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the Uulvcrie, and the Whole of things. This Enthufiaftic Admira- 

 tion, Lucretius, fpeaking of his mafter Epicurus, has exprefifed, by a 

 very ftrong word, viz. horror, in the following lines, 



His tibi vie rebus quaedam di%iifta njoluptas 

 Percipit, atque horror ; quodjtc Natura tua vi 

 Tarn man'ifejla patet, ex omni parte retcda *. 



And it muft be confefTed, that very profound Admiration, though a 

 paffion altogether different from Terror, or Horror, has effects very 

 fimilar ; for both paffions furprife, and tranfport the Mind, as it 

 were, out of itfelf f . 



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f Horace, I obferve, in one of his philofophical epiftles, I mean that to Numi- 

 cius, the /ixth of the Jir/l Book, ufes the words, formido, pavar, and tirror^ as 

 fynonimous with admiration: lie begins with Admiration. 



Nil admirari, prope res eft una, Numici— 



Then he goes on, and fays, 



Hunc folem, et ftellas, et decedentia certis 

 Tempora momentis, — funt qui /ormidine nulla 

 Imbuti fpetlent 



Then, fpeaking of other things, fuch as Popular Applaufe, Honours, and Ti- 

 tles, and the like, he fays. 



Qui timet his adverfi, fere miratur eodem, 



Quo cupiens, patio — pavor efl utrobique moledus. 



Where it is evident, that the word pavor is applied both to the Admiration of 

 th'ofe things, and the fe.ir of the contrary: He adds, 



Improvifa fimul Ipecies exterret utrumque : 

 Gaudeat, an doleat ; capiat, mituatne ;' quid ad rem. 

 Si, quidquid vidit melius pejufve fua fpe, 

 Defixis oculis animoque et corporc torpet ? 



Where 



