THE BEE, 



LTTERART WEEKLT INTELLIGENCER. 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY la. 1791. 



On Perfottal Singularity. 



Foenum habet in cornu ; longe fuge. Hor. Sat. IV. Lih. t. 

 flj far that beaft ; bis horns are tipt with hay. 



To the Editor of the Bee. 



Sir, 

 From the title given to your mifcellany, and from 

 the idea I form of it, as delineated in your propofals 

 for publication, I conclude it to be intended as a repo- 

 fitory of inftruftion and entertainment. Hence, its ma- 

 terials muft chiefly be drawn from life and nature. 

 At firft view, theie topics may appear to have been 

 fo often handled, that little new can be faid upon them; 

 yet, from a deeper and more minute refearch, they will 

 appear to be copious and inexhauftible fources of im- 

 pvovement and recreation. But though the fuccefs may 

 he fometimes precarious, ftill the defign is grand, and 

 the attempt laudable. I am not an original genius, 

 and therefore muft confine myfelf to fubjedts which 

 have occurred to my own obfervation. 



It is obvious, that fiugularity, whether corporeal, 

 intclle£tual, or moral, is a« object of no fmall curiofitv. 



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