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reverfion in fome future world. A (ingle 

 couplet of the witty and profligate Earl of 

 Rochefter, which in truth contains the juried 

 fentiments, when joined with morality and 

 virtue, had now as univerfal an elfecl, as the 

 long-winded puritanical fermons in the pad 

 times. Englilhmen had now difcovered, that 

 man's proper aim was " life's happinefs," and 

 accordingly fet about promoting all its con- 

 veniences, all its comforts and enjoyments, 

 with a commendable alacrity. As of the molt 

 diflinguifhed among thefe, Horfes were by no 

 means forgot. In order to promote emulation 

 among the breeders, and with the judicious 

 view of perfecting and extending a race of 

 Horfes, fit for the road, the chace, and the war, 

 an additional encouragement was given to 

 horfe-courfing, by the inftitution of royal 

 plates; and by an enlightened policy, free 

 exportation was allowed, the readied method 

 of affuring plenty of any commodity. From 

 that period, to the middle of the prefent cen- 

 tury, the fydem of renovation from the diffe- 

 rent original foreign (locks, has been occafion- 

 ally adopted; the happy confequences have 

 been, a decided fuperiority over the parent 

 flock, from whatever country ; and an original 

 breed of our own, of all denominations, of 

 fuperior proportion, fpeed, power, and utility. 

 This fuperiority having been for a long time 



eftablimed. 



