ChtterT ''^ ^"'^^^"^ ^' ''' -^ ^^- t- fol W 



My firft correfpondent fays, « The only thing I pre 



fume to fuggeft, atprefent, as a fault^n yo^u prol 



fpeftus, ,s ofFenng a premium for poetical eZs 



-d that j-ou feem not to be infenfible of yoS: 



" aTd ot^r ?" '™" "r P°^^^^' ^"^'^ -■«- own 

 " be h,s ft r "^""^''' '^^" '"^ ^^'^^ "'^"' whatever 

 " therewT; ''^ ''''^^^^^^<^^^> ought to read ; and 

 " to th! 'r ^P' '^''" "' inconfiderate men to add 

 to the mafs feem s to me injunous both to them- 

 felves and the pubhc. I have Known many for ne^r 

 half a century, who were deemed by no fnconfidC 

 " me^ft tho'h f° ^ff-' S^^'^ ''^Sree of poetical 

 •' Zht 1^ °^ '?'''■ P^^f°™^"ces reached the 



pubhc eye, except under fiftitious names; but not 



" tTade Th ^^T'/'"'^''"P^^ '" reputation' and 

 trade. I hey might fometimes, perhaps, afford an 



«' kXr""^l'".^^P°"""^^^ of fpLdin^,' or rather 

 •' IfnA^? f hout agreeably, by reading a manu- 



" mufth? ^ ^iTJ'TT.' ^"^ '^'' acquaintance 

 muft have polTefTed a dull invention, if he could not 



abJy. Could you turn the thoughts of your coun 

 ;; O^^^en to the beft method of abollfhing fe':.dal ma "l 

 « r^hrV ' ' to confider in a true light the natural 

 « moS i '7"-' '° ^"^t '^^ '^^^P'^^ ^°d mod fpeedy 

 « cTr r °'^^^'"'"g J»ft'« at the diiFerent courts; to 

 ^^ c^als focety properly, and from thence feJec^ jury- 



« r^?i/" /' ^"?''' '""'^ ^' fairly diftributed wiiho^t 

 relpea of perfons : I fay, could you do all thefc 



